Art Projects
Deadline: passed  
Individuals: Heather Dwyer 206 296.8676
Groups: Doreen Mitchum 206 296.7579
Mandy Greer, Hazel As Glacier, 2012

Mandy Greer, Hazel As Glacier, © 2012
2012 Individual Artist Projects recipient

Artists and creative groups produce and present some of the most engaging and relevant art events in our region. Art Projects ensures King County residents and visitors have access to art exhibitions, performances, screenings, readings, festivals and happenings, throughout the County.

4Culture provides critically needed funds to artists and art groups, of all disciplines who reside in King County to create and present their work. Eligible projects may be at any stage of development including planning, development and final production. Selected projects must offer public access to a project-related art experience.

In 2012, 4Culture received 418 applications from individual artists and groups for art projects. $548,500 was awarded to support 126 art projects. Typical award amounts range from $1,500 - $7,500. A portion of Lodging Tax revenues collected in King County provides all of the funding for this program.

Guidelines and Process for 2013 Program Below | Deadline: passed

pdf sample application

Who Can Apply

Applicant eligibility 

Applicants MUST:

  • Be a resident of King County (at the time of application and through completion of the proposed project)
  • Be 18 years of age or older at the time of application; and
  • Submit either one Individual or one Group application per year.

Applicants MUST NOT:

  • Have an incomplete project and open contract awarded in 2010 or 2011.
  • Be a current Sustained Support program recipient.
  • Be a school, school district or religious institution.
  • Serve as a current staff, board or Arts Advisory Committee member of 4Culture.
  • Be a 2013 Art Projects selection panelist.

Group or Individual?

Eligible applicants must apply as either a GROUP or INDIVIDUAL.

Choose INDIVIDUAL if you are an artist who is the sole creator of a project or are leading other artists in the creation of the proposed project. In this category, the peer-panel will assess the applicant's contribution to the proposed project and work samples. If selected for an award, the applicant must furnish their Social Security Number for payment. Contracts will not be issued to a Fiscal Sponsor or other designee.

Choose GROUP if you represent a group, non-profit organization or business that creates arts-based projects; or are a group of artists who have a history of working together, organized under a group name. In this category, the peer-panel will assess the group’s contribution to the proposed project and work samples. If selected for an award, the group must furnish a Tax ID or an EIN for payment. Contracts may be issued to a Fiscal Sponsor or other designee.

What We Fund

Project eligibility 

Projects MUST:

  • Offer public benefit (see section below on public benefit) and be accessible to the citizens of King County;
  • Begin no earlier than June 1, 2013 and be completed by December 31, 2014. The phase of the project for which you are seeking funding cannot begin prior to June 1, 2013; and
  • Be of direct benefit to the applicant; and
  • If a Group, be directly related to the mission of group.

Projects MAY include the following:

  • The development of new work.
  • The interpretation of existing work.
  • The presentation of new work or collection of works.
  • Support professional development (e.g. workshop, conference, residency).
  • Support the rental or purchase of materials that further the applicant's creative project

Projects MAY NOT include:

  • Tuition and cost-of-living expenses for matriculated students in any degree program.
  • Projects in which fundraising is a primary purpose.
  • Permanent public art projects or planning for permanent public art projects. For public art opportunities visit our opportunity listings page.
  • Capital construction projects.
  • General operating support.

4Culture receives all funding for Art Projects from a portion of Lodging Tax revenues collected in King County. Because of this, Art Projects must offer benefit to the citizens of King County. Your public benefit must be described in the Project Impact section of the application.

The following are examples of services that meet this requirement:

  • Free/low cost tickets to project performances, exhibitions, workshops, screenings, readings, etc.
  • Presenting a project-related event in suburban or rural King County.
  • Presenting a project-related event to underserved populations such as, those residing in suburban and rural King County; low-income, youth and senior groups; individuals with limited physical abilities; recent immigrants; and residents from minority races or ethnicities.
  • Creation of free, electronically accessible materials, including literary publications, audio or video recordings.

Applying for other 4Culture Project Support

If your project involves multiple disciplines - preservation, heritage, and/or the arts - you may be eligible to submit it for consideration under more than one 4Culture funding program. Please contact 4Culture staff as early as possible to discuss your project. Staff can advise you on the best possible fit.

Confused by language we use? Check out our glossary of terms

When

2013 Program Deadline: passed

2013 Application Review Timeline

The following is an approximate schedule. The actual timeline may differ.

  • March: Deadline is March 6, 2013. No late applications will be accepted.
  • April: Applications will be reviewed for eligibility and organized by staff in preparation for the peer-panel review process.
  • May: A peer-panel meets to review applications. The panel will recommend funding for the most highly ranked projects from among the applications submitted. The panel's funding recommendations are forwarded to the 4Culture Arts Advisory Committee for review and approval. All applicants will receive formal notification from 4Culture regarding the status of their application. Each award recipient will then work with the Program Coordinator to develop a contract that governs the payment of funds. Funds become available after contracts are signed and submitted with all necessary documents.
  • June: Projects may begin June 1, 2013. Award recipients are expected to initiate their project within the contract period. Completion of the project, including final documentation and invoice, is expected by December 31, 2014.

How

Selection process and criteria 

Review Process

Applications to Art Projects are reviewed by staff for eligibility, accuracy, and completeness. 4Culture staff facilitates a peer-panel review of all eligible applications. Peer-panels are comprised of artists and arts workers from throughout King County and have expertise in one or more artistic discipline. This panel will select and recommend the most highly qualified projects for funding based on the following criteria:

  • Artistic merit, excellence or innovative quality of project
  • Access and public benefit for King County residents
  • Artistic excellence demonstrated in the work samples provided
  • Feasibility and applicant's demonstrated ability to accomplish the project
  • Appropriateness of the funding request and project feasibility demonstrated in the budget
  • Is of benefit to underserved* groups and individuals.

* Underserved includes, but is not limited to, groups and individuals of: suburban and rural King County, low-income, youth, seniors, limited physical abilities, recent immigrants, minority race or ethnicity.

