Here’s the lineup for Saturday’s White Center Third Saturday Art Walk, which goes from 6pm – 9pm Saturday night, Aug. 21st:

August 21, 6 PM – 9 PM
White Center Third Saturday Art Walk

Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Ave SW): Jeannette Jones – oil paintings. Jeannette’s oil paintings are a complex tapestry of images that require second and third looks to discover the hidden portraits contained within.

Proletariat Pizza (9622-A 16th ave SW): Terry Peart – acrylic paintings. “17th and Roxbury”. Come see this series of paintings of a local landmark in White Center. have you tried the tiramisu?

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 Roxbury): Heather Mathias – Photographing Color and Design: An Exhibit by Heather Mathias
Heather Mathias’s artwork is an exploration of color and design. She photographs everyday objects, then through “reverse process” discovers their essence – their visual essence; whether it be a specific color, a specific design, or both.

Dzul Tattoo (9622-B 16th Ave SW): The Dzul Family – Tattoo, airbrush, cool urban art. Check out the shop, get that long-desired tattoo!

Cafe Rozella (9434 Delridge Way SW): Another month of good ART!!

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Ave SW): Check for updates.

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Ave SW): Adam Schmidt – Metal Art -Precision-cut metal art.

White Center’s Dubsea Coffee has new art going up on the walls on August 15, and it looks to be another fantastic show.  Jeanette Jones creates dynamic and colorful paintings that are easy to get lost in.

Many of her works blend abstract shapes with artful, classic portraits, creating numerous layers for the viewer to peruse.  After watching an online slideshow of Jones’s paintings, its hard not to get excited about seeing her works on canvas and up close. Her art will be on display at Dubsea through September 14.  Stop by Dubsea between 7 and 9 pm on Saturday, August 21 to peruse the installation and discuss the works on display with Jeanette Jones herself.

WHAT: Artist reception with Jeanette Jones.

WHEN: Saturday, August 21, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

WHERE: Dubsea Coffee, 9910 8th Ave SW, Seattle, 98106.

INFO: Check out Jeanette Jones’s website for more info.

Just a few miles south of White Center, Burien’s annual Wild Strawberry Festival runs all weekend, with tons of FREE entertainment, music, arts, food, performance art, and much more.

The fest runs from 10am – 6pm today (Saturday June 19), and 10am – 5pm Sunday (June 20) at the Burien Town Square, on SW 152nd and 5th SW (map/directions here).

Be sure to come find our sister site The B-Town Blog near the intersection of SW 151st and 5th SW, where they’ll be “blogging live” all weekend.

Here are some of the weekend’s highlights:

Saturday, June 19:

• Anunnaki Project Trapeze Performances
• Stiltwalker Ellarella
• NW Parkour
• B-TOWN Bike Fair
• Kiwanis Pancake Brfst—8-10am, Burien Fire Station E
• lliott Bay Brewery Activities

Sunday, June 20:

• Abyssinian Dancers
• Manuela Horn—The Yodeling Wonder
• 5K Run/Walk— 150th & 4th SW
• Car Show
• Elliott Bay Brewery Activities

Here’s a map of the site:

To download and print your own copy of the event brochure, which includes a schedule, sponsors, site map and more – just click here for a PDF version, then hit the “Print” button.

Ran into White Center for the Arts’ Board Chair Shelli Park at the Westside School graduation and awards ceremony Thursday night (June 10), and she shared this hot tip:

White Center for the Arts is merging with the White Center Arts Alliance!

We kind of equate this with the “you got chocolate in my peanut butter. No, you got peanut butter in my chocolate” argument, meaning that we think the combination of these two arts organizations will surpass the sum of its parts. And the community’s arts and artists will be the benefactor.

To reflect a bit, here are the mission statements of each:

White Center Arts Alliance:
The White Center Arts Alliance (WCAA) is a resident-led, volunteer group of approximately 16 people. The Alliance provides cultural, intellectual and emotional support to White Center youth and the broader White Center community by coordinating arts and cultural programs in the neighborhood. The Alliance works in partnership with the community and other local organizations with similar missions. Our ultimate goal is to establish a central Cultural Community Center to promote multi-cultural programs, events and classes designed to enrich civic unity, participation and cultural awareness.

