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…

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.

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

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.

Our friends at White Center for the Arts are holding a very unique “Python-A-Thon” fundraiser this Sunday, March 7th, from Noon – 8pm at Big Al Brewing, where episodes of the classic “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” TV show will be shown non-stop.

Participants are encouraged to bring potluck food items, dress in costume (lumberjack anyone?), bring penguins to put on the telly, and walk like you’re in the Ministry of Silly Walks, all while donating to your neighborhood arts association.

Here are the details:

WHAT: “Python-A-Thon” viewing party of classic Monty Python TV episodes to help raise funds for White Center for the Arts.

WHEN: Sunday, March 7th from Noon – 8pm.

WHERE: Big Al Brewing, located at 9832 14th Ave SW; (206) 453-4487 (website here)

INFO: From a poster:

Big Al Brewing Presents Monty Python Video Festival

“Continuing Education”

Earn your letters in Pythonology

Finding it hard to get promoted even though you have a MM- Master of Monty?

Get your Doctor of Pythonology (DP), and silly walk your way to the top!

DP courses in:

• The Arts
  • -Why lumberjacks sing
• Optical Sciences
  • -How not to be seen
• Aeronautics
  • -What makes sheep fly
• Military History
  • -German humor and the demise of the Wehrmacht
• Veterinary Sciences
  • – Learn to determine the difference between “Dead” and “Resting”

And much much more!

If you’re silly enough, you too could become a fully accredited Doctor of Pythonology, capable of answering such puzzling questions as…

• “Why is there a penguin on the telly”?
• “If she’s a go’er why is she with him”?
• And, “Did the Vikings invent spam”?

Classes begin on Sunday, March 7th

First class of the day starts at 12 noon

Location: Go to www.bigalbrewing.com for directions

Extra credit will be given for bringing pot luck and coming to class as your favorite Monty Python character.

To get you in the mood, here’s the classic “Ministry of Silly Walks” sketch:

Our friend Shelli Park of White Center for the Arts tells us that their one-year anniversary is fast approaching, and they’ll be celebrating it at their Third Saturday Art walk on Saturday, Feb. 20th, from 6pm to 9pm in various businesses in White Center.

The photo at left was shot by Brian Barr, whose work will be on display at WCFTA’s new community gallery, DREAM.

Here are the details:

WHAT: WCFTA monthly Art Walk, celebrating their one-year anniversary.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 20th, from 6pm to 9pm.

WHERE/FEATURING:

• Salvadorean Bakery: Chuck Northcutt – photography on canvas
• Café Rozella: Carole Ellis – photography
• Triangle Tavern: Chase Evans – Spoken Word @ 6:15 DJ sets @ 7:00
• Full Tilt Ice Cream: Julie Luke – Acrylic on Canvas
• Proletariat Pizza: Baso – photography
• Dzul Tattoo: Urban and Tattoo Art
• Dream Community Gallery: Fusion Dance Crew @ 6:30; Brian Barr – Portraits of White Center; Amanda Helmick – Mixed Media; Amanda Pickerel-Winer – paintings
• Big Al Brewing: Raina Anderson – photography
• DubSea Café: Hye Young Kim – dyed yarn and acrylic, Micheal Olson – DJ –reggae/dub plus more!

INFORMATION: More info available at www.whitecenterforthearts.org.

And here’s a letter regarding accomplishments made during WCFTA’s first year:

“Dear Lovers of Art in White Center,

White Center for the Arts (WCFTA) believes that the White Center community’s rich tapestry of culture and local arts should be shared with everyone. Our work to establish a permanent home for the arts in the neighborhood is off to a great start! In the past six months we:

• Established an after-school art program in the local Highline District Middle and High School
• Established the Third Saturday Art Walk, exhibiting more than 25 local artists in 9 months time.
• Are hosting Community Artists Meetings to open the lines of communication
• Established a working relationship with local, county, and state arts organizations and continue to identify and foster new partnerships within the community to create a web of services and support for artists and youth.
• Partnered with the YWCA at Greenbridge to showcase local artists in the lobby on a quarterly basis, and are working with Youth Media Institute and the Highline School District to implement non-violent extracurricular creative youth activities in the schools and in the White Center Downtown Business District.

But we have more work to do, and we are in urgent need of your support so that we can create the anchor of our vision and visiability, DREAM Community Gallery. We are asking for a small donation of $10.00 from 100 people, a $15.00 donation from 55 people, and 10 $100.00 donations. You will be supporting the entire White Center Cultural Community, helping to give visibility to local artists in all media, ages, and neighborhoods. A gift right now will assure that WCFTA can continue on our mission to be a catalyst for the coming together of the arts and cultural community of White Center. The time has come for a permanent home for the arts in White Center. Our current projects are:

• DREAM, a Community Gallery sustained by an in-house Coffee House, providing un-juried exhibition space for local artists and performers, and providing a safe gathering place, and empowering activities, for youth
• Development of our arts education programming
• Collection of oral histories and artifacts for a permanent local history collection
• Facilitating cross medium and cross cultural collaborations, and continuing to bring positive business to White Center through the Art Walk

We appreciate gifts of any amount, and in return WCFTA is working hard to promote art and culture in the daily life of White Center residents. We are to receive a $5,000 grant. We need more to open our Community Gallery by February 20^th, the first anniversary of White Center for the Arts. We have scheduled two dance performances, a musician, and two artists for the evening of February 20^th, and they are counting on your gift to help make this happen. When combined with the work of our dedicated volunteers, established, emerging, and students artists, the community as a whole will benefit from seeing our mission to bring art, and the celebration of culture and heritage to all of White Center and its neighbors, succeed.

