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Apply for the 2013 Conductive Garboil Grant

Apply for the 2013 Conductive Garboil Grant

 

This annual, non-restricted award of $3,000 was developed by artist Su Job just before her passing in December 2008. The grant acknowledges artists who have “demonstrated a profound ability to challenge the limits of ... Continue

ArtTable + 4Culture + Loriann Hernandez

ArtTable + 4Culture + Loriann Hernandez

ArtTable’s Summer Internship for Diversity in the Visual Arts supports emerging women professionals from backgrounds generally underrepresented in the field. Through one-on-one mentoring relationships, interns have the opportunity to work with established leaders and gain ... Continue

Lungs + Learning

Lungs + Learning

“I developed bronchitis early in my career as I was trying, unsuccessfully, to teach myself to TIG weld aluminum. I phoned OSHA to check on a possible link between my illness and outgassing from the ... Continue

Tunnel Vision: Burke-Gilman Trail

Tunnel Vision: Burke-Gilman Trail

4Culture, working in partnership with King County Parks, is seeking an artist or artist team that can make the experience of navigating the 250 ft. long Wayne Tunnel on the Burke-Gilman Trail (BGT) in Bothell, ... Continue

Living Longer with Safer Ceramics

Living Longer with Safer Ceramics

4Culture and the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County (LHWMP) are partnering to spread the word about Hidden Hazards in the Arts. 

The Healthy Ceramicist 

I recently saw a NY Times article on ... Continue

The Long Walk Revisited

The Long Walk Revisited

Did you miss last month’s Long Walk Short Film Fest at the Northwest Film Forum? If so (or if you want watch them again), here are links to the three videos that were screened:

The ... Continue

Apply for the Sound Transit Artist Roster

Apply for the Sound Transit Artist Roster

Sound Transit’s STart program is establishing a roster of pre-qualified artists for public art projects throughout the agency’s three-county service area in the greater Puget Sound region of Washington State. The roster will be effective ... Continue

Snorting Spray Adhesives for Minimum Wage

Snorting Spray Adhesives for Minimum Wage

4Culture and the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County (LHWMP) are hosting a series of free workshops focused on Hidden Hazards in the Arts along with a collection of guest blog posts. 

During ... Continue

The Long Walk Short Film Fest

The Long Walk Short Film Fest

The Long Walk Short Film Fest Thursday, February 28th – 8pm Northwest Film Forum 1515 12th Avenue – Seattle, WA 98122

Join Susan Robb and the Northwest Film Forum for an evening of films that ... Continue

Reminder: Hidden Hazards Workshop on Thursday!

Reminder: Hidden Hazards Workshop on Thursday!

FREE Workshop & Brown Bag Lunch Hidden Hazards in the Arts: Jewelry, Metalsmithing, and Printmaking Thursday, January 10, 12-2pm 4Culture – 101 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle, WA 98104

We are hosting a series of free ... Continue

Bathtubs, Cyanide & that Beautiful Blue Tone

Bathtubs, Cyanide & that Beautiful Blue Tone

The second in a series of guest posts on Hidden Hazards in the Arts with our partner, the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County (LHWMP)…

 

Bathtubs, Cyanide & that Beautiful Blue Tone... Continue

Don’t Drink the Turpentine!

Don’t Drink the Turpentine!

4Culture and the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County (LHWMP) are excited to announce a new partnership. Our agencies will be working together on a variety of initiatives, some of which will roll ... Continue