Requirements and appeals

Learn about the legal requirements of award recipients, and about the process for appeal of a 4Culture award.

FAQ

How can I get help on my application?

Applicants are strongly advised to take advantage of the following helpful resources:

  • Plan ahead by reviewing the Sample Application and prepare written materials about your project, budget and work sample description, before you begin your on-line application. If you have limited or no computer access or limited computer experience, contact staff. We will do our best to help you complete an application.
  • Attend a free application workshop. Workshops are presented by 4Culture staff to help guide you through the application process. We also have workshops available on-line to help assist you.
  • Review successful applications submitted by others. You may visit our office to review successful project descriptions, project impact descriptions and sample budgets from past award recipients. Our resource room is generally open Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
  • Communicate with program staff about eligibility requirements, project ideas and other resources. All applicants are strongly encouraged to contact staff prior to preparing an application if there is a question about eligibility.
  • I received an award from 4Culture last year, can I apply again?
  • You may have received support from King County programs last year and still apply this year. You may not apply for the same phase of the project if you received funding for it in previous years. Please note that when applying for a different phase of the same project for which you received an award, your project may be less competitive.
  • What if the project I want to do is totally different than what I have done in the past?
  • If your project is different than what you have to present in your work samples, be sure to help the panelists understand why you are taking on this new challenge and how your past work demonstrates your ability to achieve this new kind of work. You should include this in the "project description" section of the application.
  • How much money can I apply for? Is there a limit on the request I can make to 4Culture?
  • We award funds in four fixed amounts: $1,500; $3,500; $5,500 or $7,500. Panelists may elect to fund an applicant at a lower level than requested, if they believe the project is still feasible at a lower award amount. Because panelists are artists and arts workers themselves, they know what things cost. Be honest about your needs. Panelists tend to score projects low if they feel the applicant's budget is inflated.
  • Can you give me an example of what "in-kind" support is? I don't get it.
  • Here is an example for you. Say your brother is letting you borrow a generator for your project, find out how much a generator would cost you to rent for the length of your project. That rental amount can be included in your budget under In-Kind, as support your brother is providing toward the project.
  • Can I apply if my project is produced by an organization supported by 4Culture's Sustained Support program?
  • If the project is a production of the organization, then no, you may not apply to Art Projects. However, if you are simply renting their facility or your project is not being produced by the organization, then yes, you may apply to Art Projects.
  • Who is the person I contact if I have other questions?
  • If you are an individual artist, contact Heather Dwyer You can reach her via email or by phone at 206 296.8676
  • If you are representing an arts group or organization, contact Doreen Mitchum, You can reach her via email or by phone at 206 296.7579

Ready to Apply

How to submit your application 

STEP 1 - Read all of the above sections

STEP 2 - Prepare your information before you apply online. This section contains guidance on how to prepare your online application, and the support materials you are required to submit with your application.

Application Samples

Before you log-in to apply, we recommend you view the 2013 Sample Application. These samples show you what the actual online application looks like, and what information you will need to provide.

acrobat icon   2013 Sample Application (Including Budget and Work Sample Description samples)
   Adobe® Acrobat is required. Download a free version.

Required Support Materials

File Uploads Required

The following two file uploads are required as part of your application. Applications without the following uploaded documents will be considered incomplete.

1. Project Budget (Required Upload)
You must either use the 4Culture Art Projects Budget Form or your own 1 (one) page budget form, with the same categories and in the same order as the 4Culture Art Projects Budget Form. Word, Excel and PDF are accepted formats. Enter your estimated project costs and sources of income for the project including your request to 4Culture in the amount of either $1,500; $3,500; $5,500; or $7,500. Applications with budgets of more than one (1) page will be considered ineligible.

acrobat icon   4Culture Project Budget

2. Work Sample Description (Required Upload)

Identify your work sample(s). You must either use the 4Culture Art Projects Work Sample Description Form or your own 1 (one) page work sample description form, with the information listed below. Word, Excel and PDF are accepted formats. Applications with work sample descriptions of more than one (1) page will be considered ineligible. All applicants must include:

  1. Titles (and/or track numbers) of the work(s) submitted in the order in which they are to be reviewed;
  2. Date the work(s) were completed or if they are in-progress;
  3. Role of the applicant (Examples: I was the choreographer and director of this project).

If work samples are in the Manuscript Format:
    Identify if the sample(s) are complete works, abstracts, excerpts or a group of works.

If work samples are in the Image Format include:
    Medium, dimensions of the artwork(s) and completion date.

All applicants may elect to write a few brief sentences about the work sample(s).

acrobat icon   Work Sample Description

Work Samples are required of all applicants

Applicants are encouraged to submit work samples of past work that best illustrates their qualifications for the proposed project. Prints, transparencies, musical scores, brochures and press-clippings will not be accepted. The following Work Sample guide outlines the options available for submitting work samples.

You may choose only one format and one way-to-submit

Recommended formats by discipline:

  • Music - Audio Format
  • Dance - Video Format
  • Theater - Video or Manuscript Format
  • Visual - Digital Image Format
  • Literary - Manuscript Format
  • Media - Video or Manuscript Format
Audio Format

A maximum of three (3) work samples. Each applicant's work will be reviewed for a cumulative total of five (5) minutes maximum.

Way To Submit (choose one)
External Site Upload:
You may submit up to three audio files using SoundCloud. All submissions must be publicly accessible (not private). Once you have uploaded your files to SoundCloud that you would like the selection panel to review, indicate the SoundCloud URL (e.g. http://soundcloud.com/bob-m/03-bob-smith) on the Work Sample Description sheet in the order in which you would like the files reviewed. Work samples may not be submitted through other media sharing sites.

Mail/Deliver:
Mail in or deliver one (1) CD with audio samples, in the required format. Label the CD clearly with your full name/group name and your discipline (e.g. music). All CDs must be self-executable and ready to play on a portable sound system.

