Current Calls and Funding
2024 CityArtist Grant
Parts To A Sum, by Mark Haim, photo by Jim Coleman
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) invests in individual artists to support a more robust art sector economy. The CityArtist Grant provides critical funding for Seattle-based artists and or curators to research, develop, and present ideas or projects.
To provide equitable opportunities for a diverse artistic community, artistic disciplines rotate every program cycle. The 2024 CityArtist grant cycle will fund artists operating in the following disciplines: Literary, Media/Digital/Film (including Screenwriting), and Visual Arts.
CityArtist sustains individual artists, makers, and curators who are at the core of the cultural sector. Ensuring that creative careers and work can develop and adapt over time is critical to artists’ professional growth and business insight. Providing financial support for creative entrepreneurs contributes to the broader economy and quality of life in neighborhoods across the City.
Please see the guidelines for full details.
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Eligibility
The applicant must be:
- a generative artist/curator who produces/presents art with individual artists;
- a Seattle resident OR have a permanent studio/workspace in your name within Seattle city limits where you receive mail. It cannot be a P.O. Box;
- at least 18 years of age by the application due date;
- an individual artist/curator who will be the originator of the future idea or be the lead artist/curator of a team of artists/curators.
- If the applicant is the lead artist/curator of an arts or cultural group/organization), they must clearly distinguish work for this award from the ongoing/seasonal work of their group/organization.
The Applicant must not be:
- enrolled in school at any level (high school, undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral) in any degree program related to one’s own artistic work or career;
- a current award recipient from any other city program or Office of Arts & Culture program with an active contract.
Funding
Applicants may request one of the following set funding amounts: $2,000, $5,000, or $8,000.
Applicants are asked to select an amount that considers a future idea and its scope. Idea and event details will be determined after awards are official and during contracting phase.
Due Date
Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 5 p.m. Pacific.
Please allow ample time to complete and submit your application. Submissions received after the due date will not be accepted.
Information Sessions and Draft Application Review
Learn how to turn in your strongest application. First-time applicants are especially encouraged to attend a virtual information session. You can also call in for a 20-minute one-on-one draft application review.
Information Session 1
Tuesday, April 11, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Pacific)
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Information Session 2
Tuesday, April 18, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Pacific)
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Draft Review 1
Tuesday, April 25, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Pacific)
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Draft Review 2
Tuesday, May 2, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Pacific)
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Application
Apply online through the City of Seattle’s grant portal FLUXX.
Info
For information and assistance with the application, eligibility or online technical support, please contact Project Manager, Irene Gómez.
Irene Gómez
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Project Manager
irene.gomez@seattle.gov
(206) 684-7310
Irene administers ARTISTS UP and CityArtists Projects funding programs in addition to related technical support. She's an active member of the city's Race & Social Justice Initiative Change Team and volunteers on several boards and committees of a community foundation, artist collectives, and heritage organizations. Film, travel, friends, and being the parent of an emerging media artist balance interests outside of work.
Irene also speaks Spanish.
SDOT Bridge Artist In Residence
Excerpt from The Canal Was Cut, E.T. Russian, 2021
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), is seeking two digital artists/creators working in digital data visualization art for a unique, project-based residency within two of Seattle’s iconic bridges. The northwest tower of the Fremont Bridge and the southeast tower of the University Bridge will be used by the artists as working studio/office space and as inspiration for their work. For the purposes of this application, Digital Data Visualization Art refers to graphical representation of information and data, as an integral component of the aesthetic intention of the artwork.
Two artists will be selected for two separate residencies that will be scheduled with each artist from June – December 2023 (assumed 2-3 month residency). Each artist will determine a schedule of when they are “in-residence” and the project will include public sharing of artwork created as part of the residency. New work created as part of this residency shall represent or illuminate some aspect of the bridge or bridge’s history, real or metaphorical, but it is assumed that artists will use data from or relating to the bridge their residency is based in.
Eligibility
This call is open to digital artists living in King, Snohomish, Pierce, or Kitsap counties and are able to travel to Seattle for the residency requirement of this project. This opportunity is for individual artists. Artist teams and students under the age of 18 are ineligible to apply. Applications with project proposals not directly concerning data visualization will not be considered.
