Kent Arts Commission

07/09/2025

Kent's "Music in the Meadow" performances kick off on Thursday, July 10 with Heart By Heart featuring Steve Fossen and Dave Derosier. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs and get ready to rock out to your favorite Heart hits performed by this top notch band featuring two of Heart's original members. We're excited about our NEW location at Morrill Meadows Park, and hope you'll join us. The show starts at 6:30 p.m.

https://www.facebook.com/events/991373379612278

07/02/2025

We are proud to have three of our original Herbert Bayer drawings of Kent's Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Park displayed at the Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies in Aspen, Colorado. They are part of an exhibit called "Sculpting the Environment: The Three-Dimensional Art of Herbert Bayer." The exhibit commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Aspen Institute, and is the most comprehensive investigation to date of Bayer’s exploration of “the total environment."

https://thebayercenter.org/exhibitions/

04/22/2025

Calling all Kent School District artists! The OneKSD Art Contest is open to all students and staff through May 14. Full details can be found at www.kent.k12.wa.us/oneKSDart

04/03/2025

💸 We're excited to share the news about this new funding opportunity for cultural & science nonprofits in King County! 💸

4Culture’s Launch grant program opens this summer, and they’ll be hosting info sessions throughout April to help new and emerging arts, heritage, historic preservation, and science & technology organizations learn more about how to apply.

There is a South King County session coming up on Wed., April 16 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Federal Way Performing Arts Center.

Selected organizations will receive three years of unrestricted general operating support and will also have access to additional capacity-building support services.

Interested? Sign up for a free info session by visiting 4Culture’s website today.

04/02/2025

We're excited to have a new show up in the Centennial Gallery! Award winning photographer Anna Mia Davidson's "American Muslim" exhibit is on display through May 22. Stop by the gallery, weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to see her portrait project focusing on American Muslim women of the millennial/gen-z generations. These artworks are shot through a positive lens, facilitating a deeper understanding to combat negative stereotypes. The Gallery is located at 400 W. Gowe St.

03/13/2025

We are inviting artists to submit qualifications for a public art project at Springwood Park on Kent's East Hill. Check out the full call to artists and link to apply here:

Read more about Springwood Park Public Art on CaFE

03/07/2025

We are proud to host artwork from Grass Lake Elementary students as part of the 2025 Student Art Walk. Stop by the Centennial Center Gallery to check it out. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Kent's annual Student Art Walk takes place throughout March and features the work of 447 students from 17 schools. In addition to the Centennial Gallery, artwork is displayed in businesses throughout downtown Kent, Kent Station, and at accesso ShoWare Center.

03/06/2025

The deadline for submissions to the 2025 Summer Art Exhibit is coming up on March 12 at 10:59 p.m. Washington State based artists, submit your prints, photographs, paintings, and other 2D artworks for consideration. All artworks selected for the juried exhibit are then eligible for City Art Purchase Awards and Kent Arts Commission Exhibit Awards. Deadline is March 12 at 10:59 p.m. The exhibition will be on display from June 4th through August 21, 2025.
Apply here:

Read more about 2025 Kent Summer Art Exhibit on CaFE

02/12/2025

There are less than ten tickets remaining for our next Spotlight Series show on March 14 - singer/songwriter Karla Bonoff. Act fast if you're interested in attending. https://www.KentWa.gov/SpotlightSeries