Image Format

A maximum of ten (10) JPGs in the order in which they are to be reviewed. JPG (.jpg) files only. Images must be under 2MB, 1920 pixels on the longest side and 72 dpi at least. TIFF and other file formats will not be accepted. Files names must use only numbers, letters and underscores. Label your images in the following manner: 01_LastName_FirstInitial. Example: 01_Smith_A, 02_Smith_A etc... Images will be presented one at a time during the application review process.

Way To Submit
Upload:
Upload JPGs in the order in which they are to be reviewed, in the required format.

Manuscript Format

A writing sample, in English, on white, 8.5x11" paper, of no more than ten (10) pages (plus one (1) cover page) with a minimum font size of 12 points. Include a cover page with your name and title of work(s) and label each page with your full name/group name and your discipline (e.g. literary).

Way To Submit (choose one)
Upload:
Portable Document Format (.pdf) or Word (.doc) only, in the required format.

Mail/Deliver:
Mail in or deliver three (3) copies of your manuscript, on white, 8.5x11" paper, in the required format. Do not punch holes or staple, paperclip only.

Video Format

A maximum of three (3) work samples. Each applicant's work samples will be reviewed for a cumulative total of five (5) minutes maximum.

External Site Upload:
You may submit up to three videos using Vimeo. All submissions must be publicly accessible (not private). Once you have uploaded video selections to Vimeo that you would like the selection panel to review, indicate the Vimeo URL (e.g. http://www.vimeo.com/2992575) on the Work Sample Description sheet in the order in which you would like the videos reviewed. Work samples may not be submitted through other media sharing sites.

Mail/Deliver:
Mail in or deliver One (1) DVD with a maximum of three (3) work samples in the order in which they are to be reviewed. DVDs must be self-executable and if possible, with chapters. DVDs must be clearly labeled with your full name/group name and your discipline (e.g. media). DVDs will be played on a DVD player, not a computer. Test your DVD on stand-alone players prior to submission. MOV, WMV and other file formats will not be accepted.

Mail In/Delivery Instructions

Applicants may mail in or hand-deliver work samples. Mailed materials must have a United State Postal Service postmark of March 6, 2013 and be sent to:

  • Art Projects
  • 4Culture
  • 101 Prefontaine Pl S
  • Seattle, WA 98104

 

STEP 3 - Sign in to fill out your application

Note: Please make sure you have prepared all documents to be uploaded prior to completing the application. Once you have started the process of applying online, you can hit "save" after each step in the application, sign out, and your application will remain saved as a draft. You can then return to your application any time before the deadline to continue working or to make changes by signing in with username and password you created. Once you hit "submit," you will still be able to see your application; by you will not be able to make any more changes.

For technical questions about the online application system:

  • If you are an individual artist, contact Heather Dwyer at 206 296.8676
  • If you are representing an arts group or organization, contact Doreen Mitchum at 206 296.7579

This funding opportunity is currently closed. We will reopen the application for this opportunity at least 6 weeks before the next deadline.

Upcoming Workshops

All applicants are encouraged to attend a workshop prior to submitting your application. These free workshops provide you an opportunity to ask questions, understand specific guidelines, and be taken through a step-by-step review of the application process.

 

City Location Dates Time
Vashon Vashon Maury Island Land Trust, 10014 SW Bank Rd, Vashon Jan 22 7-8pm
Algona-Pacific Algona-Pacific Library, 255 Ellingson Road, Pacific Jan 24 12-1pm
SeaTac Valley View Library, 17850 Military Rd. S, SeaTac Jan 28 12-1pm
Kenmore Kenmore Library, 6531 N.E. 181st Street, Kenmore Jan 31 12:15-1:15pm
Seattle (Arts Groups) 4Culture, 101 Prefontaine PL S, Seattle Feb 7, 14, 21, 26 1-2pm
    Feb 28 Just Added! 1-2pm
Seattle (Individual Artists) 4Culture, 101 Prefontaine PL S, Seattle Feb 5, 12, 19, 26 12-1pm
    Feb 25 Just Added! 2-3pm

2012 - INDIVIDUAL ARTIST PROJECTS AWARDS

Artist Title Award
Rick Araluce The Slow Turning of the Night $7,500
Debra Baxter Six Pillows $4,500
Amy Benson Opportunity Costs $7,500
Leo Berk Home Made $1,500
Katherine Grace Bond LOOKING GLASS GIRL $1,500
Andrew Boscardin Tubatto! New Music for Electrified Large Ensemble $7,500
Debi Chatterjee Ragas on Sitar in Seattle -- Debi Prasad Chatterjee $4,500
Celeste Cooning Cut Paper; Tradition Meets Innovation $4,500
Kevin Craft Vagrants & Accidentals $4,500
Seth Damm Art Lending Library $7,500
Savvy Dani Shiva's Dance $1,500
Amy Denio Mythunderstandings $7,500
Ryan Fedyk Keep Sink $7,500
Christy Fisher Keepsake $4,500
Maria Esther Gamboa La Bola $4,500
David Gassner 99 Layoffs $4,500
Aaron Grad The Fable of the Voice $7,500
Stephen Griggs Joe Brazil Project $4,500
Gail Grinnell Ruffle $4,500
Dayna Hanson The Clay Duke $7,500
Jesse Higman Two Painting Tables $7,500
Fred Hoadley An Introduction to the Music of Cuba $7,500
Jill Hodges Extended Family $4,500
Robin Holcomb We Are All Failing Them $4,500
Fran Holt Carousel Horses: Celestial Mythologies $4,500
Etsuko Ichikawa Glass Pyrograph on Beach $7,500
Srivani Jade Raag-rang: A musical presentation of Indian miniature style paintings $4,500
Eirik Johnson Re-purposing America: Makeshift Architecture and Informal Economies $4,500
Eunice Kim Nontoxic Printmaking: Solo Exhibition $1,500
Bharti Kirchner Fire & Silk: A novel writing project $4,500
Hengda Li Dream of the Golden Clown: A Chinese Acrobatic Dance Drama $4,500
Etta Lilienthal APEX $7,500
Darian Lindle The Secret and Impossible League of the Noösphere $1,500
Fred Lisaius Amber $1,500
Tess Martin 'Everyone calls me Mario' animated short $7,500
Frances McCue Temperaments and Terrains: Portraits and Landscapes $7,500
Anne McDuffie Deep Geography $1,500
Joshua McNichols Kurdish Ghost Story $4,500
Denise Calvetti Michaels Rustling Wrens $1,500
Donna Miscolta The Education of Angie Rubio $4,500
John Mullen The Kwahnice Story Pole Project: Restoration of Coast Salish Carving Traditions $7,500
Paul Mullin Philosophical Zombie Killers $7,500
Shariana Mundi No Boundries: Endings & Beginnings $4,500
Lucia Neare Dream for Dottie Harper Park $7,500
Chris Papa Big Epiphyte $1,500
Jason Parker Homegrown $1,500
Serene Clyde Petersen On becoming a Man: Fanning the Flames of Transgendered Identity - Part 2 $7,500
Andrew Peterson South Shore Robotic Arts! $7,500
Nicolas Rey ST RED Wall: The Architecture of Endlessness $4,500
Susan Rich Artful Magician: Poetry from Hannah Maynard's Photos $4,500
Paul Rucker Retrograde Inversion $4,500
Michael Schein The Killer Poet poems $4,500
Charlotte Sherman God's Long Bones: a novel $7,500
David Shields How Literature Saved My Life $1,500
David W Simpson Beach House $4,500
Kathleen Skeels Hard Times $1,500
Ethan Steinman Induction $7,500
Nicki Sucec Ascension $4,500
Abdoulaye Sylla Sengbe Dance Instruction DVD $7,500
Kevin Tomlinson Stirring the Fire $7,500
Daniel Torok The Otherside $7,500
Stokely Towles Behind the Wheel: Life on the Metro Bus $7,500
Genevieve Tremblay Genetic Visibility: Gerri Ondrizek's Art Residency at UW Genetics: 3 public scholarship forums $4,500
Rosa Vissers Pull $1,500
David Wild Howdy Pardner - Tales of the Cowboy Hat $4,500
Freya Wormus falter $4,500

