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January 8, 2009
A Look Ahead
2009 promises to be an interesting year, and yes, I understand how ambiguous the word "interesting" is. It's the word you use when you don't know what to think. The mills are rife with speculation about the impact of the economy on ticket sales and philanthropic giving. We're entering a time of economic uncertainty that clashes with hope rising from the birth of a new year, hence the thrill of new beginnings tempered by the panic of a rapidly approaching cliff. I concur with the great Yogi Berra: "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
So rather than speculate on what might happen in 2009, here's what I know will happen.
For the first time, Seattle will host the Americans for the Arts Annual Conference on June 18th through the 20th. This is a wonderful opportunity to expose our great arts community to a national audience of artists and arts administrators. Americans for the Arts expects 1,600 attendees. If the costs of travel and lodging have prevented you from attending an AFTA conference in the past, this is the one for you.
This year, Seattle celebrates the centennial of the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, opening on Memorial Day weekend in conjunction with Northwest Folklife Festival. The original AYPE introduced Seattle to the world a mere 57 years after the landing of the Denny Party on Alki Point. One of the highlights will be a reenactment of the 1909 cross-country Model T race that opened AYPE. Leaving from White Plains, New York, on June 14th, fifty-six Model T's will descend from Snoqualmie Pass on Friday, July 10th, arriving on the University of Washington campus on Saturday, the 11th. You will be reading much more about AYPE related events and activities over the next several months.
On the funding front, as we've reported previously, 4Culture's arts, heritage, and preservation funding programs will have the same resources available in 2009 as they did in 2008. No increases, but no decreases either. Public Art will also have a solid year. Later in this newsletter, you will find all of the deadlines for the 2009 funding programs. You're all invited to an all 4Culture event at the Georgetown Ballroom on January 30th. This event will launch our 2009 Touring Arts Roster, and provides us an opportunity to gather together constituents from all four corners of the 4Culture family. The Touring Arts Roster is one of our oldest programs, promoting the work of performing artists and ensemble to anyone looking to book entertainment. We look forward to sharing their talents with you and letting you know what else we have in store for 2009.
Sometime mid-year, hopefully in time for the AFTA conference, a fabulous new permanent public artwork by Danish artist Jeppe Hein will be installed on the roof of our building at the intersection of Third, Yesler and Prefontaine. It will be highly visible down the Third Avenue view corridor. There are several approvals we still need to secure, but we passed the first step by obtaining permission from the Pioneer Square Preservation Board last month, showing once again that contemporary art has a home in a historic district.
The Washington State legislative session begins on January 12th and once again we will try to secure a portion of future lodging taxes so that we can continue to support all of your cultural programs in King County. After the partial success of Senate Bill 6638 last year, we had high expectations for finalizing this effort in 2009. But I think it's fair to say that given the state budget dilemma, it will not as simple as we had hoped last spring. But we will try, try, try again.
Jim Kelly
Executive Director
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reception January 8, 2009, 6 to 8pm
exhibit January 8 to 30, 2009
www.4culture.org/publicart/gallery
Scott Trimble: TREAD
In TREAD, Trimble employs interactive sculptural forms and 2-dimensional drawings to consider site-specificity, modularity, forced perspective and implied narrative. One wall of the gallery is a sculptural installation of interwoven miniature pathways constructed of wood. Each is of a different scale and configuration, creating a colony of sorts, reaching, growing and intersecting the others. Hung on an adjacent wall is a grid of 4" x 4" framed drawings, each referencing a particular attribute of the woven installation. The drawings depict the intersection of the vertical (warp) and horizontal (weft) of the weave. For Trimble, pathway is a catalyst for exploration and stimulus for dialogue. It is an invitation for the viewer to explore a myriad of pathways that intersect and traverse the walls of the gallery.
image: © W. Scott Trimble,Woven Tread Study #3 (detail), Cedar, Photo by the artist
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Monday - Friday, 6am to 10pm
Walk, bus or drive by 4Culture in January and view electronic visual art pieces by six artists/artist teams from the sidewalk outside our offices. E4c consists of four, large LCD monitors adjacent to Gallery4Culture at 101 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle WA 98104, at the corner of Third and Prefontaine.
