The application for the Work Readiness Arts Program will launch Tuesday, February 18, 2014. The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, in collaboration with the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (SYVPI), is soliciting proposals from arts, cultural and community organizations interested in providing training programs that links arts learning and… [ Keep reading ]
On Friday, January 17, the Office of Arts & Culture hosted our first Seattle Youth Artspace Summit, bringing over 20 youth arts organizations to the table to discuss the idea of a shared flagship facility, large enough to house multiple groups and central enough to draw from all of the… [ Keep reading ]
Carolyne Wright, a local Seattle poet, is one of the 2014 CityArtist award recipients, with the first of numerous readings coming up on February 12. Wright received funds to continue development of new work on This Dream the World, a collection of her poetry which focuses on women, specifically “confronting family… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) is committed to providing opportunities that promote arts education in Seattle. ARTS’s latest endeavor, The Creative Advantage, will support teaching artists and arts and culture organizations in their partnerships with Seattle Public Schools (SPS) via professional development, evaluation, and the community arts partner… [ Keep reading ]
If you missed Mayor Ed Murray’s Inauguration on Monday, January 6, you also missed Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken presenting a beautiful poem titled “Views of Seattle”. But don’t fret — we want to share the poem that encompasses living in Seattle, from Macklemore to Molly Moon’s, from the… [ Keep reading ]
Save the Date: March 7-8, 2014 Waterfront Seattle and its partners will organize a conference on the intersections between art, design, and play in the city beginning March 7 with a keynote talk, and continuing on Saturday March 8. The conference will bring together artists, designers, historians, and advocates to… [ Keep reading ]
Have plans for your lunch break on Friday, January 24? You do now! Join the Seattle Symphony for a free lunchtime community concert at Seattle City Hall. Stilian Kirov will conduct the Symphony in two works by Mendelssohn: his Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64; and selections from A… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle’s Lindy West Brings Women’s Issues to Light Online ““Jane Fonda hugged me.” Columbia City–based writer, performer and activist Lindy West still can’t quite believe she got a squeeze from one of her idols, but there is video evidence from the Women’s Media Awards, held in October in New York… [ Keep reading ]
Bridges are created to carry goods, people and animals across bodies of water, and other divides. When bridges start to wear out and become unsafe, what happens to them can be dispiriting. Despite their years of service and reliability, they are replaced by younger, shinier versions of themselves who haven’t… [ Keep reading ]
New Kennedy Center leader Deborah Rutter blazed trail in Seattle “Deborah F. Rutter was executive director of Seattle Symphony for 11 years, when Benaroya Hall was built. The head of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was named the next president of the Kennedy Center on Tuesday and will become the first… [ Keep reading ]
