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2008 Report to the Community Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Seattle Office of Table of Contents

www.seattle.gov/arts The Office at Work 7 [email protected] Arts Education 11 O f f i c e M a i l i ng At City Hall 13 Location Address 700 Fifth Avenue PO Box 94748 Cultural Partnerships 15 Suite 1766 Seattle, WA Organization Partners 17 (206) 684-7171 98124-4748 Partner Artists 19 Youth Arts Partners 21 Neighborhood & Community Arts Partners 23 smART ventures Partners 25 2008 Staff Mayor’s Arts Awards 27 Director’s C i v i c Office Partnerships Public Art 29 Michael Killoren Melissa Hines Completed Projects 31 Images Michael Irene Gómez Public Art Activities 35 Herschensohn Kathy Hsieh ( c o v e r ) Peggy Scales Marcia Iwasaki Financials 36 JASMINE ZIM- Paul Rucker MERMAN created Bottle House from Office rec ycled bott les Operations Community fou nd at Seatt le Jane Morris Development C e n t e r f o r O n e Danielle Abbott & Outreach Reel’s Bumber- shoot®: Seattle’s Elly Beerman Lori Patrick Music & Arts Fes- Amy Herndon Nate Brown tival during Labor Sharaana Tamara Day weekend. Horton Childress Photo: Chris- Sheila Moss Jeffrey Pierce topher Nelson. Donna Wilson ( t h i s p a g e ) Interns LUCIA NEARE’S Public Art Garen Glazier Lullaby Moon i s Ruri Yampolsky Christopher a s e r i e s o f f r e e O’Neill performances that Vaughn Bell Angelique began in October Blake Haygood Sophie 2008 and will con- Tiffany Hedrick tinue on the new Patricia Hopper moon of each month T hank you through September Jason Huff to departing 2009. At twilight, Deborah Paine staff celestial charac- Joan Peterson ters illuminate Kevin Cao parks and public Kelly Davidson s p a c e s . P h o t o : Truong Tran Michael Doucett. .3 Seattle is home to 4,065 arts-related businesses that employ 21,025 people—the nation’s most arts businesses per capita.

Creative Industries 2008: The 50 City Report, released by Americans for the Arts

Images 2008 Message from Seattle ( t o p l e f t ) City A performer Council e n t e r t a i n s a t T IBE T FES T Richard Conlin, 2008 at Seattle the Mayor Center. Photo: President R a b y o u n g Tim Burgess Gyalkhang.

Sally Clark Arts and culture are central to life in Last year, I launched the City of Music ( t o p r i g h t ) Jan Drago Seattle. Our stages, museums, galleries initiative to promote the musicians F i r e S t a t i o n Jean Godden and halls are filled with innova- and music venues that contribute to 1 0 i s h o m e to b a m b o o , tion that nurtures our creative spirit. our city’s soul. luminous Nick Licata by NANC Y The arts support our families, energize City government is an important CHEW a n d Richard McIver our neighborhoods and play a vital partner in the arts, but is only one JACQUELINE Tom Rasmussen role in our economic recovery. piece of the puzzle. In 2008, more than METZ, M u s e Atelier, at the Nonprofit arts generate more than 78,000 volunteers contributed nearly entrance to the $26 million in local and state tax 600,000 hours to 112 Seattle arts and city’s Emergency revenues, according to a 2007 study by cultural organizations. I encourage you O p e r a t i o n s C e n t e r i n t h e American for the Arts. to lend your support, as a patron or Chinatown/ volunteer—especially in these difficult I n t e r n a t i o n a l The arts entertain us, boost our economic times. District. Photo: economy and bring our neighborhoods Spike Mafford. together and give voice to our young Working together, we can all be proud (bottom) people and spark to important conver- of Seattle—a city ranked among the Visitors take in sations about issues facing our society. nation’s top creative capitals. Thank the exhibits at the new Wing you for all you do to contribute to the Lu k e A sian Seattle’s growing diversity is a great arts and culture of our city. Museum. strength, with nearly 20 percent of our Photo: Jennifer population foreign born. In 2008, we Sincerely, Richard. celebrated a new home for the Wing ( t h i s p a g e ) Luke Asian Museum and the long- MAYOR GREG awaited opening of the Northwest NICKELS poses African American Museum. These at the Northwest African civic treasures provide space for our A m e r i c a n community stories. M u s e u m i n f r ont of Ja c ob We’re home to musical movements L a w r e n c e ’ s Games, 1979, from hip-hop to classical to . on loan from the King County Portable Works Collection. Photo: Richard D a r b o n n e . .5 2008 Seattle Nearly 40 percent—1.7 million people—of audiences Arts Commission at King County nonprofit cultural organizations are not Dorothy H. Mann, Deborah Semer*, locals. Those non-local audiences spend 50 percent more Ph.D., commission commission vice than local audiences on event-related spending. chair, consultant, chair, Atmosphere community/arts Artist Management, activist musician Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau Richard Andrews, Tom Skerritt*, arts administrator/ actor, director consultant Sergei Donald Byrd*, Tschernisch*, choreographer, president, Cornish artistic director, College of the Arts Spectrum Dance Message from the Director & Theater Maureen Wilhelm, scenic artist, Dan Corson, Seattle Repertory public artist, Theatre; president, Seattle Arts Commission arts planner, IATSE Local 488 theatrical designer Randy Engstrom, founding director, *Term ending It was during an economic downturn Together with the Seattle Arts Com- Youngstown Cultural in 2008 in 1971 that city leaders created the mission, we also continued to advance Arts Center **Term beginning Seattle Arts Commission—a testament key policy issues, including putting the in 2008 Brian Grant*, that arts and culture are essential to the arts back in our public schools and pre- psychiatrist, entrepreneur, quality of life in Seattle. serving affordable, dedicated cultural ArtsFund trustee space in Seattle’s neighborhoods. Not only are urban areas the foundation Joshua Heim*, YMCA Get Engaged of our national economy, cities such as Nine of 16 arts commissioners com- Program, exhibits Seattle are America’s cultural capitals, pleted their terms in 2008. Their developer, Wing providing the majority of creative enthusiastic service and generosity of Luke Asian Museum sector jobs, ideas and innovations. spirit have touched many facets of the Joaquin Herranz Jr., Ph.D., community. We bid a special thanks to professor, That is why the work of our artists, these individuals: Donald Byrd, Brian University of arts and cultural organizations is Grant, Joshua Heim, Catherine Hillen- , Daniel more important than ever before. In J. Evans School brand, Margaret Inouye, Elizabeth of Public Affairs troubled times, investments in the arts Jameson, Deborah Semer, Tom Skerritt fuel the economy and create a better Catherine Images and Sergei Tschernisch. Hillenbrand*, environment in which our communities attorney (top) A dancer can thrive. I hope you enjoy this account of the arts Margaret Inouye*, p e r f o r m s a t at work in our city. We thank you for partner, K&L Gates E L C E N T R O In 2008, we awarded $2.2 million to your contributions and acknowledge DE LA RAZA’S support 275 artists and cultural orga- Elizabeth D a y o f t h e the inspired leadership of Mayor Greg Jameson*, Dead Fest iva l. nizations. We brought art to a variety Nickels and the City Council. With visual artist, Photo: Sorel- of public settings, enhancing 20 city musician your help, we will ensure that creativity laPhotos.com. projects and buildings. Laura “Piece” continues to flourish in Seattle. (bottom) Kelley, artist, But our investments run deeper than writer, poet, Circus con- Sincerely, educator, activist t ra p t i o n dollars. Staff and arts commissioners performs T h e advocate within city government and Ian Lindsay**, Show to End All YMCA Get Engaged Shows. Phot o: beyond, offer advice and guidance and Program, actor, John Cornicello. shepherd community partnerships. Michael Killoren marketing director Director for benefit auctions (this page) In 2008, we laid the groundwork for organization M ichael k I L L o ren . two noteworthy community events Photo: Jennifer this year—the centennial celebration of Richard. the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Dorothy H. Mann, Ph.D. Dorothy Seattle’s first world’s fair, and the Amer- Chair, Seattle Arts Commission H. Mann icans for the Arts national convention. .7 The Office Approximately 3.4 million guests visited downtown the arts economy museum spaces at Work last year. In tough economic times, the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs continues to advocate for the arts as an essential element of our Downtown Seattle city’s vitality. A strong arts and culture sector and a creative Association Come to life. Arts and culture nourish the soul of workforce will help revitalize our economy. our city. The Seattle Office ofA rts & Cultural Affairs is Seattle’s creative edge attracts good companies, skilled workers at work protecting the well-being of our neighborhoods, and visitors. The city ranks first nationally in the number of arts- related businesses per capita and is home to 4,065 arts-related public spaces, schools and economy. We are looking businesses that employ 21,025 people, according to a report by out for the long term. Feeding the future. Americans for the Arts. In 2008, the Office continued to track the Creative Vitality Index—a tool to measure creative sector trends and the health of the creative economy by charting arts participation and arts- related employment. Data from 2007 ranked Seattle’s overall creative vitality at 5.68 times the national average, up from 5.30 in 2005. Seattle’s percentage of creative occupations—including writers, architects, actors and animators—is seven times the national average, and revenues for nonprofit arts organizations are more than eight times the national average.

