32 artist projects funded through CityArtist Projects grant for 2018 The Office of Arts & Culture is supporting 32 artists through the CityArtist Projects grant, a funding program that has invested more than $1.7 M in individual artists over the last 10 years. Funding for 2018 goes to support artists’… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Civic Poet Anastacia-Renee has a passion for poetry and community. A major goal of her time as Civic Poet is to create safe literary hubs where community members can gather to share and celebrate the plethora of local, historical, and contemporary voices. In 2018 she will be sharing her… [ Keep reading ]
Sunday, December 3, 2017, 1 – 3:30 p.m. The Black Zone 2301 South Jackson Street, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98058 Seattle Civic Poet Anastacia-Renee begins the Speak to Me! series, a FREE intergenerational monthly workshop and reading series showcasing emerging and seasoned poets. Speak to Me! Volume I will feature readings by Quenton… [ Keep reading ]
This October, Grantmakers in the Arts held their annual conference in Detroit. This year’s conference not only focused on racial equity in grants making it also highlighted the city of Detroit’s legacy of activism; and vibrant arts, music, and design communities. Lara Davis, Arts Education Manager here at the Office… [ Keep reading ]
This summer the Office of Arts & Culture published its long-anticipated CAP Report: 30 Ideas for the Creation, Activation, and Preservation of Cultural Space. The report sourced its ideas from the cultural community, the development community, from electeds, from departmental staff, and from consultants. In the short four months since… [ Keep reading ]
Opening early 2018, expanded fund creates more opportunity for underserved organizations The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s (ARTS) Cultural Facilities Fund has expanded from $250,000 to $1,250,000 to better support capital projects for arts and cultural organizations in the City. The fund increase is in direct response to the… [ Keep reading ]
Tolbert will present at the Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony, Thursday, Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. The Office of Arts & Culture announced Seattle’s next Civic Poet, Anastacia-Reneé Tolbert. She is the former Writer-in-Residence at Richard Hugo House, and a workshop facilitator and multivalent performance artist. Three books by the poet/Tolbert,… [ Keep reading ]
Poetic Map captures the people and poems of Seattle Reading on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Open Books A Poem Emporium: 2414 North 45th Street, Seattle, WA 98103 Seattle Civic Poet, Claudia Castro Luna, launches a poetry map of the city. Seattle Poetic Grid (https://www.seattlepoeticgrid.com) is… [ Keep reading ]
In a truly innovative call for artists, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), in partnership with Seattle City Light, is looking for an artist/artist team to create a fictionalized graphic novel about the historic Georgetown Steam Plant. Built in 1906, the Georgetown Steam Plant advanced industrial architecture in… [ Keep reading ]
Today, the Seattle Arts Commission (SAC), 16 citizen volunteers appointed by the mayor and City Council, supporting the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture released a letter to the King County Council in favor of placing Access for All on the August ballot. Commission members include artists, arts professionals and… [ Keep reading ]
