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Last call: We’re seeking two artists for Seattle City Light service centers

We’re seeking two artists to create semi-permanent, site-specific installations for City Light’s North and South Service Centers, hubs for City Light’s work. The deadline to apply is 11 p.m., Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 (Pacific Daylight Time). Each selected artist will create up to two artworks that may be two- or… [ Keep reading ]

Stokley Towles’ performance on stormwater featured in Crosscut

Check out this article in today’s Crosscut on Stokley Towles’ performance piece “Stormwater: Life in the Gutter.” Knute Berger calls Towles the “Bill Nye of public works.” The nearly one-hour piece uncovers the world of urban rainfall and the people who live, work and play in it. The performance consists… [ Keep reading ]

City curator to present talk on Seattle as Collector retrospective at SAM, Oct. 7

Get an inside perspective on the retrospective exhibition on view at Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Seattle as Collector: Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Turns 40. City Curator and Collections Manager Deborah Paine will present a talk at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 7, at SAM’s Plestcheeff Auditorium. The talk is… [ Keep reading ]

Words are theme of city exhibition Word Play

Words come to us in a myriad of ways: through the books we read, billboards that line our highways, the e-mails and texts that link us to others, radio, TV and the music on our iPods. In the exhibition “Word Play,” on view at Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Oct. 4… [ Keep reading ]

Anna MacDonald to install art along Burke-Gilman trail

    Anna MacDonald; Twin Sea Flex; 2006; vinyl, water, steel, and screen; 10′ x 27′ x 15′. Located at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of the artist.   Seattle artist Anna MacDonald will create a permanent, multi-site art installation for the Burke-Gilman Trail. Two to five artworks… [ Keep reading ]

Check out our October eNews

Our director Vincent Kitch talks about art adventures and budget. The 2012 CityArtist Projects funding program for individual artists is now open. Learn about our Neighborhood & Community Arts (NCA) funding program. We’re seeking two artists to create semi-permanent, site-specific installations for Seattle City Light’s North and South Service Centers…. [ Keep reading ]

Seeking two artists for Seattle City Light service centers

We’re seeking two artists to create semi-permanent, site-specific installations for Seattle City Light’s North and South Service Centers, hubs for City Light’s work. Each artist will create up to two artworks that should capture the “electricity” of City Light’s activities. The call is open to artists residing in Washington, Oregon,… [ Keep reading ]

Hike through history on the Cheshiahud Loop

Lake Union has a fascinating history. The lake has served as home to Native American villages, lumber mills, airplanes, boat-building, the military and recreation. The six-mile Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop trail around Lake Union is named in honor of the Duwamish chief who led a village located on Lake Union…. [ Keep reading ]

Seeking artists for roster, artist-in-residence for Seattle City Light

We currently have two calls for artists open! The  application deadline for both calls is 11 p.m., Monday, Aug. 29 (Pacific Daylight Time). We’re seeking approximately 50 to 75 artists for a juried roster of professional artists eligible for consideration for future public art projects. The projects will be at city… [ Keep reading ]

“Seattle as Collector” extends to City Hall, celebrates Office’s 40th anniversary

An extension of the exhibition at Seattle Art Museum Seattle as Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40 is on display at City Hall through the end of the year. The smaller-scale City Hall exhibition—Seattle as Collector at City Hall—continues the celebration of our agency’s 40th anniversary… [ Keep reading ]