>>> OKAY, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE.
THE JULY 20th 2021 COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 2:02:00 P.M.
I'M TAMMY MORALES CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR MORALES, HERE.
>> THANK YOU, IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, ITEM 12, THE
APPOINTMENT OF RACHEL MOROWITZ
WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA
DUE TO THE APPOINTEE'S
AVAILABILITY.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION?
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THIS ITEM
IS REMOVED.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'SAGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED
AS AMENDED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.
THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAVE SEVERAL
COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS FOR THE
SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION AND
FOR THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND
THEY'LL BE PRESENTING THEIR
ANNUAL REPORT ON OUR PUBLIC ART
PROGRAM.
I SHOULD SAY FIRST, SORRY, WE
DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
I WANT TO CONFIRM WITH IT THAT
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTRANTS.
>> OKAY.
IN THAT CASE, WE WILL PROCEED.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN
AND CLOSED.
SO MY APOLOGIES.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION FROM OFFICE OF
ARTS AND CULTURE TODAY.
THEY'LL BE PRESENTING THEIR
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PUBLIC ART
PROGRAM.
WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR LOCAL
ARTISTS PROVIDE IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO
CONNECT.
ART PROVOKES US.
IT MAKES US THINK ABOUT HOW OUR
SOCIETY IS OR IS NOT
FUNCTIONING.
AND AS AN EXAMPLE, I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE AIDS
MEMORIAL PATHWAY OPENING AT CAL
ANDERSON PARK LAST MONTH.
AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
LISTEN TO THE ARTISTS WHO WERE
SHARING THEIR STORIES ABOUT
THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE DURING THE
AIDS PANDEMIC.
AND JUST BEING IN THAT SETTING,
IN THAT CONTEXT, HEARING THEIR
STORIES AGAIN REMINDED ME OF MY
OWN FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL
AND COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, WHO WERE
TERRIFIED OF CONTRACTING AIDS.
I STILL HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS
AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE GAY
AND I JUST REMEMBER THE
PALPABLE FEAR AT THE TIME THAT
PEOPLE WERE GOING TO CONTRACT
IT.
SO THAT CONVERSATION REMINDED
ME OF A FRIEND WHO WAS BRUTALLY
ASSAULTED DUE TO PHOBIA.
IT REALLY JUST MADE ME REFLECT
ON HOW DIFFERENT THE OUTCOMES
ARE NOW FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
LIVING WITH HIV TODAY.
AND JUST BEING ABLE TO SAY
THAT, RIGHT, PEOPLE WHO ARE
LIVING WITH HIV TODAY.
SOMETHING WE COULDN'T SAY
IN THE 80s.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS
WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY THEN.
AND ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS
WERE JARRED BY THE PUBLIC ART
PROJECT SUPPORTED BY THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE DOING IN GENERAL
WITH THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.
BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AN
IMPORTANT WAY FOR US TO CONNECT
WITH ONE ANOTHER TO HUMANIZE
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND TO
REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR SOCIETY
AND THE REFLECTION OF THE
ARTISTS ON OUR SOCIETY.
AND IT'S FREE.
WHICH IS MAYBE JUST AS
IMPORTANT AS ALL THE OTHER
PIECES OF THAT PROGRAM.
SO WE WILL BE HEARING TODAY
FROM CALANDRA AND I DON'T KNOW
IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE COMING
FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
AMY WYNN IS HERE.
YAY.
I'M EXCITED.
SO LET US CONTINUE.
AND WE WILL, I'LL ASK YOU TO
PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM ONE, PUBLIC ART ANNUAL
REPORT FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> PERFECT.
OKAY.
SO I ALL READY GAVE MY
INTRODUCTION.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
THE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND HEAR
WHAT Y'ALL HAVE TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES, AND THANK YOU
TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE
TODAY TO SHARE ABOUT THE PUBLIC
ART PROGRAM.
I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE,
AMY WYNN.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TO SEVERAL
THINGS TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST
COUPLE YEARS IN THE PROGRAM.
WE'RE GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE
BIT OF DATA ABOUT BOTH THE
FOLKS WHO WE HAVE BEEN
COMMISSIONING AS WELL AS KIND
OF WHAT OUR PARTNERSHIPS LOOK
LIKE GOING FORWARD WITH OUR
CAPITAL DEPARTMENT.
