2006 Report to the Community, City of Seattle 2006 OFFICE of ARTS & CULTURAL AFFAIRS STAFF

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2006 Report to the Community, City of Seattle 2006 OFFICE OF ARTS & CULTURAL AFFAIRS STAFF

Director’s Office Michael Killoren Peggy Scales

Office Operations Jane Morris Elly Beerman Kevin Cao Amy Herndon Sharaana Horton Steven Larson Donna Wilson

Public Art Ruri Yampolsky Kim Baker Kelly Davidson Blake Haygood Tiffany Hedrick Carolyn Law Deborah Paine Joan Peterson

Civic Partnerships Melissa Hines Michelle Blackmon Irene Gómez Kathy Hsieh Marcia Iwasaki

Community Development & Outreach Lori Patrick Nate Brown Jeffrey Pierce

Interns Andrew Collins Elizabeth Johns Jenae Reyes

Thank You to Departing Staff Michael R. Allen Karen L. Bystrom Rosalinda Lopez Jim McDonald In memory of Message from the Mayor 1 Mark Message from Director/Commission 3 Charles Paben 35 Years of Milestones 5 1955 to 2007 2006 Highlights 7

Chair, Seattle Arts Commission, Cultural Partnerships 9 2004 to 2006 Organization Partners 11 Artist Partners 13 Youth Arts Partners 15 COVER: Doug Keyes, Aurora, Seattle, Community Partners 17 2003, pigment print, Mayor’s Arts Awards 21 30” x 37.5”, Seattle Mayor’s Hip Hop Awards 24 Public Utilities Portable Works Public Art 25 Collection. Completed Projects 27 Selections and Calls 31 Public Art Activities 33

Cultural Engagement 35 Arts Education 37 In the Community 39 At City Hall 41 Financials 43 Message from the Mayor Seattle values imagination and creativity in children. 2006 Seattle arts and culture. That’s why the Office continues to City Council advocate for quality arts education for In 2006, the Nick Licata City marked 35 every student in Seattle Public Schools. President years of advancing Sally Clark the arts. And our Artists’ innovative contributions to Richard Conlin cultural partners Seattle’s public art program uphold our David Della Photo: Chris Bennion. celebrated many reputation as a livable, creative capital. Jan Drago milestones showing how far the city has By integrating art into our libraries, parks Jean Godden Richard McIver come in three decades. Among these, and community centers we are helping to Tom Rasmussen Seattle Art Museum put the finishing make art part of citizens’ everyday lives. Peter Steinbrueck touches on the Olympic Sculpture Park, an art-studded oasis of green on the city’s Finally, I am proud to recognize the waterfront, and Intiman Theatre captured contributions of artists and organizations the 2006 Tony Award® for Outstanding through the Mayor’s Arts Awards and the Regional Theatre. Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Hip Hop. Inside these pages learn about the The arts are a cornerstone of lively, recipients’ inspirations, their big breaks vibrant neighborhoods where people and more. want to live, work and play. Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs funding I hope you enjoy this account of our programs provide seed investments that successes in 2006, and look forward to advance creativity across the city, from your participation in our work – whether neighborhood festivals to arts programs you are in the audience, behind the scenes, for youth to projects by individual artists. in the artist’s studio or on the stage.

Our cultural investments also stimulate Sincerely, the local economy, create jobs and attract a growing number of tourists. Seattle has one of the highest concentrations of arts- Seattle Youth related businesses per capita in the nation. Symphony Orchestra Greg Nickels in concert, Oct. 29, 2006. Photo: Andrew We know the arts are essential to our Mayor of Seattle McIntyre. economy, national image and quality of life. Arts also play a key role in inspiring

Message from Director/Commission 2006 Seattle Arts Commission Mark Charles Paben* Sean Howell** chair; attorney, K&L YMCA Get Engaged the dynamic partnerships this agency enjoys Gates; ArtsFund trustee Program, stockbroker, entrepreneur with an incredible range of artists, cultural Michael D. Alhadeff* and community organizations. community leader Laura “Piece” Kelley and philanthropist artist, writer, poet, educator, activist In 2006, we continued to innovate and Richard Andrews advocate. Seattle OnHold shared music by director, Henry Dorothy H. Mann** Art Gallery Ph.D., consultant and dozens of local artists through the City’s phone community/arts activist system. smART ventures, a pilot funding pro- Donald Byrd choreographer and Peter Olagunju* gram, proved small investments can have big artistic director, YMCA Get Engaged Mark Charles Paben, who joined impacts. And the Arts Commission advocated Spectrum Dance Theater Program, biotechnology the Seattle Arts Commission in for quality arts education for every student Dan Corson** Deborah Semer in Seattle Public Schools and for dedicated public artist, arts musician, Atmosphere 2003 and served as chair from cultural space. planner and theatrical Artist Management designer 2004 to 2006, was among Seattle’s most Tom Skerritt dedicated cultural leaders. Mark passed away In public art, we began 2006 on the heels of Vinson Cole* actor, writer and director tenor and faculty, suddenly in March 2007, and I am sad- Sergei Tschernisch a successful court appeal reinstating the 1% UW School of Music dened he wasn’t able to share in this message. for Art ordinance as it applies to City utilities. president, Cornish Mark’s larger-than-life persona and generosity Randy Engstrom College of the Arts Strengthened by this ruling, the public art founding director, Cathryn Vandenbrink* touched many facets of the arts community. Youngstown Cultural program moved ahead energetically, as seen in regional director, He was a great friend to the arts, this agency Arts Center new artworks at the Union Street Electric Gal- Artspace Projects and to me personally. Among his lasting Brian Grant lery and the purchase of 48 artworks for Seattle Maureen Wilhelm psychiatrist, legacies are his leadership in establishing the Public Utilities’ Portable Works Collection. scenic artist, Seattle entrepreneur, Mayor’s Arts Awards and in regaining the full Repertory Theatre; ArtsFund trustee portion of admissions tax revenue dedicated Though Seattle enjoys an abundance of cul- president, IATSE to arts and culture. Catherine Hillenbrand Local 488 tural activity, we know the ecosystem can be development director, fragile. In 2006, we lost several valued cultural Spectrum Dance *Term ending in 2006 Mark’s contributions to the arts in Seattle con- organizations. While we have made great Theater; attorney **Term beginning in 2006 tinue the work of those who founded the Se- strides in expanding and diversifying City sup- attle Arts Commission 35 years ago. In 1971, port for the arts over the past 35 years, there is amidst one of the worst economic downturns more to do. LEFT: Office of Arts Commissioner; Betty in our region, the Mayor and City Council & Cultural Affairs McFarlane, Board of signed legislation to create the Arts Commis- Our work would not be possible without the Director Michael Public Works; Anne sion, testament to the fact that arts and culture inspired leadership of Mayor Greg Nickels and Killoren (left) Focke, assistant are essential to the quality of life in Seattle. the City Council, the dedication of our profes- and Seattle Arts director, Seattle Arts Though the agency’s name has changed to sional staff, the steadfast support of the Arts Commission Chair Commission; John reflect a broader purview, our commitment to Commission and other civic leaders who con- Mark Charles Paben Blaine, executive arts and culture is stronger than ever. tinue to champion Seattle’s cultural vitality. at the 2006 Mayor’s secretary, Seattle Arts Awards. Photo: Arts Commission; Today, the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Sincerely, Chris Bennion. Mayor Wes Uhlman; and our citizen-advisory Arts Commission and Howard continue to work together to steward our RIGHT: Mayor Wes Wright, Seattle Arts investments and ensure arts and culture are an Uhlman signs the 1% Commissioner. Photo: integral part of everyday life for Seattle resi- for Art ordinance in The Arts, newsletter May 1973. Witnesses of the Seattle and dents. In this report, we are proud to highlight Michael Killoren to the ceremony are King County Arts Director (from left to right) Paul Commissions, Schell, Seattle Arts July 1973.

