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11.17.2009 2010 Performer Applications Now Available
2010 performer applications are now available! Read on to find out how you can be a part of next year’s Bumbershoot.
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09.07.2009 Seattle Weekly Bumbershoot Reverb: Chris Jordan
Seattle Weekly shines a light on the work of photographer Chris Jordan and his show at Bumbershoot!
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09.04.2009 The Seattle Times: Kerfuffle and the World's Conundrum
The Seattle Times shares the beautiful way Kerfuffle addresses environmental issues with artistic expression.
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09.03.2009 Seattle Weekly and Bumbershoot's Art Bounty
Seattle Weekly highlight the bountiful amount of art at Bumbershoot and Greg Lundgren’s Dada Economics.
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09.03.2009 Metblogs Seattle Measures Bumbershoot Arts
Metblogs Seattle shares their insight into the variety of arts programming at Bumbershoot!
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09.03.2009 Seattle Magazine Must-See Many at Bumbershoot
Seattle Magazine shares their list of must-see acts at Bumbershoot including performer Reggie Watts and more.
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09.01.2009 Find the Depth in Flatstock Posters!
Hero Design remind BumberFans to stop by Flatstock 22 to talk with some the artists behind all the innovative poster artwork.
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08.25.2009 Today's Fresh Links: Black Joe Lewis, Three Inches of Blood, Champagne Champagne and more!
Champagne Champagne party with the people, 3 Inches of Blood share new music, Black Joe Lewis shares his musical story and more in today’s Fresh Links.
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07.21.2009 Daniel Smith Nominated for Grant for Change
For the last three years, Daniel Smith has organized a series of cross-cultural poster shows for Bumbershoot. Now Daniel has been nominated to win Nauâs $10,000 Grant for Change and you can help!
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06.16.2009 Wall-to-Wall Bumbershoot!
Your festival. Your backard… Bumbershoot 2009 reaches the walls of Easy Street’s Queen Anne location.
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06.12.2009 Ty Blue's Insider Look at Bumbershoot: June 8-12
Ty Blue posts his Insider insight on being King for a day, and recommends Noise for the Needy as an early Bumbershoot pre-funk.
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06.11.2009 The Mayor's Arts Award recipients announced... save the date to celebrate!
Save the date! Mayor Greg Nickels will honor the recipients of the 2009 Mayor’s Arts Award in an outdoor ceremony at noon on Friday, September 4 at Seattle Center’s Northwest Court.
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06.11.2009 PopMatters Offers Up Bumbershoot's Visual Arts News
PopMatters take a look at Bumbershoot’s Visual Arts program for 2009.
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06.10.2009 Get Ready for Bumbershoot's Visual Arts!
Art is everywhere… Seattle has amazing art museums, galleries and is even home to a beautiful sculpture park. But we don’t stop there. Art appears on the side of buildings… covering cars… even the doodle you did on your notepad the other day is your take on artistic expression (some of your finest work, by the way). True to the city, Bumbershoot abounds with art both in classic gallery settings as well as unique site-specific installations and spontaneous artistic expressions.
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09.09.2008 PooBahSpiel's Bumbershoot In Comics
Check out this artist’s depiction of Bumbershoot, complete with quirky cartoons and visual metaphors abound!
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09.02.2008 Payvand's Perspectives on The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show
Head there to read the impressions of the show from its two curators.
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08.22.2008 Songs for Eating and Drinking
This project is a collaboration between table guru Michael Hebberoy, and renowned photographer/director Chase Jarvis. Hatched from Hebberoyâs underground ONE POT dinners, and documented with Jarvisâ unmistakable eye, Songs For Eating and Drinking is the bringing together of the worldâs most talented musicians and letting them share songs, food, and drink. Many a musical career starts with small audiences, impromptu performances, and late night mutterings. These soulful and spirited evenings are a return to those days.
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06.12.2008 Bumbershoot's visual arts
What's cooler than over 250 scheduled events in 20 unique venues? The fact that Bumbershoot is WAY more than performances on stages! Duh. There's no such thing as down time at Bumbershoot, friends. Here is more bad-ass stuff you can pack into your Labor Day weekend, letting you walk away each night feeling totally cultured:
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11.13.2007 2008 Bumbershoot Applications Available Now
Attention musicians, visual artists, writers, dancers, filmmakers, thespians, performance artists, crafters, and restaurateurs!! Want to showcase your talent at next year’s Festival? 2008 Bumbershoot applications are available now online. Visit bumbershoot.org/apply.htm for more information including upcoming application deadlines. Apply soon, or you might miss your big break!
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08.30.2007 Third Places at Bumbershoot!
Instant Coffee is installing nooks at Bumbershoot where people can meet and talk. Read more about this new idea at Seattle Weekly!
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08.24.2007 A Blog by the Oliver Family
Today’s featured blog comes from the Oliver Family. The Olivers of Capitol Hill are an eclectic bunch: dad Mike fixes antique clocks, mom Carol is working on the 787 for Boeing, son Nigel helps run the local Greenpeace office, and Pete will be a freshman at Nova next year. The youngest girls, Syd and Mary, are just chillin’ out this summer and are excited to be doing such fun art with the rest of their family.
The Olivers have finished all 63 assignments from Miranda July’s Learning to Love You More online art project. The entire collection can be seen at Bumbershoot in the Northwest Rooms, 11 AM – 8 PM daily.
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08.15.2007 2007 Mayor's Arts Awards Ceremony
2007 Mayor’s Arts Awards Ceremony and
Bumbershoot Visual Arts Opening
Noon, Friday, August 31
Northwest Court at Seattle Center
Mayor Greg Nickels will honor the 2007 recipients at an awards ceremony at noon on Friday, August 31 at Seattle Center’s Northwest Court. The outdoor ceremony will feature award presentations, followed by the official opening of Bumbershoot’s Visual Arts Exhibits, which is free and open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. that same day. For more information about the ceremony and this year’s recipients, visit the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs website.
The Mayor’s Arts Awards are presented by the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs in partnership with Bumbershoot and primary media sponsor Encore Media Group, the magazine proudly serving performing arts organizations throughout the Puget Sound. Media support is also provided by Seattle Magazine and Seattle Channel.
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07.07.2007 Full Lineup! Discount Tickets! Music Preview!
Following a series of MAJOR teasers, we are finally unleashing the complete lineup for the 2007 Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival. That's right, music, visual arts, comedy, literary arts, film, performance, dance, theater, and special installations all for your planning pleasure. From film director John Sayles and performance artist Taylor Mac to pop icon Fergie and SNL veterans Janeane Garofalo and Fred Armisen, Bumbershoot will surely satisfy the widest of artistic tastes.
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