The Creative Connector

September 8th, 2022 Volume 1 Issue 1

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A Note From Our Director

Welcome to the King County Creative Connector!

Hello Creative Community!

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the King County Creative Connector! In response to community requests, we are generating a monthly newsletter to share highlights and opportunities with our creative community. So, who are we talking about? Likely you, if you’re reading this first newsletter. Thanks for popping in.

News & Updates

MUSIC’S IN OUR BLOOD

King County Creative is partnered with Bloodworks Northwest on their Music’s In Our Blood campaign. The goal of this campaign is to get 20,000 music community members to donate blood or re-engage as a blood donor by the end of the year. Good job donating in August everyone: 3,480 blood donors!

Our blood supply to local hospitals is critically low. We’re calling on you to pump up the blood supply by donating at a center or pop-up drive. Volunteer donors are the only source of blood. In just one hour of your day, you can ensure local trauma centers have the blood they need to take care of patients this fall.

Click the button to book your appointment!

Book Appointment

ANTI-27 CLUB / INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY

SMASH (Seattle Musicians Access to Sustainable Healthcare) and Seattle-King County Public Health partnered to offer a music-industry centric training on International Overdose Awareness Day, sharing knowledge and distributing Naloxone kits and test strips.

Harbor Island Updates

"What's happening at Harbor Island?"

This is a question we field regularly right now. We are grateful for the seemingly endless interest in Harbor Island Studios and are working hard to get doors open. Progress continues and we are currently awaiting the results of an acoustic assessment of the soundstages, which will inform near term improvements as we approach the official Grand Opening date! Stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted. To request a tour please use the button below.

Tour Request

Meet Your Executive Film Advisory Board

For the past two years, a noble and committed group of film industry professionals have served as the Executive’s Film Advisory Board (EFAB) advising us on the King County Film Initiative and Harbor Island Studios development. While we mostly meet in Zoom, those of us who were in town recently gathered to spend some time together in real life!

(pictured)Cynthia Geary, Lacey Leavitt, Kate Becker, Martine Kaiser, Peter Barnes, Ashton Allison, Susan LaSalle, Melissa Purcell, CB Shamah & Vicky Berglund Davenport

(not pictured) Megan Griffiths, Eddie Rehfeldt, Cheo Hodari Coker, Michelle Flowers-Taylor, Isabella Price, Tony Becerra, Jazmyn Scott, Buzzy Cancilla, Andrea Greenstein

Opportunities

Seattle Film Summit

September 8th-11th

Kicking off its 9^th year later this week, the Seattle Film Summit is a creative economy builder. Bringing together filmmakers, creatives, distributors, screenwriters, artists, and creative economy champions, this unique event brings us together for three days to network, learn, and galvanize our collective work to generate opportunities, foster community and fortify industry.

We are especially excited about the Creative Economy Contest! Hope to see you there! to learn more click here

Shoreline Music Summit

September 16th-17th

Black Fret Seattle and Recording Academy PNW Chapter are producing this Shoreline Music Summit on 9/16 and Celebration on 9/17 and you are invited! Panels and shows - all free with registration. Come check out Shoreline's music scene! Summit registration link is here. No need to register for these awesome shows. Just show up and join the fun!

Department of Commerce Working Washington 5

Applications are NOW OPEN for Working Washington Grants: Round 5! This Washington State Department of Commerce program brings $70 million in pandemic relief funding to small businesses and nonprofits across the state—including $45 million for the arts, heritage, and science sectors. Deadline Sept. 9th. Don’t miss out!

Application Site

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