BUT I DID WANT TO REFLECT JUST
SOME OF THE PIECES THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES, YOU WERE
REFERENCING AROUND THE AIDS
MEMORIAL PATHWAY.
AND THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'RE
GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT PUBLIC ART
IS THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
HAVE A PUBLIC CONVERSATION
ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT
TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, ART GIVES US
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THINGS
IN DIFFERENT MODES.
AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ENGAGE
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND I DO THINK THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THE AIDS MEMORIAL PATHWAY
ALLOWS US TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING
LIKE HEALTH AND WELL BEING AND
WHICH COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED THE MOST.
IN WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES REPORTS AREN'T ABLE
TO HAVE THE SAME SORT OF
IMPACT.
THOSE SPACES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE
DO PUBLIC ART IN PUBLIC.
IT HAPPENS IN ALL OF THE SPACES
THAT WE WALK THROUGH EVERYDAY
IN OUR PARKS.
ON OUR STREETS.
AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY
TO STOP AND REFLECT AND TAKE A
MOMENT.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S IMPORTANT
TO OUR OFFICE.
WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR 50th
ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN HERE 50 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR
50 YEARS.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS ONE OF
THE OLDEST PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS
IN THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE THE SECOND OLDEST
PROGRAM WHICH MEANS WE HAVE
THIS INCREDIBLE COLLECTION THAT
WE MAINTAINED.
ALONG WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
ALONG WITH THE PROJECTS THAT
HAVE COME INTO TUITION OVER THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS.
WE HAVE THIS AMAZING COLLECTION
THAT WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY
TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP MAKING
PRISTINE.
AND MAKE SURE WE'RE IN
CONVERSATION WITH OUR PAST
ESPECIALLY AS WE GO FORWARD.
I'M REALIZING THAT I DON'T
THINK I INTRODUCED MYSELF I'LL
TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY I'M
CALLANDRA CHILDERS.
MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WE DO IS
DONE THROUGH A RACIAL EQUITY
LENSE AND REALLY INVESTIGATING
WHO IS BENEFITING FROM THESE
PROGRAMS, WHERE IN THE
COMMUNITY THEY ARE SITUATED AND
WHO EXACTLY WE'RE ENGAGING WHEN
WE HAVE THESE TUNES.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY MY
COLLEAGUE, AMY, AND I'M SUPER
THRILLED TO INTRODUCE AMY AS
THE PUBLIC ART DIRECTOR TO THE
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
SHE JOINED US IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE PANDEMIC SO SHE'S VERY NEW
ON OUR STAFF BUT IS NOT NEW TO
THE CITY.
SHE'S WORKED IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION, THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
ALSO WORKED IF THE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS OFFICE PREVIOUSLY.
SO SHE HAS A WEALTH OF CITY
EXPERIENCE AND BRINGS IN A LOT
OF REALLY RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
IN THE WAYS OF URBAN PLANNING
AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES
THAT ARE GOING TO BE HUGELY
BENEFICIAL FOR THE PROGRAM.
BUT I'M EXCITED TO HAVE HER
SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER
VISION ABOUT WHERE THE PROGRAM
IS GOING FROM HERE AND THEN
JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS
A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR WITH HOW
THE PROGRAM IS SITUATED SO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE HAS A 1% FOR
ART ORDINANCE.
WHICH MEANS EVERY TIME WE BUILD
A CAPITOL PROJECT.
WHETHER IT BE A FIRE STATION, A
PARK, OR A ROADWAY, 1% OF THE
CAPITOL PROJECT IS DEDICATED
THROUGH ART.
THAT FUNDING COMES THROUGH OUR
OFFICE.
AND WE WORK WITH THOSE CAPITOL
DEPARTMENTS.
THOSE ARE KEY PARTNERS TO
CODEVELOP PROJECTS THAT MEET
THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE CAPITOL
DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR GOALS
THAT ARE REALLY CENTERED AROUND
HOW DO WE INTEGRATE THE
ARTIST'S VOICE INTO THE CIVIC
LANDSCAPE.
WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT BIG
MAJOR SCULPTURAL PIECES.
AND WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WHERE
PEOPLE ARE ENGAGING IN
CONVERSATIONS AND IT MIGHT BE
SOMETHING THAT'S VERY
TRANSIENT.
