Healthcare Happy Hour for artists, musicians and performers Monday, January 25, 2016, 4-8 p.m. Fred Wildlife Refuge 128 Belmont Ave E Seattle, WA 98102 Learn how to avoid getting a tax penalty and enroll in FREE or reduced healthcare coverage. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/events/169693300064335/
Join Mayor Murray and department directors to discuss how Seattle is at work in your neighborhood and throughout the city. Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 5-7 p.m. Seattle City Hall 600 4th Ave, Seattle, WA We’ll be continuing the conversation around the Housing Affordability & Livability Agenda, and we’d like your… [ Keep reading ]
The Creative Advantage initiative continues the hard work of integrating arts education back into Seattle Public Schools. Seattle Channel host Brian Callanan talks to experts about why an arts education is important and how this new initiative is creating the conditions for all young people to be more creative,… [ Keep reading ]
This month the Teaching Artist Guild published TAG Quarterly. This issue focuses on the business of teaching artists, be sure to check out the great article on “Teaching Artist as Entrepreneur.”
ARTS is spotlighting the incredible members of our Community Arts Partner Roster. This month the spotlight is on Jack Straw Cultural Center. A community-based resource since 1962, Jack Straw provides a production facility that is unlike any other in the region for local artists who work creatively with sound. Jack… [ Keep reading ]
When it comes to art, what’s your preference? Maybe you’re a traditionalist who wants a painting of a dog to look like a dog. Maybe you’re more experimental and can imagine the dog emerging from a few splashes of color. Whatever your tastes, you’re bound to find something that catches… [ Keep reading ]
Join us to kick-off a new series of free Creative Advantage Arts Partner trainings. CREATIVE ADVANTAGE ARTS PARTNER KICK OFF EVENT Thursday, January 7, 2016, 5-8 p.m. Seattle Asian Art Museum Alvord Board Room 1400 E Prospect St., Seattle, WA 98112 Creative Advantage Workshops The Creative Advantage invests in artists… [ Keep reading ]
This month the Office of Arts & Culture welcomes three new arts commissioners: artist Juan Alonso-Rodriguez; Steve Galatro, executive director of Pratt Fine Arts Center and Cassie Chin, deputy executive director at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. All three bring a wealth of arts and… [ Keep reading ]
The season of giving is underway and as our gift to you, here is a compilation of gift ideas. We’ve rounded up a collection of options that will surely delight the lucky recipients of your gift including memberships to educational and inspiring institutions, creative and engaging classes, exciting experiences, local… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Culture in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) has commissioned Seattle artist Vaughn Bell to be the Green Infrastructure and Waterways artist-in-residence at SPU for a six month period starting in January 2016. Bell will work closely with SPU staff to develop an art master… [ Keep reading ]
