Join in Cultural Space Seattle, a two-day event to help shape policies to keep and create affordable space for artists and arts organizations to work, rehearse and perform in Seattle. Artist and cultural planner Theaster Gates will deliver the keynote address at a public forum, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6… [ Keep reading ]
We’re seeking a project manager for the Public Art team to manage permanently sited and temporary artwork projects. The Public Art team manages and stewards the city’s permanently sited and portable artworks and develops the annual Municipal Art Plan. The project manager’s duties will include developing public art projects,… [ Keep reading ]
If you’re interested in preserving your photographs, you are probably already aware that the sun is the biggest enemy of photographic images. Keep in mind that fluorescent light bulbs will also accelerate fading. But because regular window glass is 97% ultraviolet reflective, you’ll achieve a great deal of protection simply… [ Keep reading ]
Most Seattleites and tourists to the city have journeyed at least once to see the panorama of the city replete with the Space Needle, as framed by the circular sculpture at Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park. Affectionately referred to as the “donut” by locals, Black Sun (1969) by Isamu Noguchi is… [ Keep reading ]
Stokley Towles. Photo by John J. Little Sr. Travel to the underbelly of the city with Stokley Towles as he continues his one-man performance Stormwater: Life in the Gutter at different locations around the city. Catch the free performance tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center or… [ Keep reading ]
In partnership with the Seattle Office for Education, we’re hosting a brown bag workshop offering an overview of the 2011 Families and Education Levy and outlining how arts organizations can get involved. The event will be 12 to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 at Seattle Center, Center House, Conference… [ Keep reading ]
Adam Frank will work as artist-in-residence at Seattle City Light, where he will study the utility’s energy conservation programs and develop a series of innovative projects to bring awareness to energy conservation. The conservation and sustainability residency will begin in November and run through December 2012. One of Frank’s first… [ Keep reading ]
Mark your calendar for Dec. 6 and 7 to participate in Cultural Space Seattle, a two-day event to help shape policies to keep and create affordable space for artists and arts organizations to work, rehearse and perform in Seattle. Hear from national and local cultural space leaders; discuss policy, funding… [ Keep reading ]
Our conservation staff has just restored the neon lighting on the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Neon for the Bagley Wright Theater (1983) by Stephen Antonakos. The lighting was damaged by a storm last year that left several sections of the neon dark. Over time the weather had taken a toll on… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle as Collector exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum. Photo by Robert Wade. Your last chance is fast approaching! Stop by and see artworks spanning four decades from the city’s Portable Works Collection in the retrospective exhibition Seattle as Collector: Office of Arts & Cultural… [ Keep reading ]
