In the spirit of all the holiday gift giving that will be taking place over the next couple of months, all the Metroblogging cities are giving seven gifts to the world throughout the week of NOV 26th - DEC 2. Metroblogging Seattle got kind of drunk at the Elysian and came up with gift the second: Seattle arts.

Now, I know there are a lot of haters in this town that’ll jump all over this, screeching, “What art scene?” But quit humping my leg for a second and listen to me. The thing about Seattle’s art scene that makes it so special, that makes it a gift to the world, that makes it so incredibly not New York’s, is that it’s very forgiving and inclusive.

image via SuttonBeresCuller

What I love about our art scene is the whimsy, the attitude of giving it a shot but not taking itself too seriously. I’m aware that it sounds silly, saying, “Our art scene is a gift to the world because it’s a fun art scene” like this is the Disneyland of creativity, but because of our lightheartedness we see the whole town as a canvas and tuck public art into every possible corner. Everywhere you go in this town you’re aware that people are thinking and making things and that other people are considering what’s being made. And it’s that way for visual art, for theatre, for performance art. Since it’s such a small town word of mouth is important, and the brains attached to those mouths are frequently willing to give you an honest shot.

I know that all the other towns have art scenes too, and to them I say: Bring it.

Because, world, we have all of Fremont, with its troll and its rocket and its Lenin and its Solstice Parade. You can dance on Broadway, learn about parasites on Eastlake. Each neighborhood has its own art, right out there for you to look at.

We have SuttonBeresCuller, Dina Martina, and the Central Library. We’ve got BLVD and Roq la Rue, where you can display all of your lowbrow, Urban Contemporary art. We have Nick Garrison and Sarah Rudinoff and a dozen little theatres that will let them do whatever they want.

But most importantly we have an art scene that’ll encourage you to do what what you will, to make things and introduce them to the pubic. And we have a public that will consider them. We offer these things to you.

See also: Gift the First.

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Related posts:

1. Seattle’s Gift to the World The First: Cupcake Royale
2. Seattle’s Gift to the World the Fourth: The Boeing 7X7 jet planes
3. Seattle’s Gift to the World the Seventh: a mixtape of sorts
4. Seattle’s Gift to the World the Third: Coffee
5. Seattle’s Gift to the World the Sixth: The Great Outdoors