Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs’ Director Vincent Kitch has been elected to the United States Urban Arts Federation (USUAF) executive committee. The USUAF is an Americans for the Arts alliance of the chief executives of local arts agencies in the nation’s 60 largest cities. Americans for the Arts is… [ Keep reading ]
Last call for 2013 Youth Arts funding program applications! The online application deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 15. Youth Arts is an annual funding program that makes a difference in the lives of Seattle middle- and high-school youth by providing arts education in all art forms during out-of-school time. Youth Arts prioritizes… [ Keep reading ]
Northwest Girlchoir. Photo by Sara Gray. Make sure it’s on your calendar! 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… [ Keep reading ]
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 ]
Mayor Mike McGinn today announced more than $1.6 million in investments to Seattle-based arts, heritage and cultural organizations through the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs’ Civic Partners program. The program will provide funding to 137 organizations in 2012. Read the Mayor’s blog post about it here.
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 ]
