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January 1, 2015
Greetings!
Happy New Year! We hope that 2015 will be filled with inspiration, creativity and success. Here at Artist Trust, we're starting off the year right with workshops, networking events and funding opportunities for artists across the state. Won't you join us?
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Get Noticed: Apply for the 2015 Fellowships
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Jason Walker,
Blind Admiration, 2012.
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Washington State artists working in emerging fields/cross-disciplinary, performing, traditional/folk, and visual arts are invited to apply for Artist Trust's 2015 Fellowships! These $7,500 awards recognize 12 practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability, acknowledging the artist's creative excellence and accomplishment, professional achievement and continuing dedication to their artistic discipline. (Craft, literary, media, and music arts will be offered in 2016.)
In addition, one artist each in emerging fields/cross-disciplinary and visual arts will receive a one-month residency at The Millay Colony for the Arts in upstate New York, along with a $1,000 stipend.
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Get Published: Apply for the 2015 EDGE Professional Development Program for Literary Artists
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Latino/a artist and needs-based scholarships available!
Make 2015 the year you get published! The EDGE Professional Development Program provides literary artists with the relevant and necessary entrepreneurial skills to achieve their personal career goals as well as to develop peer support. EDGE offers comprehensive training in professional practices through a hands-on, interactive curriculum that includes instruction by professionals in the field, as well as specialized presentations, panel discussions, and assignments.
EDGE curriculum includes:
- Professional Presentation
- The Writing Life: Funding, Publication & Other Opportunities
- The Business of Writing
- Marketing & Communication
- Grand Finale Public Presentations
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 Become a member today and help your artistic career thrive -- and support and encourage fellow artists throughout Washington State. Benefits include career consultations; (re)Members, a quarterly e-newsletter exclusively for members; discounts at arts businesses; invitations to special events; and notification of grant deadlines.
Top Image: Margie Livingston, Study for wafer board, trimmed (detail), acrylic, 8"x8"x.75", 2010. photo: Richard Nicol |
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Anchor Zero Opening Reception / Frye Art Museum, Seattle
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Jessika Kenney. Still from Anchor Zero, 2014.
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January 9, 2015, 7:30-9:30pm
Frye Art Musem, Seattle
Internationally recognized vocalist and composer Jessika Kenney is the first recipient of the James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award, funded by the Raynier Institute and Foundation through the Frye Art Museum | Artist Trust Consortium. The Frye Art Museum will present Kenney's first exhibition, Anchor Zero. Comprised of talismanic scores, ethereal imagery, interactive spaces, and a new work for spatialized anti-choir, Anchor Zero expresses a mysticism which posits itself in the midst of the tensions between personal and universal, traditions and immediacy, prayer and discourse.
Kenney employs voice, breath, sonic atmospheres, and texts in her own compositions and in her practice as an acolyte of the cosmopolitan Persian and Javanese literary musics. Her music has been performed internationally. Significant performances include premieres at the Tectonics festivals in Reykjavik and Brooklyn. An LP of recent works titled "ATRIA" will be released by the avant-metal label SIGE in 2015.
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Artist Trust At Large in Seattle
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Michelle Bates,
Watersteps (detail), 2003.
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January 12, 2015, 7-8pm
Tashiro-Kaplan Building, Seattle
Looking to give your arts career a boost? In this free one-hour presentation, Artist Trust At Large speaker Michelle Bates gives you the scoop on how we 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.
Stay tuned for more ATALs coming in Tacoma, Richland, Vashon and beyond!
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I Am An Artist in Vancouver
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Christopher Luna, Collage to illustrate the song "Thruster" by Outer Space Heaters,
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Vancouver Community Library
Discounts available for Artist Trust members, Latino/a artists, and those with financial need! We're also seeking a work/study Teacher's Assistant; contact us for details.