Deadline
April 14, 2023, 4:59 p.m. (Pacific)
Virtual Application Info Sessions
On March 16, we held a virtual information session to walk you through how to turn in your strongest application. First-time applicants are especially encouraged to watch.
Watch the March 16 information session here
Application
If you are interested in being considered for this project, please submit up to 10 work samples, a short biographical statement, a statement of interest, and a general residency proposal (via written, audio, or video submissions). The proposal should convey your general idea of how you might approach this project and what you may seek to create but should not be a detailed proposal. All application materials must be submitted through ARTS’ Submittable Application Portal by 4:59 p.m. on April 14, 2023.
If you have trouble with Submittable, check their FAQ which offers step-by-step guides. For further assistance with the Submittable online application, please contact Submittable tech support at support@submittable.com.
NOTE: The residency locations are not ADA Accessible. If accessibility concerns might preclude you from participating in this residency, please contact Jeremy Beliveau at jeremy.beliveau@seattle.gov or (206) 459-6554 to discuss accommodations that can be made to provide access to the space. All bridge safety guidelines must be adhered to following a mandatory safety procedures training with SDOT representatives.
Info
For questions about the program or for help with the online application, please contact Project Manager, Jeremy Beliveau.
Jeremy Beliveau
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Project Manager
jeremy.beliveau@seattle.gov
(206) 459-6554
Jeremy Beliveau is a lifelong artist and musician who was raised in Massachusetts and moved to Seattle in 2012. Jeremy has a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Bard College and a master's degree in Museum Studies from the University of Washington. Before joining the team at ARTS, Jeremy worked on exhibits for the National Park Service, Center on Contemporary Arts (CoCA), Museum of Flight, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Public Library, and Chief Seattle Club. In their free time, Jeremy enjoys composing and recording music, playing with ink and paint, and doting over their houseplants.
The Creative Advantage Community Arts Partner Roster (Rolling Deadline)
The Creative Advantage is a city-wide initiative to establish equitable access to arts learning for every student in Seattle Public Schools. The Creative Advantage is made possible through a public-private partnership with Seattle Public Schools, the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, the Seattle Foundation, and over 100 community arts partners.
The Community Arts Partner Roster consists of individual teaching artists and community arts and culture organizations approved to work in Seattle Public Schools through The Creative Advantage. Community Arts Partners collaborate with schools to provide:
- Student Art Residencies
- Teacher Professional Development
Please Note: An applicant can apply to lead student arts residencies and/or teacher professional development.
Eligibility
Open to teaching artists, community arts organizations, and cultural institutions serving students in Seattle.
Deadline
The application opens on January 10, 2023, and will stay open.
Applications will be vetted and approved by Creative Advantage Advisors, three times annually in March, June, and October.
Virtual Application Info Sessions
Session 1: Friday, January 20, 10 a.m. (Pacific)
Session 2: Friday, April 28, 10 a.m. (Pacific)
Session 3: Friday, Sept 29, 10 a.m. (Pacific)
Register for Sessions 1, 2, or 3 here.
Application
If you have trouble with Submittable, check their FAQ which offers step-by-step guides. For further assistance with the Submittable online application, please contact Submittable tech support at support@submittable.com.
Info
For questions about the program or for help with the online application, please contact Tina LaPadula.
Tina LaPadula
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Arts Education Project Manager
tina.lapadula@seattle.gov
(206) 518-4205
Tina LaPadula is an East coast transplant and warrior for equitable art-making and learning opportunities. For more than 15 years she poured most of her creative energy into Arts Corps, the award-winning arts and social justice nonprofit she helped found. She has collaborated with The Frye Museum, The Museum of History and Industry, and Bumbershoot Arts and Music Festival to curate exhibitions and events that elevate the art and perspectives of young people. As a teaching artist, Tina has taught for Centrum Arts, Seattle Children's Theatre, The University of Washington, and in a multitude of schools and afterschool programs. She has served as a consultant to many cultural organizations facilitating workshops on racial justice and the arts. Tina supports the growth and development of teaching artists locally and nationally, most notably as the founder of the Seattle Teaching Artist Network, as a faculty member for the WA State Teaching Artist Training Lab, as the former chair of the Association of Teaching Artists, and on the national advisory team for the Teaching Artist Guild. Her writing and opinions have been featured by Americans for the Arts and The National Guild for Community Arts Education.
smART Ventures Grant (Rolling Deadline)
Black Arts Love by Jenny Crooks
smART Ventures is flexible, inclusive, simple, and encourages innovation by individuals, organizations, and communities that may not qualify for other funding programs. smART Ventures provides support ranging from $500 to $1,000, proving that small investments can have big impacts.
