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Jogger on the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop near Lake Union Park. Photo: Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Artist for Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop artwork

Seattle's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks an artist or artist team to create a new media artwork for the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop.

The Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop is a pedestrian trail that surrounds Lake Union in Seattle. The selected artist will create a new media project drawing on the history and/or context of the site. Possible media include podcast- or cell-phone based audio work, audio and/or video tours using mobile media and GPS, and walking tours or interactive events using the Web.

Eligibility: Open to professional artists living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and California.

Budget: $18,000 all-inclusive

Deadline: 11 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 (Pacific Time)

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Information: Marcia Iwasaki, (206) 233-3946
Office hours: Monday and Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Proposals sought for City Hall galleries

The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs seeks community exhibition proposals and artist group shows for display in two gallery spaces at Seattle City Hall in 2010 and early 2011.

The galleries—the City Hall Lobby Gallery and the Anne Focke Gallery—focus on two-dimensional artworks that reflect the broad diversity of Seattle's communities and showcase the work of regional artists, nonprofit organizations and community groups. Exhibitions have included shows highlighting arts education, climate change and homelessness. Group shows have featured works by Seattle print and quilt artists and Latino and African-American artists. Exhibitions should reflect the diversity of Seattle's communities and emphasize the people, places and character of Seattle.

Exhibitions will be selected for display between April 2010 and March 2011. Exhibitions are typically displayed for six to eight weeks. Most shows are displayed in both the City Hall Lobby Gallery and Anne Focke Gallery.

Eligibility: We encourage exhibition proposals from arts and community-based organizations. Individual artists are not eligible to apply unless they are sponsored by an arts or community organization and the subject of their artwork has great significance to Seattle. Individual artists may also apply as part of a group show.

Deadline: 11 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010 (Pacific Time)