You are invited to join Mayor Mike McGinn, Seattle Public Schools Interim Superintendent Susan Enfield and youth for a lively panel discussion and community forum about arts education, creative learning and student success. The 2012 Arts Education Forum is 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16, at Seattle University’s Pigott… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Symphony will perform a free community concert at City Hall this month. We have new Seattle Arts Commissioners on board. We’re accepting applications for the 2013 Youth Arts funding program. Save the date for the Arts Education Forum. The city invests in neighborhood arts and cultural events. See… [ Keep reading ]
Do your homework. Read before you vote and find out what the candidates for Seattle School Board have to say about arts education. Don’t delay. Election Day is Nov. 8. Thanks to our partner ArtsEd Washington who helped us put out the survey.
Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is seeking proposals for a consultant to coordinate the development of a K-12 visual and performing arts plan. The consultant’s tasks will include submission of the final arts plan to The Wallace Foundation, a New York-based national philanthropy. In July, SPS received a $1 million grant from… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle School Board candidates talk arts education. Shunpike will launch the Artist Space Assistance Program. The deadline for the 2012 CityArtist Projects funding program is coming up fast. Mark your calendar for Dec. 6 and 7 to participate in the two-day, free event Cultural Space Seattle. Theatre Puget Sound unveils… [ Keep reading ]
Considering that training and participation in the arts help keep students in school, engaged and motivated to learn, we thought you might be interested in today’s (Oct. 3) announcement of a citywide campaign to improve school attendance. Mayor Mike McGinn and Interim Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Susan Enfield launched Be… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Public Schools just announced a $1 million planning grant to enhance arts instruction in the schools. We opened two calls for artists. The 2011 Mayor’s Arts Awards are coming up soon. The Seattle Mural at Seattle Center’s Mural Amphitheatre is getting a facelift. And Pioneer Square’s Occidental Square has turned… [ Keep reading ]
We’re passing along this information about an exciting training opportunity for teaching artists. The 2011-2012 Teaching Artist Training (TAT) Lab is an eight-month professional development program that includes five in-person training days plus a series of teleconferences and opportunities to connect one-on-one with an assigned teaching artist mentor. The training addresses… [ Keep reading ]
We’re pleased to announce our Youth Arts funding program will invest $125,000 in 34 youth programs that offer arts training outside of school hours for Seattle’s middle and high school youth. Forty immigrant teens will produce a film, write poetry and create comic books based on their lives, thanks in… [ Keep reading ]
In this issue: Message from our new acting director, Vincent Kitch. Kick off the anniversary celebration of our 40th anniversary at the opening reception of the retrospective exhibition Seattle as Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40. The community is invited to celebrate the life and achievements… [ Keep reading ]