SOMETHING THAT'S A POP UP THAT
HAPPENS IN JUST A MOMENT OF
TIME.
SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO THAT
MOMENT IN TIME APPROACH IS THAT
CREATIVE COMMENT EVENT THAT
JUST KICKED OFF THIS WEEKEND.
WE HAD TWO DAYS OF DEDICATED
PROGRAMMING FROM 11:00 A.M.
TO 7:00 P.M.
WE HAD ARTISTS PERFORMING.
WE HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS
OF ENGAGEMENT.
THAT'S WHAT PUBLIC ART CAN LOOK
LIKE.
AND I THINK I WILL PASS IT OFF
TO AMY.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE
YOU'RE GETTING STARTED WITH
THIS.
>> THANK YOU, CALLANDRA AND
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO JUST SHARE.
A BIT OF CONTEXT ON WHY WE'RE
HERE PRESENTING TODAY.
THIS IS IN RESPONSE, COUNCIL
ASKED US AFTER 2018 TO REPORT
BACK ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
TODAY WE'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU
INFORMATION FROM SPECIFICALLY
2020 AND 2019.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PRESENT TO
COUNCIL LAST YEAR DUE TO COVID-
19 BUT WE WANTED TO ALSO JUST
TAKE SOME TIME TO TALK ABOUT
THE EXCITING WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING IN 2021.
SO WHEN YOU HEAR -- WHEN WE
DEFINE NEW PROJECTS, PUBLIC ART
IS COMPLEX AND WHAT CALLANDRA
WAS SAYING THERE, WE PINPOINTED
THAT YEAR AS WHEN THAT PROJECT
STARTED, RECOGNIZING THAT
YOU'LL SEE THINGS LABELED AS
2019 THAT HAVE YET TO BE
CONSTRUCTED YET BUT THAT'S THE
NATURE OF HOW OUR WORK GOES.
AND THIS IS JUST A SHAMELESS
PLUG.
IF YOU LOVE ALL OF THE IMAGES
THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS
POWER POINT TODAY.
PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE, WE
HAVE A WONDERFUL ARCHIVE.
OUR REGISTRAR IN THE PUBLIC ART
TEAM MAINTAINE THIS E MUSEUM.
IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE THE ART
WORK YOURSELF.
TAKE THE TIME AND LOOK THROUGH
OUR ART CATALOG.
ALL THE IMAGES ARE TAKEN FROM
THE E MUSEUM.
LET ME JUMP INTO CREATIVE
COMMENTS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU -- KIND
OF STEPPING BACK AND THINKING
ABOUT TAKING FROM THIS
PRESENTATION, I THINK WHAT
YOU'LL HEAR IN 2020 IS REALLY
THE AMAZING WORK THAT THIS TEAM
HAS DONE TO REALLY PIVOT AND
MEET THE NEEDS OF COVID-19.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'LL
HEAR IN THESE STORIES.
HOW DID RESPOND IN 2021.
HOW IS PUBLIC ART PART OF THAT
RECOVERY.
HOW ARE WE RESPONDING TO THIS
CULTURAL MOMENT.
CREATIVE COMMENTS STARTED OUT
OF THIS QUESTION AROUND WE SAW
SO MUCH INNOVATION IN PUBLIC
SPACE IN 2020 AND WHAT WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES, OUR RETAILERS, OUR
RESTAURANTS.
SO WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE
PART OF THE WELCOME BACK WEEKS
PROGRAMMING THE CITY IS DOING
IN JULY.
BUT WE'LL BE CONTINUING ON
THROUGH AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WITH PARKS.
REALLY TAKING AN INTENTIONAL
CURATOR MODEL.
SO REALLY EXCITED.
WE'LL BE IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE
OTHELLO.
RAINIER BEACH.
WESTWOOD.
JUST REALLY FABULOUS
PROGRAMMING.
SO PLEASE CHECK US OUT.
THIS WEEKEND, WE'LL BE IN
OCCIDENTAL IN WEST LAKE.
AUDRA WILL BE APPOINTED LATER.
SHE'S BEEN HOSTING THESE EVENTS
AND DOING AN ABSOLUTELY
FANTASTIC JOB.
SHOUT OUT TO AUDRA.
