Education

Arts Education Planning for Seattle Schools

Seattle Public Schools, the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and community arts organizations are partnering to create a comprehensive arts plan focused on increasing quality arts education access for all K-12 students. To ... Continue

Destination Industry: Cedar River Watershed

Destination Industry: Cedar River Watershed

With archival records spanning 9,400 years of human activity, the Heritage Research Library at the Cedar River Watershed Education Center near North Bend, contributes to a greater understanding of this area’s cultural and natural history ... Continue

Remembering Century 21 Workshops

Remembering Century 21 Workshops

News from a Heritage Sustained Support Recipient

The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) invites you to explore the memories and meaning of Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair through a series of free workshops, co-hosted by ... Continue

Upcoming Tax Workshop for Artists

Upcoming Tax Workshop for Artists

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Fee: $20 for artists. Tickets and Registration

West of Lenin Theater 203 N. 36th Street, Seattle

Washington Lawyers for the Arts is offering Neil Sussman’s popular ... Continue

Seattle Arts Education Forum this Thursday

This Thursday, you’re invited to join Seattle’s mayor, superintendent and youth in a discussion about arts learning

February 16, 2012, 6:30 to 8 p.m. - Join Mayor Mike McGinn, Seattle Public Schools Interim Superintendent Susan Enfield ... Continue

fan mail: power of art

fan mail: power of art

A local arts patron shared the following story with us over email and we wanted to share with our community. Please enjoy.

Dear 4Culture,

I’m a local arts patron and something was shared with me ... Continue

Nominate Your School for the Schools of Excellence in Arts Education Awards

Applications are now open for the second annual Schools of Excellence in Arts Education Awards

Submission deadline is March 30, 2012

Presented by 4Culture-supported group ArtsEd Washington, in partnership with the Association of Washington School ... Continue

Brightwater Reviewed on KUOW

Brightwater Reviewed on KUOW

Public Art Director Cath Brunner led reporter Gary Faigin on a tour of Brightwater’s public art last week. His review of three of the artworks installed at the Environmental Education Center will air on NPR ... Continue

On-Site Review: 826 Seattle

On-Site Review: 826 Seattle

Through the On-Site Review program, 4Culture evaluates arts and heritage organizations who receive Sustained Support funding. On-Site Reviewers attend events produced or presented by recipients and write up short reviews, which help to give the adjudicating ... Continue

Clay at the Convention Center: Two Collections

Clay at the Convention Center: Two Collections

City of Seattle & King County present ceramic works from their collections

‘Enduring Clay’ exhibition on view at Washington State Convention and Trade Center, in conjunction with National Council for Education for the Ceramic Arts’ ... Continue

Call for Museum Conference Session Proposals

Call for Museum Conference Session Proposals

The Washington Museum Association Conference at Seattle Center, June 13-15, is shaping up to be an exciting event. From the opening reception and exhibit, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, at Pacific Science ... Continue

Heart-warmer of the Day: Dedicated Public Servants

Heart-warmer of the Day: Dedicated Public Servants

Can’t stop. Won’t stop.

Seattle’s Public School art teachers protest the district furlough this afternoon, at Pacific Place Mall in downtown Seattle. Pictured is Jed Dunkerley, one of several who provided free drawing lessons to ... Continue