Current Calls and Funding
ARTS at King Street Station Exhibitions and Events Call
Adé A. Cônnére performs at the opening of IMMINENT MODE: US, photo by Jo Cosme
ARTS at King Street Station is a dynamic space for arts and culture in the heart of Seattle. We invite you to propose exhibitions and events to take place on King Street Station’s top floor, a 7,500 square-foot cultural space, during the 2025 calendar season.
You can propose visual art exhibitions, performances, literary readings, lectures and symposia, screenings, reading groups, debates, sketching and figure drawing, combinations of these formats, and more. You can request funding in set amounts from in-kind (gallery usage only with staff support) up to $7,000.
Please read the guidelines for full details.
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Eligibility
You can apply as an individual or a group of people if:
- You are 15 years of age and older.
- You represent emerging and/or established artists.
Groups and organizations can also apply:
- They can be nonprofit, grassroots, or business organizations.
- They seek support for a project or event involving arts and culture.
- They are NOT required to be dedicated to an arts and culture mission.
- They are NOT required to have 501(c)(3) non-profit status.
Your proposal must:
- Take place onsite at ARTS at King Street Station, 303 S. Jackson Street. The majority of selected programming will take place on the top floor.
- Align with our commitment to race and social justice.
- Have a significant arts and culture component.
- Be free, all-ages, and open to the public.
- Take place during our gallery public hours: Wednesday–Saturday 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; First Thursdays 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sundays and Mondays are not available for events.
Your project must NOT:
- Directly sell materials or post prices, though you may place identification and contact information so buyers may arrange for sales outside of ARTS at King Street Station.
- Use ticket sales. All programs must be presented free of charge to the public.
- Be a for-profit or commercially touring event.
We strongly encourage compensation for labor. ARTS at King Street Station references WAGE (USA), CARFAC (Canada), and NAVA (Australia) recommendations on equitable compensation. Additionally, Seattle’s minimum wage is $19.97/hour.
Funding
Funded proposals will receive in-kind (use of the gallery with curatorial and communications support) or financial support in the following set amounts:
- Exhibitions/Installations: in-kind only, $500, $1,000, $2,500, $5,000, $7,000
- Events: in-kind only, $500, $1,000, $2,500, $5,000
- You may be offered a funding level different from your request.
You can use funding to support direct project expenses: artist fees, marketing and promotional fees, project management and personnel costs, supplies, and equipment rentals or other production-related costs. Funding may not be used for equipment purchases.
We will not fund:
- Fundraising efforts
- Gifts
- Administrative costs not directly related to your proposal
- For-profit or touring event/exhibitions
- The purchase of equipment.
Due Date
The call remains open through 2024 with a rolling deadline. Cycles for review in 2024 have these due dates: July 2, Sept. 10, and Nov. 9.
Please allow ample time to complete your application. Applications submitted after 5 p.m. (Pacific) on each due date will be considered for the following cycle.
Information Workshops
Learn more about this opportunity and how to submit your best application. If you need interpretation, please contact James Coley at (206) 684-4186 or James.Coley@seattle.gov. We highly encourage first-time applicants to attend one of the below workshops or watch this recording:
Virtual Workshop 1
Wednesday, June 5, 3 - 4:30 p.m. (Pacific)
RSVP to Workshop 1
Virtual Workshop 2
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
RSVP to Workshop 2
Virtual Workshop 3
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
RSVP to Workshop 3
Application
Apply online through Submittable.
If you have trouble, check their FAQ for step-by-step guides. You can also contact Submittable tech support at support@submittable.com.
Contact
For information and assistance with the application, eligibility or online technical support, please contact KSS Program Lead, James Coley at (206) 684-4186 or James.Coley@seattle.gov.
We have interpreters who can speak to you in your language, including American Sign Language (via video). Just call us and tell us what language you speak. Expect a short pause while we find an interpreter to join the call.
James Coley
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james.coley@seattle.gov
206-684-4186
Originally from Seattle, James is a professional writer, composer, and arts educator with a background in film, digital media, and music composition. He holds an M.Ed in Arts Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where his work centered on the use of art to combat and overcome systems of oppression. His passion is for building cross-discipline partnerships to leverage collective action for social change. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, composing, studying history, and getting up before sunrise to work on his novel.
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.
Visit the Creative Advantage website for more information.
Eligibility
Open to teaching artists, community arts organizations, and cultural institutions serving students, teachers, and schools in Seattle with three (3) or more years of teaching experience. Applicants must be over the age of 18.
The Roster application is open, and will stay open year-round for new artists, teaching artists, community arts organizations, and cultural institutions to apply. Applications will be vetted and approved by Creative Advantage Advisors, through a panel process three times annually (March, June, October). Roster Advisors are Seattle Public School teacher leaders and current Roster partners.
Review Deadlines:
- Applications submitted between 10/11/23 and by 5 PM (PST) 3/1/24 will be reviewed during the March review cycle
- Applications submitted between 3/1/24 and by 5 PM (PST) 6/7/24 will be reviewed during the June review cycle
- Applications submitted between 6/7/24 and by 5 PM (PST) 10/11/24 will be reviewed during the October review cycle
An applicant can apply to provide both student art residencies and/or professional development opportunities for teachers and will have the option to indicate that on the application.
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 Project Manager, Tina LaPadula.
We can speak to you in your language, including American Sign Language. Just call us and tell us what language you speak. Expect a short pause while we find an interpreter to join the call.
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 Due Date)
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
Due Date
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 Project Manager, Kristi Woo.
We can speak to you in your language, including American Sign Language. Just call us and tell us what language you speak. Expect a short pause while we find an interpreter to join the call.
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.
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