AS WE WERE ALL HIT IN THIS, HOW
DO WE DO OUR WORK, HOW DO WE
PIVOT TO VIRTUAL?
HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE ARTISTS
THAT HAVE LOST WORK?
SO IN APRIL 2020, PUBLIC ART IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK OF
SEATTLE TOGETHER.
YOU REMEMBER DURING THIS TIME,
THERE WERE PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD MAKING A JOYFUL NOISE AT
NIGHT.
WE WERE THINKING AB WHAT'S THE
VISUAL RESPONSE TO THAT.
SO THE PRODUCT THAT WAS
PRODUCED WAS ACTUALLY
COMMISSIONING TWELVE ARTISTS.
MAJORITY BIPOC ARTISTS THAT
CREATED UNIQUE DESIGNS PRINTED
ON CHOREOGRAPHED YARD SIGNS.
AND THE YARD SIGNS WERE
DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE CITY.
SPECIFICALLY IN TARGET
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE KNOW THAT
-- WHERE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
LIVE THAT HAVE BEEN HIT THE
HARDEST.
WE LAYERED USING OUR OPCDs
EQUITY INDEX JUST TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE PUTTING THIS ART IN
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HIT THE
HARDEST AND WE'VE HAD A GREAT
RESPONSE FOR IT.
I'LL TELL YOU ANECDOTALLY, I
THINK WE SAW PEOPLE TRYING TO
STEAL THESE SIGNS, WE'RE LIKE
COME ON MAN, YOU CAN'T TAKE
THOSE HOME, THIS IS ART WORK
FOR THE PEOPLE.
BUT TO GIVE YOU THAT SENSE OF
HOW QUICKLY THIS TEAM WAS ABLE
TO PIVOT AND GET MONEY IN THE
HANDS OF ARTISTS BUT ALSO
SPREAD THAT JOY ACROSS SEATTLE.
AND SO THESE ARE JUST THREE OF
THOSE DESIGNS THAT ARE
FEATURED.
BUT ALL OF THEM ARE BEAUTIFUL.
AND ARTISTS WERE SELECTED NOT
ONLY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
PRIORITIZE BIPOC VOICES BUT
ARTISTS WITH CONNECTIONS TO
SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE
LAKE CITY AND THE CHINA TOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT SO ART
WAS RELEVANT TO THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
BUILDING ON THAT, ANOTHER
PUBLIC ART PROJECT.
AN EFFORT ACROSS MANY
DEPARTMENTS.
SHOT OUT TO SPU, CITY LIGHT,
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HSD.
THIS WAS REALLY ABOUT, IN THAT
VAIN OF HOW DO WE CREATE JOBS
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
ARTISTS AND HOW DO WE SHOWCASE
AND DOCUMENT THESE ESSENTIAL
CITY SERVICES ? THE COLLECTION
IS BEAUTIFUL.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES, ALL OF THE TIRELESS
WORK THAT THEY DID, THESE ARE
JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE
FACES OF OUR FRONT LINE
WORKERS.
AND THIS IS ART THAT WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO REMEMBER JUST
REALLY THE -- ALL OF THE
CHALLENGES AND REALLY WHAT GOT
US THROUGH THIS.
AND IT'S THESE FOLKS HERE.
SO REALLY EXCITED FOR
ESSENTIALLY SEATTLE AND YOU'LL
SEE THIS WORK KIND OF MORE
FEATURED ACROSS OUR PARTNERS AS
WELL.
ANOTHER BIG PART FOR 2020, AND
THESE ARE FAMILIAR IMAGES.
I THINK THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
MURAL, WHICH WAS REALLY THE
GENIUS OF VIVID MATTER
COLLECTIVE, ARTS AND SDOT
REALLY SUPPORTED THIS WORK AND
REALLY MEMORIALIZED THIS MURAL.
WE WERE JUST THERE TWO WEEK ACE
GO FOR THE TOUCH UP.
BUT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
KIND OF PIVOT IN OUR WORK AND
HOW WE WORK.
ALSO JUST SHOUTING OUT THE
BUSINESS MURALS ARTS PARTNERED
WITH THE OFFICE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO COMMISSION
ARTISTS TO CREATE MURALS ON
BOARD BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY
WITH THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR DC
VALOR AND LAKE CITY
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SOME OF THE KIND OF OTHER
WORK AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE, I
KNOW THIS ISN'T EXCLUSIVE TO
ARTS.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO MUCH
WORK IN 2020.