Cultural seattle 35 Years of Milestones 2006 BY THE NUMBERS

1971 City ordinance establishes the Seattle Arts 2001 Twenty percent of eligible admissions Seattle Center’s flagship arts tenants collectively Commission with a $35,000 budget. tax revenues are directed to the agency. The attract more than general-fund budget now exceeds $3.3 million. 1.5 million visitors 1973 Seattle becomes one of the first U.S. annually and have cities to adopt a percent-for-art ordinance. 2002 Seattle Arts Commission (the City combined operating expenses of more than Commission’s general budget reaches $350,000. department) becomes the Office of Arts & $56 million. Cultural Affairs, joining the mayor’s executive 1976 Commission achieves “cabinet status” as department; the 15-member volunteer The Seattle metropolitan an independent executive City agency. advisory group continues as the Seattle Arts area leads the nation in the number of arts- Commission. Mayor’s Award for Excellence related businesses 1977 Michael Heizer’s Adjacent, Against, in Hip Hop is established. Arts Resource per capita. Seattle is Upon completed at Myrtle Edwards Park. Network launches online. home to 3,553 arts- Commission accepts Richard Beyers’ Waiting related businesses that employ 19,058 people. for the Interurban as a gift from the Fremont 2003 Mayor’s Arts Awards is inaugurated. (Americans for the Arts, Public Association. Office and Arts Commission host the first Arts 2006) Education Forum. 1979 The first major integrated public art project Film permitting in Seattle was up 25 is completed at City Light’s Viewland/Hoffman 2004 Okeson vs. City of Seattle, challenges percent from 2005. Electrical Substation, launching the Commission’s several Seattle City Light policies and The Office of Film + reputation for innovation in public art. procedures, including City utilities’ participation Music supported 228 in 1% for Art. Seattle Presents, the free film projects, including 12 feature films, 18 1982 Jack Mackie’s Dance Series: Steps on lunchtime concert series at City Hall, begins. documentaries, 42 Broadway is completed, inlaying various dance television episodes and patterns in the sidewalk. 2005 The state court of appeals reaffirms 7 music videos. City Light’s participation in 1% for Art, reversing According to the 1984 The mayor’s budget boosts the agency’s portions of a lower court ruling. Creative Vitality Index budget to $1.6 million – a 36-percent increase. (CVI), a tool used to 2006 Seattle OnHold debuts, playing a rotation measure the city’s 1991 Jonathan Borofsky’s Hammering Man is of music by Seattle artists when callers to the creative edge, Seattle’s rating is 5 times the dedicated at Seattle Art Museum. City are placed on hold. national average.

1996 Commission receives the Governor’s New money spent by Arts Award. visitors to King County on culture – tickets, food, lodging, shopping, etc. – has increased by more than 90 percent in five years. (ArtsFund)

Ato Essandoh (Bigger Theatre. Intiman The Seattle metropolitan Thomas) and Felicia received the 2006 area ranks in the top 5 of 50 major metropolitan ® V. Loud (Bessie) in Tony Award for areas, according to Kent Gash’s world- Outstanding Regional a comprehensive premiere adaptation Theatre. Photo: statistical portrait of cultural vitality by The of Richard Wright’s Chris Bennion. Urban Institute. Native Son at Intiman

LEFT: Melody Dance TOP RIGHT: A BOTTOM RIGHT: Group performs vintage postcard Savannah Fuentes, traditional Chinese promoting the 1909 of Savannah Fuentes dance at the Winter Alaska-Yukon- Flamenco, performs Worldfest at Seattle Pacific Exposition. at the Ethnic Arts Center in Nov. 2006, University of Connection Dec. presented by the Washington Libraries, 4, 2006, at Seattle Ethnic Heritage Special Collections, Center. Photo: Council of the Pacific UW18947. Nate Brown. Northwest. Photo: Jal Schrof. 2006 Highlights Two thousand six was a year of great strides in Celebrating the past, creating the future Seattle’s arts and cultural community, connecting A mayoral task force of more than 40 civic leaders convened to artists with audiences, and the future with the past. consider the upcoming centennial of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, which put Seattle on the map a century ago. The Promoting local music on the phone lines Office facilitated more than a year of discussion, research In February, the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs partnered and outreach, while the task force, led by HistoryLink’s Walt with the City’s Department of Information Technology to launch Crowley and the Museum of History and Industry’s Leonard Seattle OnHold. This innovative program plays a rotation of Garfield, developed a proposal for celebrating the centennial, music by Seattle artists when callers to the City are placed on recommending a broad range of events, publications and exhibits hold, replacing canned music with homegrown talent. At the leading up to 2009. In 2007, portable exhibitions will mark the OnHold Web site, www.seattle.gov/onhold, listeners can buy centennials of six Seattle annexations, including West Seattle, music, learn about featured artists and subscribe to a podcast. Ballard, Columbia City, South Park and Ravenna. Four OnHold music mixes featured 41 Seattle acts in 2006, attracting national press coverage and inquiries from cities across Supporting Seattle’s cultural heritage the country interested in starting similar programs. The Office was responsible for overseeing the City’s investment of approximately $3 million in cultural facility projects. This Connecting ethnic artists and audiences funding supported expansions to the Nordic Heritage Museum As part of its commitment to diverse cultural expression in and the Wing Luke Asian Museum, as well as construction of the Seattle, the Office led a collaboration of partner organizations Northwest African American Museum – all of which showcase to present the first Ethnic Arts Connection Conference at Seattle the city’s diversity and preserve our collective stories. These Center in December. The one-day gathering of artists and investments will increase public access, especially for children performing arts presenters was an exciting day of introduction, and senior citizens. connection, performance and celebration, bringing together 125 emerging ethnic artists and nearly 60 performing arts presenters from around the state.

Through powerful partnerships with Seattle artists and organizations, the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs is enriching city life. It provides funding opportunities, initiatives and training in collaboration with colleague organizations, City departments, neighborhood groups and educators. In 2006 alone, the City invested $1.7 million to support more than 220 projects, organizations, youth arts training programs, neighborhood festivals and more. Every day in 2006, an average of 12 cultural events was presented with the City’s support.

Bianca Cabrera, Lingo dancetheater. Photo: Ruth Haney.

Organization Partners Our funding program for organizations, Civic Featured Partner Pratt Fine Arts Center Seattle Pro Musica studio artist Marc Partners, supports Seattle-based arts and cultural A recipient of the prestigious National Mullin flamecutting organizations of all shapes, sizes and disciplines. Endowment for the Arts American steel. Photo: Masterpieces Grant, Seattle Pro Musica will In 2006, the combined budgets of our Civic Partners totaled more William Wright. host a major choral festival in June 2007 than $225 million, with a median budget of $308,000. Together, at Benaroya Hall. The festival will feature they served an audience of well over 6 million people. Northwest choral ensembles and a children’s honor choir. Founded in 1972, the 70-voice chorus boasts a repertoire ranging from Civic Partners medieval chant to choral masterpieces, Civic Partners are chosen for the range and quality of their with a special emphasis on the music of missions and accomplishments and receive a two-year funding American composers. commitment from the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. In 2006, the Office awarded $1.27 million to 100 organizations to support 3,197 performances, events and exhibit days – ultimately serving an audience of nearly 919,000 (including 197,150 students and youth) and almost 14,000 volunteer and paid artists.