Thom Heileson & Wyndel Hunt: Oov
Gazelle Samizay: Nosh-e Jan (Bon Appétit)
Kamran Sadeghi: Kha Variations/Passing
Robert Zverina: 180
Salise Hughes: Shiny Things; Everyone I Have Ever Known; How to Draw Clouds;
There Were Houses Here
Relja Penezic and Victoria Jordanova: Fragments of Unused Time
Read about the works and artists
Read a review of some of these pieces in the Seattle PI
image: © Relja Penezic and Victoria Jordanova, Fragments of Unused Time, video still detail
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Deadline January 12, 2009
www.4culture.org/publicart/gallery
Applications are due this Monday for the 2009 - 2010 Gallery4Culture schedule of exhibitions, with an open call to independent artists or curators residing in King County. Dedicated to presenting solo exhibitions, small group, and curated exhibitions by artists living in King County and who are not currently represented by a commercial gallery, Gallery4Culture provides artists with exhibition space in the Tashiro Building, (located on the corner of Prefontaine Place and Third Avenue S in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood), as well as curatorial direction. Artists working in all media and genres are encouraged to apply, including those whose method of work is under-represented in commercial and mainstream galleries. Program guidelines include more information about eligibility and the selection process.
image: © Ariana Page Russell, Gallery installation shot, November 2008 exhibition, Dressing, by Ariana Page Russell
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Deadline January 20, 2009
The next deadline for Arts Cultural Facilities is in less than two weeks. Applicants to this county-wide program can apply for support of capital projects (support for construction, remodeling and acquisition of arts facilities) or equipment purchases (for equipment intended to be used by arts organizations for at least ten years.)
A workshop will be held at 4Culture Tuesday, January 13th at 1pm.
For the guidelines and applications visit www.4culture.org.
image: © Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, photo by Inti St. Clair
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4Culture is pleased to announce the 2009 opportunities and deadlines for funding programs in the fields of arts, heritage and historic preservation. These programs are available through funding provided to 4Culture by the Lodging Tax, and are designed to develop and maintain the cultural resources, historic perspective and unique character of King County.
Application deadlines for 2009 funding programs are listed below. Applications and guidelines for each opportunity will be posted at least 6 weeks prior to the application deadline, although samples for all programs are available now.
For more details on each program and upcoming workshops, click the opportunity title below.
image: © 2008 Sustained Support recipients, Maureen Whiting Company, photo by Peter Mumford
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Friday, January 30, 2009
5:30 to 10pm
Georgetown Ballroom, 5623 Airport Way South, Seattle, WA 98108
4Culture invites you to an event launching 2009 programs and celebrating the work of King County's cultural community
• Enjoy fabulous performances from the 2009 Touring Arts Roster
• Get info about 2009 funding opportunities
• Meet folks like you who are making King County one of the most thriving centers for arts and culture in the nation.
Heavy appetizers provided. Bring cash to purchase dirt-cheap brews from the Georgetown Brewing Company, NW wine, and delicious sandwiches from the county-famous falafel truck, Hallava Falafel.
Please RSVP
Sponsored by the Georgetown Ballroom & All City Coffee
image: © Georgetown Ballroom
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Public Art 4Culture has completed the selection process for the Artist Registry Volume VI. More than six hundred applicants in three categories, Parts, Sites and Plans were juried by a panel of peer professionals in December. Selection was based on quality and strength of past work, applicability to the category of entry, demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, and contribution to the diversity of the Registry in media and approach. We want to thank all participants for the effort made preparing their work for consideration and for braving our new online system. The names of selected artists are now posted online for review.
