Blog4CultureARRA | Blog4Culture http://blog.4culture.org Advancing Conversation About Culture in King County, Washington Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:13:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 gregoire visits 4culture public art site http://blog.4culture.org/2009/11/gregoire-visits-4culture-public-art-site/ http://blog.4culture.org/2009/11/gregoire-visits-4culture-public-art-site/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:00:30 +0000 Jordan Howland http://blog.4culture.org/?p=3559 Governor Christine Gregoire visited White Center’s 98th Street pedestrian bridge last Thursday to recognize it as an example of federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars at work in our state. Currently under construction, this ... Continue

]]> Governor Christine Gregoire visited White Center’s 98th Street pedestrian bridge last Thursday to recognize it as an example of federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars at work in our state. Currently under construction, this new urban connector will link the Greenbridge Village Housing Development and the community’s business district.

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Artist Andy Cao has worked on the project with the King County Roads Division and Water and Land Resources Division since 2007. Gregoire acknowledged his participation in the design process and the development of his forthcoming integrated earthwork. Pillow Field will be comprised of sculpted earthen mounds formed from soil excavated during site construction and planted with chamomile. The work will occupy each of the four quadrants created by the switchback path.

Photo: 4Culture. Pictured: Christine Gregoire, Xavier Perrot, and Andy Cao.

]]> http://blog.4culture.org/2009/11/gregoire-visits-4culture-public-art-site/feed/ 0 4culture awards stimulus funding in king county http://blog.4culture.org/2009/09/4culture-awards-stimulus-funding-in-king-county/ http://blog.4culture.org/2009/09/4culture-awards-stimulus-funding-in-king-county/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:30:54 +0000 Sara Edwards http://blog.4culture.org/?p=2431 Federal dollars distributed through 4Culture will help maintain jobs and services at regional arts organizations, and provide boost to local economy

 

Today 4Culture announced distribution of federal stimulus funding totaling $250,000 to help preserve ... Continue

]]> Federal dollars distributed through 4Culture will help maintain jobs and services at regional arts organizations, and provide boost to local economy

 

Still from March Point, a fi lm by Annie Silverstein, Tracy Rector, Nick Clark, Cody Cayou and Travis Tom, presented at the NW Film Forum’s Local Sightings Festival, © 2008

Today 4Culture announced distribution of federal stimulus funding totaling $250,000 to help preserve jobs at 40 arts and cultural organizations throughout the region. The funds, provided to 4Culture from the National Endowment for the Arts, will help organizations extend or restore threatened salaried and contract jobs, ranging from executive directors and curators, to actors and artists.


4Culture’s funds will be distributed to a diverse range of organizations and communities including: Bellevue Arts Museum, The Attic Theatre in Bothell, The Burien Arts Commission, Kirkland Art Center, Fall City Arts, Arcade (NW Architectural League), Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Town Hall, ArtsWest, Langston Hughes, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle International Film Festival, and Giant Magnet.

View the complete list of 4Culture funded organizations

With 99 applications to consider, the selection process was especially challenging as panelists tried to extend the funding as far as possible throughout the county while still hoping to have some impact on the organizations. They were unable to fund many deserving organizations.

Read the full press release


Photo: Still from March Point, a film by Annie Silverstein, Tracy Rector, Nick Clark, Cody Cayou and Travis Tom, presented at the NW Film Forum’s Local Sightings Festival, © 2008

]]> http://blog.4culture.org/2009/09/4culture-awards-stimulus-funding-in-king-county/feed/ 1 nea under fire for spending of stimulus funding http://blog.4culture.org/2009/08/nea-under-fire-for-spending-of-stimulus-funding/ http://blog.4culture.org/2009/08/nea-under-fire-for-spending-of-stimulus-funding/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:16:26 +0000 Sara Edwards http://blog.4culture.org/?p=1556 Apparently, fifty US legislators have written to the NEA in “outrage” about some of the organizations supported through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Their contention is that some of the organizations who were given ... Continue

]]> Apparently, fifty US legislators have written to the NEA in “outrage” about some of the organizations supported through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Their contention is that some of the organizations who were given funding from the NEA to preserve a non-profit art jobs, are presenting art that some citizens might find objectionable. Read an article about it on OCALA.com.

What do you think KC Cultural Community? An outrage or a yawn? Weigh in on the comment chain below.

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