Massive Kick-Off Event October 3rd at Fisher Pavillion: 11:00-2:00
Free Nights: Every Thursday in October*see details below
Family Day: Every Saturday in October
Date Nights: 2-for-1 admission or discount ticket offers every Tuesday and Friday in October
Seattle,WA –Engage your senses this October with ARTS CRUSH. All month long Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) challenges residents and visitors around Puget Sound to “GET CRUSHED” with hundreds and hundreds of special one-time arts events, discounts and free activities. Currently over 150 arts organizations from all arts disciplines have signed up to participate in a variety of ways, and more groups are expected to join in the coming weeks.
2010 marks the inaugural year of ARTS CRUSH, a festival that grew out of TPS’s highly successful Live Theatre Week (LTW) program. Given that the ARTS CRUSH festival is rooted in the theatre community, the majority of participants do come from the regional theaters. However, TPS has received hundreds of entries from the literary, film, dance, music and visual arts communities. Museums, galleries, public art spaces, clubs, public transportation stations, shopping malls, parks, community centers, movie houses and even restaurants and bookstores have all signed on to host events. ARTS CRUSH will be everywhere!
While the vast majority of arts organizations come from the Seattle area, there are over dozens of groups from theEastside, at least 40 groups from Tacoma and Pierce County, and more than 50 other groups stretching from the South near Olympia to the North past Edmonds and west toward the Islands and Olympic Peninsula.
Spotlighting a different arts discipline each week, the festival features opportunities to participate in:
* Free Special Events Include: open rehearsals, open houses, guided tours, public parties, participatory workshops, meet-the-artist events.
* Through Site-Specific Work ARTS CRUSH will stimulate organic collaboration among creative disciplines and the business community - bringing music to galleries, theatre to cafes, art to vacant spaces, dance to the streets.
* With Public Art Works Arts Crush reawakens the senses and invites people to participate in the act of making art through large community driven events that culminate in the creation of a new work or performance.
A complete list of participating organizations and events for ARTS CRUSH 2010 will appear on www.artscrush.org over Labor Day Weekend. The printed guide of activities will appear in the Sept 29 edition of the Seattle Weekly.
ARTS CRUSH reaches people in unique ways; through hands-on participation, once-a-year glimpses behind the scenes, and surprise arts experiences in unexpected places. In addition, ARTS CRUSH extends an open invitation to sample the abundance of arts and culture in our region by adopting creative pay-what-you will or discounted fee structures for traditional arts experiences.
A Tiny Taste of the Hundreds of Special FREE Arts Events in the Works:
DANCE + MUSIC
10/3: 5pm - Samba Olywa Open Rehearsal
The Loft on Cherry – Olympia
Join in the drumming and dancing of Samba Olywa, long time participants in the Procession of the Species. Join us as we learn and share the moves and grooves inspired by Brazilian carnival. No experience necessary. Come ready to move, with sensible shoes and your own water. Ear plugs, and some instruments are provided.
10/30: 4pm - DASSdance: Brella dance-a-thon
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center (outdoor parking lot) - 104 17th Ave. S. – Seattle
A dance-filled evening with a live salsa band, latin dance lessons, and a sneak preview of DASSdance's upcoming 10th anniversary production, Innovation of Affection with choreographer Selfick Ng Simancas
BOOKS
10/11-10/16: 10am – 10pm - The Novel: Live! By Seattle7Writers
Richard Hugo House – Seattle
36 Authors. 6 Days. 1 Blockbuster Novel. The Novel: Live! is a fun, exciting, and dramatic performance art piece in which a full-length novel will be written before your very eyes!
BOOKS + THEATRE
10/12: 7pm - How to Suffer for a Story with Brendan Kiley
826 Seattle - 8414 Greenwood Ave N
During his years at the Stranger, Brendan Kiley has done and suffered some unpleasant things. He has killed and butchered rabbits in his bathtub, been doused with pepper spray at the Republican National Convention (after showing his press credentials to police), gotten lost in the woods at night with a pack of wild coyotes, and turned his bare ass over to a professional dominatrix. In this one-night-only class, Brendan will discuss turning pain into prose.
DANCE + VISUAL ART
10/29 & 10/30: 7pm - Christy Fisher Dance: BEAM: A Movement Installation
Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts Community Room - 115 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle
Accompanied by Garrett Fisher 's ethereal score and 1 beam of light, 3 dancers will explore dichotomies of dark/light; seen/unseen. What parts of ourselves do we reveal or expose? What parts do we hide? The public is invited to enter into the meditative, reflective space at any point during the 2 hour performance.
DANCE
10/30: 6:30 pm - "Reading Dance" Lecture with Eva Stone
Black Box Theater, Edmonds Community College – Edmonds
This engaging lecture/demonstration format includes dancers from The Stone Dance Collective and Artistic Director Eva Stone. The lecture demystifies and reveals the creative process of how contemporary dance is made. Audience members will discover the type of movement language contemporary dance uses, learn how a dance piece is formed, participate in interactive dance activities and be able to ask questions of the choreographer and dancers.
10/8: 12:15 & 1pm - Merce Cunningham minEvent Gallery Performance
Cornish College of the Arts Main Gallery, 1000 Lenora St - Seattle
Cornish Dance Theater performs a minEvent by choreographer Merce Cunningham , with music by John Cage performed live by the Cornish Music Indeterminacy Ensemble. The performances are in conjunction with the visual art exhibit " Cunningham in the Northwest", featuring archival materials and contemporary work by Seattle artists Trimpin and Barbara Robertson.
