Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson will award local band 20 Riverside with the Richard Wendt Award of Excellence for the contribution to arts in Everett.

Additionally, Experience Everett will announce the winner of their film contest. ExperienceEverett.org, a growing grassroots group, is working hard on a film contest that promotes a positive image of life and shares the culture and attractions in the City of Everett. Thirteen entrants are vying for $1,000 in cash, and other prizes.

Afterward, attendees will have a chance to network, check out the new Schack Art Center and even watch as local artists create glass art in the state-of-the-art hot shop.

Light appetizers provided by the City of Everett along with a cash no-host bar.

About Schack Art Center:

See Art, Create Art, Celebrate Art

For more than 36 years the Arts Council of Snohomish County has been the place to see art, learn about art, and celebrate art.

In 2006, we initiated a capital campaign to build a permanent home for our organization. We created a partnership with Artspace Projects, Inc. to build a multi-use regional arts center in downtown Everett. The street level of this new facility is being built-out as a visual arts education center, the Schack Art Center.

Our new home provides needed space for the expansion of current programs, as well as new opportunities to engage the community in the creative process including art production facilities for glass blowing and kiln forming, classrooms to accommodate a variety of art media and events, and multiple exhibit spaces that will continue to feature Snohomish County's rich diversity of artists.

http://www.schack.org/

For more information or questions:

Economic Alliance Snohomish County

425.743.4567