A comprehensive Volume VI website with artist profiles will be launched in April as a showcase of contemporary public art, resource for artist selection and education tool for the classroom. Volume V is off line to comply with standards for pre-approved rosters, as many government sponsored programs utilize the resource. We would like to thank the artists of Volume V for their three years of participation in this program.
Again, we congratulate the artists selected for Volume VI!
image: © courtesy of 4Culture
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For their last meeting of 2008, 4Culture's Heritage Advisory Committee and staff members ventured into the winter weather for a special field trip to three new culturally significant facilities in King County: the Wing Luke Asian Museum, the Northwest African American Museum, and the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center.
Stop number one: the Wing Luke Asian Museum, which moved to the newly rehabilitated East Kong Yick Building, in June. Deputy Executive Director, Cassie Chinn, greeted the group in the lobby of the 60,000 square foot International District building for the beginning of an historic immersion tour, which showcased preserved sections of the historic building and stops in exhibit galleries and the story theatre.
Read the full story and see a slideshow at Heritage4Culture
image: © Northwest African American Museum, photo by 4Culture
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Public Art 4Culture is pleased to welcome Tamar Benzikry-Stern to the staff as our new project manager. Tamar joins Cath Brunner and Jordan Howland in managing projects for the Public Art program. With the addition of Benzikry-Stern, Public Art is now fully staffed after the departure of project manager Reneé Tanner. Tamar brings a strong curatorial eye and the ability to work with artists to produce their best work. She comes to 4Culture from the City of Bellevue where she worked in the Public Art Program, managing the Public Art in Neighborhoods program and coordinating 2008's Sculpted Green exhibition, showcasing sculpture with a theme of sustainability. Benzikry-Stern is also active in Arts Leadership Lab, a member-driven consortium of community activists involved in the arts.
For more information on Public Art 4Culture or other 4Culture programs, contact 206 296.7580 or visit www.4culture.org.
For more information about Arts Leadership Lab contact Paige Weinheimer at 206 296.8605.
image: © 4Culture
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Brandi Link is another new addition to the 4Culture staff, joining Heritage and Preservation 4Culture as their new Program Support Specialist in January. In 2008, Brandi worked part-time as the Landmark Preservation Consultant for the City of Bothell and as the project assistant for King County's Historic and Scenic Corridors project, administered by Preservation 4Culture. Prior to this, Brandi worked with Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and Artifacts Consulting, a Tacoma based firm, developing the interactive travel guide Revisiting Washington: A Guide to the Evergreen State. She holds a BA in History from the University of Arizona, and a MA in Art History from the University of Washington. A Seattle resident since 2003, Brandi enjoys exploring local communities and experiencing the many cultural festivities King County has to offer.
Welcome Brandi!
image: © 4Culture
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One of the earliest examples of a one-room school in King County has a new home in a Bothell park. The North Creek School, built just after the turn of the 20th century, was lifted off its foundation last month and moved from its 31st Avenue Northeast location to Centennial Park. The move was sponsored by the City of Bothell, whose Landmark Preservation Board gave the building landmark status on November 4.
Built around 1902, the North Creek School served an area transitioning from a logging outpost to an agricultural community. Despite the passage of more than a century, the building survived almost intact, and the owners recently donated it to the City of Bothell for preservation and restoration. That led Bothell to move the building to Centennial Park. Restoration is being funded in part by a 4Culture Landmark Challenge Grant, the first award of its kind to a landmark property in the city of Bothell.
For more details on the move, visit the Preservation 4Culture website.
Watch a video of the move courtesy of the City of Bothell website.
image: © Courtesy of the City of Bothell.
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4Culture extends warm thanks to each of our seven departing Advisory Committee members, who have brought their dedication and knowledge to the fields of Arts, Heritage, Historic Preservation and Public Art and connect 4Culture with our community. These individuals have dedicated countless hours of their busy lives to attend monthly meetings, review panels and 4Culture board meetings, lending their passion, advocacy and expertise, on behalf of all King County residents, cultural organizations and specialists. We cannot thank them enough.
