Ryan Boudinot is on a mission to get Seattle recognized as an official UNESCO “City of Literature.” There are just a handful of cities world-wide who have earned this distinction, and Boudinot thinks we could (and should) be next. He’s holding a series of conversations on how the process might work,… [ Keep reading ]
Springboard is a cohort-based program for small and mid-sized arts and cultural organizations developed and led by Claudia Bach of AdvisArts and fueled by a corps of skilled 501 Commons volunteer consultants. Springboard participants complete an organizational assessment, attend cohort meetings and an afternoon forum with local arts experts, while working… [ Keep reading ]
As the new arts education specialist for the Office of Arts and Culture, I’m excited to add capacity to the implementation of our citywide K-12 arts education initiative – the Creative Advantage! This is truly exciting work that seeks to build equity and access to comprehensive, high quality arts education… [ Keep reading ]
It’s that time again – PARK(ing) Day in Seattle! On Friday, September 20, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., PARK(ing) Day temporarily turns parking spaces into parks. The event is intended to raise awareness about creating a walkable, livable, healthy city. The original PARK(ing) Day concept was developed by Rebar in… [ Keep reading ]
Tried skateboarding lately? Weekly Art Hit heads into the 2000s with the Seattle Center Skatepark artwork Focus (2009) by Perri Howard, located at Thomas Street and Second Avenue North. In 2007, Seattle City Council called for the creation of a new Seattle Center Skatepark after the former skatepark at the… [ Keep reading ]
Calling all galleries, artists’ studios, theaters, cinemas, music halls, clubs, sound stages, recording studios, bookstores, lecture halls, maker-spaces, meetspaces … in short, calling all arts and culture spaces of any kind in Seattle: we’re embarking on a project to inventory our city’s cultural space, and we want to hear from… [ Keep reading ]
Celebrate the dedication of new public artworks by Roy McMakin and Jeffry Mitchell at the new Rainier Beach Community Center and Pool in the Rainier Beach neighborhood. The Seattle Parks and Recreation community celebration event will be 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 22 at Rainier Beach Community Center,… [ Keep reading ]
You’re invited to the dedication of Celeste Cooning’s artwork Bounty at the Jackson Park Golf Course Perimeter Trail opening celebration, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28. The trail is located at 1000 N.E. 135th Street. Bounty serves as a threshold for the trail and creates a sense of… [ Keep reading ]
If you’ve wandered on the lawn of Seattle Center’s Broad Street Green, you’ve seen Doris Chase’s Moon Gates (1999), a group of three bronze sculptures that play with oppositions inspired by space and form. In the artwork, two sculptures with convex surfaces, one rhomboid and one ovoid, are each pierced… [ Keep reading ]
Cityworks: Seattle Public Utilities Revealed is a series of 66 artworks comprised of 170 black and white photographs by Peter deLory, who was the artist-in-residence for Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) from 1998 to 1999. He explored SPU facilities and operations including Water, Drainage and Wastewater and Solid Waste, talking with… [ Keep reading ]
