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ArtsWA news

July 2024

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In this issue:

Apply: WA St. Wolf Trap Teaching Artist roster
Apply: WA St. Teaching Artist Training (TAT) Lab
Attend: Serving Those Who Served conference
Apply: Tribal Cultural Grant
Explore: Recent artwork dedications & maintenance
Explore: Summer!

Call for Teaching Artists – Northeast Washington! ArtsWA is look for 3-4 performing arts Teaching Artists to join the Washington State Wolf Trap Teaching Artist roster. Selected artists will receive specialized training from Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning through the Arts and lead multi-week residencies in preschool classrooms within NorthEast WA Educational Service District 101.

📅 Deadline extended! Apply by August 30, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

Learn more and apply

More opportunities

Applications are open for Washington State Teaching Artist Training (TAT) Lab Core Program, a statewide professional development program for teaching artists and arts educators!

📆Deadline to apply: Monday, September 16, 2024

Virtual Q&A sessions cover Core Program basics, experiences from faculty and alumni, and application assistance:

📆 Tues. August 6, 10am | Info Session #2: Learn more about Organizational Sponsorship

📆 Wed. August 21, 6pm | Info Session #3

📆 Sat. Sept. 7, 2pm | Info Session #4

📆 Wed. Sept. 11, 6pm | Info Session #5: Learn more about the Teaching Artist R.I.S.E. Award

📆 Thurs. Sept. 12, 1pm| Info Session #6

The Core Program R.I.S.E. (Representation, Inclusion, Service, Education) Award provides tuition-free spots in the TAT Lab Core Program for up to four nominees who represent identity groups historically underrepresented in TAT Lab.

❔Questions? Contact TATLab@PNB.org

The Serving Those Who Served Conference is designed to enhance collaboration among professionals who support veterans and their families. It serves as a hub for sharing knowledge and resources, with a focus on practical solutions and impactful discussions.

🌎 Spokane, Washington

📅 August 28 – August 29, 2024

Join ArtsWA’s Wellness, Arts, and the Military (WAM) program team at Harmony for Heroes: Veterans Wellness Fair & Community Celebration. The WAM team will be there to discuss how the WAM program supports the growth of artists and arts organizations who have arts and wellness programs for military connected communities.

📅 September 5, 2024

⏰ 9:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

The Tribal Cultural Grant offers funding for Washington State Federally-recognized Tribes to support Tribal communities as they expand, enhance, or create space for art and culture that is respectful and responsive to each community’s needs.

📅 Apply by September 30, 2024

💵 $18,000

News & Updates

Left to right: Washington State Representative Sharon Wylie, 49th Legislative District; Washington State Senator Lynda Wilson, 17th Legislative District; and Washington State Representative Paul Harris, 17th Legislative District cut the ribbon at the new Life Sciences Building, home to new State Art Collection artworks. Photo by Trevor Gjerswold, Digital Content Producer at WSU Vancouver.

Summer Artwork Dedications

Several new artworks made their public debut over June and July, including LIFE (pictured left) by Roberto Delgado at the new Life Sciences Building on the Vancouver campus of Washington State University. Read on for two more recent dedication highlights!

What happens at a dedication?

When a new artwork is installed at a facility, it's usually pretty exciting for the community. Dedications give the community a chance to publicly share their pride and excitement, often with ArtsWA staff and the artist in attendance to speak about the new work.

Life Along the Skagit River by Mauricio Robalino is a tribute to the local Skagit River in Northwestern Washington. Robalino uses the staircase to imitate the river's shape and path from the Cascade Mountains at the top of the stairs to Puget Sound at the bottom.

Mauricio spent two days drawing with students leading up to his artwork installation. For the dedication, the student artwork was spread over the interior walls of the school. ArtsWA staff who were on hand said it was amazing to see the impact of Mauricio’s artwork so tangibly reflected in the student drawings.

Governor Jay Inslee (center) joins other celebrants for the dedication of the University of Washington's Medical Center Northwest.

A Sprout in the Desert by Hernan Paganini is a two-part, site-specific artwork. Using the light and shadows, and the movement of the sun inside the hospital, the relief artwork captures these elements and reflects them into the space. It uses our senses to create a meditative and nourishing space.

Paganini uses the large-scale flowers to transform the space into a large, natural landscape. The flowers represent nature awakened, where life manifests, expands, and breathes – they bring with them the possibility of being. Paganini notes that “Resting in the garden, my soul is nourished, I contemplate the day and its endless possibilities, the healing is one with me.”

Summer Maintenance Season

Left: Joe Feddersen’s Plateau Fish Trap (2015). Right: Lead Pencil Studio’s Sign Post (2011).

Two Art in Public Places (AIPP) conservation team members from the Western region, Alcamy Henriksen and Gabriel Brown, recently traveled to Spokane for artwork maintenance. Led by Jonathan Hickerson, lead conservator from Walla Walla, the team spent four days inspecting and maintaining the artworks. Their efforts included an intensive cleaning of Lead Pencil Studio’s Sign Post under the strong Eastern Washington sun. Additionally, Joe Feddersen’s Plateau Fish Trap on the Spokane Falls Community College campus was cleaned and dusted. The results: remarkable.