From the Director’s Chair
Scenes From a (multi) Cultural Life
For at least thirty years, one of the main topics of conversation among us has been "Diversity," an idea that often sails under the flag of "Multiculturalism." Many moons past, we started by talking about how to "create diversity," (as though we could!) and have progressed finally to the point at which we talk about how to "celebrate" it. But the lesson of my own life tells me that Diversity is simply the state of grace in which we Americans live.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

Havelock Ellis

Freeman, Microsoft Team Up on Arts-Center Gift

October 21, 2011
Keith Ervin, Seattle Times staff reporter
Developer Kemper Freeman and Microsoft, vowing that political differences won't prevent them from working together on civic projects, announced Friday they are contributing $1 million each to the campaign to build a large performing arts center in downtown Bellevue.   [ more ]

Volunteer Spotlight: Kyoko Taguchi
Music as a Universal Experience

July 29, 2011
Tateuchi Center Ambassador Kyoko Taguchi candidly describes her ten-year-old son’s transition moving from Japan to America. At first, she says, he had difficulty learning a new language and making many friends. Playing the violin — especially once he joined the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra — helped smooth over the worst of the cultural differences and language barrier for him.   [ more ]

Tateuchi Center Receives Two $100,000 Gifts

May 11, 2011
Tateuchi Center is the recipient of two gifts of $100,000 in support of the $160 million Tateuchi Center Campaign. The gifts were made by Robert C. Wallace and wife Joan S. Wallace, and Donn R. Roberts and wife Patricia E. Roberts.   [ more ]

Tateuchi Center Opens Preview Facility in Downtown Bellevue

April 27, 2011
The new Tateuchi Center preview facility – now open to the public – showcases artist renderings, interior finishes, and architectural models for the Tateuchi Center project.   [ more ]

Volunteer Spotlight: Jane Hague
When the Curtain Goes Up

April 27, 2011
King County Councilmember Jane Hague believes that Tateuchi Center will be the realization of a dream, signaling to the entire region that the Eastside has come of age.   [ more ]

Volunteer Spotlight: Catherine Gilbert
I Learned to Sing Before I Could Speak

April 26, 2011
Bellevue native Catherine Gilbert's life-long love of the arts fuels her interest in volunteering for Tateuchi Center.   [ more ]

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