2011

Artist Title Award
Cakpo, Etienne Mikwaabo Benin (Welcome to Benin) $5,000
Li, Hengda Rhythm of Dance - Songs of Four Seasons $7,000
Scofield, Zoe Choreography and Performance for A Crack in Everything $5,000
Smith, Ronald Live in the Drum $7,500
Stewart, Shannon A Better Container/Memory (Loss) Bank $5,000
Sylla, Abdoulaye Abdoulaye Sylla's African Dance Instruction Video $6,900
Veatch, Jenna Bean Sideshow $3,000
Wolf, Deborah Iron Works $2,700
Wormus, Freya hold on anyway $4,000
Boyd, Julia The Weight of My World; The Silent Epidemic of
African American Women and Emotional Eating		 $1,000
Call, Wendy Made in America: Four Corners of a Life $7,000
Cook, Langdon The Mushroom Hunters: On the trail of an
Underground Economy		 $8,000
Ensign, Josephine Catching Homelessness $1,450
Finneyfrock, Karen Starbird Murphy and the World Outside $3,000
Keith, Jourdan Coyote Autumn $4,500
Leissle, Kristy Chocolate Justice: Changing the way we eat,
one chocolate at a time		 $2,500
Min, Larissa Breaking English $5,000
Mountford, Peter Demolition, a novel $4,000
Munro, Jennifer D. Stalled: Stuck with a Bitch Helmet instead of a Baby $5,200
Pereira, Peter World Without End: poems of calamity and hope $3,000
Rose, William Danger: Journaling! $3,000
Silano, Martha Poems about Astronomy, Physics, and other Mysteries $6,000
Zurbano, Maritess Rites of Enchantment: A Memoir $5,500
Andersen, Bruce trailer Park Cinema $5,500
Basseri, Etan Backstory: Iran $1,450
Czoski, Anna Architecture of Movement: Dance Performance with
Real-time Sound and Graphics		 $4,000
Helde, John 120 ACRES: AN AMERICAN FARM $5,000
Kelley, Cory Whimsy: The Life and Work of Scot Augstson $8,000
Mackie, Jeremy While You Weren't Looking $8,000
Martin, Tess 'Cat Person' animated short $6,000
Nixon, David The Ogre That Mangled The Birth-Fetching Tongs $3,800
Oaksen, Heather Dew Minor Differences $6,000
Petersen, Serene Clyde On becoming a Man: Fanning the Flames of
transgendered Identity		 $5,000
Strickwerda, Francine Oil & Water - A Documentary Film $7,000
Warshawski, Leah "Film Festival: Rwanda" Documentary $8,000
Watanabe, Brent Untitled gallery installation at 4Culture Gallery $3,040
Wild, David Howdy Pardner-Tales of the Cowboy Hat $8,000
Anschell, Bill Electronic Music CD, plus Lecture/Demonstration
and Downloads		 $3,900
Campbell, Toby Anomie Belle String Quartet $7,500
Chang Schulman, Julie Sliding Scale $1,450
Clausen, Andy Andy Clausen Wishbone Ensemble Workshops,
Recording and Performance		 $4,300
Fleenor, Beth Mother May I $6,000
Horvitz, Wayne Smokestack Arias $6,000
Osborn, Sean Clarinettissimo 11 $1,100
Owcharuk, Michael 2011 A Tune A Day $3,000
Ruby, Gregory New Works for Chamber Jazz $2,510
Vogan, Brian 3rd Children's CD $7,000
Cano, Rose Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Homeless in Seattle $6,000
Dillon, Lori Interview Me $3,500
Goller-Sojourner, Chad Riding in Cars with Black People: Memoirs of a Post Honorary
White Childhood		 $4,000
McGuigan, Brian "Fat Fuck"": a lecture slideshow (work-in-progress) $5,000
Neare, Lucia Professor Pomme's Pomp and Pastry Paradoxicals $7,000
Alonso, Juan Rugs $4,810
Bent, Gala Drawing from Drawing $5,000
Bradbury, Jean Painting the Small Farms of the Snoqualmie Valley $3,200
Bruch, Cris Roll On, Buddy $3,900
Calderon, Eduardo Photographic Portraits of Visual Artists in King County $7,000
DiPietro, Nathan Environment/human interactions $5,000
Elliott, Eric A New Series of Works on Paper $2,500
Freeman, Charlene Iron Horses $2,160
Grade, John Snoqualmie Superstitions $6,200
Greer, Mandy "Through tempest, frost, or heat -- we live our patient
day's allotted span."		 $6,000
Hoff, Christopher 1:1 $3,000
Holt, Fran "Carousel Horses: A Girl's Favorite Dream" $1,000
Ingalls, Pam A Vashon Islander Faces The World $4,000
Layman, Isaac Eden [working title] $6,000
Lee, Susie The Cultural Caregivers $7,000
Livingston, Margie Paint Objects $7,500
Peterson, Andrew South Shore Robotic Arts! $5,500
Segundo, Sondra Simone Northwest Coast Native Formline Art Made Easy $5,000
Tur, Sylwia Interactive Canvases $5,000
Ziegler, Ellen LOOSELEAF: artist book series $3,000