2006 Civic Partners

5th Avenue Theatre The Esoterics Music Center of the Pat Graney Company Seattle International SouthEast Effective 33 Fainting Spells Ethnic Heritage Northwest Pottery Northwest Children’s Festival Development 911 Media Arts Center Council of the Music of Remembrance Prabha Rustagi Seattle Repertory /SEEDArts ACT Theatre Pacific Northwest Nature Consortium Memorial Trust Jazz Orchestra Spectrum Dance Artist Trust Experience Music Nordic Heritage Pratt Fine Arts Center Seattle Opera Theater Arts and Visually Project Museum Raven Chronicles Seattle Pro Musica Theater Schmeater Impaired Audiences Floating Bridge Press Northwest Repertory Actors Seattle Public Theater Theatre Puget Sound ArtsWest Flying House Architectural Theatre (ReAct) Seattle Repertory A Theatre Under Baroque Northwest Productions League/ARCADE Richard Hugo House Theatre the Influence Book-It Repertory Freehold Studio/ Northwest Chamber Seattle Art Museum Seattle SeaChordsmen Town Hall Seattle Theatre Theatre Lab Chorus Seattle Arts and Seattle Shakespeare Tudor Choir Burke Museum of Gage Academy of Art Northwest Chamber Lectures Company UW World Series at Natural History Gamelan Pacifica Orchestra Seattle Baroque Seattle SketchFest Meany Hall for the and Culture Henry Art Gallery Northwest Choirs Orchestra Seattle Symphony Performing Arts Central District History Ink/ Northwest Film Forum Seattle Choral Seattle Theatre Group Velocity Dance Center Forum for Arts HistoryLink Northwest Folklife Company Seattle Women’s The Vera Project & Ideas Intiman Theatre Northwest Girl Choir Seattle Chamber Jazz Orchestra VSA Arts of Consolidated Works Jack Straw Northwest Puppet Music Society Seattle Youth Washington Crispin Spaeth Productions Center Seattle Chamber Symphony Whit Press Dance Group KEXP Northwest Symphony Players Orchestras Wing-It Productions Degenerate Art Langston Hughes Orchestra Seattle Cherry Seward Park Wing Luke Asian Ensemble Performing On the Boards Blossom Festival Clay Studio Museum Early Music Guild Arts Center One Reel Seattle Children’s Shunpike Arts of Seattle Lingo dancetheater Orchestra Seattle/ Theatre Collective Earshot Jazz Society Maureen Whiting Seattle Chamber Seattle Classic Guitar The SIFF Group of Seattle Company Singers Society SIS Productions The Empty Space Medieval Women’s Pacific Northwest Seattle Composers’ Theatre Choir Ballet Salon

Individual artists and the creative process are 2006 CityArtist Projects the heart of an arts community. Every year, the Frank Abe Fionn Meade In Search of NO NO Boy Northwest Passages CityArtist Projects program provides funding Iole Alessandrini Yuki Nakamura to develop and present original work by Seattle artists, Planes of Light Fragile Simplicity Javier Amaya Nhien Nguyen recognizing different disciplines in alternating years. Unrest & Conflict Journey to the Heart in Latin America Funds may support new works, works-in-progress or finished Judith Roche works, and all projects must include a public presentation. Rick Araluce Wisdom of the Body A Life Interrupted Sally Schuh We encourage a broad range of artistic and cultural Wendy Call Typewriter Type/ expression that reflects Seattle’s diversity. No Word for Welcome/ Gertrude Stein Suite Many Words for Welcome of Etchings Webster Crowell Alex Schweder Parasol A Sac of Rooms Three Times A Day Bret Fetzer Everyone Knows What Timea Tihanyi Artist Partners a Dragon Looks Like In Touch Angela Jane Fountas Laura Ward Small Worlds Reveal In 2006, we were pleased to increase funding to this program by Christian French Mario Zavaleta 28 percent, awarding $201,000 to 36 projects in visual, literary, SuperHeroism – A Quest for a Home – The Adventures Latino Artist in Seattle media and interdisciplinary arts – eight more projects than in 2005. of Transit Man Jennifer Zwick Awards averaged $5,600 and 28 (78 percent) of the awards went to Felicia Gonzalez The Dream first-time recipients, while 12 (33 percent) went to artists of color. Recollection Graffiti Mandy Greer 2006 Many of these projects will culminate in 2007. At press time, seven Small but Mighty CityArtist artists had produced 10 events for an audience of 11,450. Wandering Pearl Projects Annie Han panel Featured Partner Christian French Retail/Commercial Dan Corson Thom Heileson Seattle Arts Artist Christian French admits he doesn’t look great in Spandex. But that Opolis Commission hasn’t stopped him from donning a superhero costume, riding public Etsuko Ichikawa Warren Etheredge transportation and becoming Transit Man. “Commuting is an act of solo sculpture exhibit TheWarrenReport heroism any citizen can perform,” says French who received CityArtist Jacqui James Flor Fernandez Project funding to publish SuperHeroism – The Adventures of Transit Man, Becoming a Teen Writer a collection of photographic and comic narrative illustrations associated Britta Johnson Chris Higashi with the character. Insect Songs Seattle Public Library – Center for the Book Rachel Kessler Vis-a-Vis Society Peter Olagunju Seattle Arts Eliaichi Sadikiel Commission Kimaro Worlds Apart Francia Recalde Writer Margot Quan Knight TOP LEFT: Christian TOP RIGHT: Laura BOTTOM: Faith in Science David Scully French as Transit Ward, Carved Out, Hugo Ludeña, Actor/Writer Deborah Lawrence Man. Photo: 2006, wood, paint Chambelanes, 2006, Syndicalism Kate Seekings Julie Ross. and salvaged photograph, 12” x RenderMorphics Hugo Ludeña wood siding, 8”, part of Ludeña’s Latinos in the Northwest John Sutton 60” x 168” x 6”. photo essay, Latinos Visual Artist – SuttonBeresCuller Photo: Laura Ward. in the Northwest.

2006 Youth 2006 Arts Panel Youth Arts Youth Arts Partners Partners Charlotte Beall LA CAB 826 Seattle Arts training develops creative and critically Liza Comtois Arts Corps Seattle International thinking citizens. Youth Arts is an annual funding Film Festival Coyote Central program that makes a difference in the lives of Aaron Counts Gage Academy Youth Speaks Seattle of Fine Art Seattle’s middle- and high-school youth by supporting arts training Peter Davenport Isaac Hernandez Ruiz in out-of-school time. Funds and technical assistance from this Microsoft Low Income program help experienced teaching artists lead training programs Ricardo Frazer Housing Institute Seattle Arts Commission Music Northwest and projects in all disciplines – from visual arts to theater to film Shawn Hensley Nature Consortium Spectrum Dance Theater and media. Youth Arts prioritizes youth or communities with Pacific Northwest limited or no access to the arts. Leticia Lopez Blues in the Schools Intiman Theatre Power of Hope Rainier Beach High In 2006, the Youth Arts program awarded $173,500 to 27 artists, School After School cultural organizations and community-based organizations Dance Program serving youth. The projects mobilized 849 teaching artists who Rainier Vista Cambodian Youth offered nearly 28,000 hours of training to 5,243 young people Program at 439 sites throughout the city. Red Eagle Soaring Native American Theater Group Randy Sill helps Featured Partner Reel Grrls Reel Grrls Richard Hugo House student Kenneth Niles Founded in 2001 by Malory Graham, Reel Grrls Jr. form a pot as part is an award-winning after-school media training Seattle Capoeira Angola of Pottery Northwest’s program aimed at minority, low-income and at- Seattle Center risk teenage girls. With Youth Arts funding, Reel “Learn to Throw, Academy Grrls served 82 girls who produced 14 video Glaze and Fire” class Seattle Children’s projects, which were featured at three public at Seattle Center Theatre screenings and broadcast on cable television in Academy. Photo Seattle Repertory 2006. A 16-year-old homeless girl’s video about Theatre courtesy of Seattle breaking the cycle of addiction was screened at Seattle Scenic Studios Center Academy. the Seattle International Film Festival. Seattle Theatre Group SouthEast Effective Development (SEED) Urban Artworks Washington Ensemble Theatre Laura Wright Young Shakespeare Workshop Youth in Focus

Community Partners

Seattle offers an extraordinary array of arts 2006 Neigh- borhood and and cultural events throughout its diverse Community Arts Panel neighborhoods. Recognizing that the arts build community, the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs supports Ethelyn Abellanosa Henry Art Gallery creativity at a grassroots level, making investments in dozens of Adrienne Caver-Hall festivals and community cultural projects. Seattle Parks & Recreation Kelly Davidson The Neighborhood and Community Arts Program (NAC) Seattle Department recognizes and encourages Seattle’s neighborhood arts councils of Neighborhoods Laura “Piece” Kelley and community stewardship groups. In 2006, the program Seattle Arts Commission provided $1,000 each to 18 organizations to support annual public Allison Rabbitt festivals and events. Begun as a pilot initiative in 2003, NAC Seattle Center Foundation became a formal program of the Office at the end of 2006 and now attracts twice its initial numbers of applicants. Additional program funding will support a 36-percent increase in funded organizations in 2007.