But rising rents and development continue to threaten access to affordable space for artists and cultural groups. The Office and Seattle Arts Commission are working for policies, tools and Image strategies to ensure affordable, dedicated space for arts and cultural organizations, including the creation of an online guide to leasing Crews frame the Agriculture and developing cultural space, available in summer 2009. B u i l d i n g f o r the Alaska- Arts Commissioner Randy Engstrom is co-chair of the Cultural Yukon- Overlay District Advisory Committee (CODAC)—a volunteer p A C I F I C Exposition, citizen committee charged with recommending creative Seattle, March ideas to preserve and foster arts and cultural spaces. The CODAC 1 9 , 1 9 0 8 . is scheduled to make its recommendations to the City Council Photo: Universi- in spring 2009. ty of Washington Libraries, Spe- cial Collections, The Office at W o r k UW 28043. continue next page > Images .9 ( t o p l e f t ) Bird's-eye view of the Alaska- Yukon-Pa- cific Exposi- t i o n , S e a t t l e , 1909.Photo: In 2008, the city U n i v e r s i t y o f Washington Li- issued more than 360 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific braries, Special C o l l e c t i o n s , film permits, including UW 23278. 15 for feature films, Seattle’s first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific (A-Y-P) Exposition attracted ( t o p r i g h t ) and the total number 3.7 million visitors in 1909. A century after the A-Y-P put Seattle on the world map, ¡Todo Folk- lore Cu- of productions has the Office is coordinating a series of commemorative events. With major support bano!, under nearly doubled in the from The Boeing Company, The Seattle Times and the National Endowment for the the artistic direc- Arts, events will be concentrated in summer 2009 and feature a range of festivals, torship of José last three years. Carrión, perform exhibitions and lectures. The Office launched an A-Y-P Web site (www.ayp100. a t t h e E t h n i c org) and recruited nearly 60 community partners who will celebrate the centennial Mayor’s Office Arts Connection of Film + Music and the culture, industry and innovation that continue to define our region. c o n f e r e n c e a t The Office is also working with 4Culture, King County’s cultural services agency, in March 2008. Photo: Jen- and Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau to promote the A-Y-P centennial and nifer Stanton. other city attractions. This serves Seattle’s economy not just through ticket sales, but also in food, lodging, transportation, tax revenues and retail shopping. (bottom) Cellist Ashraf Ha- kim per for ms for an attendee at the Ethnic Arts Connection con- Supporting Diverse Artists ference at Seattle Center in March 2 0 0 8 . P h o t o : The Office continued its commitment to nurturing diverse cultural expression Jennifer Stanton. and emerging artists in Seattle. We led a collaboration of partner organizations to present the second Ethnic Arts Connection conference in March. The one-day gathering brought together 225 ethnic artists with 75 performing arts presenters and featured 27 showcase performances, a series of workshops and individual consulting sessions. arts and sustainability

The Office is leading local planning efforts for the Americans for the Arts annual conference in Seattle June 18–20, 2009. About 1,300 arts leaders and others are expected to attend the convention—themed Renewable Resources: The Arts in Sustainable Communities.

The Office saved time and resources in 2008 by introducing online applications for grants and public art projects. Artists and organizations can enter information, upload digital images and manage their grants online. Our staff spends less time entering data, filing and making copies of applications, which saves paper and frees up time to assist applicants.

The public art team worked with Seattle Public Utilities to select artists to create three temporary art projects and five short films that explore the environment's impact on water quality. In summer 2009, the temporary projects will unfold in Seattle parks, and community partners will screen the films. .11

In a 2006 study, 88 percent of respondents said Arts Education that expanding music and art offerings in all elementary schools Partnering to put the arts back in education was their most The arts are vital to a well-rounded education. They nurture skills and imagination, favored curricular boost confidence and open paths to success. Seattle is among the most creative improvement. and educated cities in the nation—yet not all students have access to quality arts education in our public schools.

Seattle Public Schools’ The Arts Education Partnership Initiative, a multi-year effort between the Community Advisory Committee on Investing Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle Arts Commission and Seattle Public in Educational Excellence Schools, was launched in 2008 to put the arts back in education for all students in the school district.

The heart of the partnership is a new district arts leadership team headed by a manager of visual and performing arts and charged with increasing equitable arts access. The school district matched the city’s $100,000 seed investment to build a team with the first district-level music specialist in almost 30 years and Images a community arts liaison to strengthen partnerships with the arts community. The team is assessing the status of arts in schools, providing teacher training and (top) Youth A r t s p r o g r a m developing a long-term arts strategy. p a r t i c i p a n t s rehearse for the PAT GRANEY Charting the course—arts for all students C O M PAN Y ’ S Hou se of Mind In October, nearly 200 people heard a report on the first year of the partnership p e r f o r m a n c e . at the Office’s Fifth Annual Forum on Arts Education in . P h o t o : T i m Summers. Highlighting a list of achievements, the district arts team multiplied the city’s contribution by securing a $1 million grant from the federal Department of ( b o t t o m Education for a model two-year program that will train teachers to use arts left) Seattle e d u c a t i o n a l instruction to increase in five elementary schools with a free or reduced- leaders, including lunch rate of 50 percent or higher. Superintendent Maria Goodloe- Mayor Greg Nickels greeted the audience with the news that the city will renew Johnson (left), its $100,000 annual funding for the partnership in the 2009-2010 biennium. answer questions at the AR T S Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson noted that arts education is in the EDUCAT I O N updated strategic plan and identified an upcoming levy as a potential dedicated FORUM i n funding source for arts education. O c t o b e r 2 0 0 8 . P h o t o : Lori Patrick. “The arts are an essential component of our students’ education,” said Goodloe- Johnson. “It is important our students know how to collaborate, persevere, prob- ( bottom r ight) lem-solve and understand cultures outside their own—all skills and knowledge that Students rehearse a cello the arts naturally support.” ensemble dur- ing the Music Northwest Chamber Music C a m p . P h o t o : Sonja Clemente. City Hall Galleries .13 Two City Hall galleries—the City Hall Lobby Gallery and the Anne Focke Gallery—show Seattle arts and cultural organizations spend artworks that reflect Seattle’s diversity. Nine exhibitions in 2008 highlighted a range $211 million each year and their audiences of subjects including arts education, climate change and homelessness. spend an additional $119 million, totaling an annual impact of $330 million. 2008 Exhibitions Americans for the Arts, Arts & Economic Prosperity III, 2007 Print! Seattle Print Lee Talner from Arts 3rd Biennial the University Juried Exhibition of Washington’s Seattle Above: World Series A Picture Taker’s at Meany Hall Eye on Her City– outreach and arts photographs by education program Christiana Tortuga Dive Down into the Loud–Seattle Blue Earth Arts & Lectures Alliance–eight Writers in the award-winning Schools program at City Hall photographers’ views of global Face Forward– climate change Gage Academy Images From Solferino to of Art self-portrait Seattle Presents Guantanamo: 145 competition and (top) Ch i ldren exhibition d a n c e o n t h e years of Red Cross City Hall isn’t just a place to conduct official business. In 2008, Photography The Picture of City Hall plaza Health–artworks thousands of people came to City Hall to hear a free afternoon to the alt-country Homeless in Seattle from the University concert or see a gallery exhibition. sounds of –photo essay MASSY FER- by Matt Lutton of Washington Medical Center Seattle Presents, our year-round series of free performances GUSON at a free Moments of and Harborview Seattle Presents Inspiration– Medical Center by Seattle artists, showcased extraordinary Seattle musicians concert in August photographs by collections performing everything from opera to hip-hop, swing to salsa, 2 0 0 8 . P h o t o : indie rock to klezmer and gypsy jazz to global drumming. In Nate Brown. Seattle Presents 2008, the concert series attracted an audience of more than 7,000 (bottom) to 38 performances by 302 artists. S A V A N N A H FUENTES A selection of live performances at City Hall was available on & C a r m o n a Billet-Deux Wayne Horvitz Flamenco BROWNBOX with Geoff Harper a free CD, Seattle Presents, Volume Two. Nearly 3,500 copies perfor m in the Theatre & The & Eric Eagle of the limited-run sampler were distributed to concertgoers in City Hall lobby Mahogany Project Hot Club Sandwich 2008. Seattle Presents was generously supported by Seattle d u r i n g a f r e e Seattle Presents Buddy Catlett Ian McFeron Band Metropolitan Credit Union and Triamp Group. & Friends concert in April (Clarence Acox, Srivani Jade 2 0 0 8 . P h o t o : Hadley Caliman, MangoSon Seattle Youth Seattle OnHold Nate Brown. Bob Hammer and Symphony Massy Ferguson Ensembles Julian Priester) We also promote Seattle musicians on the city’s phone lines. Masters of Simple Measures Cambalache Lindy Hop & Tap Seattle OnHold plays a rotation of eclectic music when callers to Ryan Shea Smith Choklate Kane Mathis the city are placed on hold. Four OnHold music mixes featured Juliet Stratton Clinton Fearon & Eduardo Mendonça 40 Seattle acts in 2008. Listeners can also subscribe to a free Boogie Brown Band The Kosher podcast. Local radio stations highlighted Seattle OnHold Michael Red Hots John Dylan Powers Trio with artist interviews and airplay. Classical KING FM 98.1 The Young Eight Ensemble Sub Masa Orchestra ran segments on its new Arts Channel, and KUOW 94.9 FM Fred Hoadley Trio Zarabanda Tom Varner Quintet featured OnHold on its Sound Focus program. Gamelan Pacifica Pearl Django Traffic Jam (1st Quarter Storm, Global Drum Savannah Fuentes Julie C., Canary Masters (Apna & Carmona Flamenco Sing, DJ B-Girl, Bhangra Crew, Youth Speaks) Buyun Chang Seattle Opera with the NW JIGU Young Artists Cristina Valdez Ensemble, Te Fare Seattle Symphony Warren Chang O Tamatoa) Orchestra Music Ensemble Robin Holcomb Young Sportsmen .15 Image

