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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’…
Posted in Arts, Heritage, Recommended Events on Dec 31st, 2009
You are invited to King County’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, a free public event. The keynote speech will be delivered by civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis with a special musical performance by Dr. Quinton Morris.
Thursday, January…
Posted in Feature Stories, Heritage, Recommended Events on Dec 30th, 2009
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…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Recommended Events on Dec 1st, 2009
Site-Specific has two new projects happening right now that you don’t want to miss. And you don’t even have to go out in the rain to check them out… these two projects are online media-based projects that you can attend…
Posted in Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation, Recommended Events on Dec 1st, 2009
Heritage and Historic Preservation groups have been hearing a lot of talk lately about something called “HB 1386” and the steady stream of revenue it could generate every year for local historical programs and historic preservation. Recently, the King County…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Recommended Events on Dec 1st, 2009
This First Thursday, two new media works will premiere on e4c and be added to the e4c rotation for the next year:
Laurel Beckman: New Vowels (4 times to feel you)
Ann Oren: Dollhouse
Public “First Thursday” Reception December 3, 2009, 6 – 8pm…
Posted in Arts, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art, Recommended Events on Dec 1st, 2009
We hope you enjoy our weekly list of staff recommended events!
Memoir Writing Group
Recommended by Brandi Link, Heritage & Preservation 4Culture
State Capital Museum Coach House
Tuesday afternoons, 1-3 pm
Lead by Delores Kelso Nelson, local writer and teacher, the memoir class helps adults…
Posted in Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation, Recommended Events on Nov 27th, 2009
Staying in the area for the holidays? Take a short trip out to Snoqualmie Valley and experience all the season has to offer. Drive down Snoqualmie Valley Rd/Carnation Farms Rd Heritage Corridor and view a serene stretch of the valley from…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Public Art, Recommended Events on Nov 25th, 2009
Join us Tuesday, December 15th for a presentation by photographer, Michael Nye. Michael will be talking about the convergence of his art and social practice via his latest project, About Hunger. A documentary of voices, stories and portraits, About Hunger explores the…
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