In this issue:

Message from the director: Reflections on arts and culture in Seattle.

Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs budget update.

Join in an upcoming community forum on increasing access to quality arts learning in Seattle Public Schools.

Artist Brian Goldbloom will create an artwork for the new Fire Station 30 in Seattle’s Mt. Baker neighborhood.

Fandango and folk music heat up City Hall this month.

Reflections: Ten Years of Arts Corps Photographs by Susie Fitzhugh will be on display through Nov. 1 at Seattle City Hall.

Each year in October, millions of people celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month.

Arts Crush, month-long arts festival, kicks off Oct. 3

Picasso to reggae funk on Seattle Channel’s Art Zone this month.

Image: Susie Fitzhugh, Waiting for a Response, 2008. Having just read his poem to Amber Frame’s spoken word class, an Arts Corps student waits to see his audience’s response.