There are only two weeks left to vote for a community to win a $15,000 innOVATION Grant from Americans for the Arts and Ovation!
Having already awarded a total of $85,000 to organizations in Tacoma, WA; Fort Collins, CO; Lanesboro, MA; Bethlehem, PA; and Washington, DC earlier this year, there are 58 organizations vying for the $15,000 Viewer's Choice Award on Facebook.
ALL RISE, was a collaborative art collective series curated by Meagan Atiyeh and Elizabeth Spavento, featured a year and a half of performances, events and temporary art installations organized for and presented at an vacant city block at the location of Seattle City Light’s future Denny Substation.
ALL RISE, was a collaborative art collective series curated by Meagan Atiyeh and Elizabeth Spavento, featured a year and a half of performances, events and temporary art installations organized for and presented at an vacant city block at the location of Seattle City Light’s future Denny Substation.
Delicately balanced at the exterior edge of Bellevue City Hall's (Bellevue, Washington) concourse is artist Alan Storey's 63'' kinetic and interactive Compass. The work of art was recognized in 2007 by the Public Art Network Year in Review.
The Museum of Glass is holding an opening celebration of the new exhibition "Healing in Flames" on November 8 at 10:30 am.
Join the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places Program for a lively panel discussion with three distinct public art voices from around the country: Norie Sato, Artist based in Seattle, WA; Janet Zweig, Artist based in Brooklyn, NY; and Shelly Willis, Executive Director of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission; moderated by Meghan Wells, Art in Public Places Administrator, City of Austin. The panel will explore timely topics such as the intersection of local identity and artwork, public participation, and the artist’s role in promoting public dialogue.
Two project managers and two artists discuss building successful relationships and developing skills sets that lead to the best art project while cultivating creative thinking and problem solving. Public art professionals at all levels of experience are encouraged to register.
Lara Davis
Jennifer Kulik
Doug Israel
Urban school districts, such as New York and Chicago, are taking bold steps to expand the school day curriculum and once again invest in arts education. After years of budget cuts, and a narrowing of curriculum at public schools across the country, cities are taking action.
Una McAlinden
Although each of us can probably recall a time when success could be defined as not losing (too much) ground, we all want to feel like our efforts have been worth the commitment and have made a lasting difference in some way.
Jay Dick
Sarah Sidman
You probably already know that Starbucks sells coffee*.
And even if you don’t know us, you can probably guess that ArtsFund has something to do with funding the arts.
Sarah Sidman
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller
Randy Cohen
There is an old quote attributed to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich:
Doug Israel
King County Executive Dow Constantine has been an avid supporter of arts and culture for his entire political career in King County (WA), not just through words of support, but in actions that have enhanced the position of the arts and culture as a critical element of a healthy society, an important factor in civic engagement and a key part of King County’s economic development strategy. Without the leadership of the King County Executive, the state legislature would not have voted to extend the use of lodging taxes for cultural programs in King County.
Last November’s mid-term election resulted in significant political victories for the supporters of arts and culture as a tide of pro-arts ballot measures successfully passed in the western cities of San Francisco, Tempe, Culver City, and Tacoma. As co-chair of the Washington state effort to create enabling legislation and, later, co-chair of the campaign in Tacoma, I believe the lessons from these successes bode well for future, similar efforts in other communities across the country. Perhaps Tacoma is a model for such cultural funding solutions, especially in mid-size and smaller markets. If so, we in Tacoma hope other cultural communities across the nation will be bold, build a smart proposal, make their case, and give voters a chance to show you how much they want cultural services!
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Annually, the Public Art Network (PAN) Year in Review recognizes outstanding public art projects that represent the most compelling work for the year from across the country and beyond. The projects are selected and presented by a jury of three professionals who represent different aspects of the public art field, including artists, administrators, and other public art allies. New this year, the PAN Advisory Council curated the selected 49 selected projects for 2018 under five unique themes to broaden the exposure of the selected works on ARTSblog and social media, and to provide context to the works through national trends and themes that are impacting the field today.
Many of 2018’s selected public art projects addressed issues at the forefront of current political discourse — particularly, how history and culture has not represented race, gender, sexuality, and class with fairness. Politically and socially, the issues are playing out through the incoming U.S. House of Representatives and the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, among others. The arts and culture field is not exempt from addressing these national challenges, as demonstrated in recent museum exhibitions focused on decolonization, through the debate on memorials and monuments, and with temporary and permanent public artworks. Of the 2018 selected PAN Year in Review projects, six uniquely addressed the issue of underrepresented histories.
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