Welcome to Seattle Center
sweetwaterdances explores how water functions as a conduit for memory keeping. We are co-creating a sort of memory ritual that connects us to both a past-present-future and the potential of other realms. Water historically has been a space of duality: trauma and liberation, escaping and spirituality. sweetwaterdances is an experiment on recalling and preserving memories that connect us and brings forth space-time-histories into a conversation in a contemporary moment. Its building and washing away, to re-build. In a way water becomes an ancient ancestor that has witness/ed and hold us.
Artists / Collaborators:
marco farroni leonardo
Nia-Amina Minor
Akoiya Harris
Mary Sigward
Olivia Anderson
Artists At the Center is a multi-year collaboration between Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle Center, with support from Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition and the communities adjacent to Seattle Center campus. The project is made possible by a 10-year grant from Climate Pledge Arena and Seattle Kraken.
Join us as we introduce emerging and established artists and celebrate their talent on a newly revitalized Seattle Center campus. Artists are given a performance opportunity, allowing them to connect with new audiences, display their talents and advance their careers. Visitors to campus and the surrounding neighborhood benefit from surprising and delightful pop-up performances throughout the year. Each year, artists are selected with an equity and social justice lens, ensuring equitable representation for underserved and emerging artists. Artistic genres include music, dance, theater, demonstrations, and multi-disciplinary work.