SAUL WIL- LIAMS shows off his hip- h o p c h o p s a t O n e R e e l ' s Bumbershoot®: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival d u r i n g L a b o r D ay we ekend . Photo: C h r i s t o p h e r Nelson.

Cultural Partnerships

Feel the pulse. Our city’s heart beats in its creative communities. The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs brings those communities together, fostering countless partnerships that feed our innovation and cultural vitality. 2007-08 Civic Pratt Fine Seattle Partners Arts Center Shakespeare .17 Raven Chronicles Company 5th Avenue Theatre Lake Union Civic Seattle Symphony Repertory Actors Orchestra 911 Media Orchestra Theatre (ReAct) Arts Center Langston Hughes Seattle Theatre Richard Hugo House Group ACT Theatre Performing Arts Center Seattle Women’s Annex Theatre Lingo dancetheater Seattle Arts Jazz Orchestra & Lectures Artist Trust Live Girls! Theater Seattle Youth Arts and Visually Seattle Baroque Symphony Impaired Audiences Living Voices Orchestra Orchestras ArtsEd Washington Macha Monkey Seattle Center Seward Park Productions Foundation: Festál Clay Studio ORGANIZATION ArtsWest Maureen Whiting & Teen Tix Shunpike Arts ArtWorks Company Seattle Chamber Collective Baroque Northwest Medieval Music Society SIFF BlueStreet Voices Women’s Choir Seattle Chamber PARTNERS SIS Productions Museum of History Players Book-It Repertory SketchFest Seattle F e a t u r e d P a r t n e r Theatre & Industry Seattle Cherry Blossom and SOIL Art Gallery Burke Museum Music Center of Civic Partners, our funding program for organizations, awards the Northwest Japanese of Natural History Cultural Festival SouthEast Effective two-year funding commitments to Seattle arts, heritage and and Culture Music of Development (SEED) cultural organizations. Civic Partners supports major institutions Central District Remembrance Seattle Children’s Central District Theatre Spectrum Dance serving the region, mid-size organizations and many small Forum for Arts & Ideas Forum for Nature Consortium Theater or emerging groups. Funding supports organizations’ core Arts & Ideas Seattle Choral Next Stage Company Theater Schmeater programs and operations, aids in attracting other supporters and Six emerging artists took part in the Circus Contraption Dance Theatre Seattle Classic Theatre Puget helps underwrite public access to a variety of quality arts and CREATION Project—a yearlong new CoCA (Center on Nordic Heritage Guitar Society Sound cultural opportunities. works and professional development Contemporary Art) Museum Town Hall Seattle program presented by the Central Seattle Gilbert & District Forum for Arts & Ideas. Crispin Spaeth Northwest Sullivan Society Tudor Choir Last year was the second of the 2007-2008 funding cycle. Dance Group Architectural The CD Forum started the program Seattle Unexpected We awarded $1.6 million to 117 organizations to support more d9 Dance Collective League/ARCADE to train, support and keep budding International Productions than 4,200 performances, events and exhibit days. Funded African-American performing artists Dance Art Group Northwest Children’s Festival Associated Arts United Indians programs served an audience of almost 1.2 million people, in the region. Degenerate Seattle Men’s of All Tribes Northwest including 506,000 free admissions and more than 21,000 Art Ensemble Chorus & Seattle Foundation volunteer and paid artists. Every city dollar was matched by an The selected artists each received Chamber Chorus Women’s Chorus a $1,000 stipend and participated in Early Music UW World Series at average of 14 dollars in earned and contributed income raised by Guild of Seattle Northwest Choirs Seattle Opera Meany Hall for the peer discussions and seminars. The Northwest Performing Arts the organizations. project culminated in a showcase Earshot Jazz Seattle Pro Musica performance of the artists’ new works Society of Seattle Film Forum Velocity Seattle Public Dance Center in May 2008. Eleventh Hour Theater Productions Northwest Girlchoir Seattle Repertory The Vera Project Through dance, theater and spoken The Esoterics Northwest Jazz Orchestra VSA arts of word, the performances took on top- Washington ics ranging from eating disorders to Ethnic Heritage Puppet Center Seattle Repertory Washington sexuality, racial tensions and surviv- Council of the Northwest Theatre ing war. Watch the performances Symphony Seattle Scenic Composers Forum Orchestra on Seattle Channel’s Web site, Floating Studios Wing Luke Asian www.seattlechannel.org. Bridge Press On the Boards Seattle Museum Freehold Studio/ One Reel SeaChordsmen Wing-It Productions Four of the participating CREATION Theatre Lab the CENTRAL of t he C ent r a l Project artists went on to receive Open Circle Theatre Images DIS T RIC T District Forum support from our smART ventures Gage Academy Civic Partners FORUM f o r for Arts & Ideas. Orchestra Seattle funding program. of Art Panel (top) Z O E | A r t s & I d e a s and the Seattle Creation (bottom) Gallery Concerts Chamber Singers JUNI P E R Founded in 1999, the CD Forum performs the P r o j e c t . T h e y P A C I F I C Ethelyn Abellanosa, Michael Harris, presents African-American cultural Gamelan Pacifica Pacific Northwest devil you know are (left to right): NORTHWEST Henry Art Gallery The Power of Hope programs that encourage thought Hedgebrook Ballet is better than Gin Hammond, BALLE T Foundation Pat Graney Amy Dukes, Daniel Mayer, t h e d e v i l y o u R a c h a e l principal dancer and debate and showcase black role Company arts consultant arts consultant don’t at On the F e r g u s o n , Jonathan Porretta models. Its season includes civic Henry Art Boards. Photo: Va n i a By nu m , and guest artist dialogues, a history series, artist Gallery The Phffft! Randy Engstrom, Savitha Reddy Glenn Kawasaki Seattle Arts Pathi, The Seattle Juniper Shuey. Chad Goller- residencies, readings, lectures and Intiman Theatre Company Sojourner, (at bar) in Jerome performances. Commission Foundation A m b e r F l a m e Robbins’ Fancy Jack Straw Pottery (middle) Northwest, Inc. Claudette S i x a r t i s t s and Christa Bell. Free. P h o t o : Productions Evans, Seattle participated in Image courtesy Angela Sterling. KEXP Prabha Rustagi International Memorial Trust Children’s Festival 2008 CityArtist Projects .19 Elizabeth Austen, Larissa Min, literary literary Mike Min, visual Heather Ayres, film Chad Morris, film Wanda Benvenutti, Joanne Petrina, visual visual Emily Beyer, literary artist Belle Randall, Jennifer Borges literary F e a t u r e d P a r t n e r Foster, literary Bob Redmond, Drew Daly, visual literary partners Heather Dew Jason Reid, film Andrew Hida Oaksen, media NKO, visual Suzanne Edison, While grants to individual artists are becoming The U.S. Department of Defense literary Susan Robb, visual increasingly scarce, we are committed to nourishing estimates 20 percent of U.S. combat Alex Schweder, the work of independent artists. The CityArtist troops fighting inI raq and Afghanistan Eric Eley, visual visual have sustained a traumatic brain John Grade, visual Projects program provides funding for artists to injury, or TBI. Photographer Andrew Shaun Scott, film develop and present their work. The program John Helde, film Hida’s Slow Healing project docu- Adam Sekuler, film focuses on different disciplines in alternating ments the return of veterans to civilian Andrew Hida, film Lynn Shelton, film years, providing awards of up to $10,000 to life. The soldiers tell their quiet stories Salise Hughes, film support new works, works in progress or re- of survival over a series of intimate John Sutton, visual medium-format portraits and video. Britta Johnson, film Lara Swimmer, visual mounted works taken to the next stage. All projects Robert Lawson, film Curtis Taylor, film include a public presentation. Slow Healing profiles soldiers of both Susie Lee, media genders, and of diverse ethnicities, Dan Webb, visual In 2008, CityArtists awarded $225,000 to 38 artists working at different stages of recovery. TBI Perri Lynch, media Storme Webber, in the visual, literary and media arts. Awards averaged $5,921. can shift personalities, transform Jen Marlowe, film literary Many of the projects will culminate in 2009 and are expected to emotions and result in permanent Gabriel Miller, film Mark Zirpel, media physical handicaps. The victims’ involve more than 150 artists in 101 events across the city. Of the families, friends and community also 38 artist projects funded last year, 28 involve first-time recipients, bear the force of the injury. 2008 CityArtist representing 74 percent of the awards. The program received a Projects Panel record 168 applicants, a 32 percent increase from the previous “Propelled into a reality deprived of their previous life, the journey 2006 funding cycle for literary, visual and media arts disciplines. Mandy Greer, Laura “Piece” of recovery and healing is long and of- visual artist Kelley, Seattle ten remains forever elusive,” explains We also supported two performances in partnership with Steve Hyde, Arts Commission Hida. “The soldiers’ compelling stories filmmaker Frances McCue, 4Culture’s SITE-SPECIFIC King County Performance Network, reveal their pain and struggle and which takes art out of the traditional theater setting. In August, triumphs and happiness as they hope Max Keene, literary artist visual artist Monika Proffitt, Fisher Ensemble performed Psyche, an original symphonic for a better future.” opera, in a series of colorful installments at on visual artist Hida will present two public exhibi- Capitol Hill. In December, choreographer Pat Graney brought tions of the Slow Healing project memories to life in House of Mind, a dance/visual spectacle in a in 2009. South Lake Union warehouse owned by Seattle City Light. Watch some of the soldiers’ stories at www.slowhealing.org

