Arts & Culture

The Artist-in-Residence program stimulates cultural vibrancy in the parks of Downtown Redmond and challenges residents to become an active participant in civic life and cultural advocacy.

Meet our 2020-2021 Artist-In-Residence

Xaviera Vandermay

Our new Artist-in-Residence Xaviera Vandermay is Director and Principal Choreographer of 3rd Shift Dance, a professional contemporary jazz dance company based in Seattle, WA and currently in residence at YAW Theater with summer projects including a music video project with Whitney Mongé  and back-up dancing for a reunited Flymoon Royalty. 

More information about her work can be found on the 3rd Shift Dance Facebook page.

 Opens a New Window. Meet Our Poet Laureate

Raul Sánchez

The City of Redmond is proud to announce the 2019-2021 Poet Laureate, Raul Sánchez. 

Established in 2008, the Poet Laureate program produces a variety of programming and community engagement opportunities offered to Redmond residents and visitors. The Redmond Poet Laureate Program builds a more literate and understanding community through poetry and the literary arts by broadening awareness of poetry and expressing the spirit of Redmond culture through poetry. 

Our new Poet Laureate, Raul Sánchez immigrated to the United States from Mexico in 1979 and has been living in the region since the mid-1990’s. His poems have been published in many print and on-line publications and his first book was nominated for the 2013 Washington State Book Award for Poetry. In addition, he teaches poetry through Seattle Arts & Lectures Writers in the Schools program, PONGO Teen Writing, and Yakima Community College. 

Mr. Sánchez penned this special poem as a gift to the City of Redmond, enjoy reading it here. 

The Poet Laureate program was established by ordinance 2444 to produce a variety or programming and community engagement opportunities for Redmond residents and visitors.

Past Poet Laureates

Learn about Past Poet Laureate

Calls for Artists

2020 Redmond Art Season Grants 

Congratulations to our 2020 Redmond Art Season Grant recipients: afrose ahmed, Centro Cultural Mexicano, Redmond High School’s Latinos Unidos Club, APex, Redmond Association of Spokenword, SecondStory Repertory, Semilla Flamenca, Tasveer, Tifa Tomb, Vedic Cultural Center, and Wolfberry Studio! To find out more about their projects, check out our calendar. 

2020 Redmond Art Season Grants is now cosed. We will open this grant November 2020 for the 2021 cycle.

Frequently Asked Questions for the Redmond Arts Season Grants

Jobs

The City of Redmond is looking for enthusiastic instructors who love to teach people of all ages. Do you enjoy teaching children, adults, and seniors? If so, you will want to keep reading! We welcome all types of instructors to apply.

These are part-time supplemental positions with varying hours. Classes occur year-round, 0-15 hours per week, and will be scheduled for morning, evening and weekends. This position is limited to a maximum of 1040 hours per year.

To find out more information and see the full job description, please apply online.

City of Redmond offers a collection of fine art classes, dedicated to providing high-quality, fine art instruction, through our Redmond Arts Studio program. Please visit our activities page for more information.