Bremerton, Washington (above) is one of the three new Creative Districts. | |
ArtsWA welcomes three new Creative Districts | |
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ArtsWA is pleased to welcome Anacortes, Newport, and Bremerton to the roster of Certified Creative Districts. The ArtsWA Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve certification for these three communities on October 30, 2022.
"Anacortes, Newport and Bremerton are distinct communities with their own flavor, and their respective Creative Districts celebrate this in an authentic way," said Creative Districts Program Manager Annette Roth. "We're always excited to bring new Creative District communities onboard. It shows that more and more Washingtonians see the potential of their local creative economies as engines of progress."
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Opening soon: The Tribal Arts Grant is a non-competitive process meant to support the expansion of Tribal/Indigenous arts, culture, the creative economy, and the passing of ancestral knowledge. Washington State Federally Recognized Tribes are eligible for this funding.
📆 Apply between January 15 - February 28, 2024
💸 $18,000
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Opening soon: The Emerging Organizations Grant is presented in partnership with Shunpike to support day-to-day operating costs. Groups wishing to start new organizations, strengthen organizations created within the last four years (2019 – 2023), and whose programming is open to the public are eligible to apply.
📆 Apply between January 16 - February 27, 2024
💸 $2,000-$5,000
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Opening soon: The Creative Start Project Grant supports projects that expand opportunities for preschool to third-grade students to engage in arts-integrated learning. Public schools, Head Start/ECEAP, nonprofits, and tribal communities are eligible to apply.
📆 Apply between January 18 – February 23, 2024
💸 $5,000-$15,000
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Reading: Journey into the Self: Illness, Poetry, and the Margins
Join Arianne for an evening exploring the journey into and with the self, looking at how Western society so often separates us from ourselves and how we find our ways back, and how a changing/sick body affects all of it.
📆 Thursday, January 25, 2024
⏰ 7:00 p.m.
🌎 Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | 550 Winslow Way East, Bainbridge Island
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ArtsWA's FY23 Annual Report | |
TMB Brass performs at HONK! Festival West, an FY23 GTO grantee. | |
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ArtsWA's FY23 Annual Report is now available to review online. The report provides a program-by-program overview of ArtsWA's activities throughout July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.
As ArtsWA Executive Director Karen Hanan says in her opening letter, "The past year has seen our agency make significant strides in realizing our vision for a more diverse, innovative, and expanded arts landscape in Washington. We remain dedicated to these ideals and look forward to another year of growth, exploration, and creativity."
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Poetry Out Loud Regional Finals | |
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At the five Poetry Out Loud (POL) Regional Finals, high school students who were top scorers at their School Final and POL Virtual will gather to determine which students advance to the State Final Competition.
📆 Saturday, January 27, 2024 - Southwest Washington & POL Virtual
📆 Thursday, February 1, 2024 - Eastern Washington
📆 Saturday, February 3, 2024 - Central Washington & Northwest Washington
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Meet the 2023-2024 Washington Youth Arts Leadership (WAYAL) cohort! ArtsWA is excited to work with these 18 incredible young people as they explore career pathways in the arts and cultural sector. | |
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Grants to Organizations published a FY24 Grant Cycle report to the community. The report details how many funds were available for the FY24 granting cycle and how those funds were distributed across Washington State. | |
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Are you interested in the Self-Directed Arts Practice Grant? We invite you to watch a new video featuring Wellness, Arts, and the Military Program Manager Bryan Bales that details the grant's purpose and impact.
Applications for the 2023 Self-Directed Arts Practice Grant are currently closed. You can learn more about Wellness, Arts, and the Military grants on our website.
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Explore: 2023 In Remembrance | |
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As the year comes to a close, we pause to honor the artists who passed away in 2023. These artists include Alfredo Arreguín,
Phillip Baldwin, Ric Gendron, Robert Irwin, Margaret Ahrens Sahlstrand, and Gail Tremblay.
In celebration of their lives and their dedication to art, we present selected artworks by these artists from the Washington State Art Collection.
| On the Turning Away (2019, painting) by Ric Gendron (Arrow Lakes Band), located at Washington State University, Pullman, Eastern Washington. | |
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