Open Arts Night - a fun, relaxed, community focused evening of performing and art making 

The 2nd Thursday of each month from 7:30-10 pm, Open Arts Night is a collaboration between Acorn Collective and Side Rail Collective.  Hosted in Georgetown at Side Rail, this event is a combined open mic and open visual arts activity.  The open mic includes music, poetry, storytelling and spoken word. All ages and genders are invited and welcomed to our Open Arts events! The evening is a great opportunity to try out new work, and make friends in the process.

Compensation: Through a grant from 4Culture, we are able to offer compensation for selected teaching artists and featured performers.

• $100 for featured teaching artist

• $75 for featured performer

• We also have a budget of $25 for art supplies. We will coordinate in advance with teaching artists about sourcing supplies.  

Art activity and Featured Artist:  Each month features a different art medium, introduced by a featured  artist. The teaching artist should prepare an activity that showcases their medium of art, yet is easy to follow for any skill level.  We include all art supplies for participants to use for the activity.  The night will start with a 5 to 10-min introduction.  Some attendees may arrive after the 7:30pm start time. The activity should be simple enough that people will be able to understand with a quick explanation. The featured artist is also encouraged to bring examples of their work to share. 

Featured performer: The open mic portion of the event kicks off with a 30-min set from a featured performer.  Following the performance, all attendees who would like to share music, spoken word, or other mediums of expression are encouraged to share.  We encourage performers (but don’t require) performers to have a portion of the performance that engages the audience in participation.  We intend to showcase a wide variety of performance genres and cultures.  If there is a specific cultural tie-in that makes your performance unique, please highlight that.

Event Flow + Typical Schedule:

6:45pm - arrive for set-up. 
7:30pm - setup complete - Event begins - start time is flexible to allow enough participants to arrive.
7:35pm  - 5 to 10-minute introduction of art activity
7:45pm -Begin art activity 
7:45pm - 30-min set: Once participants are settled in with the art activity, we will begin the featured performance 
8:15pm -Teaching artist checks in / calls participants attention to engage with neighbors or other tables 
8:20pm  - Open mic extended to participants
10pm - End of event

Compensation: Through a grant from 4Culture, we are able to offer compensation for selected teaching artists and featured performers.

• $100 for featured teaching artist

• $75 for featured performer

• We also have a budget of $25 for art supplies. We will coordinate in advance with teaching artists about sourcing supplies.  

Event time and location: 2nd Thursdays 7:30pm - 10 pm

@ Side Rail Collective: 5511 1/2 Airport Way S. Seattle, WA 98108. Please note that Side Rail is located on the second floor of an old building with no elevator. The space is accessed by stairs only and unfortunately is not ADA accessible.