Thank you...
Amanda Austin
Carolyn Butler
John Chaney
Cynthia Chesak
Stephen Elliott
Doug Loesch
Cyndi Upthegrove
image: © Wooden O Productions, Midsummer Night's Dream by John Ulman
(Seattle Shakespeare Company's program offering free Shakespeare in the park)
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Efforts to preserve one of the best known local venues for concerts and shows were finally rewarded yesterday when Washington Hall, located at 153 14th Avenue, was designated a Seattle City landmark. Opened in 1908, the two-story, red brick building features its original dance hall with proscenium stage, horseshoe-shaped balcony and wood-paneling. The distinctive curved parapet over the entrance has been a recognizable feature of the Central District for over 100 years as the hall has continued to serve as a popular social and musical gathering place for local community. The building earned a place in rock and roll history when a young Jimi Hendrix played the hall in 1960. More recently, On the Boards, a locally grown, internationally recognized center for contemporary performance, used the facility for their shows and operation between 1978 - 1998. Despite the recent landmark status Washington Hall is still threatened. It is the hope of 4Culture and its community partners that the structure's integrity can be preserved while creating opportunities for new uses.
For more information on the Washington Hall designation, contact Flo Lentz, Preservation 4Culture, 206 296.8682.
image: © courtesy of 4Culture
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My Point of View provides a forum for ongoing culture-related dialogue. Each month, news4culture features the words of a guest writer, commenting on an issue related to arts, heritage, preservation and/or public art. It might be an opinion related to a current news story; maybe it's a rant, a rave, or a random story about culture.
Principals' Arts Leadership (PAL) program
By Una McAlinden
My mother always said I'd end up in education. But I don't think this job was quite what she envisioned.
From the age of 13, I was determined to become an attorney, and pursued that through college and grad school, practicing law for 10 years. But it was never a job that made me jump out of bed in the morning.
That's the job I have now.
As the Executive Director of ArtsEd Washington, I work all day, every day, to advance arts education for all K-12 students in Washington. Friends and co-workers will tell you it's always on my mind - and they're right!
When I was first hired, the concept of working with school principals to develop a plan to teach the arts was just emerging. I had the privilege of developing that idea into our Principals' Arts Leadership (PAL) program, a groundbreaking initiative now entering its fifth year of encouraging principals to use their role as instructional leader to create and implement an all-school arts plan. That's no small feat, when you think about everything else a principal has on his or her plate!
My parents were both elementary school principals - did I mention that? Growing up, I saw firsthand the importance of their leadership in shaping the culture and focus of a school. So, when we first visit a new PAL schools, we start by asking the principals two questions about their arts program: What are you doing? How can we help?
The unexpected power of these seemingly simple questions continues to amaze me. They respect the principal as the instructional leader of a school, and recognize that the arts are a core subject in which all kids should be learning. Every time we hear a principal's answers, we further confirm that there is not a one-size-fits-all answer to the provision of a quality arts education for all students. Every school, every principal, needs to examine their needs, goals, and resources; then write an effective, achievable plan.
However, as instructional leaders, principals also face immediate challenges to close the achievement gap and show improvement in math and literacy. A quality arts education can help meet these goals, but I have found that sometimes principals don't really believe it until they see it working in another principal's school.
For these two reasons, the PAL program has two main goals:
- Each individual school team, led by its principal, will create an arts plan and implement it on an ongoing basis; and
- Each principal will participate in a network of principals supporting each other in their arts leadership.
From my point of view, this is the bottom line of arts education: If we want to achieve significant, sustainable gains in arts education, and make arts learning available to all students, we must catalyze large-scale, systemic change within the schools themselves. That's what the Principals' Arts Leadership program is all about. Wouldn't it make you want to jump out of bed in the morning, too?
