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Centering Art & Racial Equity Grant - Arts | seattle. gov Seattle Men's Chorus sing Coat of Many Colors, photo by John Pai Centering Art & Racial Equity Grant Read the guidelines, available in different languages, to learn about your eligibility, funding amounts, and more. Call Kathy Hsieh for help at 206-733-9926 or email Kathy.
Hsieh@seattle. gov. The ongoing assistance has enabled us to stay resilient and focused on our mission. We are grateful for the partnership that fosters our continued growth and success.
— Kay Clemons, Entertainment Resource Alliance We’re looking to fund Seattle organizations who are committed to being anti-racist, accessible, and human-centered in how they make arts and culture happen. If you have a 3+ year history, are based in Seattle, and focused on using arts and culture to make Seattle a vibrant, inclusive, and more racially equitable city, we encourage you to apply.
The Centering Art & Racial Equity grant aims to inspire the collective will of Seattle’s arts and culture sector to create a city where all artists, performers, writers and creative workers have the freedom and support to share their stories, art, cultures and experiences.
Regardless of race, class, gender, age, ability, education, country of birth, religion, or sexual orientation, this grant gives you the platform and agency to be heard and celebrated. or 60% went to BIPOC orgs in 2025 Meet the 2023 - 2025 C. A.
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Grant Awardees Two of our 201 funded organizations are designated community partners: Funding made possible from a Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute Partnership Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience Funding made possible from the Equitable Development Initiative ACT - A Contemporary Theatre ADEFUA Cultural Education Workshop Against the Grain/MEN IN DANCE American Asian Performing Arts Theatre Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences (AVIA) Book-It Repertory Theatre Bushwick Northwest/The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Byron Schenkman & Friends The Center for Wooden Boats Carter Family Puppet Theatre/Northwest Puppet Center Cascade Public Media/Crosscut Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) The Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas (CD Forum) Cornish College of the Arts Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest Freehold Theatre Lab Studio Friends of Asian Art Association (FA3) Gay City: Seattle's LGBTQ Center/Gay City Arts Greater Seattle Choral Consortium (GSCC) Holocaust Center for Humanity Infinity Box Theatre Project Iranian American Community Alliance Jack Straw Cultural Center Korean Student Association at the University of Washington KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio Lake Union Civic Orchestra The Market Street Singers Meany Center for the Performing Arts Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Music Center of the Northwest North Corner Chamber Orchestra Northwest African American Museum Northwest Boychoir & Vocalpoint!
Seattle Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers Photographic Center Northwest Room Circus Medical Clowning Russian Community Center of Seattle School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts (SANCA) Seattle Architecture Foundation Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL) Seattle Asian American Film Festival Seattle Chamber Music Society Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Committee Seattle Children's Museum Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Collaborative Orchestra Seattle Festival Orchestra The Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) Seattle Latino Film Festival Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle Symphony Orchestra Seattle Turkish Film Festival (TACAWA) Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras Social Justice Film Institute Southwest Seattle Historical Society Strawberry Theatre Workshop The Talented Youth (NFFTY) Thalia Symphony Orchestra Twelfth Night Productions Unexpected Productions Improv United Indians of All Tribes Foundation Voices Rising: LGBTQ of Color Arts & Culture Washington Ensemble Theatre Young Shakespeare Workshop Two of our 201 funded organizations are designated community partners: $360,000 Funding made possible from a Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute Partnership Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience $100,000 Funding made possible from the Equitable Development Initiative ACT - A Contemporary Theatre ADEFUA Cultural Education Workshop Against the Grain/MEN IN DANCE American Asian Performing Arts Theatre Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences (AVIA) Book-It Repertory Theatre Bushwick Northwest/The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Byron Schenkman & Friends The Center for Wooden Boats Carter Family Puppet Theatre/Northwest Puppet Center Cascade Public Media/Crosscut Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) The Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas (CD Forum) Cornish College of the Arts Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest Freehold Theatre Lab Studio Friends of Asian Art Association (FA3) Gay City: Seattle's LGBTQ Center/Gay City Arts Greater Seattle Choral Consortium (GSCC) Holocaust Center for Humanity Infinity Box Theatre Project Iranian American Community Alliance Jack Straw Cultural Center Korean Student Association at the University of Washington KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio Lake Union Civic Orchestra The Market Street Singers Meany Center for the Performing Arts Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Music Center of the Northwest North Corner Chamber Orchestra Northwest African American Museum Northwest Boychoir & Vocalpoint!
