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Seattle Office of Arts & Culture presents Remembrance by Jasmine Brown, part of the Dialogues in Art: Exhibitions on Racial Injustice series

March 14 – May 13, 2016 at Seattle Presents Gallery in the Seattle Municipal Tower; Reception April 7 from 5:30 – 7 p.m.; artist talk May 12 at noon.  SEATTLE (March 8, 2016) —This spring the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) will feature Remembrance, a residency with… [ Keep reading ]

Invitation, by Claudia Castro Luna, Civic Poet

Read for Ampersand Live at Town Hall – November 12, 2015 Invitation I invite you to come along on a bicycle ride the whip of the green river early September when its water teems with pink salmon and bank anglers dream their fishy dreams and you…rolling past wishing slack tide… [ Keep reading ]

New year, new poems from Civic Poet, Claudia Castro Luna

These poems were written and performed for Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day Celebration at Seattle City Hall, January 14th 2016 Incandescent and Intact When I consider our radiant powers of creativity at birth and think of the perfection in the bodies we have been granted the organ we… [ Keep reading ]

The power of art in race and social justice

On Thursday, March 10 at noon in the Seattle Presents Gallery, artist Barry Johnson and historian Zola Mumford will discuss the power of data, history and of communities of color owning their stories. The impetus for this conversation is ARTS’ yearlong series in Seattle Presents Gallery, Dialogues in Art: Exhibitions… [ Keep reading ]

Arts in the Parks grants support community festivals, art installations

24 organizations, seven temporary artworks receive $200,000  SEATTLE, (February 22, 2016) —The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture in conjunction with Seattle Parks and Recreation today announced $198,400 in funding awards and artist selections for the Put the Arts in Parks pilot program. One of the first programs for the… [ Keep reading ]

Real Change Portrait Project on view at the Seattle City Hall Gallery

March 2 – May 2, 2016; Reception March 1st from 4 to 6 p.m.   SEATTLE, (February 29, 2016) —The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture presents Real Change Portrait Project, an exhibition featuring portraits of Seattle Real Change newspaper vendors, in the Seattle City Hall Gallery, March 2 through… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor Murray Announces $1.8 million investment in Seattle art organizations

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release Contact:                Erika Lindsay, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, (206) 684-4337 Calandra Childers, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, (206) 684-7306                                  Mayor Murray Announces $1.8 million investment in Seattle art organizations Civic Partners is the City’s largest investment in arts, heritage and cultural… [ Keep reading ]

V2 art space rises in Capitol Hill’s old Value Village

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2016 Contact: Capitol Hill Arts District Co-Chairs Michael Seiwerath, mseiwerath@capitolhillhousing.org 206-204-3840 Tonya Lockyer tonya@velocitydancecenter.org  (206) 325-8773    Velocity Dance Center and Capitol Hill Arts District to activate space (Seattle, WA) — In one of the fastest moving markets in the nation, Seattle arts groups are digging… [ Keep reading ]

Calling All Seattle and King County High School Students for a Songwriting Challenge

Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and The 5th Avenue Theatre Joins the National Endowment for the Arts and Playbill Inc. to Promote Musical Theater Songwriting High school students from Seattle and King County can showcase their songwriting talents and compete for the opportunity to be one of three finalists… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor Murray delivers 2016 State of the City address

In his State of the City address before the Seattle City Council today, Mayor Ed Murray expanded the City’s commitment to support education, job opportunities and success for all of Seattle’s youth. He also pledged to hire an additional 100 police officers above the 100 net new officers he has… [ Keep reading ]