2006 Neighborhood and Community Arts Partners

Central Area John Hay Foundation Pista sa Nayon, Franklin High School’s Community Festival Festival of the Arts, Filipino American Lion Dance Team Association, John Hay Elementary Community Festival performs at Picnic & Central Area School Seattle-Oaxaca Community Festival Piñatas in the Park, Mae West Fest, Fiesta Committee, Freeway Park Mae West Fest IX Guelaguetza 2006 July 15, 2006. Beacon Neighborhood Magnolia Chamber Sundiata African Hill residents and Association, of Commerce, American Cultural Freeway Park Fridays neighborhood groups Magnolia Art Show Association, Festival Fremont Arts Sundiata Literary Café put on the annual North Beacon Hill Council, Fremont Council, Picnic & SouthEast Seattle event, which featured Solstice Parade & Pageant Piñatas in the Park Arts Council (SESAC), local artists, music, Greater University World Music Concert Northgate Chamber food and a piñata Chamber of Commerce, of Commerce, Tibetan Association University Street Fair party at Triangle Park Northgate Festival of Washington, Greenwood Arts TibetFest and an Evening and the Beacon Hill Pioneer Square Council, Greenwood- of Tibetan Culture Community Branch of The Seattle Phinney Artwalk Association, Turkish American Public Library. Photo: Hmong Association Art in the Park Cultural Association, of Washington, Turkfest Deborah Ballard. Hmong New Year

2006 smART venture Partners

6th Day Dance Mirror Stage Company 7 X 13 = 28 New Horizons Productions Ministries Anything is Possible Northwest Asian All Ages Theatre Co. American Film Festival Barbara Mackoff Northwest SHARE Chinese Arts & Music Association Powerful Schools Contemporary QuiltArt Rainier Valley Association Historical Society Cornish College Sapristi Guild of the Arts Community Partners Seattle Shores Chorus Duwamish Tribal Thione Diop Services Productions smART ventures Emilia Muller-Ginorio , a new monthly small awards initiative, was Unexpected developed and piloted in 2006 in order to reach individuals First Place School Productions and groups who are not served by the Office’s other funding Hillel at the UW Washington Composers Forum Indian Student programs. Offering awards of $500 to $1,000, smART ventures Association at the UW responds to one-time opportunities and innovative ideas, International Examiner widening participation in arts and cultural events, particularly Longhouse Media among diverse or underserved communities. In 2006, the Office Mercedes Nicole Roberson made 26 smART venture awards to projects and events, and an annual allocation of $36,000 was approved to continue this pilot program in 2007 and 2008. smART ventures proves that small investments can have big impacts.

The Department of Neighborhoods Matching Fund also LEFT: Shy, a 2006, produced helps to shape our city’s creative landscape. The Office homeless youth, by Seattle-Oaxaca regularly collaborates with neighborhood groups, private captured this image Fiesta Committee. developers and individuals to develop art projects in their while participating Photo courtesy of communities. As part of these efforts, our staff also reviewed in Street Vision, a Seattle-Oaxaca Fiesta youth photography Committee. 37 arts and cultural applications to the Matching Fund. project in partnership with New Horizons BOTTOM RIGHT: Featured Partner Guelaguetza 2006 Ministries. Teaching Children participate On Sept. 9, more than 350 people sipped sweet hibiscus drinks, tasted artist Hillary Prag in the 2006 Fremont tamales and danced in the sun at Guelaguetza 2006, a free, daylong led the six-month Solstice Parade, festival of the music, dance, costumes and food of Oaxaca, Mexico. The program funded by Gasworks Park. The fourth annual Oaxacan fiesta, produced by the Seattle-Oaxaca Fiesta smART ventures. parade is produced Committee, took place in the open-air amphitheater at Dr. Blanche Lavizzo by the Fremont Arts Walkway Park in Seattle’s Central District. Guelaguetza is an indigenous TOP RIGHT: Council. Photo: word for an annual celebration featuring cultural groups from Oaxaca. Child performs Pmatt Freedman. at Guelaguetza

Mayor’s Arts Awards On Sept. 1, more than 400 Seattle Children’s Theatre Northwest Folklife and Linda Hartzell, Artistic and Michael Herschensohn, people joined Mayor Greg Director Executive Director Nickels at Seattle Center to Renowned for its high- For 36 years and quality productions, celebrate the fourth annual Mayor’s counting, Northwest Seattle Children’s Folklife has sustained Arts Awards. The recipients of these Theatre is among the the vitality of folk, awards reflect Seattle’s diverse cultural top children’s theater ethnic and traditional companies in the offerings and an extraordinary body arts – most notably country. According to through the annual work in arts and culture. The Seattle artistic director Linda production of the Arts Commission recommended the Hartzell, it exposes free Northwest children to everyday heroes, encouraging them recipients from more than 80 public Folklife Festival, the largest folk, ethnic and to take risks and offering glimpses of other traditional arts event in North America. Michael nominations. The Mayor’s Arts Awards times and places. During her 22-year tenure, Herschensohn, the organization’s leader were presented in partnership with Hartzell has showcased more than 35 world- since 1998, has more than two decades premiere stage productions. Bumbershoot®: Seattle’s Music and of experience managing nonprofit cultural organizations, as well as a doctorate in romance Arts Festival. Inspiration The everyday person who languages and masters degrees in both French works hard and just tries to get by language and literature and urban planning. Childhood ambition To travel to exotic places Inspiration Victor Hugo First job Carhop at Dog ‘N Suds First job Pony boy at Mohawk Day Camp, Big break Being asked to be the Interim White Plains, N.Y. Artistic Director at SCT 22 years ago Big break Still waiting Pet peeve Lack of funding for the arts Best part of your profession in Washington state Making the Folklife Festival Happen every year Linda Hartzell photo Your favorite motto Have a good Your greatest achievement by BDS Images time, but when you’re tired go home. Successful capital campaign efforts Word that best describes you Your favorite motto Daniel Burnham’s: Michael Herschensohn Playful Make no little plans photo courtesy of Profession other than your Word that best describes you Northest Folklife own that you would like to try Frenetic Archives Food-and-travel TV personality Why folk arts Because they belong Your hero Martin Luther King Jr. to the people. (They are not commercial arts Gerard Schwarz sold to the rich.) photo by Yuen Lui Your heroes Thom. Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir Studio Favorite folk arts figure James W. Washington Jr., Seattle folk artist/sculptor Reggie Watts photo by Bootsy Holler

