We’re looking for an intern to work with the Community Development & Outreach team to provide events and marketing support for various programs during the summer. Projects will include assisting with Seattle Presents, the summer lunchtime concert series at City Hall; the Mayor’s Arts Awards; and other office events and… [ Keep reading ]
Happy spring! It’s the second week of our Weekly Art Hit’s 40th anniversary segment, and we’re featuring Michael Heizer’s Adjacent, Against, Upon (1976), located at Myrtle Edwards Park, north of Pier 70. With the sun out a little more these days, it’s a good time to take a walk along the… [ Keep reading ]
We’re seeking a project manager to serve as a liaison between the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and various city departments, community organizations, and other governments and cultural agencies on issues surrounding cultural space development and creative workers, as well as the arts in general. The liaison will identify… [ Keep reading ]
The city’s Curator and Collections Manager Deborah Paine recently gave City Budget Office employees a tour of the artwork chosen for their floor from the city’s Portable Works Collection. A three-person art committee of employees within their office selected the artworks for the halls to help enliven the workplace atmosphere…. [ Keep reading ]
Update May 10, 2013: An exhibition of the artworks will be on view in two parts: July 2 through August 12, with a reception July 17; and August 13 through October 1, with a reception September 11. Both will be at Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, 700 Fifth Ave., located on… [ Keep reading ]
It’s the 40th anniversary of the city’s public art program, and we’re celebrating! Weekly Art Hit is featuring artworks every week from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and 2000s. Learn about older artworks, lesser-known artworks, and find new information on pieces you know and love. The city established its 1% for… [ Keep reading ]
Celebrate the dedication of Fire Station 6 and the artwork The Call by Steve Gardner at an open house, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 16. The station is in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood at 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. Gardner will be present to talk about… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and 4Culture are pleased to announce a new, site-specific public artwork by Carolyn Law in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood. The monumental sculpture By Water On Land sits at the intersection of Fairview Avenue North and Fairview Avenue East near the newly developed Cheshiahud Lake… [ Keep reading ]
With the dedication of South Park Vortex by Horatio Law coming up this Saturday, we thought we’d feature another public artwork in South Park – The Unified Playing Field Theory (1989) by Ginny Ruffner. The artwork at South Park Community Center was one of the earliest design team projects in… [ Keep reading ]
Check out Horatio Law’s new public artwork South Park Vortex, at the dedication, 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 2, at Marra-Desimone Park (Marra Farms) in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood. The event will be at the northeast corner of Marra-Desimone Park at 533 South Director St., between Fifth Avenue South… [ Keep reading ]
