We’re accepting project applications for our new Cultural Facilities program. The new pilot program supports Seattle-based arts, heritage, cultural and arts service organizations with urgent-need, facilities-based capital projects. The program will award one-time funding to organizations with projects such as facility renovations, ADA-access projects or the completion of the final… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation seeks individuals, groups or organizations to create fun, innovative, curriculum-based visual and performing arts programs at four Seattle parks this summer. The Summer Art in the Park program aims to increase learning opportunities for youth, build self-esteem and promote cross-cultural experiences. The parks are Othello Playground,… [ Keep reading ]
See artwork by members of the Columbia City Gallery in the exhibition Columbia City Gallery Artists Step Out, on view at City Hall through July 2. The Columbia City Gallery is an artists’ cooperative in Southeast Seattle that brings together emerging and professional artists working in diverse media. The exhibition… [ Keep reading ]
May is Arts Education Month in Washington state. Together with ArtsEd Washington, we invite you to join the statewide campaign celebrating and promoting arts education. Read Mayor Mike McGinn’s proclamation in support of Arts Education Month. And check out ArtsEd Washington’s suggestions on how you can get… [ Keep reading ]
Our director Vincent Kitch talks about preserving cultural space. Performance artworks illustrate how local artists are contributing to the discussion about our local waterways. Kelly Pajek joins the public art team. We invite you to join the statewide campaign celebrating and promoting arts education for Arts Education Month. See artwork… [ Keep reading ]
We’ve added an additional free screening of the Water Calling Short Films, 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 9 at SIFF Cinema. Go here for the complete film schedule and locations. In the 70-minute presentation, five filmmakers tap into the flow of water and invite viewers to reflect on the preservation of our water resources—from drinking… [ Keep reading ]
It was a dark and stormy First Thursday Art Walk night, and the artwork at King Street Station was not alight. Thanks to those of you who came out to see San Francisco artist group Rebar’s temporary installation Seattlight at King Street Station’s Jackson Plaza last night. We had hoped to open the project,… [ Keep reading ]
Stokley Towles’ one-man performance Stormwater: Life in the Gutter begins tonight at 7 p.m., May 4, at Seattle Center. Towle’s uses humor and wit to reveal the world of urban rainfall and traces its travels from the clouds to the city’s streets, homes and businesses and the sewer lines below…. [ Keep reading ]
The “Parking Squid” for bikes is under construction! Decorative Metal Arts, a metal fabricator located in SODO, is fabricating this bike rack designed by local artist Susan Robb. The structure is made from galvanized steel and is funded by Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) 1% for Art funds administered by… [ Keep reading ]
Get updates on the city’s arts and cultural space initiatives at a brown-bag session, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, May 3, at City Hall’s Bertha Knight Landes Room, 601 Fifth Ave. The event is hosted by the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and the Seattle Arts Commission and is… [ Keep reading ]