2010

Artist Title Award
Allin, A. K. Mimi Studies in Everything 1,000
Augustson, Scot Where the River Styx Meets Route 66 3,000
Baker, Tom HUNGER 3,500
Barlow, John Pate de verre cast glass house 1,000
Basinger, Alicia Creation of New Work (Sculptural Chandeliers) 2,500
Baxter, Debra Language Lattice 3,500
Bent, Zack Future Primitive 3,000
Bodle, Carrie Video Visualizations 3,500
Borges Foster, Jennifer Filter Literary Journal, Vol. 3 3,000
Boshnack, Samantha The Boshnack Boshnorkestra 5,000
Braun, Jo 69 Insecurities 4,000
Calderon, Eduardo Photographic Portraits of Visual Artists in King County 5,000
Calhoun, Jessie BUCKETS 6,000
Callender, Sarah Between the Sun and the Oranges 3,000
Carrillo, Daniel Seattle Artists Portraits Project 3,500
Case, Margot Kahn Territory: Land Use in the American West 5,000
Choi, Bo Y. Pink Dream 3,000
Cook, Langdon Eat on the Wild Side: America's Most Famous Foraged Foods 4,000
Coy, Diego traditional Music of Colombia 2,500
de la Vega, Michelle Dream House 1,050
DiPietro, Nathan Seabrook 2,350
Encke, Jeff Never a Tattoo Painted Without Tears 2,500
Fife, Scott "Ghost Print" 4,000
Franklin, Eroyn Detained 5,880
Gantulga, Urtnasan The Art of Morin Khuur; bringing the traditions of Mongolian Horsehead Fiddle to Seattle 2,500
Garcia, Alma Shallow Waters 3,000
Gold, Richard "Now, It's Like I'm Drowning," poetry from King County Juvenile Detention 3,500
Grade, John Circuit 8,000
Griffiths, Megan The Off Hours 8,000
Gruber, Stefan Both Worlds, part 1 of 3 6,000
Heutink, Kevin Out On A Limb 6,000
Ichikawa, Etsuko NACHI - between the eternal and the ephemeral - 5,000
James, Sibyl West African Memoir 2,000
Jannausch, Todd Gallery 40 3,000
Jaqua, Alianna 34 Candles - a one-woman show with other people in it 3,800
Kardinal, Shaun Bumperstickers 1,000
Kikuchi, Paul Paul Kikuchi: Site-responsive works for percussion 3,500
Koenig, Martin Close to the Bone: Sights and Sounds of Bulgaria,
1966-1979 Photo Exhibit		 5,000
Landreth, Molly Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America 4,000
LaRue, JaWaan Saturn Returns 1,000
Lebo, Kate Poetry Manuscript: Assumptions About Land 3,000
Lee, Susie Video Portraiture 4,000
Lin, Tiffany Li Chin This Old Piano 1,500
Lisaius, Fred Cast Resin Found Object Amber 1,000
Loven, Kyle Crandal's Bag 4,500
Manch, Allison The Falling Room 1,800
Martin, Tess Plain Face animated short 6,000
McKee, Anna Ice Land 2,700
McKee, Paul D New Artwork Production for 2010 5,000
McMullen, Chris Crank-e-joes 2,600
Miscolta, Donna Comings and Goings 6,000
Mohajerjasbi, Zia Yesler Short Film Project 6,000
Morris, Quinton Preservation and Performance of Pioneer Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges 3,500
Morrison, Suzanne Optimism, An Autobiographical Monologue 1,000
Musselman, Annie Marie For The Innocent 6,500
Nelson, Peter New Work - Green Seattle 5,000
Niederhauser, Marissa Rae stifle 2,000
Nienow, Matthew The End of the Folded Map 4,000
Nishimura, Haruko Red Shoe Butoh 6,500
Nixon, David Center-Cut Ham Dinner Night Slide Show 6,000
Olds, Matthew Beall Greenhouses as source 3,000
Pearson, Robert Daryl 1,000
Pelo, Ann Taking Root: Connecting People and Place on the Farm 3,000
Petri, Maja Skies 6,000
Rudd, Karen Last Stand at OK Hotel 4,500
Sekiguchi, June Artist in Residency to Laos 2,000
Sharma, Arun Kumar '(de)composition' at the Bellevue Arts Musuem 3400
Silano, Martha My Next Book: Poems Inspired by Art, Animals,
& Outer Space		 4,800
Silha, Stephen Big Joy Project 3,000
Skura, Stephanie Two Huts 2,000
Solís, Hugo Plurifocal digital sound station 1,500
Spangler, Catherine Multimedia Slideshow: The Night Sky Through the Eyes of Backyard Astronomers 1,200
Surgent, April City Dwellers 4,000
Taylor, Curtis Black Swans 3,500
Taylor, John The Four Elements / Love and Strife 1,650
Teplick, Ann The Beauty of a Beet: Poems from the Bedside 2,870
Towles, Stokley trash Talk: the Social Life of Garbage 5,000
trimpin Publication of "trimpin: Contraptions for Art and Sound" 5,000
Vadeboncoeur, Katjana The Beebo Brinker Chronicles 7,500
Vandegrift, Persephone First Fifteen 1,000
Varner, Tom New Work for Tom Varner Tentet 1,500
Ward, Laura Ghost Skins 3,900
Wayson, Kary The Lives of Artists 3,000
Worsley, Ryan Recycled Windowpane Paintings 1,000
  TOTAL 300,000

