Seattle Arts & Lectures cultivates transformative experiences through story and language with readers and writers of all generations.
Words Bloom
The SAL Gala: Words Bloom is sold out! We’re thrilled to gather our community for an evening of revelry as we raise $750,000 to ensure accessible literary experiences for all. You can still be part of the celebration: bid in our 2026 Silent Auction (March 16–23) or make a gift in lieu of attending to help us reach our goal.
Last year, we served over 32,800 audience members and 6,000 K-12 public school students.
WITS Rewritten
WITS Rewritten brings our Writers in the Schools program into classrooms for free. It’s the same beloved 30+ year program, with two key evolutions: an organizational commitment to centering youth with the least access to arts engagement opportunities and an eradication of the school fee to participate.
Events
Did you know you can livestream our events from anywhere? Whether you live outside Seattle, prefer to participate from home, or want to connect on your own schedule, livestreaming makes it possible.
Support SAL
As an organization committed to nurturing our collective literary ecosystem, we lean into connection, reciprocity, and co-creation in all that we do. We look to you, the readers, thinkers, writers—the co-authors—of the SAL story to help carry our work forward in the next year. Your gift will help us make transformational experiences with stories and language accessible to all.
Individual Giving
We count on supporters like you to help us bring our community together—people of all ages and backgrounds—to read and write, to listen deeply, and to bring forward the voices we all need to hear. 60% of our annual revenue comes from charitable donations.
Institutional Giving
Generous support from corporate sponsors, foundations, and public entities makes it possible for us to bring people of all ages and backgrounds together for transformative literary arts experiences. Learn more about becoming a corporate sponsor today.
Planned Giving
Planned giving allows you to leave a literary legacy and helps ensure our ability to create transformative experiences for readers and writers of future generations. If SAL is important to you, your planned gift will help support the programs you love beyond your lifetime.