More info on the Principals' Arts Leadership Program.
image: © Una McAlinden
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4Culture Public Art Calls List
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Public Art 4Culture compiles a list of current public art opportunities available through Public Art 4Culture and other agencies across the country. The Public Art Calls List provides brief project descriptions, deadlines and how to receive more information about each opportunity -- bimonthly, free of charge.
SIFF
Call for Entries
Deadline: February 2, 2009
www.siff.net
SIFF is seeking features, documentaries, short films and animation for the 35th Seattle International Film Festival. With more than 450 films over 25 days, SIFF is the largest film festival in the United States. Attracting more than 150,000 viewers, SIFF is a great way to get your film noticed.
Bumbershoot 2009
Call for Applications
North America's largest urban music and arts festival, Bumbershoot takes place at Seattle Center, the glorious 74-acre park built to house the 1962 World's Fair. The Festival takes full advantage of Seattle Center's fantastic amenities, including indoor theaters, outdoor stages, a world-class opera house, sprawling green lawns and a rockin' outdoor stadium.
The Music and Arts Festival occurs over Labor Day weekend on Saturday, September 5 - Monday, September 7, 2009.
Music applications
Sonicbids
Deadline: March 13, 2009
Literary Arts, Theatre, Dance, and Performance
www.bumbershoot.org/apply
Deadline: March 13, 2009
Film applications for the 1 Reel Film Festival at Bumbershoot
www.bumbershoot.org/apply
Deadline: March 13, 2009
Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
Seeking graphic artists for logo contest
Deadline: February 2, 2009
Seeking a logo design for Seaport Landing, the new home port facility in the Aberdeen waterfront. Prizes include gift certificates for sailing adventures on our tall ships. You'll also be acknowledged as the logo designer in print materials, a new website and on-site signage. Details about the contest, including rules and an entry form available at www.historicalseaport.org.
Documentary Photography Distribution Grant
A Grant to Encourage New Ways of Presenting Documentary Photography to the Public
Deadline: June 19, 2009, 5pm (EST)
www.soros.org
The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project is offering a grant to documentary photographers who have already completed a significant body of work on issues of social justice, to collaborate with a partner organization and propose new ways of using photography as a tool for positive social change. All photographers must have another entity (such as a nonprofit, NGO, or community-based organization) that will work with the photographer to design an innovative distribution strategy that targets specific communities and advocates for social change. Grants of $5,000 to $30,000 will be awarded.
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Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA)
Director of Operations and Administration
www.giarts.org
Full-time. Salary d.o.e. Position open until filled. Reports to the Executive Director and is primarily responsible for the administrative, technical, and physical systems that support GIA's activities. Please send resumes to Jabu Dayton.
Photographic Center Northwest
Library Intern/Volunteer
www.pcnw.org
Part-time. Volunteer. Seeking an individual with library training to oversee 1,000 volume library and to ensure that we adhere to best practices in collecting, cataloguing, and distributing works to our students, members and faculty. Contact Ann Pallesen, Gallery Director.
zoe | juniper
Company Manager
Part-time. Compensation d.o.e. Seattle-based performance company seeks manager to organize rehearsals and schedules; coordinate all aspects of an upcoming US tour; write and research grants and fundraise. The position has the potential to expand into a shared management position with another Seattle-based performance company, Scott/Powell Performance. Please contact zoeandjuniper@me.com for more information.
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Into the Woods
Recommended by Sara Edwards, Communications Manager 4Culture
Village Theatre - KIDSTAGE
January 9 - 18, 2009
First Stage Theatre, Issaquah
Who knew Cinderella was so apathetic? Or that Little Red was such a terror? All your favorite fairy tale characters come to life in a brand new way in James Lapine's and Stephen Sondheim's irreverent musical. Tickets: (425) 392-2202 or VillageTheatre.org.
Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
Recommended by Willow Fox, Public Art 4Culture
A lecture by renowned sustainability scholar Peter Newman
January 12, 2009, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Bertha Knight Landes Reception Room, Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Avenue
Professor Newman is internationally recognized as one of the world's leaders in sustainability. This free lecture will explore emerging methods for city development in a post peak oil world, including ten "strategic steps" that Seattle can take toward greater sustainability and resilience. Newman is the author of eight books on the subject of sustainability, transport planning and cities and well over 200 refereed journal articles.
