We’re seeking two-dimensional or three-dimensional artworks depicting weather-related or atmospheric phenomena for a competitive, direct purchase for Seattle Public Utilities‘ Portable Works Collection. Artwork should reference air, water, temperature or light and may or may not be representational. All types of media will be considered. Artists working in color are… [ Keep reading ]
We’re now accepting project applications for our Youth Arts program. The program supports arts training opportunities for Seattle’s middle and high school youth outside of school hours in a variety of artistic disciplines, including visual and literary arts, theater, music, dance and film. The application deadline is 11 p.m., Monday,… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) are seeking a senior project manager to coordinate arts activities and implement public art projects for the Central Waterfront. This position is currently funded at half-time and is a term-limited position (two years) with benefits. At the… [ Keep reading ]
Congratulations to all the same-sex couples who married at City Hall on Dec. 9, and to all the couples now able to marry in the future. To celebrate, here’s Cecilia Cooney-Wickett’s charcoal drawing Pat (Vivian) and Sue (Woehrli). Cooney-Wickett was commissioned in 1986 to create a series of drawings of… [ Keep reading ]
We’re seeking an artist or artist team to create artwork for Landsburg Park as part of Seattle Public Utilities’ (SPU) Landsburg Facilities and Chlorination Project. The Landsburg Facilities site is a pristine forested area in the western foothills of the Cascade mountain range, 28 miles southeast of Seattle in the… [ Keep reading ]
SmART ventures is a Seattle-based, flexible small awards program that aims to encourage innovative ideas, create community impact, and provide new access for individuals and groups not served by our other programs. Planting small seeds can yield big outcomes. SmART ventures seek to widen arts and culture participation, particularly of… [ Keep reading ]
On Sunday, Dec. 9, 140 same-sex couples will wed in City Hall on the first day they are eligible to do so. Seattle artist and designer Jennifer Zeyl is transforming City Hall for the event. Award winning set designer Jennifer Zeyl stands in her temporary work space listening to Macklemore,… [ Keep reading ]
The mobile artwork There’s No Place Like Home, known as the Blue House, will travel to the Green Lake Festival of Lights for its final performance at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8 on the northwest side of Green Lake near Duck Island. Created by Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders, the nearly… [ Keep reading ]
Heading downtown to do some holiday shopping? Don’t forget to stop and look at the artwork you’ll probably walk by or through at Westlake Park across from Westlake Center. Robert Maki, working with landscape architect Robert Hanna, created Westlake Star Axis/Seven Hills (1988) as a design program to unite the… [ Keep reading ]
Does deep community engagement require compromising artistic or organizational goals, or can it make organizations more adventuresome and sustainable? In November, arts and cultural leaders from the Seattle area attended Dynamic Adaptability 2.0: Cultural Organizations As Civic Leaders, a free seminar on audience engagement at Town Hall. Missed it? Check out… [ Keep reading ]