Seattle Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers Photographic Center Northwest Room Circus Medical Clowning Russian Community Center of Seattle School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts (SANCA) Seattle Architecture Foundation Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL) Seattle Asian American Film Festival Seattle Chamber Music Society Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Committee Seattle Children's Museum Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Collaborative Orchestra Seattle Festival Orchestra The Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) Seattle Latino Film Festival Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle Symphony Orchestra Seattle Turkish Film Festival (TACAWA) Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras Social Justice Film Institute Southwest Seattle Historical Society Strawberry Theatre Workshop The Talented Youth (NFFTY) Thalia Symphony Orchestra Twelfth Night Productions Unexpected Productions Improv United Indians of All Tribes Foundation Voices Rising: LGBTQ of Color Arts & Culture Washington Ensemble Theatre Young Shakespeare Workshop ACT - A Contemporary Theatre ADEFUA Cultural Education Workshop Against the Grain/MEN IN DANCE American Asian Performing Arts Theatre Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences ( AVIA) Book-It Repertory Theatre Bushwick Northwest/The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Byron Schenkman & Friends Carter Family Puppet Theatre/Northwest Puppet Center Cascade Public Media/Crosscut Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) The Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas (CD Forum) Cornish College of the Arts Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest Freehold Theatre Lab Studio Friends of Asian Art Association (FA3) Gay City: Seattle's LGBTQ Center/Gay City Arts Greater Seattle Choral Consortium (GSCC) Holocaust Center for Humanity Infinity Box Theatre Project Iranian American Community Alliance Jack Straw Cultural Center Korean Student Association at the University of Washington KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio Lake Union Civic Orchestra Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Music Center of the Northwest North Corner Chamber Orchestra Northwest African American Museum Northwest Boychoir & Vocalpoint!
Seattle Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers Photographic Center Northwest Room Circus Medical Clowning Russian Community Center of Seattle School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts (SANCA) Seattle Architecture Foundation Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL) Seattle Asian American Film Festival Seattle Chamber Music Society Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Committee Seattle Children's Museum Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Collaborative Orchestra Seattle Festival Orchestra Seattle Latino Film Festival Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle Symphony Orchestra Seattle Turkish Film Festival (TACAWA) Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras Social Justice Film Institute Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) Southwest Seattle Historical Society Strawberry Theatre Workshop Thalia Symphony Orchestra The Center for Wooden Boats The Market Street Singers The Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society The Talented Youth (NFFTY) Twelfth Night Productions Unexpected Productions Improv United Indians of All Tribes Foundation Meany Center for the Performing Arts Voices Rising: LGBTQ of Color Arts & Culture Washington Ensemble Theatre Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience Young Shakespeare Workshop *Equitable Development Fund Eight of the 180 funded organizations are designated community partners, which are defined as arts service organizations that serve and enhance the capacity of artists and arts groups.
501 Commons (Springboard) Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences Seattle King County Cultural Accessibility Consortium Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab A Contemporary Theatre - ACT AGAINST THE GRAIN/Men in Dance ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery Book-It Repertory Theatre Center on Contemporary Art Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas Charles and Emma Frye Free Public Art Museum Children's Museum, Seattle Chinatown ID Preservation & Development Cornish College of the Arts Early Music Guild of Seattle Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle Freehold Theatre Lab Studio Holocaust Center for Humanity Lake Union Civic Orchestra Meany Center for the Performing Arts MOHAI - Historical Society of Seattle & King County Music Center of the Northwest Northwest African American Museum Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers Pacific Northwest Ballet Association Prabha Rustagi Memorial Trust Room Circus Medical Clowning School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts Seattle Architectural Foundation Seattle Arts and Lectures Seattle Asian American Film Festival Seattle Chamber Music Festival Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Collaborative Orchestra Seattle Festival Orchestra Seattle Girls' Choir Guild Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Shakespeare Festival Seattle True Independent Film Festival Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras SouthEast Effective Development Strawberry Theatre Workshop Thalia Symphony Orchestra The 5th Avenue Theatre Association The Market Street Singers Twelfth Night Productions Washington Ensemble Theatre Young Shakespeare Workshop 2019 Civic Partner Project Partners Byron Schenkman & Friends Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage Pan African Center for Empowerment Seattle Latino Film Festival Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association The Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society United Indians of All Tribes Foundation Washington Alliance for the Arts Seven of the 158 funded organizations are designated community partners, which are defined as arts service organizations that serve and enhance the capacity of artists and arts groups.