Arts Leadership Lab Upcoming Events
Recommended by Paige Weinheimer, Funding Programs 4Culture
ALL OUT Happy Hour with Shunpike
January 12, 2009, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Grey Gallery & Lounge, 1512 11th Avenue
On second Mondays of every month, you can find Arts Leadership Lab out. ALL OUT Happy Hour is an opportunity for artists, arts administrators and arts advocates to come together for conversation, networking and fun. January's edition is hosted in partnership with Shunpike (meet their new partner artists!), a nonprofit that helps small and mid-sized arts groups develop business tools.
John Boylan's Art and Community Engagement Panel
January 14, 2009, 7pm
Vermillion, 11th & Pine Street
This roundtable conversation series happens at Vermillion, a lounge and art gallery at 1508 11th Ave, Seattle. This month we're returning to the subject of art and community, and what feels like a new buzz around art and activism. Guests include Paige Weinheimer, Rahwa Habte, Cheryl dos Remedios and Barbara Luecke. For more information on the series, call John Boylan at 206 601.9848.
Creative Conversation Action In Our Name: A Public Policy Crash Course Tailored for Arts Advocates
With Washington State Arts Alliance, Reclaim the Media, Washington Bus,
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance and more
January 21, 2009, 7 to 9pm
The Vera Project, Warren & Republican Ave in Queen Anne
Are you a member of "the arts community"? Help make January 21st a one-stop shop for finding out and sharing what's being done in our name. Get a crash course about upcoming public policy initiatives related to the arts. Share what you know is happening and discuss what you would like to see in the future. Leave with concrete opportunities and tools for engagement this year. This is a boot camp that embraces back-talk.
Arts Day in Olympia
February 3, 2009
Save the date! Washington State Arts Alliance organizes this day of advocacy in Olympia - sign up for Arts Leadership Lab mailing list to get more info when it becomes available!
Email info@artsleadershiplab.org to join the mailing list and learn more about these upcoming events. Read more or join ALL on: Facebook or MySpace
Breaking Barriers
Recommended by Jim Kelly, 4Culture
22nd Annual King County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
January 15, 2009, noon to 1pm
Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine Street in downtown Seattle
All King County residents and employees are invited to celebrate the memory of Dr. King and recognize the achievements of individuals in this region whose life and work were shining examples of Dr. King's goal of being judged by the "content of their character." Come enjoy the music of the Paul Rucker Quartet, and be inspired by the Employee Humanitarian Awards and the Dr. King, Jr. Student Essay Award ceremony. Arrive early and pick up a limited edition event button and a 2009 MLK calendar.
Free Lunch Time Concerts
Recommended by Cath Brunner, Public Art 4Culture
Beginning this January, organ music will once again ring out in the former First United Methodist Church sanctuary - the last historic church in downtown Seattle. The noon concert series, which starts with performances by artist-in-residence Mark Andersen, is free and open to the public.
| January |
22 |
Meet the Artist in Residence - Mark Andersen organ, voice, bells |
| February |
26 |
Classical Music for Lovers |
| March |
26 |
Music of Ireland - organ, flute, and harp |
| April |
23 |
A Tribute to the Music of J.S. Bach |
| May |
21 |
American Harp Society Composer's Competition |
| June |
11 |
Summer POPS Music of Leroy Anderson |
| June |
25 |
Summer POPS Music of Cole Porter and George Gershwin |
| July |
9 |
Summer POPS Patriotic Themed |
| July |
23 |
Summer POPS Music of Broadway |
| August |
13 |
Summer POPS Music of Scott Joplin |
| August |
27 |
Summer POPS Music of Andrew Lloyd Weber |
| September |
24 |
A Musical Tribute to Fall |
| October |
29 |
Halloween Special (moved to fifth Friday) |
| November |
19 |
A Night at the Opera (moved to third Friday) |
| December |
10 |
Holiday Special Concert |
| December |
17 |
Holiday Special Concert |
Built from 1908 to 1910, the sanctuary is located at Fifth Avenue and Marion Street in Seattle. As part of its plan for the block, Seattle developer Nitze Stagen preserved the sanctuary, began construction on a 40-story office tower on the church annex site, and is now sponsoring events like the noon concerts that will keep the historic church open to the public.
