Grant to support The Creative Advantage, a citywide initiative to establish equitable access to arts education National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the National Endowment for the ARTS (NEA) second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in… [ Keep reading ]
S. Surface is a Seattle-based curator of art, design and architecture, currently King Street Station Program Lead with the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. Previously, Surface was co-curator of The Alice, an artist-run exhibition space and writers’ residency, and Out Of Sight 2017, a regional survey of Pacific Northwest… [ Keep reading ]
Artist and metalsmith Merrily Tompkins, whose artwork is represented in the permanent public art collection, has passed away. Originally working as a jewelry maker and silversmith, Ms. Tompkins joined the design team for the Creston Nelson Substation, a Seattle City Light facility in South Seattle, in the late 1970’s. Working… [ Keep reading ]
Open now through June 15, 2018 The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s (ARTS) Mayor’s Arts Awards celebrates the people and organizations that broaden our horizons and humanize our city and our world. Based on feedback from last year’s awards we are eliminating categories and are instead asking you to… [ Keep reading ]
The more we know about your needs, the better we can create opportunities to serve you. We’ve asked you a lot about your cultural space needs, and we’ve spent five years designing policies, programs, and projects to address what we’ve heard. Your guidance to date has lead us to look… [ Keep reading ]
Call for Indigenous Creatives, open March 5 – April 20, 2018 SEATTLE – In recognition of the Coast Salish peoples on whose land the City of Seattle is built, the Office of Arts & Culture is honored to open a new arts and cultural hub on the third floor… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture grant program, which has been investing in the arts and cultural community for over 40 years, will see significant changes in 2018 and 2019 as the City transitions to a new online Citywide grant platform. Grant programs will continue to be available including… [ Keep reading ]
One of the CAP Report: 30 Ideas for the Creation, Activation, and Preservation of Cultural Space recommendations from earlier this year was the creation of a liaison role, embedded in the Department of Construction and Inspections, that would work with arts and cultural projects as a point of connection between… [ Keep reading ]
Community feedback is being used to inform the programming at King Street Station SEATTLE – The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) announced the release of the King Street Station Community Feedback Report. The report represents over 500 individuals and encompasses their thoughts, dreams and ideas on how to… [ Keep reading ]
32 artist projects funded through CityArtist Projects grant for 2018 The Office of Arts & Culture is supporting 32 artists through the CityArtist Projects grant, a funding program that has invested more than $1.7 M in individual artists over the last 10 years. Funding for 2018 goes to support artists’… [ Keep reading ]