501 Commons (Springboard) Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences ArtsWA (Teaching Artists Lab) 2016 - 2018 Civic Partners A Contemporary Theatre, Inc AGAINST THE GRAIN/Men in Dance Book-It Repertory Theatre Center on Contemporary Art Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas Children's Museum, Seattle Chinatown ID Preservation & Development Cornish College of the Arts Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association Early Music Guild of Seattle Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle Freehold Theatre Lab Studio Holocaust Center for Humanity Lake Union Civic Orchestra Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) Music Center of the Northwest Northwest African American Museum Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers Prabha Rustagi Memorial Trust Repertory Actors Workshop (ReAct) Room Circus Medical Clowning School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts Seattle Architectural Foundation Seattle Arts and Lectures Seattle Asian American Film Festival Seattle Chamber Music Society Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Collaborative Orchestra Seattle Festival Orchestra Seattle International Film Festival Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle Symphony Orchestra Seattle True Independent Film Festival Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras Strawberry Theatre Workshop Thalia Symphony Orchestra The Market Street Singers The Social Justice Film Festival Twelfth Night Productions UW World Series at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts Washington Ensemble Theatre Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience Young Shakespeare Workshop Nine of the 168 funded organizations are designated community partners, which are defined as arts service organizations that serve and enhance the capacity of artists and arts groups.
501 Commons (Springboard) Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences ArtsWA (Teaching Artists Lab) Washington Alliance for Arts Education WA State Arts Alliance (Cult.
Congress) 2014 - 2015 Civic Partners A Contemporary Theatre, Inc AGAINST THE GRAIN/Men in Dance Book-It Repertory Theatre Bushwick Book Club Seattle Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas Children's Museum, Seattle Chinese Arts & Music Association Cornish College of the Arts Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association Early Music Guild of Seattle Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle Freehold Theatre Lab Studio Ground to Room Circus Medical Clowning Hmong Association of Washington Holocaust Center for Humanity Icicle Creek Theater Festival Lake Union Civic Orchestra Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) Music Center of the Northwest Northwest African American Museum Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers Prabha Rustagi Memorial Trust Repertory Actors Workshop (ReAct) Rubicon Foundation / Sawhorse Revolution Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts Seattle Architectural Foundation Seattle Arts and Lectures Seattle Chamber Music Society Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Festival Orchestra Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Seattle Neighborhood Group / Totem Star Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle Symphony Orchestra Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras Strawberry Theatre Workshop The Market Street Singers Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington Twelfth Night Productions UW World Series at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts Washington Ensemble Theatre Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience Young Shakespeare Workshop 2012 - 2013 Community Partners Nine of the 137 funded organizations are designated community partners, which are defined as arts service organizations that serve and enhance the capacity of artists and arts groups.
Artist Trust provides individual artists of all creative disciplines the necessary support to launch and sustain successful careers, through financial grants, career training and professional resources. Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences AVIA (Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences) provides audio-description of live arts performances, and other services to create access for those who are visually impaired.
ArtsEd Washington works to advance arts education for all Washington students by creating systemic change in how arts education is perceived, funded, and taught in the schools.
Shunpike's Storefronts Seattle promotes neighborhood vitality by bringing temporary art and creative enterprise to available retail storefront spaces and the Arts Business Clinic offers affordable consultation, training workshops and information resources for artists and arts groups in navigating business issues, management tactics and strategic priorities.
Springboard (501 Commons) Springboard vaults a cohort of small to mid-sized arts and cultural organizations towards greater sustainability by guiding them through an in-depth assessment and planning process. Teaching Artist Training Lab (ArtsWA) The Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab is an eight-month professional development program for teaching artists working in all artistic disciplines.
The Lab supports artists' ability to partner effectively with K-12 schools and teachers, to develop strong arts learning plans, to create safe and inclusive learning environments, and to develop creative and collaborative arts learning experiences for their students. TeenTix (Seattle Center Foundation) TeenTix facilitates arts encounters for teenagers aged 13-19, while empowering them to design and initiate those experiences.
TeenTix makes Seattle's cultural life affordable and accessible to teens while developing an engaged community of young patrons for the arts.
Theatre Puget Sound (Arts Crush) Theatre Puget Sound's Arts Crush is a multi-disciplinary annual festival encouraging active participation in the arts by unifying the regional arts community around four overarching goals: Engaging Community, Creating Access, Inspiring Creativity and Building Arts Participation.
