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…
Shunpike selected for pilot arts space program
November 1, 2011
…and real estate professionals and offering more in-depth, free placement services to about 10 artists and/or arts groups. Interested artists and arts groups must complete a short application and will…
826 Seattle and the Young Shakespeare Workshop receive national awards
November 2, 2011
…The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs’ Youth Arts program funded 826 Seattle in 2010 for a series of artist-led workshops. 826 offers both in- and out-of-school arts programs along…
ARTS Welcomes Payton Bordley and Amanda Standley
July 2, 2015
…collaboration with other community organizations. She manages the Seattle Arts Leadership Team, and coordinates the office’s Race & Social Justice Initiative Change Team. Payton first joined us in 2014 as…
AFTAmath
June 29, 2015
…and support the arts in America. Their convention, AFTACON, is a blend of cultural advocates leading the changes we are seeing in the arts field and advancing the arts as…
Seattle Public Schools seeks consultant for arts project management
November 3, 2011
…a multi-year plan for introducing more arts instruction into the classroom. The planning grant, which runs through January 2013, will support development of a comprehensive K-12 arts education plan aimed…
It all happened here: City of Music Career Day, April 22, 2015
May 28, 2015
…opportunity to engage with mentors from Seattle-area music organizations and businesses, and after, they enjoyed live performances from local music artists. Above, Seattle Weekly’s Mark Baumgarten (right) interviews Seattle artist…
How should Seattle grow? You tell us!
May 19, 2015
…the arts, culture, and historic preservation, all of which encompass a broad range of people, activities, spaces, and levels of involvement. The Draft EIS provides detailed information on various growth…
ARTS Welcomes Callan Carow, Communications and Outreach Intern
May 7, 2015
…HistoryLink.org and the Museum of Flight in Seattle and the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia. Callan was first exposed to Seattle’s vibrant arts scene in high school while blogging…
ARTISTS UP: An artful night of networking
May 6, 2015
…and learning how our offices can better serve under-represented artists define the purpose of Artists Up, a three-funder collaborative (Office of Arts & Culture, 4Culture and Artist Trust). The partnership…