Advancing Conversation About Culture in King County, Washington
Posted in Recommended Events on Feb 25th, 2010
March Heritage & Preservation events:
Recommended by Brandi Link, Heritage & Preservation 4Culture
Washington Museum Association
Washington Women’s Suffrage Centennial Workshop
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Coach House, State Capital Museum, Olympia
As part of 2010 Museum Day on the Capital Campus, Western Museum…
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 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, 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 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 Heritage, Recommended Events on Feb 16th, 2010
The Washington State Jewish Historical Society is inviting all wine lovers to attend History Uncork’d: A Wine Tasting Fundraiser for the society at Howard House, 604 2nd Avenue on March 10. Enjoy some of Washington’s top wines while mingling and enjoying…
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 Arts, Recommended Events on Feb 9th, 2010
Recommended by Heather Dwyer
Saturday, February 13, 2010
11 am – 1:30pm
Frye Art Museum
Free
“Look at the subject, think about it before photographing, look until it becomes alive and looks back into you.” —Edward Steichen
Poets Susan Rich and Lillias Bever lead a workshop on ekphrasis,…
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 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 Arts, Recommended Events on Feb 3rd, 2010
Recommended by Tina Hoggatt
February 11, 1:30 p.m.
Eckstein Middle School has been working on the Fundred Dollar Bill Project, a hands-on art project to advocate for funding to clean up polluted soils in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina’s flooding left a legacy…
Posted in Arts, Recommended Events on Feb 3rd, 2010
The month of March will bring immersive art opportunities at Centrum Foundation in Port Townsend for middle school students throughout the state. Working with gifted artists, middle school students will converse, draw, sculpt, paint, dance, perform, and write. It’s an intense,…
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 Arts, Recommended Events on Jan 13th, 2010
You may recall we had a previous blog post with a link to a great article about some IRS changes artists should be aware of when preparing their taxes.
Carri wrote in to ask if there are any workshops available to help artists…
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 Artist Opportunities, Recommended Events on Jan 6th, 2010
Art Lending Library
Recommended by Anna Callahan, Communications 4Culture
Thursday, January 14, 2010, 6 – 9 pm
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way SW (at S Genesse St)
The Art Lending Library collects works by local artists and makes them available for you to…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Public Art, Recommended Events on Jan 5th, 2010
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…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Public Art, Recommended Events on Jan 3rd, 2010
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…
Posted in Arts, Recommended Events on Dec 31st, 2009
Thanks to Salise Hughes and Relja Penezic for sharing their amazing work on 4Culture’s e4c. Their pieces will be taken out of rotation as we make way for new videos by Sabine Gruffat and Noah Klersfeld.
Come by 4Culture this holiday weekend to see Hughes’…
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