Arts Corps, Seattle’s largest nonprofit youth arts educator, celebrates a decade of service to the community with a photo retrospective by Susie Fitzhugh. An artist reception for Reflections: Ten Years of Arts Corps Photographs by Susie Fitzhugh will be 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 15, in City Hall’s lobby,… [ Keep reading ]
Step right up and experience AMA, the musical trio heralded as “a sometimes yodeling, always scintillating Latin American Afro Sephardic Eastern European gypsy chamber circus music band.” AMA plays a free Seattle Presents concert, 12 to 1:00 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16, outside at City Hall plaza. In case of rain the… [ Keep reading ]
Stop by Seattle Center’s Theater Commons this weekend to see the temporary sound artwork Windfall before it closes Wednesday, Sept. 15. Since mid-June, the delicate sound of more than 1,000 small, cast-iron wind chimes have filled this new, sustainably landscaped campus entry at Seattle Center. On Sept. 16 and Sept…. [ Keep reading ]
Hear from and ask questions of the four finalists for the role of lead designer for Seattle’s Central Waterfront, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Benaroya Hall, 200 University St. Doors to the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium will open at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is free… [ Keep reading ]
Today Mayor Mike McGinn announced that he has accepted the resignation of Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Director Michael Killoren, who is leaving Seattle to serve as discipline director for Local Arts Agencies / Challenge America Fast Track for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Arts Corps, Seattle’s largest nonprofit youth arts educator, celebrates a decade of service to the community with a photo retrospective by Susie Fitzhugh. Reflections: Ten Years of Arts Corps Photographs by Susie Fitzhugh will be on display Sept. 9 through Nov. 1 in Seattle City Hall’s lobby and Anne Focke Gallery located on the L2 level of the building. Twenty-six images curated by the artist will show the power, joy and concentration of children learning through dance, music, theater, literary and visual arts.
Join Mayor Mike McGinn and the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs this Friday, September 3 to honor the 2010 Mayor’s Arts Award recipients and preview the Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibits.
Seattle’s thriving and dynamic jazz scene, galvanized by award-winning high school jazz ensembles and increasingly developing its own signature sound, caught the attention of the New York Times yesterday.
This town is all about recycling and creating something new. To the delight of local music fans, The Kora Band combines traditional music from West Africa with American jazz to create an inspiring new blend. The group will play a free Seattle Presents concert 12 to 1 p.m., Thurs. Sept. 2 outside… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs’ September eNewsletter is now online and is chock-full of great information on the upcoming Mayor’s Arts Awards; new signal box artwork in the Central District; Storefronts Seattle; art dedications, closings, and celebrations; and more.
