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Posted in Heritage, Preservation on Mar 3rd, 2010
Opportunity for lease and utilities in trade for work at a 4Culture-supported, south county landmark!
Overview: The City of Auburn is seeking applications for Caretaker, Mary Olson Farm. The Mary Olson Farm dates from 1879 and is listed on the National Register…
Posted in Heritage, Preservation on Feb 26th, 2010
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions help small and mid-sized institutions, such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities, improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. Awards…
Posted in Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation on Feb 25th, 2010
I was disappointed to see the Obama Administration in the 2010 federal budget proposed the elimination of significant preservation funding that comes through relatively small programs such as Save America’s Treasures and Preserve America. These two programs have had a…
Posted in Artist Opportunities, Arts, Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation on Feb 25th, 2010
If you’re an artist, arts group, heritage organization/specialist/educator, or someone needing help to rehabilitate a landmark, don’t forget to apply to 4Culture for project support – several deadlines are coming up in early March:
Landmark Rehabilitation: deadline March 3, 2010
Heritage Special…
Posted in Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation, Recommended Events on Feb 23rd, 2010
Now that the weather is warming up – yes for Pacific Northwesterners, 50 degrees is warm – and sunny, GO OUTSIDE!
Channel your inner tourist, and go down to Seattle’s Central Waterfront. Why not?! How long has it been since you’ve…
Posted in Arts, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art on Feb 11th, 2010
A reminder to all that 4Culture’s offices and Gallery4Culture are closed Friday, February 12 for a staff furlough day, and Monday, February 15 for Presidents’ Day.
A full list of 4Culture furlough days can be viewed here.
Relja Penezic & Victoria Jordanova,…
Posted in Arts, Heritage, Preservation, Recommended Events on Feb 10th, 2010
Washington Hall needs your TLC! Please join us for a work party on Saturday, February 27 , 2010, 9am – 1pm at the hall – 153 14th Avenue, Seattle
We need volunteers who are willing to help with clean up and…
Posted in Artist Opportunities, Arts, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art on Feb 8th, 2010
Deadline February 10, 2010
Commission $1,500
4Culture seeks to commission an artist, designer or creative team to create a three dimensional, sculptural object for their annual Golden Rain Globe Award for Heritage Tourism.
Each year, 4Culture honors the stewards of a local historic site or…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art on Feb 4th, 2010
The dawn of a new day?
Over the past several years, I’ve written many messages about 4Culture’s legislative efforts in Olympia. Lodging taxes are the primary source of the revenues we use to support our major arts, heritage and preservation funding…
Posted in Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation on Feb 3rd, 2010
The news officially came out last week in The Seattle Times. The Boeing Company is set to demolish the centerpiece of its own World War II history – Plant 2 on East Marginal Way.
How could this happen here – in the…
Posted in Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation on Feb 3rd, 2010
Update from a 4Culture 2009 Landmark Challenge Grant Recipient
4C staff was recently invited to take a tour of King Street Station. It is such an impressive restoration project – with hidden gems tucked in everywhere – that we just had…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art on Feb 3rd, 2010
The U.S. Census is coming up this April and the cultural community in King County is being called to play a role in communicating the importance of the Census and encouraging participation in the nation’s once-a-decade population count.
The United States…
Posted in Feature Stories, Preservation on Jan 29th, 2010
IMPORTANT upcoming grant deadlines for preservation projects – mark your calendars! Below is a list of some key funding opportunities for historic preservation, both inside and outside 4Culture.
Preserve America
Deadline: February 12, 2010
A matching-grant program that provides planning funding to designated Preserve America…
Posted in Heritage, Preservation, Recommended Events on Jan 29th, 2010
Historic Seattle & Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Recommended by Brandi Link, Heritage & Preservation 4Culture
Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 1 – 3 pm
Take a look back at the swanky lifestyle of turn of the 20th century First Hill, by touring the…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation, Recommended Events on Jan 22nd, 2010
My first foray into Georgetown was January last year for 4C’s 2009 launch event – and I <sheepishly> have to admit I’ve been in Seattle for 6 1/2 years. Many of you probably know this little gem of a neighborhood, although…
Posted in Artist Opportunities, Arts, Heritage, Preservation on Jan 13th, 2010
4Culture seeks to commission an artist, designer or creative team to create a three dimensional, sculptural object for their annual Golden Rain Globe Award for Heritage Tourism.
Deadline February 10, 2010
Each year, 4Culture honors the stewards of a local historic site…
Posted in Preservation on Jan 7th, 2010
Looking for interesting work this summer? Paid work that will be immortalized in the annuls of history? The Heritage Documentation Programs, a division of the National Park Service, is currently seeking applications for summer employment documenting historic sites, structures and…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation on Jan 6th, 2010
2010 deadlines and workshops
Happy 2010! Can you believe how quickly a decade passes? It seems like only yesterday that we were all worried about the Y2K menace that would paralyze every function of life that was controlled by computers. That…
Posted in Arts, Heritage, Preservation, Recommended Events on Jan 6th, 2010
We hope you enjoy this list of upcoming events, recommended by 4Culture staff!
Virginia V
Chanty Sing-along
Recommended by Brandi Link, Heritage & Preservation 4Culture
Friday, January 8, 2010, 8 pm
Know any good sea chanteys? Local musician Chris Roe does! Join her on the…
Posted in Feature Stories, Preservation on Jan 6th, 2010
Get your typing fingers ready! 4Culture’s 2010 Landmark Rehabilitation Program application is now available online. One of 4Culture’s core programs since 2003, the Landmark Rehab Program supports the preservation of designated county landmarks by providing funds for rehabilitation work, such…
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