Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news relating to the Seattle region. Nonprofits move beyond black tie to raise funds Puget Sound Business Journal, Valerie Bauman Donors received a surprise last year when they opened their invitations to the Gilda’s Club Seattle “Diamonds and Dew Drops” benefit ball. For… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle-based arts and cultural organizations are invited to apply for the city’s Civic Partners funding program, administered by the Office of Arts & Culture. The program provides two-year funding commitments with allocations for 2014 and 2015. Funding is intended to promote a healthy and diverse arts and cultural community by… [ Keep reading ]
James Wehn’s near-life-size historic bronze statue of Chief Seattle, the city’s namesake, invites visitors to sit by the fountain pool in downtown Seattle’s Tilikum Place Park and ponder the history of the city and sculpture. In the early 1900s, during the first stage of the Denny Hill Regrade, the city… [ Keep reading ]
Nominations are now open for the 2013 Mayor’s Arts Awards. The awards recognize the accomplishments of artists, arts and cultural organizations and community members committed to enriching their communities through the arts. The nomination deadline is 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 15. The nomination form is available online here. For a… [ Keep reading ]
Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the Greater Seattle area. Guest: Turn STEM into STEAM with Arts Education … [ Keep reading ]
Looking at the weighty, steel geometric volumes that make up Tony Smith’s Moses sculpture, it’s hard to imagine this work presented in plywood, but that’s just how the public first saw the piece in 1968. The Seattle Art Museum’s Contemporary Art Council first commissioned the work for an exhibition… [ Keep reading ]
Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the Greater Seattle area. Change Culture, and the World Creative Time Reports, Favianna Rodriguez “Art has always been a tool for me to claim space, build power and speak out about the injustices that have shaped my social experience in the… [ Keep reading ]
While wandering around Pioneer Square, you’ve probably seen the 50-foot carved cedar Seattle Totem Pole standing in the southwest corner of Pioneer Place Park. The totem was created in Alaska in 1940 by native carvers of the Kyan and Kinninook Indian families. The pole was part of a Civilian Conservation… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) recently purchased 12 artworks by eight Native American artists for its Portable Works Collection. The recent purchase, along with eight other artworks by six Native American from a previous purchase, will be on view at the Seattle Municipal Tower in the exhibition Native American Artwork in… [ Keep reading ]
Massive Monkees. Photo by Jennifer Richard. We hope to see you at City Hall Open House between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saturday, April 6. The day will be filled with activities that include performances by School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA) at 11 a.m., Massive Monkees at… [ Keep reading ]
