Aaron Walker-Loud Talks Arts Education
by Art Beat of Seattle.gov Office of Arts & Culture
Aug 14th, 2014
Summary: Aaron Walker has been a huge contributor in the arts scene in schools around Seattle as a "teaching artist" through work with his drum-line. He has also been working with the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture to help pair up artists around Seattle with educators in the Seattle Public Schools.
Relevance: The article discusses The Creative Advantage, which is Seattle’s arts education initiative that aims to restore access to the arts for all students by 2020. Our campaign is to pair the culinary arts with culinary education for school-aged children and their families, thus possibly fitting into this initiative.
Mayos Announces 2015-16 budget; increased investments in arts and culture
by Randy Engstrom Director of Seattle.gov Office of Arts & Culture
Sept 22nd, 2014
Summary: Mayor Ed Murray approved a new budget to increase funding in arts education, public art activation, equity work, etc. Approved further support for arts education funding in partnership with Arts Partner Roster, including an expansion for Music & Career Day to pave career pathways in creative industries for young people.
Relevance: The increased funding by the city and the mayor himself allows the arts culture in Seattle to thrive more, and be able to host and support more events that increase its presence. This is helpful for a culinary arts cause because we can provide culinary education and bring communities together around food, and also teach young people that culinary arts is a path they can also take in the future for a career.
ARTS & ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IV: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NONPROFIT ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR AUDIENCES
by Americans for the Arts
2012 Report
Summary: The report summarizes that 4 million Seattle residents and 1 million nonresidents attend arts related events in the city (for the fiscal year 2010) with spendings of $175.6 million excluding cost of admission to anything. The arts also brought in $17 million to the local Seattle government and created jobs in the arts.
Relevance: By increasing awareness and education around diverse foods and cultures around the world pertaining food, Seattle residents can work together to understand and more openly try different cuisines around the city. This can also lead into bringing in revenue for local restaurants, chefs, and of course the government as well.
Art for Food and Our Fabric Stash join the list of Storefronts success stories!
by Storefronts Seattle
July 15th, 2014
Summary: Imagine Food, formerly known as Art for Food has now become a permanent local business in downtown. This is a food science kitchen where folks young and old can come to take part in teaching dinner series, explore themed dinners, cuisines, and history of food.
Relevance: This type of business rings very close to our project, wanting to educate family members young and old to come together to learn more about cuisines they know or that are completely foreign to them, to bring the community closer together.
March 8th, 2014
Summary: This blog highlights importance and the strides Washington state is taking to educate teens about food and sustainability and bringing teens together through the lens of food. FEEST stands for Food Empowerment Education and Sustainability Team
Relevance: Although this is a blog and not exactly updated news, this specific blog post highlighted an 18 teen girl sharing a recipe from her own culture and how members all cooked together. This is a great example of how we would like to promote culinary education and the culinary arts to bring communities and people together around Seattle.
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