ARTS at King Street Station Materials
Call for 2027 ARTS at King Street Station Exhibitions
We invite individual artists, curators, organizations, and community-based groups to propose 2027 exhibitions for our cultural space and gallery, ARTS at King Street Station. This call is for exhibitions and related programming only. We are not accepting standalone performance-based work through this call.
Up to $20,000 is available for creative worker wages and project expenses.
Please read the full guidelines for this call.
You are eligible to apply for funding if you meet the following criteria:
- You are an individual artist, curator, organization, or community-based group located in and with a strong connection to the city and that regularly presents work in Seattle.
- You are part of an organization or are an individual artist representing communities most impacted by systemic oppression. Persons that are low-income, people with disabilities, immigrant and refugee communities, and communities of color are encouraged to apply.
You are not eligible for this funding if:
- Your project directly sells materials, posts prices, and/or has ticket sales. All programs must be presented free of charge to the public.
Guidelines and Translations
Please read the full guidelines for this call. They are also available in:
Apply online through Submittable.
If you don’t have computer or internet access or would like to discuss alternative ways of applying, please contact James Coley, King Street Station Program Lead, at 206-684-4186 or James.Coley@seattle.gov.
Due Date
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, 5 PM Pacific
You must submit your application by this date and time. Please give yourself enough time to finish it. We won’t accept applications submitted after this deadline.
We recommend you submit your application at least a few days to a week before closing to account for any upload errors or system overload on the closing date.
This timeline is subject to change:
- Sept. 29, 2026, 5 PM Pacific: Application closes.
- Winter 2026: ARTS at King Street Station Advisors review applications according to the evaluation criteria. Recommendations for funding are reviewed by OAC leadership.
- December 2026: Applicants are notified of funding decisions.
- January 2027: Contracting with awardees.
- April–December 2027: Exhibitions take place at ARTS at King Street Station.
Selection
The ARTS at King Street Station Advisors work with our staff to ensure that the programming at ARTS at King Street Station centers racial equity, represents and welcomes diverse communities, and showcases many creative disciplines. Advisors review and evaluate applications according to the program eligibility and criteria and recommend applications to move forward in the process.
Join a virtual information session to learn more about this opportunity and how to submit your best application. We highly encourage first-time applicants to attend.
Session 1
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, 4-5 PM
RSVP to Aug. 26
Session 2
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, 3-4 PM
RSVP to Sept. 1
Session 3
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, Noon-1 PM
RSVP to Sept. 15
Session 4
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, Noon-1 PM
RSVP to Sept. 22
Supplemental Documents
You can use this document to draft your application responses: Application Preview for ARTS at King Street Station Exhibitions
Manage Your Award
Manage your award through the City's grant platform, Fluxx.
Contact the project manager for this grant or program if you have any questions.
All dates are before your exhibition opening:
- 4 months - Communications materials outlined in your contract. Send to your project manager
- 3 months - Curatorial meeting. Contact your project manager to schedule an appointment with them and the Assistant Curator.
- 2 months - Exhibition layout proposal
- 1 month - Exhibition locked down. No more changes will be accepted.
- Submit your W9 securely
- Download our logo - Important Note: the ampersand (&) is part of our brand identity: Office of Arts & Culture. Also, please use "ARTS at King Street Station" in your materials, not "King Street Station," "KSS," or any other variations.
- Final Report Questions for Grantees
You are the best person to reach your networks and all the people who are most interested in your work. We've seen the best results when artists promote themselves and their events on their own channels, e.g. your own social accounts, email lists, networking, and word of mouth.
Social Media
- Like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram. Also, be sure you’re signed up for our email newsletter.
- Post about your event and tag us. We'll get notified and can boost as our capacity allows.
- The sooner you tell your project manager about your event, the more likely we’ll be able to fit it into our editorial calendar.
- If you have promo materials, please remember to send anything you've produced (flyers, posters, promo graphics, etc.) to your project manager. These items should all include the Office of Arts & Culture name and/or logo.
We recommend posting on social and circulating these items at least two weeks prior to your event to increase awareness and attendance.
Press Releases and Press Kits
Press releases inform the media about you and your event and can inspire them to publish a calendar listing or even cover the event. Many smaller publications will print releases verbatim if they are written well enough.
Press kits provide useful background information for the media when they write previews or reviews of your event. They can take awhile to assemble, so maybe only create them for larger events that media are confirmed to attend.
Search the internet for a description and walkthough of how to write a press release and create a press kit.
The guidance and resources provided by staff helped me navigate the complexities of producing a large-scale multimedia exhibit. This built my confidence as an artist. I learned more about my own presentation style and how to effectively communicate my artistic vision. — Zabia Colovos