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Shunpike is excited to announce the next installment of their successful Accountability & the Arts series. "Online Marketing Fundamentals" will be held Monday, September 29th at 7pm in the Seattle Center House in Room 311. This session will offer advice about marketing the arts effectively with the many communications tools available online, featuring Erin West, VP of Arts Marketing at Pop.

Accountability & the Arts: Online Marketing Fundamentals

This month is the next installment of our Accountability & the Arts series. Online Marketing Fundamentals will be held Monday, September 29th at 7pm in the Seattle Center House in Room 311. This session will offer advice about marketing the arts effectively with the many communications tools available online, featuring Erin West, VP of Arts Marketing at Pop.

Accountability & the Arts:
Online Marketing Fundamentals
Monday September 29th, 2008 @ 7pm
Seattle Center House - 3rd Floor - Room 311
Free and open to the public.
RSVPs appreciated but not required
programs@shunpike.org

Party with Shunpike on September 18!

Come party with your fellow Shunpikers, at the first ever Shunpike Artist Celebration! This event is a great opportunity to meet the many amazing artists, audience members, supporters, funders, friends, and associates that make up the growing community of Shunpike. Beer will provided free of charge, thanks to our generous sponsor, Georgetown Brewing Company (wine and cocktails will also be available for purchase at the no-host bar). Join us!

Shunpike Artist Celebration
Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 8pm
Sole Repair Shop (1001 East Pike, Seattle, WA 98122)
Contact info@shunpike.org for an E-vite invitation

Partner Artists: Upcoming Events

Memory War Theater Project presents work created under compulsion, through Sep 6. More info on their website.

Choreographer Allison Van Dyke's, The SNOW Project premieres in Seattle Sep 18 - 26 at Larimore Project. More info on their website.

Balagan Theatre presents the first show of its 2008-2009 season, Search and Destroy, through Sept 13. Set against the flashy and promise-filled 1980s, this fall from grace is a raw exposure of the human thirst for satisfaction.

Live Girls! Theater presents June Carter Cash Project, featuring three one-act plays from local writers inspired by iconic songstress June Carter Cash, Sep 12 - Oct 4.

theater simple presents The Snow Queen: Gerda's Journey, thru Sep 13, a theatrical park adventure based on their award-winning adaptation of The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen. Traveling through King County parks and Bumbershoot. More info on their website.

Backwards Ensemble Theatre Company will hold a fundraiser auction and gala, Circus Soiree, Sep 27 at Freehold. More info on their website.

Seattle Poetry Slam takes place weekly, Wednesday nights (Moving to Spitfire Grill as of Sep 10!) More information is available at the website.

People's Republic of Komedy presents several regular shows including LaffHole Wednesdays at Re-Bar, Making Strangers Laugh at the Mars Bar, and Lo-Ball at Live Girls! Theater, and several more. More info on their website.

Crawl Space Gallery presents Home Field Advantage, by member artist Matt Browning, September 13 - October 12. More info on their website.

Youth Speaks Seattle hosts a monthly all-ages open mic, 3rd Sunday of each month at Cafe Allegro.

Sustainable Organizations: Upcoming Events

Theater Schmeater presents The White Devil, Sep 12 - Oct 4. Click here for more info.

Annex Theatre presents their monthly cabaret, Spin the Bottle, Friday, Sep 10.

Seattle Public Theatre presents The War Party, Sep 26 - Oct 19. Click here for more info.

Second Story Repertory presents Private Lives, Sep 5 - 27. Click here for more info.

Shunpike was recognized in Seattle Weekly's "Best of Seattle" Issue for 2008. John Longenbach's short profile grants us the honorary title, "Best Friend to Emerging Artists".

A short sample: "Most fringe theaters and small art galleries don't die because of their amateurish artistic work, but from their amateurish paper work. That's why The Shunpike is so valuable."

Read the article here.

Welcome new Partner Artists!

The Partner Artist fiscal sponsorship program accepts new projects and organizations quarterly. Next round applications due September 8. More info available on our website.

The most recent round of new projects and organizations came aboard recently. We're excited to introduce them:

• People's Republic of Komedy
  
• Pretty Girls, produced by Marked Women
  
• VIM Theater
  
• Backwards Ensemble Theatre Company
  
• Female Faces of War, produced by Wild Iris Media
  

Save the Dates! Shunpike Fall Events.

