ARTS Seeks 2023-24 Seattle Civic Poet
May 18, 2022
…artists, while celebrating the literary arts. Civic Poet Jourdan Imani Keith at the 2019 Mayor’s Arts Awards; Photo by Marcus R. Donner Learn About Civic Poet Eligibility and Funding This…
The Creative Advantage Welcomes Gabriel-Bello Díaz, the New Seattle Public Schools Creative Advantage Project Manager
January 21, 2022
…arts organizations and teaching artists; support the partnership with Seattle Office of Arts and Culture including communications and advocacy, grants, advisory groups, and initiative evaluation; and plan for future expansion to other…
Accepting applications for Youth Arts funding
December 15, 2010
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs is now accepting applications for our Youth Arts funding program, which supports arts training opportunities for Seattle’s middle and high school youth outside…
Exciting staff updates!
August 21, 2015
The Office of Arts & Culture has some exciting staff updates! We are re-organizing how the public art team is structured, and shifting some roles and responsibilities. Jason Huff is…
Seattle’s Creative Industries Are Our Future. That’s Why The City Is Expanding Our Creative Work
September 23, 2019
…learning initiative in partnership between OED, ARTS, Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL) and others By building upon OED/OFM, DEEL, and ARTS’s connection between creative, art, technology, education, workforce,…
Launching the Creative Careers Cohort
April 19, 2019
…The Creative Advantage Community Arts Partner Roster, a vetted list of local artists and organizations who offer creative programming in schools as part of The Creative Advantage, were invited to…
ARTS Launches newest Arts & Cultural District
August 23, 2018
…arts and cultural district, the Columbia Hillman Arts & Cultural District. Kathy Fowells, director at SEEDArts spoke eloquently about becoming the newest arts and cultural district and we wanted to…
ARTS releases the King Street Station Community Feedback Report
January 31, 2018
Community feedback is being used to inform the programming at King Street Station SEATTLE – The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) announced the release of the King Street…
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture is finalist for ArtPlace America’s 2017 National Creative Placemaking Fund
June 14, 2017
…which art plays an intentional and integrated role in place-based community planning and development. This brings artists, arts organizations, and artistic activity into the suite of placemaking strategies pioneered by…
ARTISTS UP Grant LAB awards support vision and inspiration for 18 Washington artists
December 13, 2016
…why artists work and create. Each artist will receive $3,000 to support their artistic vision. “By engaging artists as allies and dismantling barriers, the Grant LAB is advocating for an…