$10,000 Awarded for Music in Seattle Parks

Seattle, Wash.

Photo at right: Pasquale, a Seattle Parks busker, plays music in Westlake Park. Photo by James Whetzel

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu announced at the beginning of December that Seattle Parks and Recreation is one of 917 organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant.

Seattle Parks is the recipient of $10,000 to help support the Seattle Busker Program, which started in 2007. Each spring Seattle Parks auditions and pays a variety of artists to perform in downtown parks in order to make the parks livelier and more welcoming throughout the spring and summer months.

The grant will be used to enhance this program with support for the City of Seattle Office of Film and Music’s The City of Music initiative.

To learn more about the NEA, go to: http://www.arts.gov

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