Washington State Cultural Congress (WA State Arts Alliance Foundation) Cultural Congress is a collaborative conference bringing together a diverse group of cultural leaders to increase their knowledge of the field, strengthen skills and cultivate partnerships through intensive workshops, peer dialogue, and dynamic speakers.
2012 - 2013 Civic Partners Against the Grain / Men in Dance Book-It Repertory Theatre Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas Children's Museum, Seattle Chinese Arts & Music Association DNDA/Youngstown Cultural Arts Center Early Music Guild of Seattle Experience Music Project / Science Fiction Museum Freehold Theatre Lab Studio Icicle Creek Theatre Festival LUCO (Lake Union Civic Orchestra) Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) Music Center of the Northwest Northwest African American Museum Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers Photographic Center Northwest Prabha Rustagi Memorial Trust Repertory Actors Theatre (ReAct) Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts Seattle Architecture Foundation Seattle Chamber Music Society Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Festival Orchestra Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras SIFF (Seattle International Film Festival) The Market Street Singers UW World Series at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience * Funds for these contracts may differ from 2012 to 2013 Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences Book-It Repertory Theatre Broadway Bound Children's Theatre Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas Children's Museum, Seattle Chinese Arts & Music Association DNDA/Youngstown Cultural Arts Center Early Music Guild of Seattle Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum Freehold Studio / Theatre Lab Henry Art Gallery Association Lake Union Civic Orchestra Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center (under renovation) Museum of History and Industry Music Center of the Northwest Northwest African American Museum Northwest Architectural League / ARCADE Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers Photographic Center Northwest Prabha Rustagi Memorial Trust Repertory Actors Theatre (ReAct) Seattle Chamber Music Society Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Festival Orchestra Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle Symphony Orchestra Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras SouthEast Effective Development/SEEDArts UW World Series at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center Young Shakespeare Workshop Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences Book-It Repertory Theatre Broadway Bound Children's Theatre Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas Children's Museum, Seattle Chinese Arts & Music Association Civic Light Opera/Seattle Musical Theatre DNDA/Youngstown Cultural Arts Center Early Music Guild of Seattle Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum Seattle Men's Chorus & Seattle Women's Chorus Freehold Studio / Theatre Lab Henry Art Gallery Association Lake Union Civic Orchestra Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center Museum of History and Industry Music Center of the Northwest Musicians Emeritus Symphony Orchestra Northwest Architectural League / ARCADE Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers Photographic Center Northwest Prabha Rustagi Memorial Trust Repertory Actors Theatre (ReAct) Seattle Baroque Orchestra Seattle Chamber Music Society Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society Seattle International Children's Festival Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF Group) Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle Symphony Orchestra Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras SouthEast Effective Development/SEEDArts UW World Series at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center Young Shakespeare Workshop Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences Book-It Repertory Theatre Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Center on Contemporary Art Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas Crispin Spaeth Dance Group Early Music Guild of Seattle Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle Eleventh Hour Productions Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest Freehold Studio / Theatre Lab Henry Art Gallery Association Lake Union Civic Orchestra Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center Museum of History and Industry Music Center of the Northwest Northwest Architectural League / ARCADE Northwest Associated Arts Northwest Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers Prabha Rustagi Memorial Trust Repertory Actors Theatre (ReAct) Seattle Baroque Orchestra Seattle Center Foundation / Festál Seattle Chamber Music Society Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Seattle Children's Theatre Seattle Classic Guitar Society Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society Seattle International Children's Festival Seattle International Film Festival Group Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras SouthEast Effective Development United Indians of All Tribes Foundation UW World Series at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts Washington Composers Forum Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Announces 2023-2025 Centering Art & Racial Equity (C.
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Grant Awardees "For the first time Indigenous organizations are receiving the highest average grant award and 34% of the funding for BIPOC organizations is going towards Black organizations." This grant allowed us to continue amplifying and empowering the creative voices of aspiring young recording artists in our community. It helps us fill the Seattle arts education gap by funding operating expenses.
303 S. Jackson Street, Top Floor, Seattle, WA , 98104 PO Box 94748, Seattle, WA , 98124-4748 Email: arts. culture@seattle.
gov City Holidays and Closures Open Artist Calls and Funding ARTS at King Street Station Gallery Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute The Office of Arts & Culture promotes the value of arts and culture in, and of, communities throughout Seattle. It strives to ensure that a wide range of high-quality artistic experiences are available to everyone, encourage artist-friendly arts and cultural policy.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Organizations with a 3+ year history, based in Seattle, and focused on using arts and culture to promote racial equity. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Centering Art & Racial Equity Grant is funded by City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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