scapes. Photo: chance of sur- f r om I r aq a nd by and performed Images Richard Nicol. vival, Rory, of Afghanistan i n K o s m o s , Renton, recov- w h o s u f f e r e d Wa s h . , w h i c h (top) J O H N (middle) While ered after losing traumatic brain flooded in 1968 GRADE stands on patrol in 80 percent of the injuries. Photo: a n d r e m a i n e d inside Meridian, Iraq on his 20th frontal lobe of his A nd re w H id a . under water h i s s c u lpt u r a l birthday, Ror y brain. ANDREW until it recently installation made Dunn’s convoy HIDA t e l l s (bottom) resurfaced. Pho- of rubber, fabric w a s a t t a c k e d Rory’s story in CITYARTIST to: Ben Kasulke. a n d f o a m a n d b y a s e r i e s o f Slow Healing, ADAM SEKUL- built to collapse h i g h - p o w e r e d a m u l t i m e d i a ER’S f i l m and evolve while roadside bombs. project chroni- Interpretive Site: sited within two Initially given cling returning Kosmos features contrasting land- a t w o p e r c e n t w a r v e t e r a n s a dance inspired .21 YOUTH ARTS PARTNERS Images Recognizing that the arts are important to nurturing Seattle’s next generation of creative contributing citizens, our Youth Arts (t o p) S t u d e n t LaSheera Hutton 2008 Youth program supports arts education beyond the regular school day. s h a r e s w o r d s Arts Partners from A r t s Funds and technical assistance from this program help Corps’ spoken 911 Media Pratt Fine teaching artists lead training programs and projects in all word c l a s s . Arts Center Arts Center arts disciplines for middle and high school youth. Youth Arts Photo: Joan S w e a r i n g e n . ArtWorks Richard Hugo House success stories confirm the research showing that studying the American Seattle Center arts improves kids’ confidence, increases academic achievement (middle) Asian Performing Academy and decreases delinquent behavior. Youth Arts prioritizes youth Residents of King Arts Theater County Juvenile SIFF or communities with limited or no access to the arts. Funding Detention Center Arts Corps Seattle Public awards range up to $10,000. p a r t i c i p a t e i n Coyote Central Theater the P o n g o In 2008, the Youth Arts program awarded $225,000 to 31 artists, Publishing El Centro de la Raza Seattle Repertory Te e n Wr i t i n g Intiman Theatre Theatre cultural organizations and community-based organizations Project, a non- Jack Straw Seattle Theatre serving youth in 2008 and 2009. It’s estimated the projects will profit that teaches Productions Group engage 324 teaching artists who will offer nearly 15,000 hours of poetry to at-risk SouthEast Effective youths. Photo: Langston Hughes training to 2,586 youth in neighborhoods throughout the city. Richard Gold. Performing Development (SEED) Arts Center The Bend-It (bottom) Middle Live Girls! Theater Extravaganza school students The Right Brain p a r t i c i p a t e Jessica Lurie Center for the Arts i n S c r i b e s , a Music Northwest summer creative The Service Board writing camp for Nature Consortium Urban Wilderness yout h, of fered Northwest Folklife Project F e a t u r e d P a r t n e r Pongo presents a series of workshops by R ichard that culminates with student read- Hugo House. Pat Graney Young Shakespeare ings. Pongo volunteers also compile P h o t o : F a y Company Workshop Pongo Publishing chapbooks of youth poetry, which Gartenberg. Photographic Youth in Focus they sell at the Folklife and Bumber- Center Northwest shoot festivals. Power of Hope Words can heal. Pongo Publishing Teen Writing Project is proof. In “Pongo helps our juvenile deten- 2008, this nonprofit that supports tion youth to find their unique voice, 2008 Youth self expression through creative to bring their stories out of the writing offered poetry instruction shadows and into the light of day,” Arts Panel to more than 550 kids in juvenile said Karen Kinch, volunteer coordi- detention, foster care and medical nator at the King County Juvenile Gust Burns, Karen Hirsch, care. Many of the young authors are Detention Center. “The process sends composer/musician Reel Grrls victims of child abuse or neglect. Their a powerful, hope-filled message to John Feodorov, S.P. Miskowski, pensive personal words channel love, these young people that their lives are visual artist playwright/director anger and hope. important and that what they think, Joshua Heim, Roger Valdez, believe, feel and say matters.” Seattle Arts community planning “I think (poetry) is a good technique Commission consultant to help you open up more to things you are feeling bottled inside you,” said one teen author. 2008 Neighborhood & Community .23 Arts Partners American Jewish Mastery of Committee, Greater Scottish Arts, Seattle Chapter, Mastery of Scottish Seattle Jewish Arts Concert Film Festival Nature Consortium, Arab Center of Arts in Nature Washington, Festival Mother’s Day Hafla Phinney !!ArtsLaunch!!, Neighborhood !!ArtsLaunch!! Association, Day of Forum Series the Dead Festival NEIGHBORHOOD & Beacon Hill News Pista sa Nayon, & South District Filipino American Journal, Third community festival COMMUNITY ARTS PARTNERS Annual South Seattle-Oaxaca F e a t u r e d P a r t n e r Seattle Festival of Fiesta Committee, Words and Photos Guelaguetza 2008 Festivals and events color the character of Seattle’s neighbor- The Center for hoods. We support creativity at a grassroots level, making Wooden Boats, Sevdah Institute Chinese Arts & Lake Union Wooden North America, investments in dozens of community festivals and cultural Evening of Sevdah: projects, from The Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival to The Boat Festival The Love Songs Music Association Chinese Arts & of Bosnia and Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival, from the Mastery of Scottish Music Association, Herzegovina Arts Concert to the Seattle Latin American . 23rd Annual For nearly 25 years, the Chinese Spring Concert Seattle Latin Arts & Music Association has American Music The Neighborhood & Community Arts program supports introduced Northwest audiences Delridge Festival, SLAM neighborhood groups that produce recurring festivals or events to Chinese music’s rich diversity. It Neighborhoods Festival sponsors performances, lectures and Development that promote arts and cultural participation, build community SouthEast Effective and enhance the visibility of neighborhoods through arts and cultural activities. Association, Development, Sixth Delridge Day culture. Our office also reviews arts and culture applications & Community Annual ArtsGumbo Founded by Warren Chang, the Resource Fair kick-off concert from the Department of Neighborhoods’ Matching Fund. association is an umbrella group South Park for several ensembles, including East Precinct Funding in 2008 was the most competitive since the program the Seattle Chinese Orchestra and Crime Prevention Arts, South Park Coalition, Good Crank It Up began in 2003. Thirty organizations received $1,200 each to the Washington Chinese Youth Vibe 2008 Sundiata African support annual public festivals and events. Orchestra—the first Chinese youth American Cultural orchestra in the United States. El Centro de la Association, Raza, El Dia de Festival Sundiata At the association’s 23rd annual los Muertos Altar spring concert, A Touch of the Orient Exhibit: Day of Literary Café the Dead Festival Tasveer, South Asian – East Meets West, on June 22, 2008, Women’s Film Focus listeners were treated to a repertoire Filipino Cultural ranging from traditional folk pieces to Heritage Society Thione Diop drum ensembles to classical and con- of Washington, Productions, Spirit Pagdiriwang, Words of West Africa temporary works. A portion of ticket Expressed: Filipina sales went to a relief fund for victims Tibetan Association of the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Women Writers of Washington, Fremont Arts Understanding the Chang, an internationally acclaimed Council, Fremont Roots and Origins erhu (Chinese violin) artist and Solstice Parade of Nangma Tradition native of Shanghai, came to Seattle and Pageant Turkish American Commit- (bottom right) in the mid-80s. Today, his focus is Georgetown Cultural Association, Images tee. P h o t o : A performer to inspire young musicians to hold Super 8, The Turkfest Mario Zavaleta. d r u m s a t t h e onto their traditions and to promote C hinese Georgetown Super (top) A musi- understanding between Eastern and Washington Blues ( b o t t o m l e f t ) Arts & Music 8 Film Festival Society, Washington c i a n p e r for m s Western cultures through Chinese at Guelaguetza Children enjoy Associa- Hmong Association Blues Society music and arts. 2008, a free fes- the S O U T H tion’s 2 3 r d 2008 Neighborhood of Washington, 2008 Annual PAR K A R T S Hmong New Year Summer Concert tival celebrating a n nu a l s p r i n g & Community t h e c u l t u r e of Crank It Up concert. Photo: Arts Panel Korean-American Washington Oaxaca, Mexico, M u s i c , B i k e s Byron Dazey. Art & Cultural Chinese Art & p r e s e n t e d b y and Art Festival Byron Au Yong, Garry Owens, Association of the Culture Committee, Seattle- at Cesar Chavez artist, composer, Seattle Department Pacific Northwest, A Glimpse of o A x aca P a r k . P h o t o : musician of Neighborhoods Fifth Annual Korean China: Seattle F ies t a Sharon Yang. Cultural Celebration Chinese Art and Doreen Mitchum, Cultural Festival 4Culture .25

