Our director talks about investing in the arts and preserving admission tax funding. We joined with Mayor Mike McGinn and a few of our funded partners in announcing more than $1.6 million in investments in 137 Seattle arts organizations through our Civic Partners program. Join in a lively panel discussion… [ Keep reading ]
Storefronts Seattle, in partnership with the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, seeks artists to develop art projects for vacant storefronts in various Seattle neighborhoods, including Pioneer Square, the Chinatown/International District, Capitol Hill, South Lake Union and Rainier Beach. The projects will be programmed in available spaces throughout 2012 and… [ Keep reading ]
Last week Mayor Mike McGinn welcomed the Seattle Symphony and new music director Ludovic Morlot to City Hall. Nearly 350 people gathered in the lobby for a free lunchtime concert featuring Weber’s Overture to Der Freischütz and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Read the mayor’s blog post about it here.
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and 4Culture present ceramic artworks from their public art collections in the exhibition “Enduring Clay: Four Decades of Collecting Ceramics by the City of Seattle and King County.” The show is on view at the Washington State Convention Center through April 9,… [ Keep reading ]
You are invited to join Mayor Mike McGinn, Seattle Public Schools Interim Superintendent Susan Enfield and youth for a lively panel discussion and community forum about arts education, creative learning and student success. The 2012 Arts Education Forum is 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16, at Seattle University’s Pigott… [ Keep reading ]
Artists and arts enthusiasts: give your perspective on how to shape the waterfront. Join the city’s Waterfront Seattle project for a series of informal discussions on key topics about the future of the waterfront. Now is the time to get involved! All events will be 5:30 to 7 p.m., downstairs… [ Keep reading ]
Your next visit to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will include the sights and sounds of northwest music. The Sea-Tac Airport Music Initiative, Experience the City of Music — a cooperative effort by the Port of Seattle, Seattle Music Commission and PlayNetwork— launches this week to showcase the northwest region’s music culture. The Sea-Tac… [ Keep reading ]
Ludovic Morlot, music director, Seattle Symphony. Photo by Ben VanHouten. Don’t miss this! The Seattle Symphony will perform a free community concert at City Hall, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25. Ludovic Morlot, the symphony’s new music director, will lead the orchestra in a program featuring Weber’s… [ Keep reading ]
The arts create positive ripple effects throughout our communities. Advocate for the arts on Arts & Heritage Day, Feb. 1. The Washington State Arts Alliance (WSAA) is partnering again this year with the Washington Museum Association to coordinate Arts & Heritage Day, an annual gathering of arts advocates in Olympia… [ Keep reading ]
Stacy Levy, 2012, Straw Garden: from Wattle to Watershed (proposal drawing). Stacy Levy will create a temporary artwork at Seattle Center’s Broad Street Green as part of its The Next Fifty 50th anniversary celebration. The Broad Street Green—Green Infrastructure Project will address protecting the water quality of… [ Keep reading ]
