The Creative Advantage

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The next rolling deadline for joining the Creative Advantage Roster is coming up on May 31! The Roster is a list of teaching artists and community arts and culture organizations who provide student residencies and teacher professional development. Apply: creativeadvantageseattle.org/the-roster

Over the past year, @teentix and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture convened a dynamic task force of local leaders to explore how we can better support the adults who make creative youth work possible. Read their findings and learn what's next: bit.ly/SCYDN

On Saturday March 8, @SeattleArtsEd hosted the 2nd annual Seattle Visual Arts Education Coalition Professional Development Day at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Read more: artbeat.seattle.gov/2025/03/20/tca…

In January, @SeattleArtsEd hosted The Seattle Music Education Coalition’s Professional Development Day at Seattle Opera Center! Read more: artbeat.seattle.gov/2025/02/11/sea…

Attention artists, arts and cultural organizations, and community groups! 📣 Check out our upcoming grants and opportunities that you can apply to in 2025. Plan ahead and add these to your calendar. 📅 Learn more at: bit.ly/2025artsfunding

Join us next First Thursday Dec. 5 for "Impressive!", a drop-in generative art activity led by Amiko Matsuo, designed especially for the current exhibit "Please Touch: Together, Breaking Barriers."

"Some celebrities go out of their way to conceal their roots, but Quincy Jones, who died Sunday at age 91, had always expressed a warm and lasting loyalty to Seattle, where he spent his formative musical years." Learn what Seattle meant to #QuincyJones: seattletimes.com/entertainment/…

Apply for an Arts in Parks grant. A collaboration between Seattle Parks and Recreation and @SeattleArts, it supports groups and individuals to bring festivals or events to Seattle parks. Learn more and apply at: seattle.gov/arts/programs/… Due Nov. 26, 2024, 5 p.m. (Pacific).

The Creative Advantage has completed it's first decade and is now in every Seattle Public School, changing the way Seattle Public Schools provides high-quality equitable arts education to 50,000+ students! Read the 10-year report: creativeadvantageseattle.org/a-creative-dec…

Join us on First Thursday at King Street Station for The Station Space Block Party! Totem Star, The Rhapsody Project, Red Eagle Soaring, and the Jackson Street Music Program are bringing a full lineup of live music and games.

📣Washington State Poetry Out Loud is open for registration! Poetry Out Loud is for students in grades 9-12. This free opportunity is part of a national arts education program. 📆Register by Nov 22, 2024 👉🏽Register: arts.wa.gov/poetry-out-lou… #IAmPoetryOutLoud #POL25 #ArtsWA

LANGSTON is looking for bright and passionate leaders ages 13-17 to represent the Black youth in their community through advocacy and action as well as supporting LANGSTON with youth programs. Learn more: langstonseattle.org/programs/langs…

Presented by Teen Summer Musical and led by a talented cast of 70, this harmonious celebration makes its return to Benaroya Hall. Produced by Acts On Stage Theatre, Snow Whyte & The Seven promises to be a family favorite! 📅: August 23-25 🎫: seattlesymphony.org/en/benaroyahal…

With the 988 Hotline, immediate and confidential mental health support is only one call or text away. No matter what you’re going through, you don’t have to go through it alone. Learn more: 988lifeline.org #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthresources #ReachOutSeattle

📣Call for Teaching Artists in Eastern Washington! ArtsWA and NorthEast WA Educational Service District 101 are looking for 3-4 performing arts Teaching Artists to join the WA State Wolf Trap Teaching Artist roster. 📆Deadline: July 31, 2024, 5pm 👉🏽Apply: bit.ly/WolfTrapEWA

Head to @seattlecenter this month to attend these Artists at the Center events! July 7 | Show Brazil! July 20 | BWB Drumline & Perri Rhoden: In the Eye of the Sound July 25 | Penguin Productions Presents Finding Trails: On Wheels Learn more: seattlecenter.com/events/feature…

The Creative Advantage has completed it's first ten years of implementation and is now in every Seattle Public School! Read more: artbeat.seattle.gov/2024/06/20/10-… Image: Kindergarten art at John Muir Elementary

🎉Submit a nomination for the 2024 Governor's Arts & Heritage Awards! Nominations are open until June 27. 👉🏽Start your nomination: arts.wa.gov/gaha

Recently #ArtistsAtTheCenter hosted Orquesta Northwest for a free pop-up performance. Check out the highlight reel to see the exciting and stellar work by the group's talented youth. Featuring Ballard Civic Orchestra members, World Youth Orchestra and North Seattle Mariachi.