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A pilot small awards program in its second full year, smART ventures funded 59 projects in 2008. The program encourages innovation, responds to one-time opportunities and seeks to widen arts and culture participation, particularly among diverse or underserved communities. In 2008, 64 percent of funded projects involved communities of color, and the program supported a wide range of organizations, artists and project themes. The Seattle Management Association recognized the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, funding program staff with a 2008 Excellence in Management Award for their work to advance the city of Seattle’s Race & Social Justice Initiative through the Images smART ventures program. (left) MASSIVE Accepting applications year-round, smART ventures is flexible, M O N K E E S inclusive and simple. It provides support ranging from $500 b - g i r l A n n a Banana finishes to $1,000, proving that small investments can make big impacts. a routine called The Jackson at the Coosh Crash Test internation- a l br e a k d a n c e b a t t l e a t t h e Paramount The- F e a t u r e d P a r t n e r visits producers, farmers markets, atre. Photo: B+ distributors, stores, restaurants and public officials who are developing (top right) Sam Melissa Young a more sustainable food system. Lucy’s combine Portions of the documentary— is featured also available in Spanish—were h a r v e s t i n g filmed at Seattle’s , the or g a n ic w he at 2008 smART Amber Flame Eduardo Mendonça Shaun Scott Kimberly Good Food in t he Met how Providence Regina House Food Bank Va l l e y f o r t h e Ventures partners Trowbridge in South Park and the Columbia City Friends of Old Massive Monkees Seattle Metals film G O O D Hay School Farmers Market. Meito Shodo Kai Guild Urban Sparks / Good food—where it comes from, FOOD by Melissa 6th Day Dance Central House Friends of Seattle SCORES JP Patches how it is grown, its nutritional Young and Mark Monktail Creative With the support of smART ventures, Washington Music Douglas Vann value and its cost—is a key ingredient Dworkin. Photo: Artoleptic / Communities Music Concern Seattle free screenings were held in South Shaina M. Foley Against Rape and of healthy communities. In the Melissa Young. Chad Goller- Shakespeare Veterans for Peace Park and Columbia City in October Abuse (CARA) Sojourner Marissa Company & (VFP) Greater fields and orchards of the Pacific Assemblage Niederhauser 2008. Watch a five-minute preview ( bottom r ight) Ladies First Project Wooden O Theatre Seattle Chapter 92 Northwest, small family farmers are RM Green at www.goodfoodthemovie.org. theater Ballard Advisory John Osebold Productions making a comeback. They’re growing Natasha Crider Viva la Música Club simple Council La’Chris Jordan healthier food, more food per acre Laura DeLuca Michael Owcharuk Simple Measures “We wanted to give back to the performs Gerda's Big Brothers Kinu Watanabe and using less energy and water Marya Sea Ruby Dee Philippa Desiree Smith neighborhoods and people of Journey, a site- Big Sisters of Denise Louie Kaminski Amontaine Woods than factory farms. specific theatrical Puget Sound Education Center Rainbow Bookfest Jessie Smith diverse backgrounds who had Kolobok' Arts World Affairs participated in the project,” said adventure in the Filmmakers Melissa Young and botanical gardens Andrew Boscardin Deus X Machina Inspiration Reptet Magenta Marie Council Young. “We also wanted to encourage Mark Dworkin explore this renewed a t t h e B a l l a r d Burlycon Theater Association Spinningwind networking among neighborhood Eleanor Reynolds World Kulturz focus on local fresh food in Good L o c k s . Phot o: Ear to the Ground organizations and people working Gust Burns Susan E. Koshi / Delbert Richardson theater simple Melissa Young Food, a documentary about growing Lee Wilson. Rachael Ferguson Flava Coffee House on local food issues.” Vania C. Bynum RIVET Magazine TILT Design Build food more sustainably. Good Food Challenge .27 M a y o r ’ s