Rainier Vista photo by Bradley Enghaus

21 Gerard Schwarz, Music Reggie Watts, PERFORMER Rainier Vista Cambodian Director, Seattle Symphony Youth Program

The Seattle Sympho- From comedy to ny’s music director dance to music of all since 1985, Gerard kinds, Reggie Watts Schwarz holds the has done it all. While longest tenure of any he’s currently burning current music director up the alternative of a major U.S. orches- comedy circuit around tra. Under his artistic the world, Watts has leadership, the Seattle been a mainstay in Symphony has become one of the world’s finest Seattle music for over a decade, most notably A dozen years ago, Cambodian immigrant orchestras, and Schwartz’s 100-plus recordings as the frontman for heavy soul sensation parents living in the Rainier Vista public housing with the symphony have received widespread Maktub. In 2005, Watts won the Oy! Oy! Award project started the Rainier Vista Cambodian recognition, including 10 Grammy nominations. at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and in 2006 Youth Program to expose their children to he received the Andy Kaufman Award for Cambodian culture and provide them with safe Inspiration Great music; great literature; originality, humor and courage at The New York activities. The program provides Cambodian sensitive, intelligent and positive people; Comedy Festival. language, dance and drawing lessons to school- my family aged children living at Rainier Vista. Its signature Childhood ambition To be principal Inspiration Love, knowledge, discovery, offering is traditional Khmer dance training. trumpet of the New York Philharmonic weirdness, sexuality First job Co-principal trumpet of the New Favorite escape Sweden, or a movie Inspiration The opportunity for youth York Philharmonic theater Big break Conducting the Elliott Carter Piano Childhood ambition To be an to learn about their Cambodian heritage and Concerto in Aspen circa 1972 aeronautical engineer cultural traditions – and to increase their self- Book on your nightstand Big break Having amazing parents that confidence by performing and exhibiting their Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin supported my artistic endeavors! artwork in the community Pet peeve Seeing the glass half empty Best part of your profession Getting Biggest challenges Parent involvement, Greatest achievement The artistic to hear about how my performance affects lean staff and limited finances growth of the Seattle Symphony and my people on and off stage. Hopefully for the good. Program’s purpose To bring families participation in the creation of Benaroya Hall Your favorite motto When in doubt together. Students learn traditional Khmer folk Your favorite motto Performing great zoom-out! dances, the Khmer language, and how to play music is 10 percent talent and 90 percent Word that best describes you Khmer musical instruments. hard work. Self-conformist The program also seeks to reduce substance Favorite composers The Austro-German Memorable Seattle moment Sitting abuse and offers health education, including HIV composers of the 19th and early 20th centuries on the stage-right speaker stack watching The prevention. Parenting classes and homework What’s next I’m completing a cello concerto Murder City Devils rock thousands at the 2006 help are also part of the program. for my son that will be premiered next season. Capitol Hill Block Party. Big break Our performance at Khmer New Your heroes David Bowie, Li Edelkoort, Keane, Earth Wind and Fire, David Cross, Todd Year’s Celebration Barry, Nelson Mandela, Miles Davis, Madonna, Favorite performances in 2006 Gary Zuko Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony, and performances at the Paramount Theater and Moore Theater Mayor’s Arts Awards 2006 Hip Hop Michael Spafford, Elizabeth Sandvig and Spike Mafford, Panel family of visual artists Laura “Piece” Kelley Big break Seattle Arts Commission MS Being hired to teach at UW School of Art Darryl Nichols and represented by the Francine Seders Gallery Jet City Records ES First one-person exhibits at Galeria Genova, and KYIZ Radio Mexico City, 1961 Steve Sneed SM Being born into the Spafford family Seattle Center Sarah Vilaysom Most embarrassing CD you own Diamond Life Presents... MS My Roth IRA ES Victoria’s Secret Christmas Eve, Husband and wife Michael Spafford and Christmas Morning Elizabeth Sandvig, both painters, and their son SM Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach Spike Mafford, a photographer, are among Seattle’s most esteemed visual artists, and Pet peeve their work hangs in museums and collections MS People who “know” what art is worldwide – including the City’s Portable Works ES Corporations that dump their art collections Collection. Spafford taught at the University of SM Someone chewing ice cubes Washington for a number of years, and Sandvig is known not only for her paintings and prints, Word that best describes you but also for her sculptures. Mafford, who has MS Pronoun photographed scenes around the world, founded ES ZigZag Galleria Potatohead, an innovative Seattle art SM Doughnut gallery throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s. Profession other than your own Inspiration you would like to try MS The work done by other artists MS I’d like to create an opera. ES Nature ES Inventor SM Light and timing, science and abstraction SM Scuba Dive Master Michael Spafford and Elizabeth Favorite escape Memorable Seattle moment Sandvig, photo by MS Listening to Gorecki’s 3rd Symphony at full MS Being ticketed for jaywalking in the University Spike Mafford. Spike volume while working in my studio District in 1963 Mafford, photo by ES Reading a good book ES Driving over the hill and seeing the Olympics SM My wife and I have been avid nomads, and SM Walking through the old train tunnel Chris Bennion. road trip constantly. Driving to Mexico and back under the city has become a habit. Gordon Curvey photo Your heroes courtesy of Gordon First job MS Hercules, Theseus and Perseus Curvey MS Layout artist and cartoonist for the Jim ES My Mother (Mauda Sandvig), the Smutz Advertising and Publicity Agency independent woman and the caregiver ES Translating Mexican archeology tapes to a SM Hercules, Ajax, Tinky-Winky King Khazm photo by typewritten manuscript B-Girl Chillz SM Popcorn maker/concessions stand at the Seven Gables Theater Mr. Supreme photo courtesy of Mr. Supreme

23 2006 Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Hip Hop

Mayor Greg Nickels presented the fifth annual Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Hip Hop on Oct. 7 at City Hall, acknowledging three members of the local hip hop community for their innovative performance, community service or entrepreneurial achievement. The recipients, a connoisseur of vintage Northwest funk and soul, a television impresario and an artist-activist, are all formative forces in Seattle and were recognized for their contributions in three categories: Media, Unsung Hero and Pioneer.

Gordon Curvey, Media Daniel “King Khazm” Kogita, Daniel Clavesilla, Unsung Hero “Mr. Supreme,” Pioneer For more than 17 years, King Khazm has been Groove fanatic Mr. Gordon Curvey has a formative force in Supreme is an in- chronicled Seattle’s hip the Seattle hip hop demand DJ and hop scene with Music scene for years. music historian. From Inner City, a cable An artist, activist, Conception Records to program highlighting educator, promoter and the Sharpshooters to the power of music to community leader, King his current gig as part inspire youth. As host Khazm co-founded of the urban lifestyle and executive producer, MAD Krew – a hip company known Curvey invites guests to hop crew that quickly as Soul Gorilla, Mr. discuss the importance of staying in school, off evolved into an influential multimedia production Supreme is a true local hip hop pioneer. His drugs and away from gangs. His star-studded company. He is the producer of Hip Hop 101, a recent anthology, Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s line-up has included Oprah Winfrey, Michael live weekly television show featuring emerging Finest in Funk and Soul, 1965 to 1975, uncovers Jordan, Quincy Jones, James Brown, Stevie hip hop artists broadcast on regional cable and the lost Seattle funk movement of the ‘60s and Wonder, Al Green, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, online. He also founded 206 Zulu, the Universal ‘70s. As one of the city’s hardest-working DJs, Ice Cube and local favorite Sir Mix-A-Lot. Zulu Nation Seattle Chapter. Mr. Supreme has flexed his skills on gigs with Grand Master Flash, Mark Farina and Pete Rock, Childhood ambition To be in the music Favorite Seattle arts/cultural to name a few. industry event in 2006 Festival Sundiata Big break When my TV show was picked Childhood ambition To be an artist Inspiration Seeing the happiness people up by KTZZ Big break Enter the Madness, 1998 have when I have touched their soul through Best part of your profession [This hip hop documentary video helped to music Meeting people I thought I would never meet and expose Pacific Northwest hip hop nationally] First job Taco Bell being a role model Best part of your profession Big break Signing recording contract in the ‘90s Your greatest achievement Seeing my work help others to grow Book on your nightstand Last Night A Interviewing Oprah and winning Mayor’s Award Your greatest achievement Has yet DJ Saved My Life, by Frank Broughton and Bill for Excellence in Hip Hop to come Brewster Your favorite motto Music Inner City Word that best describes you Number of albums in your is not just about entertainment, it is also about Determined collection 50,000 education. Profession other than your own Pet peeve When someone asks me if I’m Why hip hop It keeps me in touch with young you would like to try Comics and going to play something good! people, and I love the music, too. animation Why hip hop Because it grew from Your heroes: Oprah, Jesse Jackson, Dr. King Your heroes One (The Creator), my family, absolutely nothing and came from the soul to Favorite hip hop artists Nas, LL Cool J, Angel 179, people who work hard for something create the huge phenomenon that it is today Jay Z, Ludacris they believe in, even if against the odds, and Your heroes Muhammed Ali and S. Carter Favorite Seattle music venue persevere Favorite Seattle music venue Showbox Favorite Seattle music venue The See Sound Lounge Vera Project What’s next Managing artists and passing the torch to the next generation South Park Lights inspired illustrations, features illustrations including the pictured that illuminate the image of Cesar western exterior Chavez, drawing on wall of the South the neighborhood’s Park Branch of The history and Hispanic Seattle Public Library. culture. The images Franklin Joyce rotate seasonally. created community- Photo: Will Austin.

