The Creative Advantage

🌟 Stop by King Street Station plaza for The Station Space Block Party! Featuring Creative Advantage partners Totem Star, The Rhapsody Project, Red Eagle Soaring, bringing a full lineup of live music and games. Featuring performances by Red Eagle Soaring, The Jam, BWB Drumline, Rhapsody Songsters, Mkmuzz, Mirabai Kukathas, and Lily Indigo. Supported by the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
Make sure to head up to ARTS at King Street Station on the top floor for two exhibits, FRESSSSSH! and a last chance to see Luminous Being by Zabia Colovos. While you're browsing the exhibits, enjoy music by marimba ensembles Zambuko and Anzanga brought to you by the Jackson Street Music Program.
➡ Sept. 5, 6-8 p.m. at King Street Station, 303 S. Jackson St.

Join us on First Thursday on the King Street Station plaza for The Station Space Block Party! Totem Star, The Rhapsody Project, Red Eagle Soaring, and the Jackson Street Music Program are bringing a full lineup of live music and games. Featuring performances by Red Eagle Soaring, The Jam, BWB Drumline, Rhapsody Songsters, Mkmuzz, Mirabai Kukathas, and Lily Indigo. Supported by the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.

Make sure to head up to ARTS at King Street Station on the top floor for two exhibits, FRESSSSSH! and a last chance to see Luminous Being by Zabia Colovos. While you're browsing the exhibits, enjoy music by marimba ensembles Zambuko and Anzanga brought to you by the Jackson Street Music Program.

➡ Sept. 5, 6-8 p.m. at King Street Station, 303 S. Jackson St.

In 10 years, The Creative Advantage has changed the way Seattle Public Schools provides high-quality equitable arts education to 50,000+ students through a focus on neighborhood K–12 pathways, teaching and learning, partnerships, and systems change. This report shares successes and opportunities for further transformation.
https://www.creativeadvantageseattle.org/a-creative-decade-the-creative-advantage-10-year-report/

✨ The Creative Advantage's arts education coalitions combine forces for The TCA Summer Institute Aug 22 at Seattle Art Museum!

The Creative Advantage Summer Institute The Creative Advantage Summer Institute is on Thursday August 22nd! Attendees can join a theater, music, or print making session.

Ooh! Cool opportunity alert!

🌍 Printing for People Power: A FREE screen printing workshop here at Vera that will teach you about the history and applications of screen printing as well as addressing issues that are important to Vera's community! Spots are limited, so sign up NOW! 🎨🖌️

8/10 @ The Vera Project, 4:00pm-7:00pm, FREE 🎫's @ https://link.dice.fm/Ad1f8ff8efdf or via theveraproject.org 💞

Image description:
Light green graphic with large text that reads “Workshop: Printing for People Power.” Below there is an image of someone wheat pasting screen-printed posters to a wall. Beside the picture, there is text that reads “2024 is a significant year in anti-war and pro-people movements – locally, nationally & globally. Visual and written print is an important tool for progressive political movements on and beyond the ballot.” In large letters are the workshop details which read “August 10th, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109.” A bulleted list of the workshop highlights lists “history and application of screen printing, collaborative printmaking, project posters about issues important to VERA’s community.” The graphic also includes that the event is free, spots are limited, so register now, and email [email protected] and [email protected] for accommodations and questions.” At the bottom of the post, there is an arrow pointing to the registration link, which is https://bit.ly/printforpeoplepower.

💡🎨🎹💥LAST Chance to Register for ED@LEAD Tuesday, July 30th - featuring innovative and interactive sessions that provide professionals in the intersecting fields of general education, arts education, special education, and teaching artistry with instructional strategies and techniques that can be applied immediately in the classroom and in other community settings. Check out the agenda led by national and local experts.
https://web.cvent.com/event/1b970df7-6aea-402e-8f8e-57c5ec3525de/websitePage:2706b330-aeb0-4cba-ae66-d36524f11484

Shout out to Aaron Walker-Loud & Big World Breaks! Stop by Seattle Center this weekend to catch them if you can. 🥁

Heads up teaching artists!
Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and is THE WAY to up your skillz in a statewide community of your peers. Interested?

