eNews - May 2009 Edition
From the Communications Manager
"He doesn't just come here and read, he speaks to why poetry should be a part of our lives." - Jessica Moskwa, executive director of Allied Arts of Yakima Valley
Washington State Poet Laureate Samuel Green, whose poems are shared nearly every month in eNews, continues to travel the state promoting poetry – through public readings, poetry workshops, school visits, and publications in print and online.
A recent article in the Yakima Herald-Republic, State's first poet laureate takes his job seriously by Kim Nowacki, offers a brief glimpse into the daily life of our Poet Laureate.
And, one of our partners in this endeavor, Humanities Washington, recently created an online calendar of his upcoming events. I've had the privilege of listening to Sam read on several occasions and encourage you to avail yourselves of the opportunity.
-Mark Gerth
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May 8
Someone else is up early, chainsaw
"May 8" ©2008 by Poet Laureate Sam Green; from his book, The Grace of Necessity, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2008.
Arts Education Month
After three years of celebrating an “Arts Education Week”, Governor Christine Gregoire has proclaimed the entire month of May as Arts Education Month. We invite you to join us in our recognition and celebration of arts education throughout the state.
The Governor’s proclamation (PDF) serves as a spotlight for the collective efforts of arts educators throughout Washington, and provides a coordinated opportunity for schools and communities around the state to recognize the value of arts education, to celebrate local arts education achievements, and to focus attention on the necessary work ahead to ensure “Arts for Every Student.”
We invite every community, school, and organization in the state to help magnify the value of learning in and through the arts by making your own local resolutions and passing your own local proclamations. For information on how to do this, visit ArtsEd Washington where you’ll find a complete Arts Education Month toolkit.
Articles and Information
Two pieces from the State Art Collection, and twenty-three other public artworks, were featured in a recent Seattle Weekly article, Seattle’s Free Public Art Safari by Brian Miller. Cris Bruch's, Department of Forensic Morphology Annex, and Brian Tolle's Stronghold, made the list; both artworks are on the University of Washington campus.
Thirty-nine organizations from around Washington state, including WSAC, Artist Trust in Seattle, Tears of Joy in Vancouver, and the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra received National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding for fiscal year 2009 in the categories of Access to Artistic Excellence, Learning in the Arts, Arts on Radio and Television, American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, and Partnership Agreements (State and Regional).
Tribute to a Great Soul:
Friends Come Together to Share and Celebrate the Late
4Culture, King County’s cultural services agency, has released the Artist Registry Volume VI – a comprehensive source of pre-qualified artists prepared to realize both public and private commissions.
The National Endowment for the Arts is just one source of stimulus funding for arts organizations. Visit Arts Opportunities in the Economic Stimulus Package to learn additional details and find links to opportunities through other federal agencies.
WSAC Deadlines
The application deadline for the Roster of Teaching Artists is June 1, 2009. Updated guidelines and application materials are available.
Applications for Arts Participation Initiative (API) grants are due June 8, 2009.
Artists practicing in Craft Arts, Literary Arts, Media Arts, and Music Arts in Washington State are eligible to apply for the Artist Trust / Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship Program. This program recognizes practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability, acknowledging an artist’s creative excellence and accomplishment, professional achievement, and continuing dedication to their artistic discipline. Deadline: 06/12/09.
Opportunities
The Bainbridge Island Public Art Program seeks a Washington artist to create outdoor artwork as part of the 2010 Winslow Way Street Improvements Project. Deadline: 05/21/09.
Washington Lawyers for the Arts is presenting Contract Fundamentals on May 21 at the offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Artists, writers, and musicians face contract issues every day, so understanding the fundamentals is essential. These issues come up when selling or licensing a work, signing a lease, or collaborating with other artists, writers, and musicians.
The City of Shelton has issued a call for professional or amateur artists working in two or three dimensional media to apply (PDF) to the schedule of gallery exhibitions at the Shelton Arts Commission Civic Center Rotating Art Gallery. Deadline: 05/29/09.
The Evergreen State College Longhouse Education and Cultural Center has announced the third round of national funding for Native Artists (American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians) in the U.S. There are two grant programs available through the Longhouse. Deadline: 06/01/09.
