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Three grantwriting tips for Neighborhood & Community Arts

…NCA program supports Seattle’s neighborhood arts councils and community groups that produce events to promote arts and cultural participation and build community. In 2014, the program provided $1,200 each to…

Closing the arts access gap in the Central District

…initiative in the Central region, the arts access gap was closed. What does that mean? In 2011, we conducted a needs assessment around the state of arts education in Seattle…

Scott Trimble selected for Seattle City Light service center commission

…in working with materials and processes to create artwork that is accessible, interactive and presents a narrative. Trimble has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Spatial Arts from San Jose…

The Listening Loop

…could be easily avoided. Recently I had the pleasure of hosting Shitstorm 2014, an open-to-the-public but under-a-cone-of-silence conversation with artists and arts professionals designed to facilitate a freeform open flow…

Announcing new Manager for Visual and Performing Arts at Seattle Public Schools

Gail Sehlhorst is the new Manager for Visual and Performing Arts at Seattle Public Schools. This position will assist the Office of Arts & Culture with the implementation and success…

39 artists receive CityArtist funding for 2015

This week, 39 artists around Seattle that work in dance, music and theater arts (including scriptwriting) received over $160,000 collectively through the CityArtist Projects annual funding program. This funding supports…

2014 Cultural Facilities Partners awarded

…This year, nine organizations have received funding through the Office of Arts & Culture who all contribute to the Seattle arts community through their programming. With the help of the…

Arts and culture jobs supported through city of Seattle investments

Arts Mean Business is a funding program that provides historically underserved Seattle arts, cultural and heritage organizations with funds for jobs. In 2014, six organizations received this grant to fund…

ARTS welcome Mytoan Nguyen-Akbar as the new Impact and Assessment Manager

Mytoan Nguyen-Akbar recently joined the Office of Arts & Culture as a Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow and Impact and Assessment Manager. She has most recently developed curriculum for the Seattle Community…

Emergency Resources for Organizations Navigating Federal Arts Funding Reductions

Many arts and cultural organizations in Seattle and across the country are facing the impact of recent federal grant reductions and terminations. These decisions are deeply concerning and pose serious…