To give a tax deductible donation, visit our website: http://www.whitecenterforthearts.org/

Sincerely,
Shelli Park
Chair, White Center for the Arts

P.S. You may be fortunate enough to have an employer that will match your gift. This is a great opportunity to give maximum impact with your gift to White Center for the Arts.

Even if you don’t live in White Center, but know that this is a worthy cause, please donate and know that you are supporting strong work in a beautiful community.”

(Photo by Brian Barr)

Our friends at White Center for the Arts (WCFTA) tell us that they’re trying to develop a local Art Gallery/Coffee House that could be used as a “home” of sorts for our community’s culture and arts.

WCFTA will be celebrating its one-year anniversary on Feb. 20th, and over its short lifespan has provided monthly art walks, after-school art programs, galleries for local artists and much more.

They’re looking for donations, starting at just $10 and continuing up to whatever you can give – here’s a link to their website where you can safely and securely donate online. Some employers will even match your gift donations.

And here’s an email sent out by WCFTA Chair Shelli Park:

Dear Lovers of Art in White Center,

White Center for the Arts (WCFTA) believes that the White Center community’s rich tapestry of culture and local arts should be shared with everyone. Our work to establish a permanent home for the arts in the neighborhood is off to a great start! In the past six months we:

• Established an after-school art program in the local Highline District Middle and High School
• Established the Third Saturday Art Walk, exhibiting more than 25 local artists in 9 months time.
• Are hosting Community Artists Meetings to open the lines of communication
• Established a working relationship with local, county, and state arts organizations and continue to identify and foster new partnerships within the community to create a web of services and support for artists and youth.
• Partnered with the YWCA at Greenbridge to showcase local artists in the lobby on a quarterly basis, and are working with Youth Media Institute and the Highline School District to implement non-violent extracurricular creative youth activities in the schools and in the White Center Downtown Business District.

But we have more work to do, and we are in urgent need of your support so that we can create the anchor of our vision and visiability, DREAM Community Gallery.  We are asking for a small donation of $10.00 from 100 people, a $15.00 donation from 55 people, and 10 $100.00 donations.  You will be supporting the entire White Center Cultural Community, helping to give visibility to local artists in all media, ages, and neighborhoods. A gift right now will assure that WCFTA can continue on our mission to be a catalyst for the coming together of the arts and cultural community of White Center.  The time has come for a permanent home for the arts in White Center. Our current projects are:

DREAM, a Community Gallery sustained by an in-house Coffee House, providing un-juried exhibition space for local artists and performers, and providing a safe gathering place, and empowering activities, for youth

Development of our arts education programming

Collection of oral histories and artifacts for a permanent local history collection

Facilitating cross medium and cross cultural collaborations, and continuing to bring positive business to White Center through the Art Walk

We appreciate gifts of any amount, and in return WCFTA is working hard to promote art and culture in the daily life of White Center residents. We are to receive a $5,000 grant. We need more to open our Community Gallery by February 20th, the first anniversary of White Center for the Arts.  We have scheduled two dance performances, a musician, and two artists for the evening of February 20th, and they are counting on your gift to help make this happen.  When combined with the work of our dedicated volunteers, established, emerging, and students artists, the community as a whole will benefit from seeing our mission to bring art, and the celebration of culture and heritage to all of White Center and its neighbors, succeed.

To give a tax deductible donation, visit our website: www.whitecenterforthearts.org.

Sincerely,
Shelli Park
Chair, White Center for the Arts

P.S. You may be fortunate enough to have an employer that will match your gift. This is a great opportunity to give maximum impact with your gift to White Center for the Arts.

White Center for the Arts‘ next event is an “Art Walk” this Saturday, Nov. 21st, from 6pm to 9pm.

Here are the details:

WHAT: White Center For the Arts 3rd Saturday Art Walk

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 21st, 6pm to 9pm

WHERE: Here’s what’s going on:

• SALVADORIAN BAKERY: RANDY NICHOLS – 1719 SW. ROXBURY ST.
• FULL TILT ICE CREAM: JILLIAN INGRAM AND DAVE RYAN – 9629 16TH AVE S
• PROLETARIAT PIZZA: MIKE MULLINS - 9622 16TH AVE SW
• CAFE ROZELLA: VICTORIA HEUMAN – 9434 DELRIDGE WAY SW
• BIG AL BREWING: BRIAN BARR – 9832 14TH AVE SW
• RANDOM STORE FRONT ON 16TH: STUDENT SHORT FILMS
• COME SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WHITE CENTER…

INFO: More info available at their website: www.whitecenterforthearts.org

Our friends at White Center for the Arts want to be sure that everyone knows about a Community Artist Meeting that will be held this Thursday, Oct. 29th at 7pm at Full Tilt Ice Cream (at 9629 16th SW).

