Advancing Conversation About Culture in King County, Washington
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories on Mar 15th, 2010
Deadline April 21, 2010
The guidelines and online application for 4Culture’s 2010 Arts Cultural Facilities Equipment Program are now available! Applicants to this county-wide program can apply for support of equipment purchases (for equipment intended to be used by arts organizations for…
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 Arts, Feature Stories, Public Art on Feb 25th, 2010
a LOW IMPACT VEHICLE exploration (aLIVe)
Inspiring connections > transportation, transit and storm water systems
In December 2009, 4Culture posted a call for ideas that will inspire and engage the broader community in a conversation about transportation. The aLIVe project aims to spark interaction…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Public Art on Feb 25th, 2010
On February 9, 2010, a selection panel of arts professionals met to review 140 online applications to Gallery4Culture from King County artists working in a wide range of media. With exhibition months to be determined in the near future, the…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Recommended Events on Feb 25th, 2010
Alicia Basinger: Souvenir
Exhibition Running: MARCH 5 – 26, 2010
Artist Reception: First Thursday, MARCH 4, 2010, 6 – 8pm
Alicia Basinger’s installation of ceramic sculpture takes its inspiration from various objects (tschotskes, antiques, and the garden). Her predilection ranges from everyday kitsch to…
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 Arts, Feature Stories, Recommended Events on Feb 24th, 2010
Scott Groeniger: Ping Yao Continuum
Kenny Schneider: 1002 Rothko’s
Coming soon! Dynamic new media works by Scott Groeniger and Kenny Schneider will be added to e4c’s rotation this March.
Scott Groeniger
e4c will feature Groeniger’s The Ping Yao Continuum, depicting a scene of daily…
Posted in Feature Stories, Public Art on Feb 23rd, 2010
deadline: March 22, 2010
Are you an audiophile? Interested in the intersection of history, geography and stories of place? 4Culture & King County Metro Transit have issued a call for artists and interdisciplinary teams to create audio work along a new…
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 Feature Stories, Public Art on Feb 23rd, 2010
hot off the press
Public Art 4Culture has updated and reprinted the Public Art Guide. Available in our offices, at the Convention Center and Pacific Place in downtown Seattle and in local arts agencies throughout the county, the Guide may also be…
Posted in Artist Opportunities, Arts, Feature Stories, Heritage, Recommended Events on Feb 17th, 2010
Ethnic Arts Connection
Come join 4Culture in a collaborative effort in connecting communities. This FREE event features artists working in culturally specific traditions to showcase their work both on stage and an art exhibit of emerging talent. This is a great…
Posted in Feature Stories, Heritage on Feb 16th, 2010
HistoryLink.org, the free online encyclopedia of Washington state history, has just launched an amazing new resource especially tailored for educators and students. The exciting new education project was unveiled a couple weeks ago and features over 40 classroom-ready K –…
Posted in Feature Stories, Public Art on Feb 10th, 2010
When Bridges and Streams Collide
Have you heard the one about the biologist, geologist, engineer, and artist who hiked up a relic stream bed together?
I hadn’t either until last November when I headed to the Money Creek Bridge with King County…
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 Arts, Feature Stories, Recommended Events on Feb 4th, 2010
Sol Hashemi: Object History Awareness
Exhibition: February 5 – 26, 2010
Artist Reception: First Thursday, February 4, 2010, 6 – 8pm
Tonight, stop by Gallery4Culture during First Thursday artwalk to check out Object History Awareness, a solo exhibition of photographs and ready mades…
Posted in Artist Opportunities, Arts, Feature Stories on Feb 3rd, 2010
Are you a King County artist, musician, filmmaker, writer, social service group, community youth center, neighborhood festival, dance company, ensemble theater or other group who need funding for an upcoming show/project/performance/exhibition in the next year or so?
If so, we hope…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Recommended Events on Feb 3rd, 2010
This First Thursday, several new media works will premiere on e4c and be added to the e4c rotation for the next year:
David Kwan
Kwan has adapted his work SOLARIS, a series of sound-generated video projections for e4c. Kwan composes soundscapes…
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…
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