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City of Seattle and NFFTY to host Film Career Day on November 6

Registration now is open for this free virtual event for teens and young adults ages 13-26 interested in turning their passion for film into a career. The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED), and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) will… [ Keep reading ]

Celebrating the nominees for the 2020 Mayor’s Arts Awards

The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture opened nominations for the 2020 Mayor’s Arts Awards in February and received more than 80 submissions honoring exceptional artists, individuals and organizations that broaden our horizons and humanize our city and our world. However, between the global pandemic and the heightened tension of… [ Keep reading ]

Significant change to the 2020 Mayor’s Arts Awards

Our city is in a very different place than it was when the call for nominations for the 2020 Mayor’s Arts Awards was announced. Between the pandemic and the heightened tension of racial injustices that have plagued our nation, our spirit for the traditional celebration has been defused. In response to… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor’s Arts Award recipient Jorge Enrique González Pacheco presents Habitante invisible

The poetry of Gonzalez Pacheco in Invisible Dweller ennobles us as readers, transporting us to a universe where seemingly only words exist. Words and feelings. ​Mirta Ojito is a Cuban-American Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist & Writer. Sunday, May 3, 2020, 3 – 5 p.m. Central Library Room 1 Location Level 4 – Washington Mutual Foundation Meeting Room Audience: Teens, Adults,… [ Keep reading ]

Dr. Quinton Morris is the new co-chair of the Seattle Arts Commission

Dr. Quinton Morris, concert violinist, educator, entrepreneur and filmmaker is the new co-chair of the Seattle Arts Commission, serving with Chair Priya Frank. Dr. Morris joined the Seattle Arts Commission in 2017. The 16-member Seattle Arts Commission, citizen volunteers appointed by the mayor and City Council, supports the Seattle Office… [ Keep reading ]

Celebrating MAA recipient Marcie Sillman

2019 Mayor’s Arts Award recipient Marcie Sillman has been a reporter at KUOW since 1985. In her time at KUOW she has reported on numerous arts and cultural events, exhibitions, and performances. Always highlighting the best Seattle has to offer. The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture is proud to… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Announces Jourdan Keith as the City’s next Civic Poet

Keith will present at the Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony, Thursday, Aug. 29 at 4 p.m. The Office of Arts & Culture announced Seattle’s next Civic Poet, Jourdan Imani Keith. Keith, a student of Sonia Sanchez, is a poet, essayist, playwright, naturalist and activist. The Civic Poet program celebrates Seattle’s rich… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor Durkan announces recipients for the 2019 Mayor’s Arts Awards

Recipients will be honored at the Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony on Thursday, August 29 at 4 p.m. at the Charlotte Martin Theatre, Seattle Center SEATTLE – Mayor Durkan announced the recipients of the 2019 Mayor’s Arts Awards. The award honorees are Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Dani Tirrell, Delbert Richardson,… [ Keep reading ]

Nominations are Open for the 2019 Mayor’s Arts Awards

The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s Mayor’s Arts Awards celebrates the people and organizations that broaden our horizons and humanize our city and our world Nominate a person or an organization who you think should be recognized and celebrated! Nominations are open until June 3, 2019 and will be… [ Keep reading ]

Nominations now open for the 16th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards!!!!!

Open now through June 15, 2018 The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s (ARTS) Mayor’s Arts Awards celebrates the people and organizations that broaden our horizons and humanize our city and our world. Based on feedback from last year’s awards we are eliminating categories and are instead asking you to… [ Keep reading ]