25 From libraries to community centers and parks to busy streetscapes, public art enriches our daily lives and gives voice to artists. Completed Projects Our public art program integrates art into public places – both enhancing the civic experience and advancing Seattle’s reputation as a cultural center for innovation and creativity. The public art team currently manages 29 active projects, and the following 10 projects were completed in 2006.

Transportation Lorna Jordan created In May, Brian Goggin’s Traffic of Ideas was dedicated at the season opening of the Dragonfly Garden and University District Farmers’ Market. Atop an existing steel gateway at the University Pavilion in conjunction Heights Community Center, Traffic of Ideas consists of 21 oversized cast bronze books with the Longfellow Creek Drainage and and about 80 bronze pages of local authors’ writings. The artwork was part of Seattle Habitat Improvement Department of Transportation’s (SDOT) University Way Multi-Modal project with Project in West funding from SDOT 1% for Art funds. Seattle. Photo: Amy Herndon. For an SDOT street improvement project, Linda Wysong created Perch, two stone and hammered copper tree benches and three brightly colored steel birdhouse sculptures installed along a pedestrian path at N.E. 105th Street. Nearby, fused glass blocks featuring the native black-capped chickadee are embedded in the sidewalk. The pedestrian corridors frame a busy Northgate neighborhood hub that is home to a new community center, library and park. The artwork was part of the 5th Avenue Northeast Streetscape Improvement project with funding from SDOT 1% for Art funds.

Public Art representative; director, Davidson & Lane Architects; Seattle Department Seattle City Michael Shiosaki, Contemporary Gallery; Linda Colasurdo, of Transportation artist Light 32nd Floor Panels Seattle Parks & Tom Im, Inter*Im Seattle Fleets and in residence. Renovation Recreation. Community Facilities Department; Lisa Herriott, Allbee Public art selections are Neighborhood Fire Development Eddie Nelson, Seattle Romein Architects; made through a peer Fremont Bridge Station Roster Association; Fire Department; Davonna Johnson, Chris panel process. Forty- Approach Dove Alberg, Fleets and Jan Johnson, Feliscia Schott, Larsen, and Tom Parks, three artists, architects, John Coney, community Facilities Department; International District community all of Seattle City Light. city employees and representative; Chief Molly Douce, Special Review Board; representative; community representa- Lorelei Mesic, Seattle Fire Department; Monica Lake, Fleets and Cappy Thompson, Seattle Public Utilities tives served as panelists Seattle Department of Heather Marx, Portable Works Facilities Department; visual artist. in 2006. Transportation; Fleets and Facilities Jon Mihkels, Jackie Kosak, Jessica Randall, Department; Dexter Pit Park Weinstein Architecture Interurban Trail Safeco Insurance; Fremont Arts Council. Rich Murakami, Michelle Arab, and Planning; Josh Brevoort, Jim O’Donnell, artist and architect; Architect, Arai independent curator; Charles Anderson Fire Station #10 John Pai, artist and Stuart Goldsmith, Jackson Architects; Joseph Park, Landscape Architects; Gloria Bornstein, Lead arts administrator; Seattle Department Janice Shaw, visual artist; Jennifer Dixon, Artist, Fire Station 10; Sarah Sodt, of Transportation; Arts Administrator, Karen Reed, Seattle visual artist; Lt. Steve Brown, Seattle Historic Preservation, Grace Hartley, Bainbridge Island Public Utilities. David Goldberg, Seattle Police Department; Department of Seattle City Light; Public Art Program; Parks & Recreation; Elizabeth Conner, artist; Neighborhoods. Jamie Prantill, Jean Whitesavage, Milenko Matanovic, Chief Molly Douce, Fire Station #28 student and community Artist, Whitesavage Pomegranate Center; Seattle Fire Department; Jennifer Barnes, representative; & Lyle, Inc. Edwina Predmore, Tracey Fugami, Schreiber, Starling Anne Stevens, community curator and gallery

Libraries Public Art The Seattle Public Library opened four new or renovated branch libraries in 2006 Advisory Committee with artwork funded by Libraries for All Bond 1% for Art funds. Dana Lynn Louis integrated Circulation, an installation of vertical glass panels featuring fused circles of Catherine Hillenbrand Committee Chair, colored glass into the Northgate Branch’s exterior book drop. At the Montlake Branch, Seattle Arts Rebecca Cummins created Skylight Aperture Sundial that casts five dancing circles of Commission colored light that move across the library throughout the day marking the passage of Pam Beyette time. At the South Park Branch, Franklin Joyce created South Park Lights, illustrations Seattle Design TOP: Paul Sorey’s Commission Tree Bench at Edwin that illuminate the western exterior wall of the library, changing seasonally and drawing Manuel Cawaling* T. Pratt Park. The on the neighborhood’s history and Hispanic culture. The Central District’s Douglass- Community bench, made of Truth Branch features artworks by Vivian Linder and Marita Dingus. Linder’s Ancestors representative colored mortar, is comprised of three mixed-media panels reflecting Aztec, Mayan and West African Dan Corson concrete and stainless Seattle Arts influences. Dingus’Children of the Sea is a copper wall sculpture that uses recycled materials Commission steel, symbolizes to depict three African-American cherub-like figures swimming among seaweed and Jay Deguchi the neighborhood’s vines on the east wall of the library. Community diverse cultures representative coming together and Brian Grant invites park visitors Parks Seattle Arts to sit and talk. Photo: Valerie Otani created Shilshole Shells for the Ballard Commons Park. Otani’s four granite- Commission Paul Sorey. shell sculptures are interactive, with openings in to the tops of the shells that invite Mary Johnston** Seattle Design children to pour water inside. The park, dedicated in March, is the centerpiece Commission BOTTOM LEFT: of a new civic center in Ballard. The artwork was funded with Seattle Department of Valerie Otani’s Kurt Kiefer** Community Shilshole Shells at Parks and Recreation 1% for Art funds. representative Ballard Commons In May, Central District residents gathered at Edwin T. Pratt Park to dedicate Paul Karen Kiest* Park are made of Seattle Design carved granite and Sorey’s Tree Bench. Made of colored mortar, concrete and stainless steel inlays, Tree Bench Commission include an interactive takes the shape of a tree sliced in half lengthwise, floating above the ground and inviting water feature popular *Terms ending in 2006 visitors to sit on its trunk and branches. Tree Bench was commissioned with Seattle Parks **Terms beginning in 2006 with the park’s young and Recreation 2000 Parks Levy 1% for Art funds. visitors. Photo: Valerie Otani. For the new Northgate Community Center, Nikki McClure created The Eddy, three BOTTOM RIGHT: wave sculptures cut from blue-gray metal and inset with colored-glass bubbles. The Eddy, Brian Goggin’s Traffic located in the community center’s plaza, rises out of the back of a concrete wall that of Ideas consists curves toward the community center’s entrance. The new 20,000-square-foot community of oversized cast center at Northgate Park opened in July. The artwork was funded with 1999 Community bronze books and Centers Levy 1% for Art funds. pages perched atop an existing steel gateway at the Utilities University Heights In 2006, Lorna Jordan oversaw finishing touches on Dragonfly Pavilion and Garden. The Community Center, project was developed in conjunction with Seattle Public Utilities’ (SPU) Longfellow welcoming visitors to Creek Drainage and Habitat Improvement Project in West Seattle. It serves as the the University District entrance to a creek overlook and outdoor environmental-education facility. The artist- Farmers’ Market. designed garden, which surrounds the pavilion, demonstrates salmon-friendly and water- Photo courtesy of wise gardening techniques. The project was funded with SPU 1% for Art funds. 4aM Studios.