10/28: 8pm - The Dybbuk: An Open Rehearsal
Spectrum Dance Theater - 800 Lake Washington Blvd.
A glimpse into the creative process behind Music of Remembrance and Spectrum Dance Theater’s artistic collaboration. Based on S. Ansky's play of the same name, Artistic Director Donald Byrd will set a new dance theater piece to the original 1922 incidental music. The night includes an informal Q&A with Donald Byrd and Spectrum dancers.
VISUAL ART
10/8: 12pm – 2010 Soil Auction Preview
Seattle Design Center - 5701 6th Avenue South #366
A preview of more than 50 works donated from local artists for the 2010 Soil Auction. SOIL is an experimental venue for artists and curators to exhibit, develop, and advance innovative art of diverse media and content.
THEATRE
10/23: 2pm – Cause It’s Art “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves”
Location TBA
A two woman show, presenting the inspiring life stories of eight African American women: Ida B. Wells , Fannie Lou Hammer , Bessie Coleman, Josephine Baker , Mae Jemison , Mamie Till , Madam C.J. Walker and Zora Neale Hurston . This show is meticulously researched and blends historical accuracy with theatrical flair.
10/21: 7pm – “A Midsummer Night's Dream” Open Rehearsal
The Ballard Underground/Ghost Light Theatricals - 2220 NW Market Street, Seattle
A rehearsal of William Shakespeare’s classic tale of confusion, love, fantasy and transformation. Directed by Rob Bergquist with productions running from November 5-21, 2010.
10/23: 2pm - Leadership Under Fire - Workshop
Wing-it Productions - 5510 University Way NE, Seattle
Learn the skills of improvisation, and how to use those skills of teamwork, communication and creativity to adapt and change.
MUSIC
10/25: 7:30pm - Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal
Mountlake Terrace High School: 21801 44th Ave. W. - Mountlake Terrace
In preparation for their November 1 concert at Edmonds Center for the Arts.
FAMILY + MUSIC
10/16: 1pm – Flash Mob
Location TBA
A cooperative effort with Rainier Youth Choirs, Pacific Ballroom Dance & Rainier Chorale. Spontaneous fun.
FAMILY + VISUAL ART
10/16: 12pm - Beyond Crayons & Finger Painting
B2 Fine Art Gallery / Studio: 711 St. Helens Avenue, Suite 100 – Tacoma
A youth group exhibition and hands-on art community workshop.
10/16: 3pm - Art Exploration - Art on the Ridge
8005 Greenwood Ave N – Seattle
Children will be able to participate in a free class on Art Exploration. Materials and techniques will be explored in a non-stop fun way, while learning about specific classic masters.
10/10: 12:30pm - Edmonds Arts Commission: Creating a Quilted Fence
Artist Marita Dingus leads a community art quilting project out of recycled materials.
FAMILY + VISUAL ART + BOOKS
10/10 – 10/16: - Poetry Clothesline at the Bottom of the Sound
Olympia Ave. near Chestnut Street: Olympia
A week-long interactive art installation for all ages. All are invited to write poems on the available waterproof paper and hang them on clotheslines strung between the trees along the walking trail at the bottom of the sound. The week ends with a poetry reading of all submitted work.
FAMILY + MUSIC + BOOKS
10/4 – 10/9: 12:30pm - Inside the Music: In a Box With a Flashlight
Pilot Books - 219 Broadway E, Seattle
Explore art and classical music with a flashlight! What!?! The only light in the box of art comes from the flashlight you bring with you. Voiceparts and music play in the background. Recommended age 8 and higher.
*How to get the FREE STUFF:
1) Attend the Kick-Off Fair: October 3rd: 11 – 2pm
Meet ARTS CRUSH sponsors and participants. Catch free performances by Caspar Babypants and more. Pick up an event guide. Take advantage of special one-day discount offers from over 60 regional arts groups, and most importantly be first in line to pre-register for “Free Night” tickets before the on-line web registration goes live at 6pm on October 4th!
2) Log on to www.artscrush.org on October 4 at 6pm
That’s when anyone that was not at the kick off event can sign up to receive the remaining free tickets that have been offered.
3) Pick up the Printed Guide in the Seattle Weekly on Sept 29
This complete guide will list everything going during ARTS CRUSH. It will also detail instructions on when and how to receive free passes for non-ticketed or “admission based” venues. Each venue sets its own free offer guidelines. Code words, time constraints, or restricted days may apply depending on the venue. Details are available in the ARTS CRUSH Guide which is also available at coffee shops, community centers and libraries throughout the region or online at www.artscrush.org
Over Live Theatre Week’s five year history it engaged more than 12,000 people in the arts and hosted an average of 90 free events and performances each year. LTW managed an extensive marketing campaign and community outreach initiative. In 2009, the LTW campaign reached more than 2 million people and directly engaged over 4,000 participants at free performances, special events and Family Day. With the massively expanded 2010 ARTS CRUSH scope, TPS expects those numbers to skyrocket.
The ARTS CRUSH goals are to:
- Build awareness of, and new audiences for, our region’s arts organizations and artists.
- Encourage and facilitate the cultivation of community while strengthening neighborhoods.
- Provide access to underserved populations and extend invitations to infrequent arts attendees.
- Celebrate the arts and their presence and impact in our everyday lives.
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