American Association for State and Local History
Recommended by Eric Taylor, Heritage 4Culture
Online Workshops
An affordable and efficient online resource to help heritage museums learn basics about archiving, adopting "green" practices and volunteer/board development.
Burien/ Interim Art Space (B/ IAS) Opening Celebration
Recommended By Charlie Rathbun, Arts 4Culture
January 24, 2009, 3pm
B/ IAS is a year-long experiment, combining and transforming the concepts of art, temporary green spaces, and community gathering. B/ IAS will occupy a temporarily vacant one-acre parcel of Burien's Town Square project. This exciting space will not only showcase art, but will be an energetic gathering place for Burien's citizens. The space will be kicked off with a community event featuring dancers, musicians and fire performers and celebrates the installation of Burien's first major temporary art piece, The Passage. This artwork was first created by Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito for the 2005 Burning Man Arts Festival. Figures depicting a mother and child stand a dramatic 30' and 20' tall and are fabricated out of recycled and scrap metal.
B/ IAS is a collaboration between Ignition Northwest, the Burien Arts Commission, Urban Partners and GGLO.
To volunteer, create, or to work a plot of land on the B/ IAS project please email info@interim-art-space.com or to be updated on future information on the B/ IAS project you can join b-ias@googlegroups.com
Singer/Songwriter/Musician Jose Bold
Recommended by Sara Edwards, Communications Manager 4Culture
January 29, 2009, 8pm
The Jewel Box Theater at the Rendezvous in Belltown (2322 2nd Ave., Seattle)
Jose Bold , member of the Seattle band/art-collective "Awesome" performs solo, one night only, in support of his new release, December City. A free download of December City is available at 4Culture.org and the artist's website. Bold (aka John Osebold) received 2008 Arts Special Project Funding from 4Culture for this project. Copies of the new album will be available at the performance for a suggested donation.
ACRL 14th National Conference
Recommended by Eric Taylor, Heritage 4Culture
"Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend"
March 12 - 15, 2009
Seattle, WA
The ACRL 14th National Conference will be held in our region this year. Registration is now open. Visit the conference website for complete details.
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American Association of Museums
Finding Calm in Crisis: A Museum Survival Guide
www.aam-us.org
A public, online resource offering museums advice on fundraising, cutbacks, marketing and management in these financially difficult times.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services
Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a library of conservation and preservation publications
January 5 - March 9, 2009
The IMLS Services will award 1,000 additional sets of the Bookshelf in 2009. This is the last time this library of self-help books will be offered for free. A 12-question application is posted on the American Association for State and Local History website.
United Way of King County Volunteer Center
Invites you to participate in the 2009 Nonprofit Wage & Benefit Survey for King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties. This compensation survey is produced every two years by United Way of King County and Washington Employers. This survey includes more than 130 nonprofit positions from more than 300 nonprofit organizations across the three counties, and is widely considered the best resource for local nonprofit market data. All nonprofit organizations with at least one paid employee may participate. Thanks to the efforts of the Arts & Cultural HR Roundtable, we have added 21 positions specific to arts organizations.
To participate: You can submit your compensation data in two ways - via online form or hardcopy.
Please see www.uwkc.org for instructions. Participation deadline is January 23, 2009. Questions? Please contact compensationsurvey@uwkc.org or 206.461.3656.
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top image: © Relja Penezic and Victoria Jordanova, Fragments of Unused Time, video still detail
