City Seeks Artists for Centennial Project

The City of Redmond Arts Commission is looking for three to five art groups to build an audience for an inaugural “Redmond Arts Season: TAKE ROOT, BRANCH OUT” event running from December 2011 through May 2012.

Arts groups that can produce, perform or exhibit works of art or provide arts related programs promoting civic understanding among Redmond’s diverse community are eligible to apply. Applicants should submit a letter of intent to the Redmond Arts Commission briefly describing the target audience and project, the group’s past history as a collaborator and interest in the 2012 Redmond Arts Season.

The city’s centennial year is 2012 and many community-wide events and festivities will celebrate Redmond’s pioneering spirit—past, present and future. TAKE ROOT, BRANCH OUT is conceived to explore the changing dimensions of that spirit through art and culture.

The deadline to submit applications is Monday, Sept. 26 at 9 a.m. Electronic applications are preferred but hardcopies delivered by hand, fax or mail will be accepted. Please submit your application in any one of the following ways:

• Email: jmheim@redmond.gov
• Fax: 425-556-2700
• Mail: Joshua Heim
  City of Redmond Parks Dept.
  PO Box 97010; MS: 4NPK
  Redmond, WA 98073-9710
• Hand Deliver: Redmond City Hall
  15670 NE 85th St., 4th Floor Parks
  Redmond, WA 98052
  (Open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

For an application and additional program information, visit www.redmond.gov/arts. If you have questions, contact Joshua Heim, the city’s arts administrator, at 425-556-2316 or jmheim@redmond.gov.

—From a City of Redmond news release