The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council seeks submissions for its third annual Poetry Month Celebration.
Selected poets will be invited to read at a special event during April, National Poetry Month, which will also feature recognized local published poets, including Kelli Russell Agodon and Jared Leising.
Winning poems will be displayed at the Shoreline Arts Festival in June. Poems will be judged in three separate divisions: Secondary Student (grades 7-12), College Student, and Non-Student Adult. Cash prizes will be awarded in College and Adult categories.
Submission deadline is March 19, 2010. Application forms are available online here.
________________________________________________________________ Call to Artists for the 2010 Shoreline Arts Festival Poster
Theme: Let's StART Creating Our Future
Deadline March 1st
What role will the arts play in the future? The world is in a constant flux of change, and with it comes new challenges and possibilities. The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council seeks original artwork and graphic design for the 20th annual Shoreline Arts Festival poster. The 2010 Shoreline Arts Festival theme is Let's StART Creating our Future, with a focus on how creativity and the arts influence our choices for the future of our community. We're celebrating two decades of this amazing festival and we need an inspirational poster to mark the occasion and usher in the next 20 years.
Artwork submitted should be existing work, and graphic design will be created specifically for the poster. An artist/graphic designer may be selected, or an artist and a graphic designer may be selected. The poster will be used to promote this two-day community event celebrating all the arts: music, dance, visual arts, literary arts, theater, film, and crafts to be held at Shoreline Center on June 26 and 27, 2010.
Please send up to 10 images on CD and a resume or bio to:
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council
18560 1st Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA 98155
Deadline for submissions is March 1, 2010
Questions? Call the Arts Council Office at 206-417-4645.
The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.
Professional Development Arts Workshop for Teachers
FREE Arts Workshop
The Shoreline-LFP Arts Council is offering a free arts workshop to all Shoreline School District teachers. Register for the workshop at the District's website, www.shorelineschools.org/profdev. Participants will receive 8 clock hours as well as valuable teaching tools for infusing the arts into their curriculum. Learn and have fun at the same time! Contact Lisa Palmatier, Arts Education Coordinator at
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or 206-417-4645 for more information.
Seeing the Whole Picture: Using Visual Art to Give Your Students the Skills They Need to Succeed in the 21st Century
Dates: Tuesdays, March 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2010
Time: 4:30pm-6:30pm
Clock Hours: 8
Location: Shoreline Center, Ballinger Room
Instructor: Jane Steele-Meagher
Students will need skills that use the entire brain to succeed in our ever-changing world. Learn how exercises in seeing, drawing and creating can help develop "left brain" intelligence. Discussions on the importance of 3-dimensional art and 2-dimensional art will lead to projects in clay, papier maché, color theory, perspective, still life drawing and portraiture. Practical tips and technical information, such as using a ceramic kiln and integrating art into the curriculum will be included as well as lesson plans that address the state essential academic learning requirements in the visual arts.
Jane Steele-Meagher has a BFA in Fine Arts with a concentration in Ceramic Art from the University of Washington. Since graduation, she has exhibited locally and nationally as a textile and clay artist. Over the last 10 years she has completed many successful projects with children and is a teaching artist on the Washington State Arts Commission roster. Projects in a variety of media include collaborative murals, basic drawing, First Nations art and after school clay classes. Ms. Meagher studied art history extensively and is particularly interested in the art of other cultures. Her graduate classes included studies in art of the First People and Asia as well as the natural history of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council provides support to organizations in the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park community to enhance and encourage a wealth of cultural programming. These awards help the non-profit groups support artist’s residencies, extended classes and performances that extend their usual programming. Matching funds are required. An organization may only apply for one Community Award in any one year. Award amounts range from approximately $250-$1000.
