News & Stories
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 … We 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 the full article at the link below. Read the article on Art Beat…
Arts Education is a Student Right!
March is Arts Education Month and we’re inspired by CreateCA’s campaign demanding that every student has access to arts education. The Creative Advantage was founded on that premise and over a decade, we’ve made a lot of progress. Learn more by reading the full article at the link below. Read the article on Art Beat…
Over 500 Students Attend Creative Economy Career Day 2024
Creative Economy Career Day is a free, annual, one-day educational program by the City of Seattle Office of Economic Development and Office of Arts & Culture providing a learning opportunity for young people, ages 14-24, by giving them free, direct access to Creative Industry professionals through networking, experiential learning, engaging workshops, education and industry vendor tabling, and performance. Participants are…
Seattle Public Schools and the Office of Arts & Culture expand The Creative Advantage to Nine New Seattle Schools
Seattle Public Schools (SPS) in partnership with the Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) is expanding The Creative Advantage program into the Whitman K-12 Pathway. Read more about it at the link below. Read the full article on Art Beat…
ARTS Welcomes Rayna Mathis, Seattle Public Schools Creative Advantage Project Manager!
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) in its partnership with Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is pleased to welcome Rayna Mathis, the new SPS Creative Advantage project manager. Read the full article at the link below. Read the full article at Art Beat…
The Creative Advantage Summer Institute Success
On August 18, more than 125 community arts educators and teachers flooded into the Seattle Art Museum to attend The Creative Advantage Summer Institute … The Creative Advantage Implementation Team is beyond grateful to kick off the school year in the company of all the arts leaders who collaborated and attended, making the day a rousing success. Read more at…
Anh Sy Seattle Youth Employment Program (SYEP) Intern Explores The Creative Advantage Summer Online Arts
The Creative Advantage Online Arts videos were created as a swift pivot in response to COVID-19, with goals to support students and families during school closures, as well as to support teaching artists who had been contracted to lead school day residencies. CAOA includes videos of diverse teaching styles and artistic disciplines as teaching artists share tutorials on breakdancing, paper…
A Recap of The Creative Advantage’s Artful Solidarity for Arts Education
After 2 long, challenging years, The Creative Advantage hosted its first in-person event for Seattle Public School teachers and community arts partners on Saturday, April 30, at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). Read the full article to learn more. Read the full article on Art Beat…
Student murals honoring the history of Rainier Beach High School
This March Urban ArtWorks piloted a new program at Rainier Beach High School, working with three of their Theory of Knowledge (TOK) classes. Teacher Steven Miller reached out to Urban Artworks, through the Community Arts Partners Roster, with this project idea, wanting to provide his TOK classes with the opportunity to create actual art and produce 3-6 murals at Rainier…