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Announcing the 2018 Cultural Facilities Fund awards, investing $1.1M throughout the city

Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s Cultural Facilities Fund awards $1.1M to support capital projects throughout the city SEATTLE —The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s (ARTS) expanded Cultural Facilities Fund announced awards to 28 organizations throughout the City. The Fund was expanded from $250,000 to $1.1M in 2018… [ Keep reading ]

2018 Grant Updates

The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture grant program, which has been investing in the arts and cultural community for over 40 years, will see significant changes in 2018 and 2019 as the City transitions to a new online Citywide grant platform. Grant programs will continue to be available including… [ Keep reading ]

CAP Report: Implementation Update

This summer the Office of Arts & Culture published its long-anticipated CAP Report: 30 Ideas for the Creation, Activation, and Preservation of Cultural Space. The report sourced its ideas from the cultural community, the development community, from electeds, from departmental staff, and from consultants. In the short four months since… [ Keep reading ]

ARTS allocates $1.25M for cultural spaces through the Cultural Facilities Fund

Opening early 2018, expanded fund creates more opportunity for underserved organizations The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s (ARTS) Cultural Facilities Fund has expanded from $250,000 to $1,250,000 to better support capital projects for arts and cultural organizations in the City. The fund increase is in direct response to the… [ Keep reading ]

City of Seattle announces a $240,000 investment in Seattle’s cultural facilities

Funds will create new studio and cultural community spaces, update technology, and increase access to the arts citywide   SEATTLE, (Dec. 5, 2016) — The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture will invest $240,00 in 14 arts and cultural facilities across the city for capital improvements and renovations. The Cultural… [ Keep reading ]

Building for the future: Cultural Facilities Grants Available

Cultural Facilities Fund application now open Closes Friday, September 4, 2015 at 11 p.m. PST The 2016 Cultural Facilities Fund is currently open and is designed to support capital projects that improve Seattle’s arts spaces in significant and lasting ways. Our goal is to help Seattle-based organizations build and improve… [ Keep reading ]

Cultural Facilities funding open, info session Aug. 6

Last year, we funded over a dozen capital improvement projects for arts and culture groups throughout Seattle. These were pressing needs that improved their facilities, and improved the experiences of their audiences. “Members politely told me when I arrived at the [Northwest] Film Forum in 2008,” says Executive Director Lyall… [ Keep reading ]

Watch video on arts space initiatives updates

More than 100 people attended the Cultural Space Brown Bag at City Hall on May 3, where they heard updates, findings and recommendations on the city’s arts and cultural space initiatives.  Missed it? Watch the video.   Seattle Channel Video can be played in Flash Player 9 and up The… [ Keep reading ]

Applications open for new Cultural Facilities funding program

We’re accepting project applications for our new Cultural Facilities program. The new pilot program supports Seattle-based arts, heritage, cultural and arts service organizations with urgent-need, facilities-based capital projects. The program will award one-time funding to organizations with projects such as facility renovations, ADA-access projects or the completion of the final… [ Keep reading ]

Our May eNews is online

Our director Vincent Kitch talks about preserving cultural space. Performance artworks illustrate how local artists are contributing to the discussion about our local waterways. Kelly Pajek joins the public art team. We invite you to join the statewide campaign celebrating and promoting arts education for Arts Education Month. See artwork… [ Keep reading ]