An Alternative to Loud Boats[1] was a performance art festival coinciding with the annual Seattle Seafair Albert Lee Cup Hydroplane Races held in late July or early August. It was organized by Roberto Valenza and Phoebe Bosche who were also involved with Red Sky Poetry Theatre.

In 1989, Cydney Gills of Arts Focus magazine joined with An Alternative to Loud Boats. Gillis assisted in writing grants. An Alternative To Loud Boats received grants from the King County Arts Commission in 1991.[2]

An Alternative to Loud Boats ran for 10 years, each year having a different theme.[3]

1985

1986

1987

An Alternative To Loud Boats celebrates the arts

1988

Censorship[4]

1989

The Struggle For Freedom

1990

Sanctuary[5]

1991

Between Two Fires

1992

1993

No Garnish [6]

1994

References

  1. Regina Hackett, No Loud Boats at this Party: Commando poets take unsanctioned rooster-tale route, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 22, 1987 Page C-1,11
  2. Alternative to Load Boats Set for August 4, The Arts; King County Arts Commission Newsletter Volume 20 Number 5, July, 1991
  3. Cascadia Poetry Festival Advisory Board http://splab.org/cascadia-poetry-advisory-board/ accessed June 7, 2014
  4. Phoebe Bosche, Alternative To Loud Boats festival Moves to Myrtle Edwards Park, Arts Focus Volume 3 Number 12, Page 5
  5. Cydney Gillis, Alternative to Loud Boats: A Day of Sanctuary from Militarism, Arts Focus, September/ October 1990, Page 3
  6. Kay Kusumoto, Alternative Show Offers Protest To Seafair Noise, Seattle Times, August 2, 1993 Accessed September 26, 2014
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