Registration deadline extended for Ethnic Arts Connection
February 24, 2010
There’s more time to get in on the Ethnic Arts Connection action. We’ve extended the registration deadline for presenters and artists to 5 p.m., Friday, March 5.
Public art rises in Northgate
January 20, 2010
Those three, tall, wiggly posts standing at a busy Northgate intersection are the work of artist Benson Shaw. He recently installed the public artwork as part of the Thornton Creek Water Quality Channel project. The poles, called Wiggle Posts, are at the corner of Northeast 103rd Street and 5th Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
Art proposals sought for Pioneer Square park
January 7, 2010
Artists are invited to submit proposals to ARTSPARKS — a program designed to enliven Pioneer Square this summer by bringing art in all its forms to Occidental Park to create a public space where art and life entwine and art serves as a vehicle for positive and social change. ARTSPARKS is a collaboration… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Center seeks programming for Fun Forest site
December 16, 2009
Seattle Center is seeking proposals for “fun, imaginative and family-friendly” activities to enliven space once occupied by amusement rides. Next month, Fun Forest Amusements (FFA), Inc. – which has operated at Seattle Center for 47 years – will consolidate its amusement rides in an area south of the Monorail station,… [ Keep reading ]
Klezmer and medieval-choir music close 2009 concerts
December 14, 2009
Holiday spirit need a boost? Here’s our prescription. A measure of medieval-choir music and a dash of klezmer tunes. Tuesday, Dec. 15, the Medieval Women’s Choir sings Spanish and Italian holiday selections from noon to 1 p.m., at Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Ave. The Klez Kats offer “joyous klezmer,… [ Keep reading ]
SAM offers free admission to police and fire personnel
December 7, 2009
The Seattle Art Museum is paying tribute to law enforcement and fire personnel and their families this holiday season by offering free museum admission through Dec. 31. All active and reserve members of law enforcement or fire departments are invited to show their valid ID at the ticket desks of… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor-elect to host three town halls for the transition
November 25, 2009
This is a great opportunity to meet the incoming mayor and express the importance arts and culture play in your neighborhood.
Seattle artists receive $234K in project funding
November 18, 2009
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce $234,000 in awards to 48 individual artists working in the visual, literary and media arts. The city’s 2010 CityArtist Projects annual funding program supports the development and presentation of original work by individual artists based in Seattle. Funded projects must include a… [ Keep reading ]
Kaiser talks ‘Art of the Turnaround’
October 19, 2009
If you missed Michael Kaiser’s visit to Seattle in late August, hear what he had to say on Seattle Channel.
Former NEA chair offers tips for the arts in a bad economy
August 21, 2009
Bill Ivey, former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts and director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, addressed more than 1,100 of the nation’s arts leaders at the opening session of the 2009 Americans for the Arts annual convention in Seattle… [ Keep reading ]