Eligibility
- Individuals or groups of people – including youth and older adults – seeking support for a unique project, opportunity, or event involving arts and culture and not currently funded by our office
- Organizations – arts and culture and others – organizations do NOT have to have 501(c)(3) non-profit status
- emerging (less than 3 years old), OR
- not currently funded by our office, OR
- grassroots or business organizations
- Practicing artists not currently funded by our office and who have never received a CityArtist grant before
Deadline
The application is open and will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Application
Info
For questions about the program or for help with the online application, please contact Ashraf Hasham at ashraf.hasham@seattle.gov or at (206) 615-1879.
Kristi Woo
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Creative Youth Development Project Manager
kristi.woo@seattle.gov
(206) 727-8671
Kristi serves as ARTS' Creative Youth Development Project Manager and has a passion for cultural preservation, youth empowerment, and community advocacy. Kristi is a former Arts Education Manager of the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute and Education Manager for the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. Her innovation in bridge-building amongst schools, families, and artists along with advocacy in underserved communities around arts education is well respected. She has worked and volunteered with pluralistic communities in Seattle's Rainier Valley, Chinatown International District, and Central Area neighborhoods for more than 20 years.
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (LHPAI) Facility Grant
The LHPAI Facility Grant aims to create community impact by broadening arts and culture participation at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, a historic landmark cultural facility in the heart of the Central Area neighborhood of Seattle. The LHPAI Facility Grant seeks to celebrate, nurture, present and preserve African American and Diaspora performing arts and cultural legacies.
The LHPAI Facility Grant provides in-kind support for public projects, opportunities, or events presented by individuals, groups, organizations, or communities. The grant takes the form of up to 40 hours of staffed building use for a public arts or cultural event at LHPAI. The LHPAI Facility Grant consists solely of facility use and staff time.
There is no monetary investment associated with this grant.
Eligibility
- Individuals, organizations, communities, or groups of people - including youth and older adults - seeking support for a unique public project, opportunity, or event involving African American and Diaspora arts and culture may apply.
- Only events open to the public may receive the LHPAI Facility Grant. Private events are ineligible. Public events may still charge an entrance fee for their events.
- Organizations — arts and culture and others — are NOT required to have 501(c)(3) non-profit status
Deadline
The application is open and will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Application
Info
For questions about the program or for help with the online application, please contact Sandra Boas-DuPree at sandra.boas-dupree@seattle.gov or at (206) 684-4758.
Sandra Boas-DuPree
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Operations & Development
sandra.boas-dupree@seattle.gov
(206) 684-4758
Sandra is a native to Seattle and majored in finance and marketing at the University of Washington. After working as a contract specialist with Sedgewick Payne brokerage, where she managed multi-million dollar international accounts, she came aboard LHPAI in 2003. Her artistic lineage starts with her father, the noted jazz pianist Kenny Boas, one of Seattle's celebrated jazz-era musicians. She continues as a founding member of The Mahogany Project, a performing arts group that provides African-American's a means to be the makers and owners of their art. Her play Journey from Spruce Street premiered in the 2007 Mahogany Project's theater festival. In 2015, her play Jazz Prayer about the 1940s jazz era in Seattle premiered at Theater Off Jackson with Freehold Theater's Emboldenedplay about Buddy Bolden. Sandra's plays, including Sister Fusion and Black Label, challenge simple-minded stereotypical beliefs about African Americans and reveal her family's vanguard confrontation of racist barriers in Seattle. A social activist, her career has always included involvement in race and social justice initiatives in both the public and private sectors.
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