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Mayor Jenny Durkan announces the departure of Randy Engstrom from the Office of Arts & Culture

December 4, 2020

Durkan honors Engstrom’s innovative leadership of ARTS Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced the resignation of the Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) Department’s Director Randy Engstrom, who will turn his attention to teaching, advocating for national cultural policies, and spending time with his family, after leading the department for eight years. Mayor Durkan announced the appointment of Interim Acting Director Calandra… [ Keep reading ]

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The Future Ancient Presents

November 17, 2020

By Che Sehyun In partnership with Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture and the Seattle Art Museum, The Future Ancient Public Art team pivoted from in-person museum programming to online programming and developed “The Channel,” an art and cultural variety show featuring interviews, performances and cultural gems as we tell and ground… [ Keep reading ]

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New Statewide Restrictions on Social Gatherings and Businesses as COVID-19 Cases Surge

November 16, 2020

On November 15, Governor Jay Inslee issued new statewide restrictions on social gatherings and businesses in response to the surge of COVID-19 across Washington state. Seattle was the initial epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in America. Unlike the other Washington, every step of the way our local officials, residents, and businesses have… [ Keep reading ]

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Seattle Cultural Space Agency Applies for Official City Recognition

November 9, 2020

For the first time in 38 years, the City is creating a new public development authority aimed at preserving our city’s cultural spaces, building community wealth, and investing in cultural communities of color. The application for a charter for the Cultural Space Agency was filed with the City Clerk’s office and the public has until December 8 to provide comment and… [ Keep reading ]

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University of Washington Evans Capstone Team conducts a policy analysis of creative strategies for anti-displacement and cultural placekeeping

October 27, 2020

For a third consecutive year in a row, ARTS staff joined forces with a team of MPA graduate students from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and Governance to conduct a fieldscan and pull together local best practice case studies of creative strategies for community placekeeping and… [ Keep reading ]

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Solar Utopia explained by Seattle Artists

October 19, 2020

What is a solar utopia? Britta Johnson, artist and curator, posed that question to 12 regional film and video artists, asking them to respond with short videos that will be showcased online individually and as a compilation in January 2021. The artists envisioning Solar Utopias for this project are: Britta… [ Keep reading ]

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Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Public Art Boot Camp – Online!

October 15, 2020

Seattle’s Public Art Boot Camp is an intensive training program that culminates in a commission of a temporary artwork for the City of Seattle. The “recruits” have been selected through a competitive application process, and starting this November 2020, a series of online workshops will be available to anyone interested… [ Keep reading ]

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Art Interruptions 2020: Licton Springs Neighborhood Greenway

October 14, 2020

The Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), has selected seven emerging public artists to create temporary art installations in the Licton Springs Greenway. These works will be part of Art Interruptions, a project connecting neighborhoods through art. Working with SDOT and… [ Keep reading ]

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Emerging Together 2020

September 22, 2020

Emerging Together offers seven emerging public artists the opportunity to install temporary art installations within City of Seattle Parks. Emerging Together is a branch of the citywide #SeattleTogether effort to offer hope, inspiration, and respite during this trying time. The installations will be on display from September through November 2020…. [ Keep reading ]

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City announces new project with VividMatterCollective to recreate and properly preserve the Capitol Hill Black Lives Matter Street Mural

September 21, 2020

Starting Tuesday morning, September 22, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will be collaborating with the original artists from VividMatterCollective to recreate the Black Lives Matter street mural painted during this summer’s protests on Capitol Hill. The mural has rapidly deteriorated… [ Keep reading ]

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