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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Coming soon – a great opportunity for an artist with experience and continued interest in creating audio work, and for self-selecting inter-disciplinary teams including literary artists, spoken word artists, sound artists, musicians and more to collaborate with one another and…

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Public Art is excited to announce the launch of our newly imagined website. Created as a platform for appreciation and interpretation of our collection, the site allows for larger and more easily accessed images of artworks as well as expanded…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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White Lines (don’t do it)
reception January 7, 2010, 6 to 8pm
exhibit January 8 – 29, 2010

In a series of stunning black and white digital prints, DeLira documents sweeping, graceful lines of chalk glyphs laid onto soulful urban surfaces.  In a…

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With 2009 and the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition Centennial a recent memory, it’s not too early to begin planning for the next world’s fair anniversary, the semi-centennial of Century 21. April 21, 2012, will mark 50 years since the opening…

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This First Thursday, several new media works will premiere on e4c and be added to the e4c rotation for the next year:

Sabine Gruffat: Video Animations

Gruffat’s four channel experimental video includes live-rendered computer animation and analog signal processes of early video. She…

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A reminder to all that 4Culture’s offices are closed Friday, January  1 for the New Year holiday. We will additionally be closed this Monday, January 4 for a staff furlough day.  Have a safe and happy holiday! We look forward…

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I know the New Year is almost upon us, but before you pack up the holiday decorations and get on with 2010, 4CTV invites you to take a load off, grab a cup of cocoa, and watch the 4CTV episode…

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Warship Under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West by Lorraine McConaghy has been published by University of Washington Press with support from 4Culture and is on bookstands now. The author has announced a schedule of upcoming public readings and…

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4Culture Site-Specific, in partnership with Seattle Parks & Recreation and the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, seeks artist proposals for projects in Occidental Park from June through September of 2010

Deadline March 12, 2010

ARTSPARKS seeks to infuse new creative energy…

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