Slog - Comments on Mayor's Office Grants http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants It's not secret that I am sometimes put out with the choices funders and residencies make when doling out awards. So it's only fair that I praise the Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs for announcing their awards to what sound like some promising projects: Awards include $5,000 to Jennifer Zeyl [of Washington Ensemble Theatre] to direct Hedda: Blah, Blah, Bang, a reconstruction of Hedda Gabler, a classic Henrik Ibsen play; $8,500 to William Smith to compose, record and present Jazzopera, a lecture-performance combining elements of classical music and jazz; $2,600 to Elspeth Savani Macdonald to present a concert... Copyright 2008 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:14:06 -0800 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:36:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Josh Feit Don't let Mayor Nickels say he never gets good Slog.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754270 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754270 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:40:35 -0800 Comment by monkey I'm still tired of him.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754278 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:49:02 -0800 Comment by u.s. grant Did the guys from "Awesome" get a grant too?

I'll forgive you for ignoring puppets if you say yes.

]]> u.s. grant http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754312 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:34:39 -0800 Comment by COMTE Aw c'mon guys, it's not like Mayor Gridlock hand-picked these projects; he might perform some sort of prefunctory sign-off on the selections presented to him by A&CA, but I'd be surprised if his involvement in the selection process amounted to anything more than that.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754319 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:38:27 -0800 Comment by zeyl Awesome got 5 Gs for their fall show which will open at PICA September 8th. Aaaaaaaaaand I'm directing that show.

]]> zeyl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754326 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754326 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:42:28 -0800 Comment by tamara Yay Haruko!!!!!!!!!! Yay WET!

& Do you know if that William Smith is the UW clarinet/Stuart Dempster collaborator guy?

]]> tamara http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754333 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:47:36 -0800 Comment by guy with a fake clarinet Yep, aka Bill Smith, William O. Smith. He played at Stuart's birthday party at Town Hall last year.

]]> guy with a fake clarinet http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754354 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:06:07 -0800 Comment by tamara Yay that too then.

]]> tamara http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754398 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:10:40 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I like the Arch grant at Gasworks.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754420 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754420 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:37:24 -0800 Comment by bruno Where can we see the full list of grantees?

]]> bruno http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754840 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c754840 Arts Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:28:27 -0800 Comment by Lori Patrick You may see a full list of 2007 CityArtist grantees on the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Web site http://www.seattle.gov/arts/funding/individual_partners.asp:

]]> Lori Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c757200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c757200 Arts Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:38:33 -0800 Comment by Lori Patrick Oops. The Web link in my previous posting was incorrect. An extra character crept in. You can find the full list of 2007 CityArtists here http://www.seattle.gov/arts/funding/individual_partners.asp

]]> Lori Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c757247 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/mayors_office_grants#c757247 Arts Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:36:32 -0800