Last month, the Office of Arts & Culture helped to organize City of Music Career Day along with the Office of Film & Music, the EMP Museum, and One Reel. The free, all-day educational event took place on April 22nd at various locations around Seattle Center, providing high school and… [ Keep reading ]
Every year, during the holiday season, Winterfest takes over Seattle Center! For five weeks, the grounds are covered with free and affordable entertainment, sparkling lights, and activities for the whole family. And this year, temporary art installations will also cover the grounds beginning the last week of November through December…. [ Keep reading ]
Dear Friends and Colleagues: I am pleased to announce Mayor Ed Murray proposed his 2015-16 budget today, with increased investments in arts and culture. The Office’s core programing is made possible through the 1% for Art ordinance and the 75% allocation of Admissions Tax, which is being maintained. Additions have… [ Keep reading ]
If you’ve wandered on the lawn of Seattle Center’s Broad Street Green, you’ve seen Doris Chase’s Moon Gates (1999), a group of three bronze sculptures that play with oppositions inspired by space and form. In the artwork, two sculptures with convex surfaces, one rhomboid and one ovoid, are each pierced… [ Keep reading ]
A partnership of Center Art LLC, Seattle Center and Seattle Center Foundation is seeking an experienced, energetic and imaginative artist/design team to provide design and fabrication services for the Artists at Play project. The project is a play area that will help reinvent and enliven up to a three-acre area… [ Keep reading ]
In 1993, artists Gloria Bornstein, Timothy Siciliano, Ned Kahn and Horace Washington were selected to work as a design team to develop artworks for Seattle Center’s International Fountain area and Founders’ Court (between Cornish Playhouse and Exhibition Hall). The project was part of a major redevelopment at Seattle Center. They… [ Keep reading ]
After enjoying the company of friends and family and stuffing ourselves with food, what do we do next? Shop for gifts! And maybe avoid the malls. If you’re looking for unique, high-quality, locally handmade gifts and art, you might want to check out the annual Handmade Holiday show at Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Mike McGinn at the 2011 Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony. Photo by Jennifer Richard. Join Mayor Mike McGinn in celebrating 10 years of Seattle’s creative community and this year’s award recipients at the annual Mayor’s Arts Awards, noon, Friday, Aug. 31, at Seattle Center’s North Fountain Lawn…. [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Center is inviting proposals for lease of the 32,000 square-foot, 446-seat Playhouse Theatre (also known as the Intiman Theatre) and its associated rehearsal space. The Playhouse is located at the north end of Seattle Center between the Seattle Repertory Theatre and the Exhibition Hall at 2nd Avenue North and… [ Keep reading ]
Meet artist Susan Robb as she introduces the bike rack Parking Squid, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 31 at the Harrison Street entrance of Seattle Center. Come raise a glass, help “christen” the artwork and celebrate safe biking for all. Parking Squid is located on the north side of the EMP… [ Keep reading ]
