Come to a free artist reception for the special exhibition Umbrella for the Arts: 40 Years of Bumbershoot Artwork, 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 8 in the City Hall lobby gallery. This fascinating 40-year retrospective of original Bumbershoot artwork and posters is one of 40 ways to celebrate Bumbershoot’s big four-O. Image:… [ Keep reading ]
Summer weather is here in time for Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band to rock City Hall’s outdoor plaza. At noon, Thursday, July 8, soak up the sun and eccentric blend of pop instincts, jitter-jagged guitar chording, crooning vocals, tripping tempo changes and pastoral harmony. This quartet with a quirky name hit the scene… [ Keep reading ]
Bumbershoot®: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival is celebrating its 40th year in 2010. To commemorate this milestone and highlight the city’s role in fostering what has become one of the nation’s largest music and arts festivals, a special exhibition at City Hall will feature posters and original artwork from the… [ Keep reading ]
2010 Mayor’s Arts Award recipients, a funding opportunity, a call, free MP3s and more.
Enjoy a double bill of beguiling vocals grown from Celtic and American folk roots, noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, June 17 at City Hall. Rose Laughlin is “a true folk music chanteuse” writes Sing Out Magazine. Kat Eggleston won the Live Ireland Female Vocal Album of the Year and the… [ Keep reading ]
The delicate sound of more than 1,000 small, cast-iron wind chimes will fill the new Theater Commons at Seattle Center, June 15 through Sept. 15.
A new round of images will illuminate the exterior wall of The Seattle Public Library’s South Park Branch. Media artist Franklin Joyce created South Park Lights in 2006 .
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs will host an introductory presentation by artists Mags Harries and Lajos Héder of Cambridge, Mass. The nationally-recognized artist team was recently selected to develop public art for the First Hill Streetcar line. Meet the artists 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, June 16, at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, 719 South King St.
The dedication of Marvin Oliver’s A Salish Welcome at Salmon Bay Natural Area has been moved to 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, July 17.
We will dedicate “Thornton Creek,” a new public artwork by Los Angeles artist Stephen Glassman, 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 12, at Lake City’s new Fire Station 39.