Americans for the Arts’ annual conference Renewable Resources: Arts in Sustainable Communities will be held in Seattle June 18 – 20. Register online to receive a discount. The conference is geared towards Washington State artists, arts advocates and arts administrators and will investigate the theme of arts and sustainability. Workshops include:
The Auburn Arts Commission has announced a brand-new series of art classes: Art with Artists. Artist instructors will provide and explain examples of their own work, demonstrate their own creative process and inspiration, and lead participants to create their own artwork. Applications are also being accepted to participate in the Auburn Good Ol' Days festival.
The Creative Capital / Warhol Foundation is accepting applications for the Arts Writers Grant Program to support individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art. Writers who meet the program’s eligibility requirements are invited to apply in the following categories: articles, blogs, books, new and alternative media, and short-form writing. Deadline: 06/08/09.
Art Calendar, the business magazine for visual artists, is hosting a Studio Makeover Contest. The contest is free to enter and features more than $9,000 in prizes donated by Art Calendar’s business partners. Entrants for the Studio Makeover Contest must provide a 100-word statement about why they should win a studio makeover. Deadline: 07/30/09.
Employment / Internship / Volunteer
The Henry is seeking an individual with a strong academic and museum background to join the staff as the Collection Access and Outreach Manager. The position is responsible for management of the museum’s online experience, collections database, physical access to collections, new programming and education opportunities related to the collection. 05/15/09.
Cornish College of the Arts is seeking a full-time Dance Department Coordinator to provide organizational and administrative support to the department and provide information and resources to staff, faculty, and students. Deadline: 06/10/09.
Events
Yakima - Allied Arts of Yakima is presenting Cross-Culture: The Morelia-Yakima Photography Project from May 14 through June 12. Building on relationships begun by the Yakima-Morelia Sister City Association, Allied Arts has partnered with the Universidad Latina de America in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico to create a new photography exhibit. High School & University students from Yakima have documented their perceptions of local culture and activities through photography. Students in communications and graphic design classes from Universidad Latina de America, Morelia, Michoacan have done the same.
Seattle / Tacoma - Giant Magnet (formerly the Seattle International Children's Festival) will take place May 12 - 16 at Seattle Center and May 17 - 18 at the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts in Tacoma. This year Giant Magnet will deliver the usual high quality professional and international artists that audiences have come to expect—and a few unusual happenings sure to delight and surprise. The annual performing arts festival for all ages presents a lineup of circus-theatre, music, puppetry, dance and multi-disciplinary shows designed to educate and entertain P-20 school groups, their teachers, families and adults alike.
Seattle - Singgalot: The Ties That Bind, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition of Filipino American history, is on display at the University of Washington. The exhibit will be in Odegaard Undergraduate Library, 3rd Floor, from May 16 to July 26. An opening ceremony will be held May 19 at 5:30 pm, with reception to follow at 6:00-7:30pm in the Smith Room of the Suzzallo Library. The exhibit, comprising nearly 100 images, including rare photographs, illustrations and historical documents from the National Archives, the Library of Congress and private collections, vividly portrays the social history and the development of the Filipino community in the United States.
Twisp - The Merc Playhouse presents Open Merc! hosted by Marc Holm, this is a chance for performers of all types to play and perform in a casual, cafe house-style venue, May 20 at 7 pm.
Seattle - Viable Resources: Artwork Selections from Regional Workplace Collections, an exhibition created by artists, working primarily with re-purposed or recycled materials, will be on view at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center through June 30. The exhibition features 40 artists and 53 artworks culled from the art collections of the city of Seattle, King County, Safeco Insurance Company, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center and the Washington State Arts Commission.
Wenatchee - The Performing Arts Center is presenting the Emerald String Quartet on May 21 at 7:30 pm. Four of the Seattle Symphony’s seasoned string musicians visit the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee for the very first time, building bridges through music! An educational outreach activity will precede this public performance.
Seattle - The Northwest Folklife Festival will mark the official start of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Centennial celebration on Memorial Day weekend, May 22 - 25, at the Seattle Center. The festival hosts more than 7,000 participants, 27 stages and venues, roughly 1000 performances, and an audience of approximately 250,000 at the 74-acre Seattle Center. Participants immerse themselves in four days of music and dance, visual arts and folklore exhibits, symposia, workshops, craft and cooking demonstrations, and films.
A-Y-P: Indigenous Voices Reply opens May 30 at the Burke Museum. The exhibit will juxtapose historic objects and photographs from the 1909 fair with contemporary artwork by Native artists to explore how the representation and understanding of indigenous people and cultures has changed over 100 years.
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