This fall will bring three opportunities to join us for an event. Next month, Shunpike introduces its first quarterly celebration on Thursday, September 18. Come meet all of the amazing artists, volunteers, partners, supporters, and other arts groups that help make our community.

Shunpike Celebration
Thursday, Sep 18; 8 PM

The Accountability in the Arts free seminar series continues in September.
Monday, Sep 29; 7 PM

A re-made annual fundraiser approaches:
Annual Shunpike Fundraiser Event
Saturday, November 8

More information to come...

Partner Artists: Upcoming Events

Renata Friedman's production of The K of D, directed by Braden Abraham, open through Aug 9. The K of D begins one hot, sticky summer in a lonely corner of Ohio when the local teenagers begin to note some startling occurrences around their small town. More info on their website.

Absurd Reality Theatre presents Angels in America, Part I: Millenium Approaches, through Aug 9. More info on their website.

Implied Violence presents Our Summary in Sequence, Aug 8,9,15, and 16. More info on their website.

Balagan Theatre presents Balagan presents the first show of its 2008-2009 season, Search and Destroy, Aug 21- Sept 13. Set against the flashy and promise-filled 1980s, this fall from grace is a raw exposure of the human thirst for satisfaction.

Memory War Theater Project presents work created under compulsion, Sep 1, appearing as part of the Bumbershoot festival. Also performing Sep 3 - 6. More info on their website.

theater simple presents The Snow Queen: Gerda's Journey, Aug 21 - Sep 13, a theatrical park adventure based on their award-winning adaptation of The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen. Traveling through King County parks and Bumbershoot. More info on their website.

Unicycle Collective presents MonoLodge 5, at Bumbershoot, Aug 30 and Sep 1. Uniycle Collective--Keith Hitchcock, Mary Purdy & Seth Rosenbloom--along with special guests Cecelia Frye, Marya Sea Kaminski & Lyam White, deliver a captivating buffet of short performances ranging from the silly to serious and poetic to absurd that will ignite Bumbershoot audiences. More info on their website.

Stimulate Dance performs at CoCA After Dark on Aug 14. More info on their website.

Crawl Space Gallery presents BLOCKBUSTER, by UK artists Alex Gross and Sandy Smith, August 9 - 31. More info on their website.

Seattle Poetry Slam takes place weekly, Wednesday nights at Tost. More information is available at the website.

Sustainable Organizations: Upcoming Events

Open Circle Theatre presents Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, through Aug 10. Click here for more info.

Second Story Repertory presents Greater Tuna, through Aug 23. Click here for more info.

Seattle Public Theatre presents Summer Youth Program Performances, Throughout August. Click here for more info.

The Shunpike is excited to announce the next installment of their successful Accountability & the Arts series. "Crafting the Ask" will be held Monday, April 14th at 7pm in the Seattle Center House. This session will offer advice for face-to-face donor solicitation, featuring Passages Northwest Development Director Laurie Johnson, Passages Northwest Board Secretary Nancy Ward, and Shunpike's own Development Director, Rebecca Olson.

Welcome New Partner Artists and Sustainable Organizations!

Shunpike's Programs are growing faster than ever. We're providing more services to more arts groups and projects from more places around Seattle than ever before. In both of our main programs, we welcome new partners this spring.

In the Partner Artist fiscal sponsorship program, we've decided to move to a quarterly application cycle. The first round of new projects and organizations just came aboard and we're very excited to introduce them:

• On the Meditation of Man and Dinosaurs, produced by Backwards Ensemble Theatre Company
  
• Mother Courage, produced by Edge Theatre Ensemble
  
• The K of D, produced by Renata Friedman and Braden Abraham
  
• Implied Violence, a performance ensemble
  
• Poet Populist, a project of Ampersand Arts
  
• SNOW Project, a project by choreographer and dancer Allison VanDyke
  
• The Ten Thousand Things, produced by Millenium Ten Productions
  
• The Upstart Crow Project, led by Maria Dahvana Headley
  

The next application deadline is June 2. More info available on our website.

In the meantime, we've been talking with many good candidates for our Sustainable Organizations program services, and happily announce new partnerships with Open Circle Theater Company, Twelfth Night Productions, and renewed partnership with Degenerate Art Ensemble, and Music Works NW. We look forward to helping them attain their goals for this next year.

