Seattle Arts & Lectures
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Mission Statement
Seattle Arts & Lectures’ (SAL) mission is to champion the literary arts by engaging and inspiring readers and writers of all generations in the Puget Sound region.Our vision is a future in which imaginative acts such as reading, writing, and creative thinking are indispensable to a curious, engaged, democratic society.
About This Cause
Seattle Arts & Lectures was founded in 1987 and launched its first season in 1988 with John Updike, Calvin Trillin, Donald Barthelme, Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris, Isabel Allende, and Rosamond Bernier. In 1994, SAL brought the nationally recognized Writers in the Schools (WITS) to Seattle—an educational program that places local professional writers in public school classrooms to develop skills and spark student interest in reading and writing. Today WITS more than 6,000 students annually in school districts throughout the Puget Sound area. The Poetry Series, featuring such notables as Philip Levine and Anne Carson, debuted in 2000. Hinge, inaugurated in the 2014/15 season features readings, lectures and other presentations by emerging and experimental writers in intimate settings. This year SAL introduced Women You Need to Know, a three-part series designed to showcase cutting edge, thought-provoking, inspiring women. As Seattle has grown in size and sophistication, SAL has kept pace and helped propel that achievement as more than 12,000 residents have had accessible, meaningful experiences with the foremost writers and thinkers of our time.