White Center for the Arts:
White Center for the Arts (WCFTA) was founded by a group of artists interested in making the arts in White Center more accessible. We strive to use the arts as well as a connection to history and heritage to help strengthen the community of White Center and the surrounding area of Unincorporated King County. We want to raise awareness in the region of the high quality of locally produced art. White Center is a very diverse community, and White Center for the Arts believes its rich tapestry of culture should be shared.

WCFTA holds its Art Walk every third Saturday, and WCAA sponsors similar events as well as a community gallery and cultural center.

WCAA is the older of the two orgs, while WCFTA celebrated its first anniversary in February.

What’s the new organization going to be called?

“We’re not sure yet,” Shelli said.

Well, whatever it ends up being called (“White Center for the Arts Alliance“?) we know it’ll be great.

Have any name suggestions? Leave ‘em in the Comments below…

Coming up this Saturday, June 12, White Center coffeehouse Dub Sea will host an open mic/art show fundraiser put on by the Seattle Youth Alliance (Sea YA).  Sea YA is raising funds to send a delegation of young Seattle community activists to the upcoming U.S. Social Forum, which is being held at the end of this month in Detroit, Michigan.

Dub Sea is keeping their doors open late for the event, which will take place from 6 to 9 pm.  Admission at the door is $7 for adults and $4 for youth, and an assortment of art will be for sale for $15.00 to $50.00  Attendees can peruse the art, sip some coffee, and enjoy the creative talents of those participating in the open-mic night, while supporting a worthy cause.  Those in the community who’d like to take their turn at the mic can sign up at 6:30 pm, and performances will begin at 7.

According to their website, the U.S. Social Forum is dedicated to “providing a space to build relationships, learn from each other’s experiences, and share analysis of the problems our communities face. It will help develop leadership, vision, and strategy needed to realize another world.”  Sea YA explains that their “youth delegation is going to ensure that young people’s voices and their empowerment [are] part of this movement building process.”   By coming out to support this event, White Center residents can do their part to help empower these dedicated young activists, and ensure that voices from our community are represented at the upcoming U.S. Social Forum.

WHAT: Seattle Youth Alliance Open Mic/Art Show Fundraiser at Dub Sea Coffee.

WHEN: Saturday, June 12, from 6 pm to 9 pm.

WHERE: Dub Sea Coffee, 9910 8th Ave SW Seattle, 98106.

INFO: Admission is $7.00 for adults, $4.00 for youth. Open mic sign-up starts at 6:30 pm, performances start at 7 pm.

Twelfth Night Productions is holding auditions for “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” this weekend – June 5th and 6th.

Auditions will be held Saturday (June 5) and Sunday (June 6) from Noon – 5pm at St James Place, which is located at 9421 18th Ave SW.

Here are the details:

“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”  follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant “company man,” the boss’ whiny, nephew, the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love.

AUDITIONS: Please prepare a  short  comedic monologue and 32 bars of a song from a musical that showcases your vocal range.  Please bring your own music, an accompanist will be provided.  Wear comfortable clothing for the dance portion of the audition. Please email tnpauditions@gmail.com  for an audition time.

WHEN:  June 5th and 6th from 12 – 5 PM Callbacks June 9th 6:30 – 9:30 PM

WHERE:  St James place; 9421 18th Ave SW;  Seattle

SCHEDULE AUDITION:  please email  preferred audition times to tnpauditions@gmail.com

PRODUCTION INFORMATION: How to Succeed will run Aug. 6 – 22nd at West Seattle High School; 3000 California Ave SW.  Rehearsals will begin June 13th.

Auditions: June 5th and 6th from 12 – 5 PM’ Callbacks: June 9th, 6;30 – 9:30.

Please contact for an audition time: tnpauditions@gmail.com

Audition Requirements: 
Please prepare a short comedic monologue and 32 bars of a song from a musical that showcases your vocal range. No songs from the show, please. Bring your own music, an accompanist will be provided.

From sister site The B-Town Blog comes word that El Tianguis, the first Latino-themed street market in the region, is set to open this Sunday, May 30th, in the Town Square Park of downtown Burien (which is less than four miles south of White Center).

The weekly market will feature goods and services that are traditionally found in open-air markets in Latino countries, including food and drink, fresh fruits and vegetables, clothing, arts and crafts, and much more.

The market is open not only to Latinos, but to anyone who appreciates Latino culture, products and amenities.