Say "I Am An Artist!" and jumpstart or refresh your arts career! This two-day interactive workshop for artists of all disciplines includes:
- Work Samples That Look Great
- Writing a Killer Artist Statement, Resume & Cover Letter
- Finding & Pursing Funding, Showing, & Performing Opportunities
- Online Promoting & Marketing
- Learn from Successful Artists: Q&A
- Rock Your Elevator Speech
Workshop Instructor: Barbara Noonan
Artist Panel: Yoshihiro Kitai (Visual Artist); Christopher Luna (Literary), Music & Performing Artists TBA
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Artist Happy Hour in Vancouver
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Christopher Luna, Dormire, 2013.
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North Bank Artists Gallery, Vancouver
What's the most important thing you can do to advance your arts career? Expand your network! Come talk shop, meet fellow artists, and get happy.
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2015 Benefit Art Auction
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Get your tickets now for our most fantastic fundraising event of the year!
Don't miss your chance to:
- Own one-of-a-kind artwork from esteemed and up-and-coming Washington artists;
- Purchase exclusive arts experiences;
- Get an insiders' view during the Curator Tour;
- Revel in performances and installations;
- Enjoy a sumptuous seated dinner and delicious drinks;
- Spend time with contributing artists;
- Support individual artists throughout Washington!
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Auction Sponsorship & Ad Opportunities: Last Call!
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The Vulcan/Paul G. Allen Family Foundation table toasting at the 2014 Auction. photo: Miguel Edwards
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Artist Trust's 2015 Benefit Art Auction is an exceptional opportunity for businesses and individuals to invest in art at the source. Sponsors gain visibility and direct access to over 450 art collectors, ar tists and community leaders while providing support to sustain artists' careers.
Sponsorship benefits include logo and name recognition on event collateral and our Auction website, event perks, invitations to an exclusive benefactor evening for top-tier sponsors and much more depending on sponsorship level.
The January 9th deadline for catalog ads and sponsorships is fast approaching! Act soon to get involved by advertising your company or organization in our Auction catalog, bringing your business to a wide audience of artists and supporters!
For a full list of sponsorship levels and benefits, and catalog ad options, contact Cristina Friday.
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Statewide Arts Events Calendar
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 Our massive online calendar lists events across the state for artists and arts lovers; post your own for free and it might get highlighted here! Here's just a sampling:
- January 11-31, 2015: Gallery North, Edmonds / In with the New: The show includes fused glass by Kevin Creekmore, watercolors by Lonni Flowers, Catherine M. James, and Lauriel Sandstrom, photography by Erika Sheehan and Wei Chen and ceramics by Melinda O'Malley.
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Opportunities for Artists
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Browse our Opportunities webpage for hundreds of calls for art of all disciplines, funding, residencies, jobs, work space and housing listings, and post your own. New listings include:
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| Welcome, Amber! |
 Help us give a warm welcome to our new Communications Manager, Amber Cortes. Amber has experience in both journalism and the non-profit arts world, and has worked for The Village Voice, UnionDocs, KUOW, The Washington State Jewish Historical Society and Grist.org. Amber is passionate about building digital capacity to support nonprofit organizations. Currently, she is a part-time student in the Communications Leadership program at the University of Washington.
And a big thanks to our former Associate Director, Lila Hurwitz at Doolittle+Bird, who directed Artist Trust's communications from 2006-2014 and has been our communications consultant since April! |
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Be in Touch
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Our Seattle office hours are Monday-Friday, 9:30am-5:30pm. Feel free to drop in to visit the Resource Room. Not in the region? Peruse our extensive website full of resources and opportunities 24/7! Browse tons of professional development resources and articles, with vital information on healthcare, legal issues, emergency assistance programs and more.
Have a new email or snail-mail address? Please let us know!
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Take care, and keep in touch!
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Shannon Halberstadt
Executive Director
shannon@artisttrust.org
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Artist Trust
206/467-8734
866/21-TRUST (toll free)
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