The 1962 World’s Fair put Seattle on the map, and this year Seattle Center celebrates the fair’s 50th anniversary with The Next Fifty. Six months of artworks, events and activities at the Center April 21 through Oct. 21 will mark the legacy the fair left to the region and the… [ Keep reading ]
It’s official! The governor today signed a bill preserving arts funding in Seattle. Here’s Mayor Mike McGinn’s statement: “This is a great day for arts in our city. Governor Chris Gregoire’s signature on SB 6574 today preserves hundreds of thousands of local dollars for Seattle arts organizations this year to… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce $156,000 in awards to 45 individual artists working in the visual, literary and media arts. The CityArtist Projects annual funding program assists individual artists based in Seattle to develop and present their work. “Individual artists are the foundation of… [ Keep reading ]
We’re pleased to announce funding awards to 39 neighborhood arts festivals and events through our Neighborhood & Community Arts (NCA) program. The program will invest $46,800 ($1,200 per organization) in events taking place throughout the city this year. The varied slate of neighborhood events includes BeatWalk, Columbia City’s monthly music festival;… [ Keep reading ]
Artists and arts groups seeking affordable space are invited to attend a space workshop on Jan. 7, take a survey and apply for space consulting services, all part of the the Artist Space Assistance Program (ASAP), a pilot program of the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs designed to provide relocation and… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs is accepting project applications for our Youth Arts program. The program supports arts training opportunities for Seattle’s middle and high school youth outside of school hours in a variety of artistic disciplines, including visual and literary arts, theater, music, dance and film…. [ Keep reading ]
Do your homework. Read before you vote and find out what the candidates for Seattle School Board have to say about arts education. Don’t delay. Election Day is Nov. 8. Thanks to our partner ArtsEd Washington who helped us put out the survey.
We partnered with the Seattle Arts Commission and ArtsEd Washington to develop and send a short questionnaire about arts education to each of the eight candidates running for four seats on the Seattle School Board. We asked the candidates about their arts experiences growing up, what role arts education can… [ Keep reading ]
Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) unveiled its newest award last night at the 2011 Gregory Awards – the Melissa Hines Award honoring individuals working behind the scenes to make theater possible. Melissa was a beloved member of the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs team from 2004 to 2011. She passed… [ Keep reading ]
Considering that training and participation in the arts help keep students in school, engaged and motivated to learn, we thought you might be interested in today’s (Oct. 3) announcement of a citywide campaign to improve school attendance. Mayor Mike McGinn and Interim Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Susan Enfield launched Be… [ Keep reading ]