Accountability & the Arts: Crafting The Ask

Next month is the next installment of our Accountability & the Arts series. Crafting The Ask will be held Monday, June 16th at 7pm in the Seattle Center House. This session will offer advice for face-to-face donor solicitation. Whether a board member, artist, development staff, or avid supporter, this session will help you get down your pitch and ask for the support your project deserves. It will feature arts fundraising specialist Laurie de Koch, Passages Northwest Board Secretary Nancy Ward, and Shunpike's own Development Director, Rebeccca Olson.

Accountability & the Arts:
Crafting the Ask
Monday June 16th, 2008 @ 7pm
Seattle Center House - 3rd Floor - Room 311
Free and open to the public.
RSVPs appreciated but not required
programs@shunpike.org

Save the Date! Shunpike Summer Party on August 3

UPDATE: DATE CHANGE - OUR ANNUAL FREE EVENT HAS MOVED TO THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21.

This summer, the Shunpike introduces it's first annual free summer party, celebrating all of the amazing artists, funders, volunteers, partners, donors, administrators, and other arts organizations that help make our community. The event will be free and open to the public, involving plenty of food, drink, and entertainment for all. More information to come...

Partner Artists: Upcoming Events

Artreach takes place several times a year, offering a great opportunity to appreciate and purchase works by local talent. The next event takes place May 13 at See Sound Lounge. More information is available here.

Assemblage participates in On the Boards Northwest New Works Festival, with a lobby installation, May 17-18.

Balagan Theatre presents Charles Mee's Big Love, through May 17.

Crawl Space Gallery presents Fencing Youth, by member-artist Tony Weathers, through May 11. Also opening May 17, MAPPING, through June 8. More info on their website.

Live Girls! Theater presents Quickies Volume 9, featuring six new short plays from ladies all over the country, through May 24.

Seattle Poetry Slam takes place weekly, Wednesday nights at Tost. More information is available at the website.

Vania Bynum will present selections from her work, Excerpts from the Soul of a Woman as a part of Central District Forum's The Creation Project Showcase, May 16 and 17.

Youth Speaks Seattle presents the Seattle Youth Poetry Grand Slam Finals, Sunday, May 18 at Seattle University.

Sustainable Organizations: Upcoming Events

Open Circle Theater presents Ghost Sonata, through May 10. Click here for more info.

Seattle Public Theatre presents Spokesong, May 16 - June 8. Click here for more info.

The Shunpike is excited to announce the next installment of their successful Accountability & the Arts series. "Finding Support from Local Businesses" will be held Monday, April 14th at 7pm in the Seattle Center House. This session will offer methods and tools for identifying, contacting, and working with local businesses who want to sponsor small and emerging arts groups. It will feature Sue Guthrie, Senior Development Associate for the Seattle International Film Festival.

Through monetary sponsorship, in-kind donations, purchased advertising, or discounted rates, there are many ways a small business can enhance the resources of a small arts organization. In this one-hour workshop, find out how projects and organizations in the arts can reach out to some of the thousands of Seattle's local businesses and establish mutually beneficial relationships.

Next Week!
Accountability & the Arts: Finding Support from Local Businesses

Next Monday is the next installment of our Accountability & the Arts series. Finding Support from Local Businesses will be held Monday, April 14th at 7pm in the Seattle Center House. This session will offer methods and tools for identifying, contacting, and working with local businesses who want to sponsor small and emerging arts projects and groups in the area. It will feature Sue Guthrie, Senior Development Associate for the Seattle International Film Festival.

Accountability & the Arts:
Finding Support from Local Businesses
Monday April 14th, 2008 @ 7pm
Seattle Center House - 3rd Floor - Room 311
Free and open to the public.
RSVPs appreciated but not required
programs@shunpike.org

Partner Artists: Upcoming Events

Seattle Poetry Slam presents the 2008 Grand Slam, Sunday April 27, at Chop Suey. The Seattle Poetry Slam takes place weekly, Wednesday nights at Tost. More information is available at the website.

Youth Speaks Seattle presents the Seattle Youth Poetry Slam series, taking place this month on April 18, at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center.

Balagan Theatre presents Big Love, April 24 - May 17.

