Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Youth Arts Projects
Youth Arts is an annual funding program for arts education, beyond the regular school day, for Seattle middle and high school youth. Funds and technical assistance from this program help experienced teaching artists lead training programs and projects in all arts disciplines – from visual arts to theater to dance and film. Youth Arts prioritizes youth or communities with limited or no access to the arts. Funding awards range up to $10,000. Learn more about Seattle Office of Arts and Culture efforts to put the arts back in education for all students in Seattle Public Schools, at www.seattle.gov/arts. Submission deadline is February 11.
Artist Trust Fellowships
Fellowships provide $7,500 to practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and ability. The Fellowship is a merit-based award. Recipients present a Meet the Artist event to a community in Washington State that has little or no access to art or the artist’s work. In addition to 14 Fellowship recipients, one artist each in the Visual and Emerging Fields/Cross-Disciplinary Arts (for 2015) will receive a one-month residency at The Millay Colony of the Arts in upstate New York and a $1,000 stipend. More at artisttrust.org. Submission deadline is January 20.
Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Auditions
The Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association sends one high school-aged and one adult female jazz vocalist from Greater Seattle to Kobe, Japan, in May 2015. Finalists are selected by late February and participate in a live audition at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on Monday, March 9. Two winners feature as guest vocalists at the 16th Annual Kobe Shinkaichi Jazz Vocal Queen Contest held on May 9, in Kobe, Japan. Application deadline is February 2. More at www.seattlekobe.org/jazz_vocalist_audition_2015.htm.
On the Horizon
Earshot Jazz Spring Series
Feb 8-June 28
Thumbscrew with Michael Formanek, Mary Halvorson, Thomas Fujiwara; Kenny Wheeler Tribute with Steve Treseler, Ingrid Jensen and Jon Wikan; Mark Helias Open Loose with Tony Malaby and Tom Rainey; Hank and Lucia Roberts; Peter Brötzmann Trio with William Parker and Hamid Drake; Giulia Valle Trio; Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit.
On the Horizon
48th Annual University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
February 25-28
Grace Kelly, Jeff Coffin, Stefon Harris, Meschiya Lake & the Little Bighorns, Bria Skonberg, Christine Jensen, Ingrid Jensen, Dianne Reeves. More at 208-885-7212 or uidaho.edu/jazzfest.
Write Earshot Jazz
The Earshot Jazz magazine reflects and shares the many ways that jazz intersects with lives in the Northwest. Earshot Jazz is seeking submissions from writers: Please email story pitches, comments, news and announcements to editor@earshot.org.
Help the Jazz Around the Sound Calendar
Please email news and announcements about jazz gigs, concerts and community events to jazzcalendar@earshot.org.