Here are the details:

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

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 29th at 7:00 PM

WHERE: Full Tilt Ice Cream Shop Extraordinaire, located 9629 16th Ave SW, Seattle (206-767-4811)

INFO: 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 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 first meeting of many where your voice can be heard, new alliances can be created, and we can figure out how to best accommodate you, the artist, in our own neighborhood.

If you can, please RSVP to Shelli (crimsonpark@whitecenterforthearts.org) so that Justin knows how many people will be taking over his shop!

White Center for the Arts‘ next event is an “Art Walk” this Saturday, Oct. 17th, from 6pm to 9pm, with stops at numerous places in White Center.

Here are the details:

WHAT: White Center For the Arts 3rd Saturday Art Walk

WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 17th, 6pm to 9pm

WHERE: Here are the scheduled art stops

• The Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW. Roxbury St.)
  Raina Anderson: photography
  They are running a special for those who stop by during the ART WALK:
  • Option 1: two pupusas and one tamale of your choice for $6.50.
  • Option 2: one pupusa, one tamale of your choice, rice and beans for $6.95.
  • The choices for pupusas are: pork, pork cheese and beans, chicken and cheese, cheese and beans, cheese and loroco; and zucchini and cheese.
  • The choices for the tamales are: chicken, pork and sweet corn.
• Full Tilt (9629 16th Ave South)
  Onion Carillo and Jody Luna Robinson
  With Music by Shit Gets Smashed and The Shiners
• Proletariat Pizza (9622 16th Ave SW)
  Amanda Helmick: mixed media
• Dzul (9622 16th Ave SW)
  Tattoo and Airbrush Urban Art
• Café Rozella (9434 Delridge Way SW)
  Robert Houk Jr.: Painting
  Carlos Espinoza: Carving
• Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Ave SW) – CLOSED ON THE 17th
  Julio Castro: photography

INFO: More info available at their website: www.whitecenterforthearts.org

White Center for the Arts‘ next event is coming Saturday, Sept. 19th, this time at a new venue – Big Al Brewery, located at 9832 14th Ave SW.

Here are the details:

WHAT: White Center For the Arts 3rd Saturday Art Event, featuring:

• Photography exhibit by Alexander Meas and Ken Champoux
• Live bands, Proletariat Pizza, Full Tilt Ice Cream, Big Al’s Beer and “fun surprises”

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 19th , 7pm to 10pm

WHERE: Big Al Brewery, located at 9832 14th Ave SW, Seattle;‎ – (206) 453-4487‎

INFO: Lots of art, artists, live music, pizza and microbrew, with a portion of the night’s take going towards funding WCFTA’s Community Gallery/Coffeehouse, and After-School Arts Education program.

Here’s more from their press release:

And now for something completely different…

At least the venue is different.

White Center for the Arts September Third Saturday Art Event is being hosted by Big Al Brewery!!

September 19th, 7PM until 10PM.

Come enjoy Art, Music, Food, Beverage, and Prizes; a rockin’ Saturday night, and help WCFTA reach it’s funding goal.

Please pass this along to all of your friends and make it a party!

Here are some photos courtesy Shelli Park of White Center for the Arts of this last weekend’s Jubilee Days:

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Our friends at White Center for the Arts will be heavily represented at Jubilee Days this coming weekend (Saturday, July 18th and Sunday, July 19th).

For both days of the event, White Center for the Arts will have a booth in the community area where everyone can participate in a future public art project.  This will be the first of many community art projects that they’ll host, and will consist of a clay mosaic.

“Do what you want with your piece of clay, sign your name or initials, and we will make sure that your piece is placed in the finished mosaic,” they say in a press release. “Fun for one and all.  And you’ll be a famous artist!”

White Center for the Arts will also have a float in the parade, which starts at 1pm at the McDonalds on 16th Ave SW near 114th.  They’ll be handing out candy and flyers as they float towards downtown White Center on 16th Ave SW with the rest of the crew.

“You’ve got to see what we are making this time!” adds the press release with more than just a hint of intrigue.

White Center for the Arts is hosting another Art Event this coming weekend in conjunction with Jubilee Days in the parking lot of the Skate Building on 17th Ave SW.  They’ll be active for their regular hours of Saturday night from 5pm to 10pm, and encourage fairgoers to enjoy the nearby Beer Gardens, and the music flowing from the stage while you watch art in action!

For more information, visit their website here.

This Saturday (May 16th) is the next White Center for the Arts Open Studio Art Tour, from 5pm to 10pm, at 9639 16th SW (map below), and here are the details:

Once again, it is time for the White Center for the Arts Open Studio Tour

This coming Saturday, May 16th, 2009 5 PM until 10 PM

Please join us as we present seven artists’ new work.

A wine and cheese event.

White Center for the Arts Building at 9639 16th Ave SW, White Center, WA

www.whitecenterforthearts.org

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