2012 - GROUP ARTS PROJECTS AWARDS

Organization Title Award
206 Zulu Zulu Jam: Hip Hop History Month Edition $1,800
American Jewish Committee Seattle Jewish Film Festival $3,000
Ameyaltonal Seattle Mexica New Year Celebration $4,000
At the Ridge Theatre Musical Production/ Children's Theatre Camp $1,600
Auburn Valley Creative Arts Beginning presence in Downtown Auburn $1,200
Balagan Theatre Free Summer Theatre in the Parks $4,000
Bellevue Downtown Assoc. 2013 Bellevue Jazz Festival $4,000
Bothell Regional Library Dream Big READ @ Bothell Library $1,200
Bus Shelter Mural Photographic Artworks on Bus Shelters $7,500
Camlann Medieval Assoc. Ywayn and Gawayn $1,000
Cascade Foothills Chorale A Home Town Christmas $1,000
Catherine Cabeen and Co. Fire! $5,000
City of Shoreline Parks Playin' Shoreline, a Street Piano Project $4,000
City of Snoqualmie Sounds of Snoqualmie 2012 $2,500
City of Woodinville 2012 Woodinville Summer Concert Series $2,400
DAIPANbutoh DAIPAN butoh Third WAVE Festival $1,500
Deaf Spotlight Deaf Performing Artists $2,000
Decibel Festival Decibel Festival 2012 $3,500
Eastside Nihon Matsuri Assoc. Aki Matsuri 2012 $3,000
El Centro de la Raza Dia de los Muertos $3,500
Filipino Cultural Heritage Soc. Pagdiriwang 2012 $6,000
Franchesska Berry/Som La Bi Joli Caravanes des Diasporas $3,500
Friends of Third Place Comms Commons Legacies $4,000
Gay City Anthologies Gay City Anthologies (Volume 5) $2,500
Hidmo Hidmo Family Reunion $1,500
Imagination Theatre Summer Theatre Workshop $1,500
Inst. For Community Leadership Community Arts Series $2,500
I.D. Engaged in Arts Odyssey This Place Called Home $2,500
Iranian Am Community Alliance Persian Calligraphy Art and Tradition $1,000
KeseyPollock Bodies and Stories: A Collaboration with Seniors $4,000
Live Aloha Hawaiian Cult. Fest. Kapena Headlining Entertainment $2,000
Mad Voyagers Voyage for Madmen $2,500
Middle Eastern Dance & Music Cindarella - The Ancient Egyptian Story $4,000
Monarch Review print and publish 400 copies of Monarch #3 $2,500
NEPO House NEPO 5K Don't Run 2012 $7,000
Northwest Bookfest Northwest Bookfest 2012 $4,000
Northwest Heritage Resources Building New Audiences for Traditional Arts In Underserved Communities $4,000
ONN/OF ONN/OF $4,000
Open Space for Arts & Comm. Burlesco Notturno & Open Air $2,000
Othello Park Alliance International Music & Art Festival $2,000
Pacific MusicWorks Wayward Sisters $5,000
Rainier Beach Merchants Asn. 2012 Art Walk Rainier Beach $6,000
Sandbox Artists Collective Sandbox Radio $2,000
Seattle Center Foundation Festál Festivals $8,000
Seattle Contemporary Seattle Fringe Festival $9,000
Seattle Latino Film Festival Seattle Latino Film Festival 2012 $7,000
Sevdah North America Sevdah Concert $1,000
Short Run Short Run Small Press Fest 2012 $6,000
Spoken Word Lab (SPLAB) SPLAB Archive Digitization $3,000
StoneDance Productions Chop Shop: Bodies of Work $10,000
theater simple Owl & Pussycat $3,500
Turkish Am. Cultural Assoc. Ahiska Culture Celebration $2,500
Up Front Gallery The Rookery Project $4,000
Upper Bear Creek Community Music in the Park at Cottage Lake $3,000
Vashon Folkdancers Ethnic Music and Dance Concerts $2,000
Vashon Opera Mozart's Così fan tutte $1,800
Vedic Cultural Center Ananda Mela: Joyful Festival of India $8,500
West Hill Comm Council Skyway Outdoor Cinema $4,000
World Champions of Sand Sculpting 2012 Tour of Champions $2,500
Worldtree Films SIX19: A Documentary $6,000