Not to be confused with a swap meet or a flea market, El Tianguis Latino Market will offer up a fun, family atmosphere that is a fusion between a Farmer’s Market and a street fair. Vendors are encouraged to offer their products at competitive prices so that clients feel welcome to do their regular shopping at the market as well as to indulge in exotic, specialty items.

According to their website, shoppers can expect:

Products will include Latino food and beverages, arts and crafts, home and garden, clothing, electronics, and many other items that are traditionally available in markets in Latino countries.

This weekly market is being put on by El Mercado, PC, a not-for-profit group that is:

…dedicated to the cultural and economic development of the Latino community, and has chosen Burien to launch the market because of the city’s earnest desire to integrate its growing Latino population with the general public. By reaching out to Latinos and offering them a stake in the community, the city of Burien has proven to be a shining example of how to tear down the walls that divide us rather than build them up, of how to embrace our differences rather than to reject them.

The market will be held on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Burien Town Square Park on 5th Place SW between SW 150th & 152nd Streets – at the same location where the current Discover Burien Farmers Market is held.

For more information, or to apply to be a vendor, contact El Mercado, PC, at info@elmercado.org or at 206-334-2285. You can also get more details at their website here: http://elmercado.org/

Here’s a map to the market:

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White Center’s third Saturday Art Walk will be this Saturday, May 15th from 6pm – 9pm at various spots around the Dub-C, and here’s the lineup courtesy our friends at White Center for the Arts.

May 15th, 2010 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW Roxbury):
Marty Gordon – collage. Thruogh his art, Marty is asing questions, inviting debate and telling stories. Looking at one of his works is akin to piiking through a window into another world, a world where art, humor, faith, tension, and candidness life together in vignesstes of surreal commentary.

Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Ave SW):
Jaime Temairik – paintings and drawings. The artist reception will be Sunday, May 16th from 2 until 4. Here is a note from the artist:

“Hey kids! I’ll have some new paintings and drawings up mid-May to mid-July at my favorite cafe, Dubsea Coffee! How’s about you and your fam join me for the opening party on Sunday afternoon, May 16th? There’ll be snacks and an at activity and maybe even some boogie-ing.”

Cafe Rozella (9434 Delridge Way SW):
Unable to get the artists name, but please stop by…

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Ave SW):
Richard Olmstead- drawings and prints. New works. This is good stuff. See last month’s flier for the artist statement.

Proletariat Pizza (9622 16th Ave SW A):
Alexander King- photography.

Dzul Tattoo (9622 16th Ave SW B):
Dzul Family – Airbrush and Tattoo art.

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Ave SW):
Phil Scroggs – paintings.

And, at 7:00 PM Big Al Brewing will host “Billy and the Bouncers, a DO NOT MISS local jazz combo!!

For more info, check out White Center for the Arts website here.

The Highline Historical Society’s annual Highline Garden Tour fundraiser has been expanded to include five private gardens as well as the Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden, and will be held on Saturday, June 12th.

Garden Tour participants will enjoy outstanding gardens, artist displays, musical performances, two separate plant sales, Master Gardener advice and coupon specials throughout the day.

There also will be a screening of the Ken Slusher documentary about the piece-by-piece transfer of the lovely Seike Garden out of the path of SeaTac Airport expansion to its new home at the Botanical Gardens.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Highline Historical Society’s fundraising Highline Garden Tour.

WHEN: Saturday, June 12th, from 10am – 5pm.

TICKETS: Advance tickets are $12.00 for parties of 4 or more, and $15.00 for individual tickets.

Day of sale tickets will be $18.00.

Tickets may be purchased at Burien Bark and Herr Backyard Garden Center in Burien, or from the Society by telephone at 206-241-5786.

INFO: To join the Highline Historical Society (we’re members), click here.

The Society thanks business sponsors John L. Scott Real Estate agent Susan Plecko, Burien Bark, Herr Backyard Garden Center, The Bean, and Sal’s Deli for their generous support of the Garden Tour.

The next Rat City Rummage will be Saturday, May 15th from 2pm to 6pm in the upstairs room of Big Al’s Brewing, and there’s still room for vendors.

If you’d like to be a vendor at this art show, email your website info or three images of what you’d like to sell at the show to:

Here’s more info:

WHAT: Rat City Rummage Sale.

WHEN: Saturday, May 15th from 2pm – 6pm.

WHERE: Upstairs room of Big Al’s Brewing, located at 9832 14th Avenue SW in White Center.