Crawl Space Gallery presents Place/Setting, an installation by Member artist Tim Brown. Through April 13. More info on their website.

Live Girls! Theater presents The Cowgirl Kickoff Cabaret, a Season-Opening Party and first quarterly cabaret event, Saturday April 12.

Rivet Magazine released Issue 20, The Space Issue, on February 21. Order a copy here.

Sustainable Organizations: Upcoming Events

Open Circle Theater presents Ghost Sonata, April 11 - May 10. Click here for more info.

Our American Theater Company presents Picnic, thru April 13. Click here for more info.

Seattle Public Theatre presents The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, thru April 13. Click here for more info.

Second Story Repertory presents Urinetown, thru Apr 26. Click here for more info.

Accountability & the Arts: Finding Support from Local Businesses

The Shunpike is excited to announce the next installment of their successful Accountability & the Arts series. Finding Support from Local Businesses will be held Monday, April 14th at 7pm in the Seattle Center House. This session will offer methods and tools for identifying, contacting, and working with local businesses who want to sponsor small and emerging arts projects and groups in the area. It will feature Sue Guthrie, Senior Development Associate for the Seattle International Film Festival.

Accountability & the Arts:
Finding Support from Local Businesses
Monday April 14th, 2008 @ 7pm
Seattle Center House - 3rd Floor - Room 311
Free and open to the public.
RSVPs appreciated but not required
programs@shunpike.org

Partner Artists: Upcoming Events

Seattle Poetry Slam takes place weekly, Wednesday nights at Tost. More information is available at the website.

Sound Theatre Company presents Troilus and Cressida through March 29 at Magnuson Park.

Stimulate Dance performs Male Sexuality in 12 Minutes Max, March 16 and 17 at On the Boards. More info here.

Two Hours Traffic presents the World Premiere of I and You, He, She and Her, by Lisa Hopp. March 13 - 15, Freehold Theater.

Youth Speaks Seattle presents the Seattle Youth Poetry Slam series, taking place this month on March 21st at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center.

Balagan Theatre presents Romeo and Juliet, through March 22.

Crawl Space Gallery presents Place/Setting, an installation by Member artist Tim Brown. Mar 22 - April 13. Opening Sat Mar 22, 6 - 9 PM. More info on their website.

RK Productions presents Reefer Madness, the Musical, through March 22 at Live Girls Theatre.

Rivet Magazine released Issue 20, The Space Issue, on February 21. Order a copy here.

Sustainable Organizations: Upcoming Events

Open Circle Theater presents RUR (Rossum's Universal Robots), through March 22. Click here for more info.

Seattle Public Theatre presents The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, March 21 - April 13. Click here for more info.

Second Story Repertory presents Urinetown, March 28 - Apr 26. Click here for more info.

New Year, New Office

In the spirit of the new year, the Shunpike established a new home early in January, moving from the Seattle Center to Pioneer Square. If you're going to come visit us, you'll find us on the fourth floor of the Pioneer Building at the corner of First and Yesler.

Thank you to the Boeing Company!

In December, the Shunpike received a wonderful holiday present. The Boeing Company presented us with an unsolicited contribution, representing the 2007 Special Innovation Award in Arts and Culture. This award caps off a momentous year of fundraising and partnership for the Shunpike. Our thanks goes out to the Boeing Company and especially Karin Leslie, Community Investor for Boeing's Global Corporate Citizenship Program in the Northwest Region, who surprised us with the news. We hope this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!

Accountability & the Arts: Planning Effective Special Events

The Shunpike is excited to announce the next installment of their successful Accountability & the Arts series. Planning Effective Special Events will be held Monday, February 11th at 7pm in the Seattle Center House. This session will offer strategies and techniques for maximizing the raising of funds and fun at special events. It will feature the talented local event-planning team of the Adventure School.

Accountability & the Arts:
Planning Effective Special Events
Monday February 11th, 2008 @ 7pm
Seattle Center House - 3rd Floor - Room 311
Free and open to the public.
RSVPs appreciated but not required
programs@theshunpike.org

Partner Artists: Upcoming Events

Welcome new Shunpike Partner Artists A&E Stimulate Dance Company, Helsinki Syndrome, New Century Theatre Company, RK Productions, Seattle Poetry Slam, and Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival!