2011

Organization Title Award
Against the Grain The 9th Festival of Against the Grain/Men in Dance $5,000
American Poster Institute VERA International Artist Exchange $3,500
Anything is Possible Theatre Co. "How Things Work" $3,000
Arts-a-Glow Arts-A-Glow Community Lantern Installations $2,500
At the Ridge Theatre ART 2011 Musical Production and Children's Theatre Camp $2,000
Bailadores de Bronce Bailadores de Bronce 40th Anniversary Gala Show $5,000
Bellevue Downtown Association 2012 Bellevue Jazz Festival $2,500
Bherd Studios Gallery (Un)Sanctioned $3,000
BQdanza Nincompoopiana $3,000
Bus Shelter Mural Program Mirroring Life: Photographic Artworks on Bus Shelters $8,000
Canine Productions Outside Experts $4,000
Cascade Foothills Chorale Winter Holiday Season $1,000
Central Area Community Festival Central Area Community Festival $1,000
Cherdonna and Lou Show, The Not Dead Yet (working title) $2,500
City of Bothell Music in the Park $2,000
City of Snoqualmie Sounds of Snoqualmie $3,000
Decibel Festival Decibel Festival $3,500
East African Arts & Culture Beneath the Burqa $3,500
El Centro de la Raza Día de los Muertos Altar Exhibit $3,000
eSe Teatro Multicultural Playwrights Festival $1,500
Federal Way Senior Center Sharing Lives, Sharing Art $2,000
Fisher Ensemble Magda Goebbels, a new opera $4,000
Foundation for Sex Positive Culture Seattle Erotic Art Festival $4,500
Friends of Third Place Commons A Musical Sampling of the Americas $3,000
Gay City Health Project Gay City Anthologies: Volume 4 $2,500
Ghost Light Theatricals Freak Storm by Don Fleming $1,500
Great Western Community Concert Association 2011-2012 Community Concert Program $3,000
International Conservation Photography Awards International Conservation Photography Awards $2,500
International District Engaged in the Arts Odyssey Collective Gallery IDEA Odyssey Collective Gallery Exhibitions Exploring Culture, Diversity and Identity $3,000
Intuitive Learning Systems Valley Center Stage Children's Theater Ensemble $1,500
Inverse Opera Liebeslieder Waltzes $3,000
Iranian American Community Alliance Persian Calligraphy Art & Tradition $2,000
Jackson Street Music History Collective Jackson Street Music History Project $3,000
KCTS Television, aka "KCTS 9" Reel NW $7,000
King County Parks and Recreation Division King County Parks White Center Teen Program Arts Program $6,000
Kirkland Summer Concert Series Kirkland Summer Concert Series $3,000
Ladies First Collective Ladies First 2011-2012 Season $2,000
Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival Hi'ikua Headlining Entertainment $3,500
LiveARTs Bothell LiveARTs Bothell $3,000
MadArt The Mad Home Project $2,000
Mirror Stage Company ODIN'S HORSE by Robert Koon $4,000
NEPO House NEPO 5K: Show and Run $5,000
New Century Theatre Company FESTEN by David Eldridge $4,500
North City Business Association The North City Jazz Walk $3,000
Open Space for Arts & Community Burlesco Notturno $2,000
Othello Park Alliance Othello Park International Music & Art Festival $2,000
Pioneer Square Community Association Artoleptic 619 $2,500
Plateau Community Orchestra "The Gateway to Mt. Rainier Through the Ages" $2,500
PLAYWORKS I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING by Arthur Miller TOUR $2,000
quiet The Beating of a Warrior's Heart $2,000
Sapience Dance Collective Species $3,000
Scrape - an original music string orchestra Bill Frisell Meets Scrape $2,500
Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble SJCE and KSD's Composer/Choreographer Pairing $3,000
Seattle Jewish Film Festival 17th annual AJC Seattle Jewish Film Festival $6,000
Seattle Latino Film Festival Seattle Latino Film Festival 2011 $4,500
Seattle True Independent Film Festival 2012 Seattle True Independent Film Festival $3,000
Sno-Valley Senior Center Community Dance $3,000
StoneDance Productions Chop Shop: Bodies of Work $8,000
Tasveer Seattle's 7th Independent South Asian Film Festival $4,500
theater simple WONDERLAND: Alice Adventures $8,000
Upper Bear Creek Community Council Music in the Park at Cottage Lake $2,000
Vashon Folkdancers Ethnic Music and Dance Concerts $1,500
Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce Strawberry Festival $2,000
Vashon Opera Carmen, Bizet's Opera set in a Matador's Bull Ring $2,000
Vedic Cultural Center Ananda Mela: Joyful Festival of India $2,500
Watermark Project The Last Travel Agency on Earth $3,500
We Are Golden These Streets $3,000
West Hill Community Council Skyway Outdoor Cinema Festival $5,000
West Seattle Community Orchestra Community Outreach Concert, Spring 2011 $500
World Kulturz Catching Two Birdz Songz $3,000