This soulful adaptation of the classic follows a mixed-matched band of characters on a cross-continental journey to find what assurance lies on the other side of adventure! Teen Summer Musical continues its transcendent tradition of community uplift with dynamic dance, infectious songs, and a meaningful message wrapped in the magic of musical theater! Led by a wildly talented cast of 70, this harmonious celebration makes its return to the iconic Benaroya Hall. Produced by Acts On Stage Theatre, Snow Whyte & The Seven promises to be a family favorite and a can’t miss Seattle signature experience!

📅: August 23-25

🎫: seattlesymphony.org/en/benaroyahall/bh-calendar/2023-2024/24teensummermusical

What a lineup for Q***r Youth Pride! This Saturday in the AMP from 3-5pm. 🤩💫🎤🦄

The Creative Advantage has completed it's first ten years of implementation and is now in every Seattle Public School!

Just before the end of the school year, they crisscrossed the district to meet with teachers, principals, community arts partners, institutional leaders, and students to hear about their experiences and goals for arts education.

Read more: artbeat.seattle.gov/2024/06/20/10-years-tca

Image: Kindergarten art at John Muir Elementary

Another school year draws to a close, and The Creative Advantage is planning for the future! 🎨🥁🎭🎤

Seeding the Next 10 Years of The Creative Advantage The Creative Advantage has completed our first ten years of implementation and is now in every Seattle Public School.

✨Join us this Thursday for Nova High School's 22nd Annual Animation Showcase @ Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute.

Are you gallery walking tonight?
Don't miss the opening of COMPLEXITY and a Youth in Focus Showcase at ARTS at King Street Station!
Join us for activations on the King Street Station plaza, only on First Thursday, June 6:
4 - 6 p.m. - Four artists live-paint canvases
5 - 8 p.m. - DJ Supreme La Rock spins
6 p.m. - Remarks in the gallery
Catering provided by Natoncks Metsu.
Learn more: http://seattle.gov/.../arts-at-king.../2023_6-complexity

Book Bingo launches today!
This is the 10th Anniversary of Summer Book Bingo and, to celebrate, The Seattle Public Library + Seattle Arts & Lectures have added a brand new Teen Book Bingo Board!
Find out how to play and download your board - https://lectures.org/community/book-bingo/

📣 The Artists at the Center application is OPEN.
Each year, artists are selected with an equity and social justice lens, ensuring equitable representation for underserved and emerging artists. Artistic genres include music, dance, theater, demonstrations, and multi-disciplinary work. - DUE by June 25
https://seattle.gov/arts/programs/grants/artists-at-the-center?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
"We brought Indigenous culture through music to people of all backgrounds. It was a great show."
— Sondra Cunningham, Khu.éex’

Attend the One Seattle Day of Service Paint Jam at Cal Anderson Park on Saturday, May 18th from 11am- 7pm. There will be live painting, musical performances, a youth activity area, and a community painting wall! 📣🥙💫

Hosted by The Creative Advantage, this day of learning features workshops from The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Rep, and Jet City Improv. The opportunity is FREE and includes dinner and a ticket to that evening's performance of Spring Awakening! Info and registration here - https://www.5thavenue.org/education/classes-resources/professional-development/

Have u heard the news? SPS Summer Music is back! 🎼🎻🥁🎺
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/RW8yji24YAe2pVDc/?mibextid=cR73hX

🎶The SPS Summer Music Program is back this July!🎶

Summer Music allows students—entering grades 5-9 in September, with at least one year of instrumental instruction —to continue their music learning over summer break.