Morgan Sims, Eat Your Cake, 2006, monoprint with spray paint, 22” x 30”, In 2006 the Office convened panels to select artists for six permanently sited Seattle Public Utilities artworks, a portable works purchase and a temporary gallery installation. Portable Works Collection. Selections and Calls

Utilities Following closure of a lawsuit challenging the participation of City in the International District. Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Chew, utilities in the 1% for Art program, the Office eagerly resumed working as Muse Atelier, will fabricate and install bamboo, luminous, work with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) and Seattle City Light in a grouping of internally lit, yellow-green cast resin bamboo 2006 to plan public art projects. stalks in an exterior planting area. Stuart Nakamura designed Call and Response, a sculptural installation that refers to The Rock, The Office purchased 48 artworks from more than 1,800 the name firefighters gave the original Fire Station 10. Both submissions as part of a call for art titled People + Place: Works artworks reflect the neighborhood’s diversity and will join Gloria Inspired by People, Their Environment or How the Two Interact for SPU’s Bornstein’s artwork at the facility. Wayne Chabre was also chosen Portable Works Collection. This call drew applications from to create exterior artwork for Fire Station 28 in Rainier Beach. 229 Northwest artists and resulted in the purchase of paintings, photographs, prints and collages by 35 artists. Transportation Jennifer Dixon’s proposal for a series of signs that act as flip-books was selected for a new segment of the Interurban Trail, where the Sculptor Yuki Nakamura’s White Vanishing: Light and Shadow, Seattle Department of Transportation is extending the pedestrian previously selected for the Union Street Electric Gallery, was trail between North 110th and North 125th streets. Four artists installed on the exterior wall of Seattle City Light’s Union Street were selected from the Office’s pre-qualified rosters to present facility. The 14-foot by 100-foot vinyl mesh mural features a two- proposals for the Fremont Bridge. The Seattle Department of dimensional representation of a porcelain sculpture by Nakamura. Transportation (SDOT) Art Plan, authored in 2005 by artist The Office recently issued a call for artists for the gallery, which Daniel Mihalyo, identifies the Fremont Bridge as an opportunity will feature two exhibitions in 2007. for integrating art into SDOT’s infrastructure projects through the use of 1% for Art funds. Paul Marioni and Ann Troutner were also selected to shape the design of Seattle City’s Light’s elevator lobby on the 32nd floor of Parks Seattle Municipal Tower, home to the utility’s superintendent’s office. A panel selected Andy Cao as the lead artist on the design team for Dexter Pit Park, an undeveloped 1.3-acre site in Queen Anne Fire Stations that will become a neighborhood park using funds from the City’s As a part of the Fire Facilities and Emergency Response Levy, 2000 Pro Parks Levy. 52 artists were selected for a fire stations roster, pre-qualifying them for art projects at Seattle neighborhood fire stations. A panel selected two artworks for Fire Station 10 now under construction

Public Art Activities

Conservation Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery The City’s public art collection includes more than 400 The Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery features quarterly exhibits permanently sited artworks and approximately 2,800 portable of the City’s Portable Works Collection. In 2006, the gallery works – all of which the City stewards and maintains through featured a selection of paintings purchased through a 2005 call annual inspection and major restorative work. In 2006, for art. Sculptural Form and the Figure offered Northwest artists’ conservation staff performed condition and safety analyses of interpretations of the human figure, andSeattle: A Changing City 155 artworks and treated 31 permanent artworks, including presented a glimpse of the cityscape from earlier eras. Prints from restoration of four totem poles in Occidental Park and Pete the City of Seattle’s Portable Works Collection closed the year, featuring Larsen’s Fremont pergola, which sheltered Richard Beyer’s print techniques employed by regional and national artists. popular sculpture Waiting for the Interurban. Both artworks were temporarily moved to make way for Fremont Bridge Seattle Public art in the news construction and are scheduled to return in spring 2007. In June, Americans for the Arts’ Public Art Network selected Sarah Sze’s An Equal and Opposite Reaction at Marion Oliver In March, the Office turned off Hammering Man at the entrance McCaw Hall for its 2006 Year in Review during an annual to Seattle Art Museum after problems developed with the moving conference where jurors unveil their selections for the most mechanisms of its arm. Contractors are repairing the sculpture, innovative public art projects completed around the country. which is scheduled to be back in motion in time for the downtown Art in America’s Annual Guide also recognized Sze’s piece at museum’s grand reopening in May 2007. McCaw Hall as well as Douglas Hollis’ Waterworks at Cal Anderson Park. In 2006, Sculpture Magazine featured two Streetcar Art Plan artworks at City Hall: Nobuho Nagasawa’s Water Weaving Light The South Lake Union Streetcar is a key component of the Cycle and Beliz Brother’s illumine. Mayor’s South Lake Union Action Agenda to transform the area into an urban neighborhood for thousands of new homes and jobs. In early 2006, the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs contracted with Lead Pencil Studio to develop an art plan for the South Lake Union streetcar alignment. The plan recommends an eclectic array of artwork including signage, lighting and guardrail designs. The 1.3-mile streetcar line, which will connect to the Denny Triangle and downtown, is scheduled for completion in late 2007. TOP AND BOTTOM RIGHT: Artist Dana It is projected to carry about 330,000 riders annually. RIGHT: Jonathan Lynn Louis’, Circula- Borofsky’s Hammer- tion, kiln-formed and ing Man undergoes sandblasted laminated repairs at the entrance glass, enhances the to the downtown book drop at Seattle Seattle Art Museum. Public Library’s North- Photos: Kim Baker. gate Branch. Photo: Dana Lynn Louis.

Ela Lamblin and Leah Arts-in-Nature Mann, as Lelavision, Festival, at Camp perform excerpts of Long in West Seattle Warped Like Space in August 2006. and Time at the Photo courtesy of Nature Consortium’s Nature Consortium.

35 Galleries and museums. Dance and music. Theater and film. Public art. These are the cultural riches that make Seattle a great place to live. And they are also what keeps visitors pouring into our city from around the globe. Arts Education The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Seattle Arts Commission continued to work with Seattle Public Schools to promote the development of district-wide arts education for all students. In 2006, the commission’s education committee convened a series of conversations with principals and other school and district leaders and began working with Seattle Public Schools’ new Chief Academic Officer Carla Santorno to frame a significant arts education initiative.

Quinton I. Morris, Arts Education in Seattle ago. This year, Rainier Beach Principal founder and director Public Schools Robert Gary directly credited the new of The Young Eight, On Oct. 25, at our third-annual public arts program for rising test scores and for works with a student Forum on Arts Education in engaging and motivating his students. during a stringed in- Seattle Public Schools, Carla Santorno strument “petting zoo” outlined a proposal to hire a new district Arts Education Week at T.T. Minor Elemen- leadership team in arts, heralding a In May, we also joined communities tary School in Oct. 2006. The weeklong multi-year partnership with our Office across the state in celebrating the first residency was spon- and the Seattle Arts Commission to annual Arts Education Week. As part of sored by the University develop a more comprehensive and this celebration, Mayor Nickels issued a of Washington World equitable arts education program proclamation recognizing the importance Series at Meany throughout the district. of arts education and sent a personal letter Hall for the Performing of recognition to 125 Arts Education Arts. Photo: Lee Talner. Hit the Beach Champions – teachers, principals and The benefits of arts education are parent volunteers who support arts already on display in Hit the Beach, programs in their schools. our highly successful model program at Rainier Beach High School, which We pay tribute to our many artist, has spawned several student music and organization and community partners dance ensembles and has helped build a for their critical role in providing arts multicultural performing arts program opportunities for thousands of Seattle in a school that had none four years youth, in and out of schools.