Arts Awards Nearly three years ago, Ludeña launched Artspace is the nation’s leading nonprofit

Latino Cultural magazine to highlight Latino real estate developer for the arts. It’s based Coyote Central and contributions to arts and culture. The in Minneapolis, Minn., with an office in Nearly 400 people gathered at Seattle Center Aug. 29 Marybeth Satterlee quarterly fine arts publication also serves as Seattle. Located in the Central District, a networking tool for artists and is the only the Hiawatha Lofts feature 61 affordable to celebrate the sixth annual Mayor’s Arts Awards, Former teacher Marybeth Satterlee Spanish-language publication devoted to the live/work studios, while the Tashiro Kaplan presented in partnership with Bumbershoot®: co-founded Coyote Central in 1986 with arts in Washington state. Artist Lofts offer 50 affordable units in Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival and City Arts magazine. the goal of offering the richness of creative Pioneer Square. Both buildings—which also The recipients, recommended by the Seattle Arts discovery to all kids. house ground-floor retail, galleries and arts Commission from nearly 230 public nominations, organizations—have contributed to their The organization targets middle school- Nonsequitur neighborhoods’ thriving character. reflect Seattle’s diverse cultural offerings and represent aged students through weekend and an extraordinary body of work in arts and culture. summer workshops led by artists and other In Latin, nonsequitur means “does not professionals in real-life settings. Students follow”—or put differently, moving to the become filmmakers, hot glass artists, beat of a different drum. It’s an appropriate Wing Luke treehouse builders, fashion illustrators, name for a nonprofit organization passion- Asian Museum photographers, welders, pastry chefs, ately dedicated to presenting experimental music and sound art. furniture makers, painters, cartoonists, It began as a modest museum more than public artists and much more. 40 years ago. Today, the Wing Luke Asian When enterprising composer and musician Museum has grown into a nationally Images Steve Peters moved Nonsequitur from New Coyote’s engaging projects attract young acclaimed institution for Asian Pacific Mexico to Seattle in 2004, he encountered TOP TO BOTTOM people citywide from diverse backgrounds. American history, art and culture. To date, more than 10,000 kids have a thriving community of adventurous musicians in search of a venue. So E x e c u t i v e participated in Coyote’s three programs: In 2008, the museum entered a new era Producer SEA N he hatched a long-term deal with Historic 14/48: the world’s Studio Coyote, a year-round series of intensive when it opened the doors to its new home BELYEA a n d Seattle to transform a historic chapel into a workshops; Hit the Streets, a summer public in the historic East Kong Yick Building in the C o - f o u n d e r quickest theater hopping hub for experimental music. J O DI- P A U L art project aimed at low-income youth in the Chinatown/International District. The ex- festival Central District and South Seattle; and City panded facility features community spaces, WOOSTER The renovated Chapel Performance Works, collaborations with local businesses a reception hall and theater, and galleries o f 1 4 / 4 8 : t h e Space at the Good Shepherd Center in Now in its 12th year, Seattle’s beloved and agencies that commission Coyote artists with exhibits that address contemporary and world’s quickest Wallingford quickly struck a chord in the theater festival madcap theater marathon has a devoted to make site-specific public art. historic issues. Guided “historic immersion music community. Nonsequitur presents following of artists and audiences. The tours” take visitors back 100 years to a one- adventurous and experimental music 10 times MAR Y BE T H festival boasts 14 plays conceived, written, room apartment, a neighborhood store, a a month in the chapel, sharing most of those SATTERLEE, designed, scored, rehearsed and performed communal kitchen and more. executive director in 48 hours, thus its official nickname—“the Hugo Ludeña nights with a cadre of like-minded artists and organizations at a very reasonable, semi- of Coyote Central world’s quickest theater festival.” After 17 years at the helm, Executive Director subsidized rate. The waiting list to perform is Photographer Hugo Ludeña has captured Ron Chew retired in December 2007. A self- P h o t o g r a p h e r Co-founders Jodi-Paul Wooster and Michael the lives and traditions of Latinos in the out the door. HUGO LUDEÑA taught curator, he steered the grassroots Neff started the festival, which has evolved Northwest for more than 15 years. His museum to Smithsonian Institution affiliate documentary photography creates a colorful STEVE PETERS, into a twice-yearly, two-weekend-long status. Beth Takekawa took over as executive c o - f o u n d e r theatrical bonanza. It features Seattle’s visual narrative of everyday activities Cathryn Vandenbrink director in early 2008. From its new home, and director of most fearless theater artists, ranging from and celebrations—from weddings to the Wing Luke has expanded its role as an experienced fringe theater folk to Seattle’s quinceañeras to community festivals. He Nonsequitur Cathyrn Vandenbrink has made it her mission economic and community resource for one of performance elite. also mentors youth, helping them connect to build and preserve affordable space for the city’s most diverse neighborhoods. CA T HR Y N with their communities and find their voices Seattle artists to live, work and create. A VANDENBRINK, Festival participants choose a theme at through photography. regional director of random and seven writers each churn out a jewelry artist, Vandenbrink embarked on Artspace Projects 10-minute play overnight. The next morning, When Ludeña arrived in the Northwest that mission more than 20 years ago, when seven directors each randomly draw one play in 1993, he was struck by the cultural she noticed artists being priced out of her BETH TAKEKA- Pioneer Square neighborhood. and blindly choose actors. The band shows up separation between Latinos and other Watch short Seattle Channel profiles WA, e x e c u t i v e to provide music. The group spends the day cultural groups. His photo essay Latinos in of the award recipients on our Web d i r e c t o r Today, as regional director of Artspace rehearsing and mounts seven new plays that the Northwest: A Cultural Journey, widely site: www.seattle.gov/arts/community/ o f W i n g L u k e Projects, Vandenbrink has opened the doors evening. The audience then chooses a new exhibited throughout the region, aims to arts_awards.asp Asian Museum to two artist live/work projects—the Tashiro theme and the adrenaline-charged theater-a- break down barriers between cultures Kaplan Artist Lofts in 2004 and the Hiawatha A l l p h o t o s b y thon kicks in again. and celebrate local Latino life. Artist Lofts in 2008. Jennifer Richard. .29 Image

I S A A C LAYMAN’S, E x t e n s i o n Cords, d ig it a l C print, 48" x 75", is one of 32 artworks by N o r t h w e s t emerging artists p u r c h a s e d b y Seatt le Pu bl ic Utilities.

Public Art

Take a breath. Art gives us a chance to pause, reflect, connect. The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs supports compelling public art that improves our public spaces—parks, libraries, buildings and thoroughfares where you can stop and take it all in. PUBLIC ART PANELS .31 Public art selections are made through a peer-panel process. Fifty-seven artists, arts professionals, architects, community representatives and city employees served on 10 selection panels in 2008. Many of the public art projects listed below are in progress.

