Save the date! ARTISTS UP—a collaborative effort of our office, 4Culture and Artist Trust to increase opportunities for and to better serve all artists in Seattle, King County and Washington state—welcomes Latina/o artists to an informational series. Two sessions will be held: Monday, July 8 and July 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE: This blog post has been updated with a new image of artwork by Mimi Allen from Art Interruptions 2012. Twelve emerging artists have been selected to create temporary art installations along the Beacon Hill Neighborhood Greenway and the Central Waterfront for the project Art Interruptions 2013, in partnership with… [ Keep reading ]
Located on the front lawn of Fire Station 13 in Beacon Hill is Ellen Ziegler’s Tidal Wave Story from 1987, seven bench-like forms ranging from 12 to 18 inches high, placed in a curve. Ziegler worked with architect I. Mervin Gorasht to meet the community’s needs in remodeling the fire… [ Keep reading ]
The Work-Readiness Arts Program, in collaboration with the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (SYVPI), is accepting proposals from arts, cultural and community organizations interested in providing out-of-school programming that links arts learning and work experiences for Seattle youth ages 14 to 18. Selected projects will serve between eight and 15… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle artists Elizabeth Gahan, Joseph Park and Claude Zervas will create temporary artworks for downtown’s Westlake Park this summer. The projects will take place mid-July to September. Gahan creates work that represents the intersection of constructed and natural beauty. By investigating architecture, advertising, technology and consumerism she visually responds to… [ Keep reading ]
We’re thrilled to announce our 2013-14 Youth Arts awards, which offer arts training outside of school hours for Seattle’s middle- and high-schoolers. For the Sept. 2013 – Sept. 2014 period, the Office of Arts & Culture will invest $176,715 in 32 programs. Projects vary across media and are located throughout… [ Keep reading ]
We’d like to welcome two new members of our team. Willem de Koch will join the Communications & Outreach team as events & marketing intern to assist with summer events, including the Seattle Presents summer concert series and Mayor’s Arts Awards. Willem will also write for content for the blog… [ Keep reading ]
Mark your calendars, folks! Seattle Presents free concerts will return for the summer, beginning July 11 and running through Aug. 29. The outdoor performances will take place noon to 1:30 p.m. every Thursday on City Hall’s outdoor plaza, 600 Fourth Ave. Check out the concert lineup here. The shows are… [ Keep reading ]
Join us to explore how your organization, and the cultural sector as a whole, can make a better case for the public value of arts and culture at Dynamic Adaptability 2.0: How Do We Talk about the Public Value of the Arts?, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., June 24 at… [ Keep reading ]
In Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, there’s a sidewalk that teaches you how to dance. If you see folks waltzing on Broadway, they’re probably dancing to artist Jack Mackie’s Dancers’ Series: Steps (1982) — eight sets of inlaid-bronze shoeprints in the pattern of a couple’s dancing feet. The shoeprints are “step‑by‑step”… [ Keep reading ]