37 Arts Education All across the Seattle area, powerful community partnerships are putting art into action. The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs plays an important role in many of these critical efforts to support creativity in our city. In the Community

Neighborhood Outreach comprehensive online calendar of cultural events. The appeal of Growth in South Lake Union sparked a conversation about our creative city stimulates Seattle’s economy not just through ticket affordable dedicated cultural space for artists and arts sales, but through revenue from food, lodging and retail shopping. organizations in this and other City neighborhoods. The Office worked with South Lake Union cultural organizations to ensure Creative Conversations that an arts component was included in the community’s updated As part of the nationwide Emerging Leaders Initiative of neighborhood plan. The Office also commissioned market Americans for the Arts, dozens of emerging arts leaders research to inventory current cultural facilities and project future participated in creative conversations during National Arts and opportunities in the neighborhood. Likewise, we worked to ensure Humanities Month in October. Locally, these convenings have that the arts played a role in the City’s South Park, Southeast produced a new network aimed at connecting and strengthening Seattle and Broadway action agendas. the next generation of arts leaders. The Office and other partners are currently working to continue the dialogue year-round. Performance Out of the Box Three site-specific performances brought art to unexpected The Arts and Economic Prosperity places in Seattle. In October, choreographer Megan Murphy Continuing our efforts to document the role of arts and culture transformed an empty Capitol Hill lot into a “dream home” as an economic engine, the Office worked with Americans for installation, Beautiful 3 bdrm 2 bath on Capitol Hill (Proposed Land the Arts to collect the Seattle-area data for an extensive national Use Action). In December, Kristen Tsiatsios’ The Maze Project economic impact study also supported by The Paul G. Allen offered a one-of-a-kind tour of Seattle’s Central Library, enlivened Family Foundation. When completed in 2007, Arts & Economic with modern dance, music, video installations and a knitting Prosperity III will provide detailed information about our local project. And in Spectrum Dance Theater’s Soapbox, dancers took arts community and event-related spending by audiences. Similar their cues from members of the public speaking from a soapbox data from 100 other U.S. communities will be combined into the in Westlake Park. The Office sponsored these performances comprehensive national report. in partnership with 4Culture’s SITE-SPECIFIC/2006 King County Performance Network.

TV and Tourism 4Culture’s SITE- With early support from the Office, in 2006 the Seattle Channel People watch The CityArtist Kristen Maze Project unfold Tsiatsios, the SPECIFIC/2006 King set out to create the Art Zone, 12 hours of weekly television at the Seattle Public weeklong multimedia County Performance and Web programming dedicated to arts and culture in Seattle. Library’s Central performance project Network. Photo: The Office also continues to work with Seattle’s Convention Branch in Dec. was presented in Nate Brown. and Visitor’s Bureau to encourage cultural tourism through a 2006. Presented by partnership with

Seattle Presents Concerts

All City Sing Ben Thomas & The with Seattle Tangent Project Seachordsmen At City Hall Jay Thomas & East/ Hanz Araki* West Double Trio City Hall is not only a thriving center of civic activity, Hadley Caliman Trio The Tiptons Warren Chang Music Traffic Jam Spoken but a buzzing center for art featuring music, commu- Ensemble Word + Poetry Mash Up nity art exhibitions and public art. Children of the Revolution Windsong* Correo Aereo Korla Wygal City Hall Becomes Concert Hall Duo En *Performances at Seattle Lunchtime became show time throughout the year as Seattle Gamelan Pacifica Municipal Tower Presents, our free lunchtime concert series, showcased Randy Halberstadt extraordinary Seattle musicians playing everything from folk Ian McFeron to jazz, global to classical, rockabilly to klezmer. In 2006 alone, Medieval Women’s Choir Exhibitions the concert series attracted an audience of more than 6,000 to Valerie Muzzolini 35 performances featuring 416 artists. & Zartouhi Legend & Young Lions Dombourian-Eby April, Ron Hudson’s black-and-white New Orleans Jazz photographs of jazz The year began with a standing-room-only performance by the Quartet luminaries performing in Seattle Symphony. For summer, the show moved outside to the Victor Noriega Seattle. Co-sponsored by Pacific Jazz Institute Odeonquartet plaza. Then, in fall, the Earshot Jazz Festival kicked off at City in conjunction with the Hall with a performance by Jay Thomas and the East/West Michael Powers* Smithsonian Institution’s Priester’s Cue National Jazz Month. Double Trio. A festive lineup of holiday concerts closed the year Jovino Santos Neto Public Architecture: with good tidings and great music. Content to Form Byron Schenkman July, Stephen L. Seattle Choral Rosen’s large-format City Hall Gallery Company photographs featuring the crisp lines, undulating Seattle Men’s Chorus The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs sponsored three exhibitions forms and innovative & Seattle Women’s shapes of some of the by Seattle photographers and also facilitated a special youth photo Chorus city’s most compelling exhibit by South Park Photovoice in September, as part of the Seattle Pro Musica buildings. observance of Hispanic Heritage month. Seattle Symphony Five Blocks to Orchestra Green Lake Seattle Women’s October, Gary Grenell’s Jazz Orchestra portraits of people in the most familiar of LEFT: Seattle Men’s TOP RIGHT: BOTTOM RIGHT: Shawn’s Kugel locations, under trees, Chorus and Seattle Photographer Amy Denio performs Rubin Swafford Duo on sidewalks and in front of their homes – all within Women’s Chorus Gary Grenell’s with The Tiptons Ttaapp Central* five blocks of his Green perform at City Hall’s Green Lake Gothic at City Hall during The Gold Spikes Lake home. outdoor plaza during was part of Grenell’s a Seattle Presents The MB Orchestra a Seattle Presents exhibition Five Blocks concert, July 6, 2006. concert, July 20, to Green Lake at the Photo: Nate Brown. 2006. Photo: City Hall Gallery in Amy Herndon. Oct. 2006.

Cast members at dance – Angkor/America rehearsal for Rainier presented by SouthEast Valley Youth Theater’s Effective Development. Financials SummerSTAGE 2006 Photo: Bradley Enghaus. Expenditures totaled $4.45 million in 2006. The agency receives funding from four primary sources.

2006 REVENUES

General Fund: $2,043,191 Provides support for the department’s general operations, including funding programs. The general fund does not provide direct support to the public art program. 7M 6M Admissions Tax: $1,020,000 Twenty percent of non-sports-related admissions tax revenues 5M supports our efforts to improve services to artists, communities 4M and the next generation. Temporarily suspended for the 2003- Public art 2004 biennium, this allocation was restored to a 15-percent 3M Admissions tax allocation in 2005 and a 20-percent allocation in 2006. General fund 2M

Municipal Arts Fund: $1,277,553 1M One percent of city capital improvement project funds are set aside for the commission, purchase and installation of artworks. 02 03 04 05 06

Cumulative Reserve Fund: $120,000 Provides for maintenance of the City’s art collection.

2006 Expenditures

Cultural Partnerships* (53%) $2,326,403 53% Public Art (26%) $1,176,868 Cultural Partnerships* Community Development & Outreach (10%) $463,685 Administration (11%) $488,277

Total $4,455,233 Public art

26% Outreach

* Full restoration of the admissions tax allocation in 2006 increased 10% the agency’s percentage of expenditures in cultural partnerships. Admin

11%

Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs

Office Location 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1766

Mailing Address P.O. Box 94748 Seattle, Washington 98124-4748

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