We're happy to announce that Claudia Fitch has won the 2014 Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement! This unrestricted $10,000 award is given annually to a Washington State female visual artist, age 60 or over, who has dedicated 25 years or more of her life to creating art. The award recognizes creative excellence, professional accomplishment, and dedication to the visual arts. 

 

Claudia is well-known for her innovative work. She's exhibited in museums, had solo gallery shows, done public art commissions, and participated in national and international residencies. 

 

Congratulations, Claudia!

KC Madsen, Lit Up (detail), acrylic, found materials, encaustic, paper, wood panel, 10'x29'x1', 2013.

May 22, 5:30-6:30pm: Woodland High School

 

May 31, Noon-1pm: Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton

 

June 2, Noon-1pm: Puyallup Library

 

Looking to give your arts career a boost? In these free one-hour presentations, Artist Trust At Large speakers and artists give you the scoop on how Artist Trust can help. You'll learn how Artist Trust serves Washington State Artists of all disciplines and how you can use these programs and resources to advance your arts business. 

May 31, 2014: Seattle Pacific University

10am-noon & 1:30-3:30pm

 

This information-packed workshop for visual artists, offered in a morning overview session and afternoon detailed session, will guide you through today's dynamic online world and help you make smart choices about how to effectively communicate, present and market your artwork. Learn how to:

• Develop a professional online presence with the least amount of time and work;
• Learn what social media sites are most valuable to artists and why;
• Understand when to use Instagram, Pinterest or Blogspot;
• Discover how to create a professional website using Wordpress;
• Learn how to safeguard, watermark and store your images online;
• Create a successful LinkedIn profile as an artist;
• Receive valuable, detailed take-home materials.

Dai Giana, Proposal (Tet Festival), acrylic on paper, 9.5"x22.5", 1999. photo: Marcia Iwasaki

June 9, 2014, 5:30-8:30pm: Asian Counseling and Referral Service, Seattle

 

Announcing a free evening of resources and networking for Asian, Asian American and Asian-Pacific Islander Artists! This mixer is designed to share best practices through peer learning, build connections between artists and funders, and demystify funding programs and processes. 

 

Artists creating in dance, literature, media, music, theater, visual and public art are welcome. The program will begin at 5:30pm with an Art Tour of ACRS (optional) followed by an information and networking exchange from 6-8:30pm. Creative activities for school-aged kids and language interpreters are offered upon registration. Light refreshments will be served.  

 

ARTISTS UP is a unique collaborative pilot between two government agencies and a non-profit organization--4Culture, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Artist Trust--that share an interest in extending outreach to under-represented artists in order to better serve the communities of Seattle, King County and Washington State. 

ATAL at Vancouver Organization for Contemporary Art, 2013.

Deadline: June 9, 2014

 

We're seeking a small group of arts lovers throughout Washington State to be Artist Trust At Large speakers. We're specifically looking for go-getters who live in or near these communities: Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, San Juan, Yakima, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Whitman, Vancouver, Long Beach and Port Townsend. You'll get trained in public speaking, and get paid for each presentation!

 

Artist Trust At Large (ATAL) are free one-hour presentations offered statewide on how Artist Trust helps artists of all disciplines boost their careers through our programs and services. ATAL's goal is to effectively reach out to communities across the state, ensuring that all artists get the support they need.

Kevin Miller, Home & Away: The Old Town Poems,  Pleasure Boat Studio, 2009.

June 14-15, 9am-4pm: University of Puget Sound, Tacoma  

 

• Work Samples That Look Great
• Writing a Killer Artist Statement, Résumé & Cover Letter 
• Pursuing Funding, Showing & Performing Opportunities 
• Online Promoting & Marketing 
• Learn from Successful Artists: Q&A
• Feedback from Your Peers
• Rock Your Elevator Speech

David Shields, How Literature Saved My Life, Knopf, 2013.

Deadline: June 23, 2014, 10:59pm

 

Artist Trust's Arts Innovator Awards (AIA) provide two $25,000 awards for Washington State generative artists of any discipline who are originating new work, experimenting with new ideas, taking risks, and pushing the boundaries in their field. The award recognizes artists who demonstrate innovation in their art practice.

 

Watch a recorded webinar on applying for the AIA.

 

The AIA is generously funded by The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation. 

photo: Thomas Schworer

Talk about a must-read! Rebecca Wells, author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and many other fabulous books, waxes poetic about Artist Trust on our blog:  

 

I don't like to think about where my attempt to write would have gone if that Artist Trust envelope hadn't appeared on my front door...

 

Read on!

Browse hundreds of calls for art of all disciplines, funding, residencies, jobs, work space and housing listings, and post your own. New listings include:

• Working Artist Org, International / Art Purchase Award / Deadline: 5/31/14

• Duende, VT / Online Literary Journal / Call for Artists / Deadline: 6/1/14

• El Centro de la Raza, Seattle / Public Art Project / Call for Artists / Deadline: 6/6/14

Our massive online calendar lists events across the state for artists and arts lovers; post your own for free! Here's just a sampling:

• May 18: Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle / Reunited: Women of EDGE: Graduates of Artist Trust's 2013 EDGE Professional Development Program for Literary Artists celebrate their first anniversary with readings from Rachel Buker; Catalina M. Cantú; Gabriela Frank; Judith Gille; Ann Batchelor Hursey; Patty Kinney; Lynn Knight; Kristen Millares Young; Christina Montilla; Padmaja Singh; March Twisdale; Maritess Zurbano. Emcee: Kristen Millares Young.

• May 22: Frye Art Museum, Seattle / The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse: A Celebration in Translation and Song / Seattle: With Jessika Kenney, Eyvind Kang & others.

• May 31: 5th Annual Northwest Native Community Celebration / Tacoma: Contemporary and traditional cultural arts and crafts from the Puyallup Tribe and other Coastal Salish Tribes, plus free admission all day to Tacoma Art Museum.