2004, the second year of the Mayor’s Arts Awards, celebrated six individuals and organizations that have had a tremendous impact on our City. Please help us celebrate Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas, The Seattle Foundation, Tim Summers, Sub Pop Records, and Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, the 2004… [ Keep reading ]
15 years ago on a sunny Friday in August, the Office of Arts & Culture held the first ever Mayor’s Arts Award at Seattle Center, honoring five luminaries, Vinson Cole, Consolidated Works, Allen Foundation for the Arts, and Arts Corps in the Seattle arts community. That afternoon marked the beginning… [ Keep reading ]
Nominations now open for the 2017 Mayor’s Arts Awards SEATTLE (May 1, 2017) — In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Mayor’s Arts Awards the Office of Arts & Culture will celebrate all recipients past and present at the 2017 Mayor’s Arts Awards Ceremony on Thursday, August 31 from… [ Keep reading ]
For National Poetry Month this year, we managed to get most of our staff to participate in writing an exquisite corpse poem. Here it is! It was a quiet storm broken bark let secrets loose secrets open up and let the light shine in dance and let the light shine… [ Keep reading ]
May 4 – July 5, 2017; City Hall Gallery Reception on Thursday, May 4, 4-6 p.m. An exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Contemporary QuiltArt Association, Coming of Age II, is coming to Seattle’s City Hall on May 4. The exhibition is a celebration of the many ways that… [ Keep reading ]
Kelly Davidson recently joined the Office of Arts & Culture as the new finance manager. Davidson has been working with the City of Seattle for 18 years and started as an intern with the Office of Arts & Culture. She has a degree in Fine Art from the University of… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), in partnership with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), has commissioned artist Vicki Scuri for a series of site-specific artworks for the Aurora-Licton Corridor Neighborhood Street Fund Project. Scuri will work with SDOT and SDOT consultants from design through construction developing art installations… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Culture, in partnership with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), has commissioned artist Jill Anholt to develop site-specific artworks for the Fauntleroy Way SW Boulevard Project. Anholt will work with SDOT and SDOT consultants from design through construction to develop permanent public artwork for the Fauntleroy… [ Keep reading ]
Fremont Bridge writer-in-residence Elissa Washuta’s essay White City is now available for everyone to read. In addition, a podcast of Washuta reading an excerpt of the essay at the Seattle Public Library‘s Central branch is available here. Elissa Washuta was commissioned by the Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), in… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Culture in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) has commissioned artist Jeffrey Veregge for an artwork to honor Coast Salish culture at the Salmon Bay Pump Station project. Veregge will join the Salmon Bay Pump Station design team to develop artwork for the future SPU… [ Keep reading ]