2010

Organization Title Award
47th Parallel Films WASTE OF TIME $8,000
Against the Grain 8h Festival of Against the Grain/Men in Dance $5,000
American Asian Performing Arts Theatre Chinese Moon Festival Extravaganza 2010 $4,000
ANAR Helene Eriksen's Traditional Dance Theatre ANAR new repertoire and concert development $6,000
ArtDish Artdish Writers Fund $3,000
Arts-a-Glow The Teahouse Lantern Theater $4,000
At the Ridge Theatre ART 2010 Musical Production and Childrens Theatre Camp $2,000
Bellevue Downtown Association Bellevue Jazz Festival $7,500
Bothell Regional Library Make a Splash @ Your Library - Summer Program Series $1,485
Bus Shelter Mural Program Mirroring Life: photographic artworks on bus shelters $8,000
Catherine Cabeen and Company Into the Void $6,000
Central Area Community Festival Central Area Community Festival $2,000
Cherdonna and Lou Show It's a Salon! $3,000
CineSeattle Seattle International Latino Film Festival $6,000
City of Bothell Music in the Park Concert Series $4,500
Decibel Festival Decibel Festival $3,000
Downtown Seattle Association Out to Lunch Concert Series $4,000
Eastside Nihon Matsuri Association 2010 Aki Matsuri-Bellevue College $4,000
El Centro de la Raza Dia de los Muertos Altar Exhibit $3,000
eSeTeatro eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos take Stage $3,000
Federal Way Senior Center Drawing Together: Seniors Celebrate Art in Community $5,500
Fisher Ensemble Kocho, a new opera $4,000
Franchesska Berry and Som La Bi Joli Nile Intersection: A North/West African Dance Fusion $4,000
Free Sheep Foundation Seattle Street Bienniale 2010 $4,000
Friends of Third Place Commons Third Place, One World: Uncommon Music in the Commons $3,000
Gallery at Fall City Inn Gallery at Fall City Inn $4,500
Ghost Light Theatricals The Clouds by Aristophanes, a play adapted by Alexis Holzer $1,500
Hidmo Live At Hidmo $4,000
Hindustani Musical Arts of Bellevue Parampara Hindustani Music Festival 2010 $3,000
Joyas Mestizas Mexican Folk Dance Youth Group Joyas Mestizas 2010 Gala Performance $3,000
Juliana & PAVA + Russian Community Support Group, Inc Russian Beauty In Songs: A Bridge From The Past $4,000
Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival Hawaiian Living History Exhibit $3,000
LiveARTs Bothell LiveARTs Bothell $4,000
Maple Valley Creative Arts Council 12th Annual Maple Valley Days Arts Festival $7,000
Millinery Artisan Guild Dancing Hats $6,000
Monktail Creative Music Concern Sounds Outside: A Celebration of Adventurous Music & Community $3,500
Museum of History and Industry Celluloid Seattle: A City at the Movies $4,000
Music Stimulus Package Georgetown Music Fest $4,000
Lucia Neare's Theatrical Wonder Lullaby Moon 2010 $9,000
New Century Theatre Company CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION by Annie Baker $3,500
NewsWrights United The New New News: A Living Newspapper $3,000
Open Satellite Civic Knot Road Tattoo $3,000
Othello Park Alliance Othello Park International Festival $2,800
Pacific Musicworks (Sweet Bird Classics) Handel Oratorio "Esther" $8,500
Seattle Composers Salon Is That Jazz? Festival 2011 $4,000
Seattle Dance Project Project 4 $5,000
Seattle Jewish Film Festival 16th annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival $3,000
Seattle Subversive Square Dance Society Dare to be Square $2,000
SEKY Ensemble Moth Light Prophecies $6,000
Show Brazil! (Eduardo J De Mendonca) Chiquinha Gonzaga $4,000
Snoqualmie Valley Arts, LLC Snoqualmie Valley Festival of Music $4,500
Southeast Seattle Community Youth Orchestra Southeast Seattle Community Youth Orchestra - Summer Workshop $8,000
SPLAB Visiting Poet Series: Poetry of Dissent $5,000
Stage Door Productions STage Door Productions Summer Youth Theatre Camp $2,000
Steambot Steambot $6,500
Stimulate Dance "Open Air Performance Series" $4,000
StoneDance Productions Chop Shop: Bodies of Work $9,000
TARL Flint Jamison & TARL @ Open Satellite $4,000
Tether K-5 $2,000
theater simple WONDERLAND: Alice Adventures $5,000
Tukwila Paint Out Tukwila Paint Out $2,500
Upper Bear Creek Community Council Music in the Park at Cottage Lake $3,000
Vashon Folkdancers Ethnic Music and Dance Concerts $2,000
Vashon Island Chamber Music Vashon Island Chamber Music Series and Festival $3,200
Vashon Park District Summer in the Parks $2,500
Voices Rising 2010-2011 Season $4,000
West Hill Community Council Skyway Outdoor Cinema Festival $4,500
Whim Whim La Guillotine (tentatively) $5,000
TOTAL $289,985

You've been approved to receive 4Culture funding for your project.  What now?  Here's what to expect

Notification

4Culture will send a letter to notify you of your award when it has been approved by our Arts Advisory Committee.

Contract Packet

In order to receive your funds, you must sign a Contract or Letter of Agreement with 4Culture, making you or your group the "Contractor". The contract spells out the services you or your group will provide and the public benefits described in your application. If you want to make any modifications to the project or public benefit described in your application, please contact Heather Dwyer (Individuals) or Doreen Mitchum (Groups) to discuss the changes to your agreement.

We will prepare a Contract Packet and will send it to you as soon as possible. We're often processing hundreds of contracts at once, so please be patient. The Contract Packet will contain:

Getting Paid

When you receive and review the contract packet, please complete and return:

  • Two (2) copies of your Contract or Letter of Agreement
  • One (1) Phase 1 Invoice (50% of your awarded funds) - both front and back sides. These are the only funds that will be available to you until you finish the project submit your final required documents.
  • One (1) W-9 Form

Once the above documents are received by 4Culture, we will:

  • Return one signed copy of your Contract or Letter of Agreement for your records
  • Send you a check (usually within 14 days).
  • If any of the forms are filled out incorrectly, we will contact you.

Requirements prior to presenting or publishing your project

Help us demonstrate the reach of 4Culture's funding and the value of supporting culture to elected officials and the general public.

To receive final payment you must:

  • Acknowledge 4Culture's support with this text in all project-related print and on-line material: This project was supported, in part, by an award from 4Culture.
  • Include this logo on project-related materials including: websites, brochures, press releases, programs, posters, flyers, advertisements, signage and other related collateral material.

Presentation or publication promotion:

We may be able to post information about your project on our blog and assist with outreach, depending on capacity. Please send the following information to Project Manager at least 3 weeks prior to your event or publication release:
  • Event Title
  • Website/Event Link
  • Event/Completion Date and Time
  • Event Location, including street address
  • Brief description of no more than 100 words
  • Contact information including name, phone number and e-mail
  • Digital image(s) of the project in-process or completed. We prefer photographs that include people. By providing images including recognizable people, we assume you have obtained permission to use their image through a model release or other means, especially for anyone under 18.

Help 4Culture promote you on social media:

Post your event on 4Culture's Facebook page and on Twitter (include @4Culture in the tweet). We will see it and retweet for you.

Final Payment Requirements

In order to receive your final payment and close out your contract you must do the following by the deadline date indicated on your Contract or Letter of Agreement document. If you cannot complete your project and public benefit by that date, please contact Heather Dwyer or Doreen Mitchum (Groups) for a possible contract extension. Final documents include:

  • One (1) Final Invoice (included in your contract packet)
  • One (1) Evaluation Form (included in your contract packet)
  • Evidence of acknowledgement of 4Culture support (e.g. event flyer with 4Culture logo)
  • Project documentation - in the form of images of your event (digital preferred) and/or 1-3 copies of any materials produced, such as CDs, DVDs, books etc.

Best Practices

Let us know if we can provide you with any of the following:

  • Other funding resources
  • Artist-friendly venue ideas
  • Sample press releases
  • Tips on contacting your legislators and King County Council members - your elected officials should know that your organization makes an impact!

Stay in touch with us throughout this process

Let us know if your plans change or if you have any questions or concerns along the way. We are proud to support your project and we hope we can assist you in making it a success! If needed, please contact Heather Dwyer or Doreen Mitchum (Groups) for help.