Civic Square open space artwork Selected artist: Bill Krippaehne, Ned Kahn Triad Development Panelists: Ben Noble, Seattle completed projects Dan Corson, Arts Commission central staff Jan Drago, Mary Pearson, Seattle City Council Fleets and In 2008, we completed 20 public art projects at parks, libraries, Facilities Bill Gaylord, GGLO Department utility facilities, a fire station, Seattle Center and along a popular Dieter Grau, Norie Sato, Seattle trail and a South End thoroughfare. We purchased 42 portable Atelier Dreiseitl Design Commission artworks by 31 artists and selected 16 artists for eight new Karen Kiest, Seattle Gary Schaefer, GGLO projects. The city’s public art program sets aside one percent Design Commission of eligible city capital improvement project funds for public art in a variety of settings. The public art team continues to manage 48 union street active projects. Electric Gallery

Selected artists: Mary Iverson, Cathy Fields, visual artist Barbara Noah Christine Scarlett, Panelists: Seattle City Light Eduardo Calderón, visual artist Jess Van vinyl signs attached to traffic signal shapes. The figures—intended to Nostrand, curator Transportation cabinets at intersections along Rainier represent the guardians of the city— Avenue South. Stevens’ series of five stand watch on a sidewalk flanking Fire Station #9 drawings depict a diverse range of the station. Stuart Nakamura’s Call people walking, riding bicycles, pushing and Response greets staff and visitors Selected artist: Joseph Petrella, Interurban Trail strollers, using wheelchairs and on the station’s entry plaza. The Peter Reiquam Seattle Fire waiting for the bus. SDOT’s sign shop installation features an etched boulder, Department FlipBooks greets bicyclists and printed the decals, which also provide a inlaid pavers and laser-cut steel that Panelists: pedestrians as they travel on a Laurie Dawson, Erik Pihl, unifying visual element along the busy reflect the station’s legacy and the new section of the Interurban streetscape. Seattle Department of importance of water as a symbol of life community community Trail in North Seattle. Jennifer representative representative Seattle (bottom) YUKI Transportation 1% for Art funds. and rescue. Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Department of Images NAKAMURA’S Dixon created the sequence of Chew created bamboo, luminous—a Lauren Grossman, Teresa Rodriguez, Filament (de- colorful photographic signs to mimic glowing stand of resin “bamboo” shoots visual artist Fleets and Transportation tail), an installa- flipbook-style animation. The series Facilities (top) JENNIFER that marks the entry to the Emergency Casey Huang, streetcar DIXON’S tion of porcelain of five “books” offers passersby a Operations Center. Bamboo symbolizes Department light bulbs and Fire Mithun stations FlipBooks whimsical look at scenes including a grace, strength and the ability video projec- Amie McNeel, (detail) is a series blossoming tree, a fish swimming in a to adapt—qualities the artists saw of colorful signs tions, welcomes river and a deer sprouting flowers visual artist Selected artists: Meike Kaan, v i s i t o r s t o Fire Station 10 in the immigrant residents of the Nickolus Meisel and community t h a t g r e e t s from its antlers. Seattle Department pedestrians and S e a t t l e C i t y neighborhood. Seattle’s Fleets and SuttonBeresCuller representative of Transportation 1% for Art funds. The new Fire Station 10, Fire Alarm Fire Station #21 b i c y c l i s t s a s Light’s offices F acili t ies Department and F ire Panelists: Max Keene, they travel on a on the 30th Center and Emergency Operations Facilities and Emergency Response Rachel visual artist floor of Se- Center—all located in one complex Levy 1% for Art funds. Selected artist: Anna McKee, new section of Rainier Ben-Schmuel, Carolyn Law, the Interurban attle Municipal at the southern edge of downtown— Perri Lynch community community Tower. Photo: representative visual artist Tra i l in North Avenue South features three artworks that reflect Panelists: representative Seattle. Photo: Spike Mafford. both the station’s roots in the Rich Hennings, Kate Spitzer, Rick McMahan, Jim Tillman. Seattle Department of Transportation Isaac Cohen, Seattle Department Chinatown/International District and Fleets and Miller|Hull community (SDOT) artist-in-residence Anne the life-saving work of its emergency Facilities of Transportation Kristin Tollefson, representative Stevens designed a series of decals personnel. Gloria Bornstein developed c om p l e t e d p r o j e c t s Department Ethan Melone, to promote pedestrian and bicyclist visual artist James Falconer, the art plan for the site and created continue next page > Todd Matthews, Seattle Department safety. The project, titled Mobilize Sentinels, eight vivid, red steel Dan Webb, community of Transportation Seattle Fire visual artist representative the Signal Cabinets!, features lively sculptures of various heights and Department Sharon E. Sutton, landscape architect .33

water into a bucket. The artwork City Light curves along one edge of the park’s SEATTLE CENTER LIBRARIES plaza and provides a visual barrier to Memorial a nearby steep slope. Seattle Parks Conference Room and Recreation 2000 Parks Lev y Fisher Pavilion Madrona Library 1% for Art funds and the Fremont Kumi Yamashita created Pathway—a Plaza Neighborhood Council. silhouetted figure of light that appears Two artworks grace the interior to be walking through a passage— Douglas Taylor’s Bird Song Listening of the renovated Madrona-Sally for the Michael Hildt Memorial Station harnesses the renewable en- Goldmark Branch of the Seattle Public Westcrest Park Conference Room at Seattle City Library. Monad Elohim’s colorful Light’s 32nd-floor office in the Seattle ergy sources of wind and sunlight to Milenko Matanovic’s Hollow:City ceramic sculpture, Sleepy Goat, Municipal Tower. The artwork appears power the recorded songs of western marks the entry to this Southwest rests peacefully atop the library’s as a simple metal frame until a beam finches. Breezes fill the interactive Seattle park and provides vantage stacks. With splayed legs, drooping of light passes through the finely sculpture’s three 15-foot sails, rotat- points for visitors to take in panoramic head and soft smile, Sleepy Goat cut lines in the frame to create a ing a wind turbine that powers a views of the city skyline and the captures the early drifts of sleep. walking figure of light on the wall. small generator. Solar panels supply park’s varied landscape. Hollow:City Mary Iverson’s oil painting, Cargo, Pathway symbolically represents the power when the wind is calm. Visitors features three elements: a curving, depicts a mass of shipping containers spirit of the late Michael Hildt, who standing under the listening station’s wood and acrylic “land dock” that arranged in towering stacks at the served on the Seattle City Council sound dome press a “play” button to overlooks a hollow; posts carved Port of Seattle. Iverson’s dramatic from 1978 to 1985. A lifelong public hear bird calls. Seattle Center 1% for from salvaged cedar marking a one-point perspective creates a sea servant, Hildt worked on many Art funds. crossing where the dock meets an of containers stretching endlessly issues, including energy policy. existing path; and a trail connecting toward the horizon. Libraries for All Seattle City Light 1% for Art funds. Fifth Avenue Bond 1% for Art funds. the crossing to a viewing area with reclaimed cedar benches. Seat tle North Parking Parks and Recreation 2000 Parks Northwest Images Garage Magnolia Library Levy 1% for Art funds. emerging artists (top) A N N E The city accepted Dick Weiss’ stained- The renovated Magnolia Branch of portable works STEVENS, glass artwork After All, Life is Change. the Seattle Public Library reopened purchase SDOT artist- The vivid piece provides a colorful with an interior and exterior sculpture UTILITIES installation by Kristin Tollefson. i n - r e s i d e n c e , gateway to the pedestrian entrance Seattle Public Utilities purchased 32 d e s i g n e d a Catch + Release features a large of the new Fifth Avenue North park- existing artworks from 24 Northwest series of decals branch made of woven steel wire and ing garage at Seattle Center. IRIS City Light emerging artists, including paintings, to promote studded with plump red and orange Holdings, LLC—an affiliate of the elevator lobbies etchings, photography, sculpture and pedestrian and resin beads or “berries.” The branch Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation— mixed media. The artworks diversified bicyclist safety. hangs from the ceiling in the library’s commissioned the artwork, which is Seven artists created original art- the utilities’ collection of portable T h e p r o j e c t , meeting room and gestures towards titled Mobilize the now part of the city’s collection. IRIS works in a variety of media for works and include pieces by Zack a large window and a stainless steel Signal Cabinets!, built the parking garage to replace recently renovated Seattle City Bent, Diem Chau, Ben Beres, Rachel basket outside in the garden. The is along Rainier public parking it purchased from the Light elevator lobbies in the Seattle Denny, Scott Foldesi, Chauney Peck, Seattle Center 2008 Public blossoming branch refers to the Avenue Sout h. city to develop the Gates Foundation’s Municipal Tower. Claude Zervas cre- Eric Eley, Isaac Layman, Maki Tamura Sk atePark Art Advisory library as provider and the basket to Photo: Anne new campus. IRIS is leasing the new ated light sculptures; Victoria Haven and Todd Lown. S ea t t le P ublic Committee Stevens. patrons as collectors. Libraries for garage to Seattle Center. The artwork fashioned aluminum wall structures. Utilities 1% for Art funds. Selected artist: John Merner, captures the vision of the center as All Bond 1% for Art funds. Kerry Skarbakka produced a video Perri Lynch Seattle Center Dan Corson, Elizabeth Jameson, ( b o t t o m) T h e a gathering place for all people and installation, and Margie Livingston committee co-chair, Seattle Arts r e n o v a t e d Panelists: Scott Shinn, reflects its changing nature. Private created a series of paintings. Yuki Seattle Arts Commission Magnolia Branch Water Lesley Bain, community funding by IRIS Holdings, LLC. Nakamura mounted porcelain casts Commission Mary Johnston, o f t h e S e a t t l e PARKS Conservation Weinstein A|U representative Public Librar y of light bulbs. Emily Ginsburg created Catherine Seattle Design intricate enameled aluminum panels, print purchase Robert Hardgrave, Vinita Sidhu, Hillenbrand, Commission features Catch + visual artist landscape architect Release (detail), and Marie Watt produced a multi- committee co-chair, Ernst Park Seattle Public Utilities’ Water Kathleen Maggie Smith, Seattle Arts Kurt Kiefer, a s c u l p t u r a l paneled work of embroidery, wool community installation Conservation Department purchased McLaughlin, visual artist Commission Jenny Heishman created , and silk. Seattle City Light 1% for representative by K RIS T I N Water Mover seven prints and one drum by six Seattle Center a rain-activated metal sculpture that Art funds. Jay Deguchi, Dennis Ryan, TOLLEFSON. Native American artists. The purchase community Seattle Design Photo: K r ist i n uses moving water to respond to the is the beginning of a small print representative Commission Tollefson. flowing design of Ernst Park in the collection with a focus on Northwest Brian Grant, Seattle Fremont neighborhood. A series of Native American themes. The utility Norie Sato, Seattle steel channels—painted to look like Arts Commission Design Commission will feature images of the artworks logs and supported by cross braces— on the covers of its annual water form descending runnels that direct conservation reports. Seattle Public Utilities 1% for Art funds. Seattle .35 Department of Transportation sidewalk artwork

