The Seattle Community College District is seeking an organization or coalition of organizations to program and manage the former Egyptian Theatre building long-term as an arts and culture space. The Egyptian Theatre is a 600-seat cinema located in the heart of the Pike-Pine corridor at 801 E. Pine St. on… [ Keep reading ]
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 ]
We’re really excited to be finally launching a project that’s been a long time in the making: an app for smartphones for our public art collection. The app is called STQRY (pronounced “story”) and is available on iOS, Android and Windows 8 operating systems for free. Right now you’ll find… [ Keep reading ]
Below is a selection of events that our office has funded for the month through our smART ventures funding program. SmART ventures is a Seattle-based, flexible awards program that encourages innovative ideas, creates community impact, and provides new access for individuals and groups not served by our other programs. SmART… [ Keep reading ]
Choklate, recognized as an indie-soul/R&B trailblazer who consistently connects with audiences worldwide, comes to City Hall plaza, 600 Fourth Ave., for a free, all-ages performance, 12 to 1:30 p.m., July 25, as part of the Seattle Presents free summer concert series. Seattle Presents features eight consecutive weeks of free concerts… [ Keep reading ]
Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the greater Seattle area. Crosscut Evolution Lost: The trouble with curating public art | Crosscut.com Don Fels, July 19, 2013 Buster Simpson//Surveyor at the Frye Art Museum through October 13, is a sprawling, compelling and ambitious exhibition. This retrospective is the… [ Keep reading ]
You open the door at the Columbia Public Health Center and are instantly greeted by a floating array of colorful, furry fabric creatures in the two-story skylight atrium. The artist, who goes by the name Monad, created The Unity and Oneness of All (1992) using a variety of colors and… [ Keep reading ]
Where do your school board candidates stand on the arts? Ask them! With hundreds of Washington school board positions up for election this fall, voters have a critical opportunity to select leaders who are committed to providing the high quality, sequential arts learning that every student deserves (and that the… [ Keep reading ]
Jeffrey Simmons is one of 33 artists whose work was recently purchased by Seattle Public Utilities to be including in their Portable Works Collection. His watercolor painting Palindrome III is currently being exhibited as part of Atmospheric Weather, a two-part exhibition at the Seattle Municipal Tower showing the newest additions… [ Keep reading ]
St. Paul de Vence is a dynamic group of multi-instrumentalists, each an artist in their own right, who weave together their talents with a natural ease and joy reminiscent of Crosby, Stills and Nash. The rising stars in the local indie scene come to City Hall plaza, 600 Fourth Ave.,… [ Keep reading ]
