The 2024 Washington State Poetry Out Loud State Finalists. Photo by Pavel Verbovski. | |
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"Poetry Out Loud pushes me to be creative.”
—2023 Washington State Champion Matthew Valentine
Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation competition for high school students. Participating students develop public speaking skills. They build self-confidence and learn to connect with literature in new ways, often discovering a new outlet for creative expression.
There are two ways to participate:
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Poetry Out Loud is open to any school in Washington State serving grades 9-12.
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POL Virtual is open to individual students who meet one or more of the criteria.
📅 Deadline to register: November 22, 2024
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The General Operating Support Grant from Wellness, Arts, and the Military (WAM) provides up to $35,000 to organizations that offer arts programs to military connected individuals and communities. No matching funds required.
📅 Apply by October 11, 2024
💵 Up to $35,000
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Above: a gallery of artwork by Self-Directed Art Practice grantees at the 2024 Serving Those Who Served conference. | |
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The Self-Directed Art Practice grant from Wellness, Arts, and the Military (WAM) provides one-time grants of up to $3,000. These grants pay for costs associated with taking time to practice art throughout the grant period. Applicants must provide:
- an art practice plan
- 3 art samples
- a simple budget that shows how time and funds will be used
📅 Apply by October 11, 2024
💵 Up to $3,000
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Join ArtsWA’s Wellness, Arts, and the Military (WAM) program team at Harmony for Heroes: Veterans Wellness Fair & Community Celebration. The WAM team will be there to discuss how the WAM program supports the growth of artists and arts organizations who have arts and wellness programs for military connected communities.
📅 September 5, 2024
⏰ 9:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Applications are open for Washington State Teaching Artist Training (TAT) Lab Core Program, a statewide professional development program for teaching artists and arts educators!
📆Deadline to apply: Monday, September 16, 2024
Virtual Q&A sessions cover Core Program basics, experiences from faculty and alumni, and application assistance:
📆 Sat. Sept. 7, 2pm | Info Session #4
📆 Wed. Sept. 11, 6pm | Info Session #5: Teaching Artist R.I.S.E. Award
📆 Thurs. Sept. 12, 1pm| Info Session #6
The Core Program R.I.S.E. (Representation, Inclusion, Service, Education) Award provides tuition-free spots in the TAT Lab Core Program for up to four nominees who represent identity groups historically underrepresented in TAT Lab.
❔Questions? Contact TATLab@PNB.org
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The Tribal Cultural Grant offers funding for Washington State Federally-recognized Tribes to support Tribal communities as they expand, enhance, or create space for art and culture that is respectful and responsive to each community’s needs.
📅 Apply by September 30, 2024
💵 $18,000
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Call for artists: Create a unique artwork for Western Washington University’s internationally recognized Sculpture Collection, commissioned through ArtsWA’s Art in Public Places program. Upon design approval, the artist will receive a commission contract for fabrication and installation. The selected artist will receive a $40,000 design contract that includes travel and stamped, structural engineering.
📆 Apply by Monday, September 30, 2024, 4:00 p.m. Pacific
🌎 Bellingham, WA
💵 Budget: $440,000 (inclusive of design and fabrication)
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ArtsWA seeks a Program Coordinator for the Grants to Organizations team. In this job, you will:
- Prepare grant plans and impact summaries.
- Maintain internal records.
- Design support documents with a focus on equity and ease of use.
- Support grant panel coordination.
📅 Apply by September 5, 2024
💵 $4,740.00 - $6,384.00 per month
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ArtsWA seeks a Project Manager to join the Art in Public Places team. In this job, you will:
- Manage public art projects with partner agencies.
- Determine budgets and manage contracts.
- Establish local decision-making committees.
- Facilitate artist selection and artwork acquisition.
📅 Apply by September 8, 2024
💵 $58,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
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ArtsWA welcomes Claire Schechtman, Art in Public Places Project Manager
Claire manages Art in Public Places projects in public schools, colleges, universities, and state agencies. Prior to joining ArtsWA, she managed public art projects with the Oregon Arts Commission and City of Eugene Cultural Services. She has a passion for creative placekeeping, cultural planning, and public space equity.
Claire holds a Master’s in Community and Regional Planning with a Certificate in Arts Management from the University of Oregon.
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Artist Haiying Wu brings out Billy Frank Jr.'s smile
Renowned artist Haiying Wu is hard at work on a clay model of Billy Frank Jr. His careful work seeks to capture every detail, including his signature smile.
Billy Frank Jr.'s activism and perseverance paved the way for the Boldt decision, which affirmed the right of Washington treaty Tribes to take up to half of the harvestable salmon in Western Washington and established the tribes as co-managers of the salmon resource.
Once complete, the clay model will be cast in bronze to produce two statues. One will go to National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. The other will go in the State Capitol in Olympia, Washington.
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Haiying Wu's in-progress model of Billy Frank Jr. | |
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Explore: Back to School!
Crayons. Scissors. Glue. NEW art! 🌟🎨
With school starting up again, take a moment to explore the incredible recently installed artworks that live in K-12 public schools across the state. You'll find sculptures, murals, paintings, photographs and more—all part of Washington's ever-growing State Art Collection.
| Right: what hope looks like (2022) by Nikita Ares, located at Ferndale High School in Ferndale, Washington. | |
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