INFO: Here’s some copy from their website:

Next Rat City Rummage will be Saturday, May 15th

From 2pm to 6pm @ Big Al’s Brewing 9832 14th Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WA 98106

In the upstairs room.

If you’d like to be a vendor at this art show please email us your web site info or 3 images of what you’d like to sell at the show: ratcityrummage@hotmail.com

To avoid too many of the same type of vendors this is a juried show.

If accepted, you will recieve an email confirmation no later than May 10th with an application & paypal invoice.

Booth space is limited to a 2×4 table, booth fee $10

Vending is open to handmade arts and crafts & baked goods.

General information on the event:

• No entry fee for shoppers or other “hidden” fee’s
• Vendor set up at 1:00pm take down no earlier than 6pm.
• You or a booth sitter must stay until 6pm, no early take down.
• Event runs 2pm to 6pm

This event is part of the monthly White Center art walk put on by White Center for the Arts. You are welcome to keep your booth open for the duration of the art walk which ends at 9:00pm, but only required to stay until 6pm.

Bring your own displays, plenty of change, tables, chairs, snacks and whatever else you may need for the day. This will be an indoor event, location: Big Als Brewing 9832 14th Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WA 98106.

This is an all ages event.

White Center for the Arts is a group of artists with diverse backgrounds who have come together to form a non-profit organization focused on supporting the arts in White Center. Our desire is to offer space where local artists can show their work, and to provide a place to learn learn about art. We want to provide classes to young and old in many media, bringing out the rich diversity of culture that can be found in White Center. And we want to have fun!

Thank you for your interest in Rat City Rummage.

Even though he died nearly 28 years ago (in Oct. 1982), White Center native Richard Hugo won an award this week, as his book “Selected Poems” won the 2010 One Book Montana Selection prize.

Born Dec. 21, 1923, right here in White Center, Hugo served in World War II as a bombardier, flying 35 combat missions over Europe. He got a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in creative writing from the University of Washington, then worked as a technical writer for Boeing for 13 years.

According to Wikipedia:

In 1961 his first book of poems, A Run of Jacks, was published. Soon after he took a creative writing teaching job at the University of Montana. He later became the head of the creative writing program there. His wife returned to Seattle in 1964, and they divorced soon after. He published five more books of poetry, a memoir, a highly respected book on writing, and also a mystery novel. His posthumous book of collected poetry, Making Certain It Goes On, evinces that his poems are marked by crisp, gorgeous images of nature that often stand in contrast to his own depression, loneliness, and alcoholism. Although almost always written in free verse, his poems have a strong sense of rhythm that often echoes iambic meters. He also wrote of large number of informal epistolary poems at a time when that form was unfashionable

After discovering that the life of a poet wasn’t so lucrative, Hugo then moved to Missoula, where he took a teaching gig at the University of Montana for nearly two decades before passing away on Oct. 22, 1982.

If you’re in Missoula this summer, there will be numerous events devoted to our Dub-C native son at the 2010 Montana Festival of the Book, slated for Oct. 29-30.

Also, Hugo’s legacy lives on in Seattle at the Richard Hugo House, which is a great resource for Writers and other creative types – check it out here.

And if you haven’t read it yet, you should either check out or buy Hugo’s book White Center.

Our friends at White Center for the Arts want our Readers to know that this Saturday, April 17th is White Center’s Third Saturday Art Walk, which begins at 6pm and goes through 9pm.

Here are the details:

WHAT: White Center for the Arts Third Saturday Art Walk

WHEN: Saturday, April 17th from 6pm – 9pm

WHERE: Various spots around White Center, including:

• Salvadorean Bakery: Cullen Bryan: pen, pencil, and charcoal drawings. Cullen is a senior at TEC on the Evergreen High Campus. He is a prolific and very talented artist. The current selection is comprised of the best of his depictions of professional wrestling. A must see exhibition.
• Café Rozella: Carlos Espinoza: Carlos is a favorite local artist who works in many medium, but mostly sculpts. Besides Rozella, Carlos also has works at Full Tilt. For more about Carlos visit www.carlosespinozaart.com
• Full Tilt Ice Cream: Isaac Stewart and Richard Olmsted: More about these artists to come soon.
• Proletariat Pizza: Mary Silva: acrylic on plywood. You must check out this beautiful and fanciful work. Eating a slice of pizza, drinking a beverage of choice, and staring at these sounds like a blissful evening to me. Or just pop in for a peep. http://marysportfolio.blogspot.com/
• Dzul Tattoo: The Dzul brothers, keepin’ it real! As always, I encourage everyone to stop and check out this shop. These boys do beautiful work. Come out with a new item of clothing, or, oops, a tattoo!
• Dubsea Coffee: Jameson Hubbard: Wood Block Prints. Bird Eating Deer is the umbrella alias of the various artistic undertakings of Jameson Hubbard. Currently living in Seattle, WA, Jameson loosely attends the Gage Academy of Art. Primary interests regarding subject matter: The age-old question of man’s relationship with nature and the consequent friction; the role of animals in contemporary and past societies and the meanings applied to them; native cultures, primarily precolonial. Join us Saturday evening from 7-9 pm to welcome Jameson Hubbard’s new work into Dubsea Coffee and meet the artist himself! His large scale wood block prints, along with drawings and paintings will grace the walls from mid-April through mid-May. Looking forward to Saturday! To see more of his work online visit: www.birdeatingdeer.com

INFO: For more info, visit WCFTA’s website here.

Our friends at White Center for the Arts recently sent out a letter seeking donations and volunteers, with a specific goal of raising around $28,000 to help procure a gallery space at 9640-A 16th Ave SW.

WCFTA is close to getting the space, but needs more. They’re also looking for arts/business-minded people to sit on their Board of Directors.

Read the letter for full details, including how you can help:

Hello friends and supporters of having a community gallery in White Center,

White Center for the Arts must make a decision this weekend as to whether or not to continue pursuing the very fabulous space at 9640A 16th Ave SW for DREAM Community Gallery. We have the deposit money, and some grant money coming. However, it is not enough to responsibly continue with the project at this time without having $28,000.00 more. The landlord is understandably tired of waiting, and wants to move on. We have seen a vision of the future, and this space is what is needed, and desired, by many of the artists in the area.

DREAM: Community Gallery has a solid business plan. We have a great person, Lance McIntosh, who is managing the project, and who has crunched the numbers. We have a solid team of volunteers who will help with the build-out, and plenty of artists who are ready to exhibit, and performers ready to bring their art to you. We will be providing a resource library, a computer that is free to use, free wi-fi, and art materials for those who want to use them while they are at the gallery. In the gallery, as a way of avoiding having to apply for the endless parade of grants, we will have a small coffee bar. There will be plenty of comfy seating, and snacks. This space will be the central point from which White Center for the Arts conducts it’s arts programming.

We are a community organization. We are reaching out right now to the community for a show of support. Please support this beautiful project with a tax-deductible donation of any size.

We are also looking for arts/business-minded people to sit on the Board of Directors. We need a solid infrastructure directed by people from the community.

WCFTA is here with a vision of healthy community, and a goal of being a part of a healthy White Center. We are partnering with other organizations in the area to help realize this vision. Will you be a part of this?

If you have any questions, want to volunteer ( a list of opportunities is ready to be put up on the site), and/or want to donate, please contact me:

- Shelli Park
crimsonpark@whitecenterforthearts.org

Thank you so much for your support! ART TO THE PEOPLE!!!!

Our friends at White Center for the Arts want our Readers to know that this Saturday, March 20th is White Center’s Third Saturday Art Walk, which begins at 6pm and goes through 9pm.

Here are the details:

WHAT: White Center for the Arts Third Saturday Art Walk

WHEN: Saturday, March 20th from 6pm – 9pm

WHERE: Various spots around White Center, including:

• Proletariat Pizza: Lonjina Verdugo: I am inspired by my children. I created my first collage for my daughter when I couldn’t find that special and unique piece when decorating her room. Art for my children quickly led to gifts for friends and family and then special requests. As an artist and designer, I am attracted to the texture, weight and design of paper. In my collages, I am taking another artists work (the paper) and ripping, tearing, cutting and creating whimsy, spontaneity, humor, fantasy and delight. I’ve always been drawn to color and shapes, whether in decorating my home or graphic design for my clients. The pieces hanging at Proletariat Pizza are a representative of my own aesthetic of texture, contrasting colors, and abstract designs. More info at www.lonjina.com.
• Salvadorean Bakery: Julio Castro: Beautiful photography from San Salvador.
• Cafe Rozella: Rasta Rich: Jewelry.
• Big Al Brewing: Raina Anderson: Photography from Raina’s personal collection. New Start High Photography: These students have vision. Support these burgeoning artists.
• Full Tilt Ice Cream: Julie Luke: Rockin’ outsider beauty. Acrylic. Megan Jane Pickerel: Haunting and lovely acrylics.
• DZul Tattoo: Airbrush and Tattoo Art, Custom clothes. Hometown heroes.
• DubSea Coffee: ASARO ” The Assembly of Revolutionary Artists of Oaxaca ” Photographical documentation by Courtney Anderson, with musical ambiance courtesy of DJ Michael J. Olsen.
• On the street! 16th Ave SW across from Full Tilt at 6:30pm: Evergreen Dance Crew: Fusion!!!

INFO: From a flier:

Hello! Be in White Center on March 20th for the March Third Saturday Art Walk!! The Art Walk starts at 6 PM and ends at 9 PM. Here is the lineup. Remember, we are a volunteer organization. We can use you!! Many hands…you know the rest. We will be posting a list of volunteer opportunities soon. We are an organization for all artists, all mediums, and for the whole community. Spread the word.

Art to the People!!!
Shelli

Despite its ironic name, White Center is a colorful, diverse place that lends itself well to Photography.

We here at The White Center Blog love both the Dub-C and Photography, hence today’s Photo Friday submission by Nicole Painter, who describes herself as:

I am a 26 year old college student and aspiring/amateur artist. I grew up in a middle class home in California with my single mother, the accountant.

Four years ago my mother bought a house in White Center as a means to get an “edge on the housing market”. Her thought was that her property value would go up once “white center got cleaner”. Two years ago I moved to White Center to take over my live in my mother’s house while she traveled and lived in Europe.

Admittedly, I was a bit nervous about my surroundings at first. I was the minority, and therefore out of my element and comfort zone. After my time spent here, my ideas about White Center have changed immensely. I see beauty and charm around every corner. White Center is the heart of what Seattle means to me. With it’s colors that run vibrant and culture that reigns. open markets, laundromat time machines, rusted Chevy novas and screams of children playing in the street.

White Center’s charm is sometimes what we choose not to see.

About her Photo Slideshow below, Nicole says:

there’s a beauty in white center, a charm. colors run vibrant and culture reigns. open markets, laundromat time machines, rusted chevy novas and screams of children playing in the street. white center is what sometimes we choose not to see:

Click to View Nicole Painter’s Photo Slideshow

See more of Nicole Painter’s Photography here.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Photo Friday is a new feature we're trying out at The White Center Blog. Are you a local Photographer? Have some pics shot in White Center you think we should showcase? Please email us a link and explanation and we'll consider posting yours!]

Artists who live in/near White Center, as well as those who “love” the greater/unincorporated area are invited to a Community Artist Meeting facilitated by White Center for the Arts on Tuesday, March 16th at 7pm at Proletariat Pizza, located at 9622-A 16th Ave SW (206-432-9765).

This meeting is intended for ALL artists, including those involved in music, dance, film, theater, visual, 3-D, photography, written, mixed media, new media, and more; including young, old, in-between, students, emerging, established and others.

Basically, if you live ’round these parts and love art of any kind, you’re invited!

Here are the details:

WHAT: Community Artist Meeting facilitated by White Center for the Arts.

WHEN: Tuesday, March 16th at 7:00 PM

WHERE: Proletariat Pizza, located at 9622-A 16th Ave SW, Seattle; (206) 432-9765

INFO: From an email:

Who is invited? Artists who live in and those who love the GREATER White Center Area/ Unincorporated King County, and a little bit outside that line. That means ALL artists. Music, dance, film, theatre, visual, 3-D, photography, written, mixed-media, young, old, in-between, student, emerging, established, etc.

What is this about? This is about continuing the conversation about art and it’s impact in White Center. About creating your opportunities. What do you want/need from your community in order to further your work/goals? What can you give to your community to help strengthen it? White Center for the Arts is opening the line of communication. This is not a formal, stuffy meeting, but the third meeting of many where your voice can be heard, where new connections can be created, and we can figure out how to best accommodate you, the artist, in our own neighborhood.

If you can, please RSVP so that we know how much pizza to order for you!

CONTACT: Shelli: crimsonpark@whitecenterforthearts.org.