Jourdan Imani Keith invites you to submit pantoums for inclusion in her new project Women & Whales First, Poetry in a Climate of Change, a virtual event in April, 2021, in partnership with Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and the Seattle Space Needle. Poetry submissions due April 11, 2021 The Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
Perched above the road and waterway in the University and Fremont Bridge towers, two artists spent four months thinking about their surroundings and creating graphic novel works inspired by the location and their experiences. The artworks created during this residency are beautiful, meaningful and vibrate with resonance to the iconic and… [ Keep reading ]
ARTS and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) commissioned local emerging artists to develop new temporary art installations for four locations along SPU’s Ship Canal Water Quality Project locations in north Seattle. FLOW is featured at four site locations in Wallingford, Fremont and Ballard that make use of temporary construction walls and fences as part of the Ship Canal Water… [ Keep reading ]
In late 2021, Capitol Hill’s Miller Community Center will become home to a new solar micro-grid and a new public artwork by artist Julia Harrison. The artwork concept embraces themes around solar energy including sustainability and emergency preparedness, the ideals of the community center, and input from the community. A partnership between Seattle City Light, Seattle Parks and Recreation, and Office… [ Keep reading ]
Womxn & Whales, Poetry in a Climate of Change, is a virtual reading March 21, 2021, hosted by the Seattle Library Foundation in partnership with Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. Virtual Reading and Q&A Sunday, March 21st, 2021, 4 p.m. pst. EVENT REGISTRATION CAN BE FOUND HERE Admission is free Celebrate… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture is excited to announce Amy Nguyen as the new Public Art Program Manager. Amy leads the dynamic team charged with overseeing the City’s investments in generative artmaking in the public realm. She joined the office full time in January 2021. “I see public art as culture mapped… [ Keep reading ]
Classes are FREE but advance registration is required. Enrollment begins February 16th Building on our successful December 2020 pilot program with Seattle Parks & Recreation, The Creative Advantage is expanding the Creative Advantage ALL ACCESS Arts Stream (CAAAAS). This March we’re offering FREE, high-quality, accessible, *synchronous* out of school time arts classes for young people. This collaboration maximizes the community arts education power of the City’s Parks and ARTS offices, Seattle Public… [ Keep reading ]
Here is the playlist from our YouTube Channel of the entire Solar Utopias screening, including an introductory video by curator Britta Johnson, all twelve films by local artists, and the Q&A with most of the artists after the program. The City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture is excited… [ Keep reading ]
While in a remote learning setting, Seattle Public Schools (SPS) and partners across the city have been persistent in getting art supplies to schools and students. SPS and The Creative Advantage led a massive effort to ensure students have the art materials they need. SPS has worked with many partners to make this… [ Keep reading ]
The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway, a Seattle-based public arts installation is seeking a provider to create an Augmented Reality (AR) mobile application that will work in conjunction with the artworks. The application will be an installed app that should work on iOS and Android platforms. The RFP can be downloaded… [ Keep reading ]