Stimulate Dance will perform two shows in Portland, February 8th and 9th. More information here.

Balagan Theatre will open Romeo and Juliet, February 28 thru March 22.

Crawl Space Gallery presents Deleterious, a site-specific installation by guest artist Matt Mitros. Through February 10. More info on their website.

Helsinki Syndrome performs Upper Culmination at 12 Minutes Max, February 17 and 18 at On the Boards.

Manifold Motion presents Miscellanea, an evening of dance, poetry, video and visual art at Youngstown Cultural Art Center, February 28 thru March 2.

Two Hours Traffic presents Matt & Ben, by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Whithers.

Seattle Poetry Slam takes place weekly, Wednesday nights at Tost. More information is available at the website.

Youth Speaks Seattle presents the Seattle Youth Poetry Slam series, taking place this month on February 16th at Richard Hugo House.

Sustainable Organizations: Upcoming Events

Our American Theatre Company presents Curse of the Starving Class, February 18 and 19. Click here for more info.

Seattle Public Theatre presents Three Days of Rain, thru February 24. Click here for more info.

Second Story Repertory presents Born Yesterday, thru March 1. Click here for more info.

Wing-it Productions has various events, including Dartmondo, thru March 15. Click here for more info.

SEATTLE - The Shunpike is excited to announce the next installment of their successful Accountability & the Arts series. "Planning Effective Special Events" will be held Monday, February 11th at 7pm in the Seattle Center House. This session will offer strategies and techniques for maximizing the raising of funds and fun at special events. It will feature the talented local event-planning team of the Adventure School.

Dear Friends,

As we approach the end of the year, the Shunpike would like to express our gratitude for all of your incredible support. Without it, we would not be able to offer the unique and important services and programs that are improving the business of art in Seattle every day.

2007 has been a year of growth and change, including the hiring of a new full-time staff, an updated logo and website, and a steady increase in the number of arts groups served. This has been a very exciting time for us and for our partners, as we continue to find more ways to increase sustainability in Seattle's arts community.

The past year saw growth in all three of our primary programs: Partner Artists, Sustainable Organizations, and Accountability and the Arts. Every month, more artists come to the Shunpike for assistance in finance, organizational management and arts administration. Yet again, we look forward to expanding these services and growing the number of those artists again in 2008.

If you've been anywhere near the arts in the last year, you've probably seen companies that have benefitted from the Shunpike's work. From the theatre projects of 365 Seattle, Seattle Public Theater and Absurd Reality Theatre to the cutting edge visual arts at Crawl Space Gallery; from the bold brand-new spaces of Theatre Off Jackson's forthcoming Exit 162 Arts and Balagan Theater Company's new Capitol Hill facility to the cultural projects of Ignition Northwest; from contemporary performance groups such as Zoe | Juniper, Manifold Motion, and Degenerate Art Ensemble to the literary explorations of Rivet Magazine, we've provided guidance and support to dozens of arts groups in the challenging matters of business.

In each instance, we've partnered with an organization to help them serve their community more effectively and efficiently by improving their fundraising, financial operations, and community support. We've offered assistance in Board Development, Strategic Planning, Fiscal Sponsorship, Bookkeeping, Budgetting, Grantwriting, and Communications. The result has been organizations that are stronger, more stable and more engaged.

Every bit of Shunpike's success is due to you, our supporters. You have shared in our hopes and dreams. You've helped to bring them alive. The arts in Seattle have already been affected with positive change that will last far into the future. With your help, we hope to further the cause again in 2008.

While we celebrate our successes, there is always far more for us to do. And we'll need you there with us. It isn't too late to give in 2007! Our annual campaign is winding down, and we welcome any last-minute support. Remember that your tax-deductible gift to the Shunpike benefits all 42 of the organizations we serve. If you would like to make a contribution, please visit us online.

Thanks for all your support,

Board of Directors

Caroline Renard, President

Suzanne Greenfield, Treasurer

Rebecca Denk, Secretary

Nick Barnett

Claire Foley Hawkins

Terri Hiroshima

Dan Mayer

Molly McCarthy

Karina Miller

Mara Rogers

Eric Schinfeld

Staff
Andy Fife, Executive Director

Rebecca Olson, Development Director

Frank Chiachiere, Senior Programs Advisor

Michelle Lewis, Senior Development Advisor