On Thursday, August 31st, the rain stopped and the sun came out for the Office of Arts & Culture’s 15th annual Mayor’s Arts Awards. From beginning to end the event was exciting, filled with drama and it exemplified the Seattle arts scene. The love, gratitude, and multifaceted arts community came to celebrate the people and organizations that make Seattle a hub of creativity and innovation.
Next year will be another memorable event, and to help us make it incredible we have a few questions for you. Please take a couple of minutes and let us know what you think.
15 years of Mayor’s Arts Awards by the numbers!
86 Mayor’s Arts Awards recipients
Over 100 Organizations & Artists Honored!
Over 5,000 Nominations!
Over 8,500 attendees!
2 Civic Poets!
3 Mayors!
Innumerable number of sunburns!
Here are a few photos to remember the day by:
City of Seattle Civic Poet Anastacia-Rene Tolbert and former Civic Poet Claudia Castro Luna
Photo by Marcus R. Donner
Ken Workman 4th generation great grandson of Chief Seattle, Duwamish tribe
Photo by Marcus R. Donner
Assunta Ng
Photo by Marcus R. Donner
Scott Gelband of Seattle Music Partners
Photo by Marcus R. Donner
Courtney Sheehan, Executive Director of NW Film Forum,
Photo by Marcus R. Donner
Leilani Lewis
Photo by Marcus R. Donner
The 2017 award designed and produced by Nao Yamamoto and Chihuly Garden & Glass
Photo by Marcus R. Donner
Photo by Marcus R. Donner
Fun times at MAA 2017. Photo by Sunny Martini
