Join Mayor Mike McGinn and the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs this Friday, September 3 to honor the 2010 Mayor’s Arts Award recipients and preview the Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibits.
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs’ September eNewsletter is now online and is chock-full of great information on the upcoming Mayor’s Arts Awards; new signal box artwork in the Central District; Storefronts Seattle; art dedications, closings, and celebrations; and more.
Visual artist and 2010 Mayor’s Arts Award winner Juan Alonso’s new show received a glowing review this week in the Seattle Times. Michael Upchurch writes of Alonso’s “Underground No. 1,” “Subterranean #1” and “Subterranean #2,” “The more you look at them, the more there is to see.”
The King County Local Hazardous Waste Management program has announced a contest to develop a new name and logo for the Art Hazards Project. The artist who proposes the best logo and/or the best name will win $100 or a gift card to Pratt Fine Arts Center.
The Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks an artist or artist team to develop and fabricate a single artwork design to inlay at 10 to 15 new sidewalk locations throughout Seattle. In 2011, SDOT will build up to 15 blocks… [ Keep reading ]
Our office, in partnership with Shunpike, seeks up to 12 artists to develop temporary installations for 12 vacant storefronts in Seattle’s Pioneer Square and Chinatown/International District neighborhoods.
Heritage, identity, history, memory, coexistence and freedom are just a few of the themes investigated in the exhibition American/Asian: A Tale of New Cultures on view April 15 through June 14 at City Hall.
Visit Seattle Public Library, Central Branch, and see a new exhibition of Northwest art through October.
We’re pleased to announce the 2010-2011 lineup of City Hall gallery exhibitions. Seven visual art and community exhibitions will be on display at City Hall from April 2010 to June 2011.
There’s more time to get in on the Ethnic Arts Connection action. We’ve extended the registration deadline for presenters and artists to 5 p.m., Friday, March 5.
