Seattle Center Festál: Asian-Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration, 11:45am – 5pm, Sunday, May 7, in Seattle Center Armory, features live performances, martial arts, lei making, crafts and children’s activities in celebration of the diversity of Asian-Pacific Islander communities in the region. Festival highlights include a performance by The Filharmonic, an… [ Keep reading ]
AMY SIMONS has been a Resident at Pottery Northwest since May 2015. Pottery Northwest is one of the largest and most nationally celebrated educational clay institutions on the West Coast and is a hub for the ceramics community across the Northwest. “It’s the tactile quality of it, and actually mark-making… [ Keep reading ]
MANA LEE and MANA CRAWFORDS are members of the Technical Facility Maintenance crew. They have cleaned together at Seattle Center, where they met, for the past nine years. MANA L: “We have fun. We do the job, and we have fun. It’s diversity. It doesn’t matter who you are, we… [ Keep reading ]
DEXTER ROTHCHILD, caricaturist and owner of Over The Line Art. You can find Dex in Seattle Center Armory most weekends and during major events, including Whirligig!, drawing passers-by with humor and flair. “I’ve been doing caricatures for 15 years. I started in the summer of 2001, and I drew at a theme… [ Keep reading ]
April is play month at Seattle Center with a fun and lively line-up of child-friendly activities to take families through the traditional spring break period and beyond. While the campus is abuzz with youthful goings-on at destinations like Artists at Play, KeyArena (WE Day, April 21), Museum of Pop Culture… [ Keep reading ]
CLARISSA ADDINGTON, Student at Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) Clarissa came to AIE after graduating from University of Oregon with a degree in fine art. She is in her second and final year at AIE and looking for a job in animation or advertising after she graduates in the spring…. [ Keep reading ]
ANDY BELL, Teacher at The Center School speaks about the high school’s art focus, and the challenges one faces when designing an arts-based curriculum. Mr. Bell is a student favorite, and has championed their cause since the beginning. “The design team, the people who were originally thinking about having a… [ Keep reading ]
Step inside Seattle Center Armory, transformed into a lively, colorful hub of child-sized entertainment called Seattle Center Whirligig!, and you’ll find a variety of inflatable rides, balloon artists, face painters and caricaturists. Throw in an assortment of Student Showcases and fresh, delicious, local foods from Armory eateries, and you’ll have… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle’s French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures, part of the Seattle Center Festál series of 24 ethnic cultural festivals, highlights global Francophonie, 11am – 6pm, Sunday, March 19, in Seattle Center Armory. Originally a celebration of French Independence Day, organizers expanded the event in 2013 to include the larger… [ Keep reading ]