Selected artist: Jonathan Morley, SuttonBeresCuller Berger Partnership Panelists: Joyce Moty, PUBLIC ART In 2008, broadened public art outreach included a series of artist Liz Ellis, Seattle community workshops, a map of downtown art and an expanded collection Department of representative of short video profiles featuring public artworks and the artists Transportation Clark Wiegman, who created them. Saya Moriyasu, visual artist ACTIVITIES visual artist P u b l i c a r t i n More than 340 people attended four free workshops designed for artists new to public art and veteran artists. Topics ranged from Seattle Public The community an introduction to public art to a behind-the-scenes look at the Utilities Films artist selection process, from a session on fabricating artworks to a conversation about public art and sustainable design. Selected artists: Ron Harris-White, SJ Chiro, Seattle Public Images Britta Johnson, Utilities For those interested in charting their own course, a new map Susan Robb, Thom Heileson, (top) A Delicate features more than 160 diverse downtown public artworks. And Luke Sieczek, Balance b y viewers can go on seven new video tours of artist studios and Rick Stevenson media artist CA T H Y public artworks. The segments air on Seattle Channel, the city’s Cassy Sodden, FIELDS at the Panelists: cable TV station, and stream on our Web site, www.seattle.gov/ Demis Foster, environmental outdoor Seattle environmental film advocate C i t y L i g h t arts/publicart/videos.asp. film advocate U n i o n S t r e e t Electric Gallery ex a m i nes how Seattle Public e l e c t r i c i t y i s Utilities emerging embedded in our daily lives. artists portable P h o t o : C a t h y works purchase Fields. Union Street inspected hundreds of other works Selected artists: Chauney Peck, (middle) and conserved a dozen artworks in the Robert Adams, Alexis Pike, Moving For- Galleries Electric Gallery portable collection. Gretchen Bennett, Jamie Potter, ward (det a i l), Zack Bent, Maki Tamura, 2 0 " x 1 4 . 5 " , Located on the western exterior wall Aided by contractors and city staff, Ben Beres, Eva Sköld by S haun Seattle Municipal of the Seattle City Light facility at conservation staff oversaw the Tram Bui, Westerlind, p E t ers o n Tower Gallery Union Street and Western Avenue, restoration of dozens of artworks Juan Carlos Claude Zervas was one of seven the outdoor gallery features large (14 across the city, including the prints purchased Castellanos, Panelists: The Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery feet by 100 feet) vinyl-mesh murals of reinstallation of Ballard Gateway— Diem Chau, by Seattle Public artwork by Seattle artists. On display Jeffry Mitchell, Utilities for a shows artworks from the city’s eight aluminum sculptures on the Dante Cohen, in 2008 were Cathy Fields’ A Delicate visual artist c o l l e c t i o n o f portable works collection. The northern approach to the Ballard Isabel Collins, , a look at how electricity Tim Cross, Yoko Ott, curator a r t work s w it h rotating collection features 2,700 Balance Bridge—which was damaged in Rachel Denny, Native American artworks in all media representing is embedded in our daily lives, and a windstorm. In partnership with Joanna Sikes, Barbara Noah’s Flying Colors, a Garek Druss, curator and themes. Photo: hundreds of artists and collected by 4Culture, the LED lighting for Salmon Eric Eley, arts educator Art & Soul. the city since 1973. commentary on wind-driven energy Waves at the Ballard Locks was Chris Engman, featuring a propeller hat ascending to repaired. In Fremont, the Pergola, Scott Foldesi, Merri Westphall, ( b o t t o m ) In 2008, the gallery featured Northwest galactic heights. Seattle City Light which shelters the popular Waiting Isaac Layman, Seattle Public CHAUNE Y Masters Portable Works with artworks 1% for Art funds. for the Interurban sculpture, was lit. Utilities PECK’S Green Todd Lown, by celebrated Northwest masters. Downtown, fiber-optic lighting was Stack, 3 6 " x Richard Nicol, The gallery also showcased Sneak 4 8 ", v i n y l o n repaired for 24 Hour Street Grid at paper, was one Peek, beckoning viewers to take a clos- Collection the Seattle Police Department’s Public of 32 artworks er look at pieces in a variety of media, conservation Precinct. At Seattle Center, several Utilities water b y N o r t h w e s t and Water Matters, which examined artworks were restored, including conservation emerging artists various artists’ response to water. Neon for the Bagley Wright Theatre print purchase p u r c h a s e d b y Work in Progress featured artworks The city’s public art collection and Seattle Center Totem. Graffiti Seatt le Pu bl ic capturing images of workers, their includes nearly 400 permanently was cleaned from a number of works, Selected artists: Panelists: Utilities. Photo: tasks and their workplaces. Portable sited artworks—all of which the including The Fin Project at Warren G. Rande Cook, Steve Charles, Chauney Peck. artworks are displayed in municipal city stewards and maintains through and pieces at a Port Maynard Johnny Jr., curator buildings citywide. In 2008, staff ro- annual inspection and major of Seattle terminal. Many works at Shaun Peterson, Liz Fikejs, Seattle tated 800 works. restorative work. In 2008, conservation parks, branch libraries and community Susan Point, staff treated 43 permanent artworks, centers were also treated. Mark Preston, Public Utilities Thomas Stream .36

Financials 2008 Revenues 2008 Expenditures

Administration (9%) The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Municipal Arts Fund (MA) $585,354 receives funding from four primary ($3,383,773) sources. One percent of city capital improve- Community Development ment project funds is set aside for the and Outreach (11%) General Fund (GF) commission, purchase and installation $675,647 ($3,256,017) of public artworks. This fund provides support for the Cultural Partnerships (53%) department’s funding programs and The increase in public art revenue in $3,417,970 general operations. The general fund 2007 and 2008 is due, in part, to $1.6 does not provide direct support to the million in percent-for-art dollars that Public Art (27%) public art program. carried forward from the previous $1,691,845 three years. The money was frozen Annual public art total expenditures The $874,000 increase in general pending the outcome of a lawsuit differ from revenues because many fund dollars in 2008 comprises mostly that challenged the use of the funds public art projects continue through one-time additions to fund cultural as they applied to city utility projects. two or more fiscal years. facilities and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific The city’s 1% for Art ordinance was Exposition centennial. ultimately upheld.

Admissions Tax (AT) Cumulative Reserve Fund (CF) Total expenditures ($1,270,274) ($170,000) $6,370,816 Twenty percent of admissions tax This fund provides for maintenance of revenues, excluding professional the city’s art collection.

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