Meet artist Stokley Towles at a reception following his performance Stormwater: Life in the Gutter, Sat. Nov. 12 at Washington Park Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center. The performance is noon to 1 p.m.; the reception is 1 to 2 p.m. Both the performance and reception are free and open to the… [ Keep reading ]
Speight Jenkins, the man behind much of the magic that is Seattle Opera, was recently honored as one of the recipients of the 2011 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Opera Honors Award. The highest national award in opera, the honor comes with a $25,000 monetary award. Jenkins, who has… [ 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 ]
Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is seeking proposals for a consultant to coordinate the development of a K-12 visual and performing arts plan. The consultant’s tasks will include submission of the final arts plan to The Wallace Foundation, a New York-based national philanthropy. In July, SPS received a $1 million grant from… [ Keep reading ]
826 Seattle, an after-school reading and writing program, and the Young Shakespeare Workshop are recipients of the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, considered the country’s highest honor in the field of after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs. The organizations are among 12 that will receive awards Nov. 2… [ 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 ]
Nonprofit arts service organization Shunpike will launch the Artist Space Assistance Program (ASAP), a pilot program in the Pioneer Square and Chinatown-International District neighborhoods designed to provide relocation and placement services for artists and arts organizations seeking affordable studio, live/work, exhibition, performance and/or rehearsal space. ASAP grew out of community concerns… [ 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 ]
Seattle School Board candidates talk arts education. Shunpike will launch the Artist Space Assistance Program. The deadline for the 2012 CityArtist Projects funding program is coming up fast. Mark your calendar for Dec. 6 and 7 to participate in the two-day, free event Cultural Space Seattle. Theatre Puget Sound unveils… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle artists, last call! The deadline to apply for the 2012 CityArtist Projects funding program is 11 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 1. Go here for more information and a link to the online application. CityArtist Projects is an annual funding program that provides support to individual Seattle artists to develop and… [ Keep reading ]