Summer Music will be held July 8-19, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Aki Kurose and Jane Addams middle schools. Students can attend a one or two week session. Scholarships are available!

Get more info and register at: https://buff.ly/4aZynPY

Helpful! ✊🏼🎼🎤🎭🎨🥁

Another POWER-FULL partnership funded by The Creative Advantage! Seattle JazzED teaches ukelele at Beacon Hill International Elementary. LISTEN to these 4th graders! 🎸🤩🤙

Arts access in action: Beacon Hill International x Seattle JazzED Beacon Hill International 'Ukulele Program by Seattle JazzED. Video by Simon Fox.About the Intro to 'Ukulele program (https://www.seattlejazzed.org/music-in-...

Check this out! A new mural in progress with Urban ArtWorks at John Rodgers Elementary! 🎨🔥👏

This is what we love to see. Engaged students sharing their work! Well done Youth Speaks Seattle!

This Thursday at Totem Star! ✨🎤🎹

Class is in session! Welcome to Songwriting Skool with Amy and Mirabai (name pending - if you have a better suggestion we will take it and give you 1 real American dollar! Not kidding.)

We can’t wait to hang out and hear your beautiful creations in-person at Totem Star on Thursday, April 18th from 6:00-7:30 pm!

⭐ ABOUT THE WORKSHOP ⭐
In this, the first of hopefully many songwriting workshops, we will be laying the groundwork with the basics of songwriting as a craft, an art form, and a tool of self expression. We’ll be discussing songwriting process and structure, as well as facilitating writing exercises and group sharing/peer review!

We will also be taking this as an opportunity to gauge interest for future topics of songwriting workshops - Do you want to learn more about lyricism? How to communicate your song with a band/producer? How to use metaphoric devices? Let us know and we’ll incorporate your questions and interests in future workshops!

⭐ HOW DO I JOIN? ⭐

This workshop is open to ages 14-25 at all skill levels and will be a wonderful opportunity to connect with your fellow songwriters in the community!

☑️ RSVP Here: bit.ly/SongSkool

Be there or be square, cause when you’re there, you’re aROUND! (hehe: wordplay.)

Urban ArtWorks at Cleveland HS! 😍✊🎨

Congratulations to Creative Advantage partner Reagan Jackson, co-director of Young Women Empowered (Y-WE). Her new book Still True is out now!

Reagan E.J. Jackson’s ‘Still True’ Is a Snapshot of Seattle During a Decade of Great Change | South Seattle Emerald The week after Jackson’s official book launch at Elliott Bay Book Company, I got her on the phone to discuss what it means to be an unconventional journalist and her thoughts on the current media landscape of Seattle.

Shout out to Creative Advantage Roster partner Kathya Alexander on her new book! Catch her at Third Place Books Seward Park on April 9!

Initiative Measure 2081, also known as the "Parent's Bill of Rights" has passed here in Washington and will become law on June 6. So what is I-2081 and how did this happen? What does this mean for youth rights and protections?
Lavender Rights Project is hosting this conversation: tinyurl.com/wi2081

🚨 Initiative Measure 2081, also known as the "Parent's Bill of Rights" has passed here in Washington and will become law on June 6. So what is I-2081 and how did this happen? What does this mean for youth rights and protections?

We'll be hosting a webinar on Monday, April 22 at 6pm to answer these questions, discuss how we can protect trans youth moving forward, and more. We will also have time for a Q&A. Please register to join us here: tinyurl.com/wi2081

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It's National Poetry Month!
Join Pongo Poetry Project on Wednesday April 10th for Healing Verses 2024, a night full of readings, discussion, and community, honoring the healing power of poetry writing and self-expression. And Pongo is excited to welcome three incredible poets to the event, including: former WA State Poet Laureate Rena Priest; Seattle Youth Poet Laureate, Mateo Acuña; and Cave Canem fellow Quenton Baker.

Get your tickets today 👉 https://buff.ly/3Iiajv0