Art, Music and Culture

Take a break from the Green Marketplace and step into a gallery filled with art, music and culture. Immerse yourself in all manner of artistic expression, from music and song to spoken word and storytelling. Plus, indulge your taste buds with a chocolate and coffee pairing. If you feel your creative juices flow, you can even participate in a wide variety of interactive art projects, as you learn about local and global environmental issues we currently face.

Plan your creative schedule at the Art, Music and Culture Stage:

Saturday

12 pm Muckleshoot Tribe- Muckleshoot Canoe Family Program

We are the Muckleshoot Canoe Family. We give praise and thanks to our elders who have preserved our culture, stories and songs. We give praise and thanks to those who have preserved our language; and to those who continue to preserve our language and traditional and cultural way of life. It is always an honor for us to travel with and stand with our brother's and sister's of Tribal Journeys. Thank you.

1 pm  Seattle Folklore Society - Fiddle Jam Session

Bring your instruments and your dancing feet to join in an open "living room" jam of string music. The Williams play hoe downs, reels, waltzes, dance tunes and songs that came to the Pacific Northwest with the pioneers over the Oregon Trail and later immigrants. This dynamic, foot-stomping duo plays acoustic fiddle, guitar, banjo and mandolin - as it was in the old days.

2:30 pm The Art Affect   - Youth Arts Showcase

The Art Affect will host a Youth Arts Showcase featuring music and spoken word poetry performances!

4:30 pm City of Seattle - Environment and the Arts

This exciting program will engage youth to create a piece of art that is reflective of how they perceive environmental issues that are important to them. It will also strive to teach environmental lessons through the creative process and the finished piece of art will be placed somewhere in the City of Seattle for the public to view.

Sunday

12 pm Brian Cisneros – Coffee and Chocolate Pairing

Join Brian Cisneros, founder of the Northwest Chocolate Festival and Northwest Coffee Festival, as he shares his expertise on pairing delicious coffee and chocolate varieties. Sample chocolates and coffees while learning about trade issues in these global products and what you can do to support a Fair Trade market.

1 pm Seattle Folklore Society - Song Circle Singing Session

Active since the 70s, Seattle Song Circle meets every Sunday to swap songs. Participants are invited to sing along, request songs or simply listen. Join the Song Circle and let your singing voice be heard!

2:30 pm  The Art Affect

The Art Affect will host a Youth Arts Showcase showcasing dance, theatre and visual art!

Saturday and Sunday All Day 

The Art Affect   - Interactive Art Projects

The Art Affect will host a booth at which people of all ages will be given the opportunity to participate in the public art projects:

•  Graffiti Wall: A public painting station (people can stop by and use paintbrushes to contribute to the wall)
•  The Oil Map: An interactive art installation showing the global trail of oil (people can see where their oil comes from and gain a better understanding of all the ways that our lives are dependent on oil)
• "Upcycling" Art Project: Recyclables (cans, bottles, etc.) from bins all around the building will be collected to create a huge, collaborative art installation that will be showcased on Sunday at the end of the second arts showcase! We will then tear it apart and recycle everything appropriately!

Melanie Paredes; Pagdiriwang Festival - The Philippine Weave

Woven baskets, artifacts and fabrics of the Philippines

New World Habit - Reusable Cup Campaign

Ditch the disposable cup and pledge a New World Habit - to go reusable!