Seattle Arts & Lectures

Our Mission: Seattle Arts & Lectures cultivates transformative experiences through story and language with readers and writers of all generations. Our Vision: SAL envisions a future in which story and language continuously and courageously revitalize equity, justice, and belonging. Our programs: Literary Arts Series Poetry Series Journalism Series Women You Need to Know (WYNK) Series SAL Presents Writers in the Schools (WITS) Seattle Arts & Lectures was founded in 1987 and launched its first season in 1988 with John Updike, Calvin Trillin, Donald Barthelme, Louise Erdrich, Isabel Allende, and Rosamond Bernier. In 1994, SAL brought the nationally-recognized Writers in the Schools to Seattlean educational program that places local professional writers in public school classrooms to develop skills and spark student interest in reading and writing. The Poetry Series, featuring such notables as Philip Levine and Anne Carson, debuted in 2000. In 2015/16, SAL introduced W...