WHILE I THINK THE NARRATIVE IS
THAT WE REALLY ROSE TO THE
OCCASION OF THE VIRTUAL BEING
CHALLENGING BUT IT DIDN'T
REALLY SLOW DOWN HOW WE CAN
CONTINUE TO MEET COMMUNITIES
AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT
STARTED AS OUR PUBLIC ART
ROSTER, THIS IS ALSO FEATURED
ONLINE, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT
COLLECTION ARTISTS SUBMITTED
THEIR WORK.
WE PUT TOGETHER THIS ROSTER
THAT SERVES AS BOTH AN INTERNAL
TOOL AND ALSO EXTERNALLY SO THE
PUBLIC CAN USE THIS AS WELL.
THIS IS A METHOD FOR
OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT ARTISTS
FOR UPCOMING PUBLIC ART
PROJECTS.
AND GENERALLY OUR PROCESSES, WE
GO THROUGH KIND OF A MORE
TRADITIONAL PANEL PROCESS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND
OF EXPEDITE.
THIS IS ALSO OUR FIRST YEAR,
YOU CAN GO ONLINE, IT IS -- YOU
CAN SEE ALL THE ARTIST'S WORK.
IT'S AN EXTERNAL FACING.
AND IT'S JUST QUITE LOVELY.
THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WENT
INTO THIS ROSTER, OUR PANEL WAS
A MAJORITY BIPOC PANEL THAT HAD
WEEKS OF DISCUSSION REVIEWING
THIS REALLY ASKING THOSE
DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AROUND WHAT
IS -- WHAT IS PUBLIC ART?
HOW DO WE CREATE THESE
OPPORTUNITIES AROUND WHAT DOES
IT LOOK LIKE?
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
ARTISTS SELECTED FOR THE
ROSTER, IT LEAVES YOU WITH A
SENSE OF THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC
ART IS VERY BRIGHT.
PUBLIC ART BOOT CAMP, THIS IS
ONE OF -- THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM
FOR US.
BUT I THINK 2020 WAS QUITE
EXCITING.
IT WAS REALLY A PIVOT.
AND AGAIN STUCK IN THAT VAIN OF
HOW DO WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES
TO GET COMMISSIONS OUT THERE.
PUBLIC ART BOOT CAMP, THE
GENESIS OF IT IS REALLY OUR --
OUR ANSWER TO THAT PUBLIC ART
IS A VERY ELITIST FIELD.
YOU OFTEN NEED A COMMISSION TO
GET A COMMISSION.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE
WHOLE LIFE CYCLE OF PUBLIC ART,
THERE NEEDS TO BE SUPPORT AND
UNDERSTANDING THOSE QUESTIONS
OF HOW YOU WORK WITH
FABRICATORS.
INSTALLATION, UNDERSTANDING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
PUBLIC ART BOOT CAMP IS WHERE
WE PROVIDE THAT KIND OF HANDS
ON KNOWLEDGE-BASED SHARING AND
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT WITH
OUR OFFICE.
WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS YEAR
THAT'S REALLY EXCITE SOMETHING
THE TWELVE ARTISTS THAT
SELECTED ALL, BOOT CAMP
RESULTING IN A COMMISSION.
THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
SEATTLE CENTER NEXT MONTH
THEY'LL BE INSTALLING TEMPORARY
PUBLIC ART PIECES.
MANY OF THEM THEIR FIRST PUBLIC
ART COMMISSION IN SEATTLE
CENTER.
AND ALSO IN THE LAKE CITY
NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH SDOT.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT AND
ART INTERRUPTION.
SO ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
GET OUT AND SEE REALLY
FANTASTIC, EMERGING ART WORK
SHORTLY HERE.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER KIND OF
FOCAL PROJECT THAT'S JUST
FANTASTIC.
IT'S OUR SDOT BRIDGE ARTIST
RESIDENCE.
WE HAD TWO FANTASTIC ARTISTS.
ROGER FERNANDEZ.
ET RUSSIAN.
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL COMIC
GRAPHIC NOVELS THAT YOU'LL
ACTUALLY SEE IN THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARIES, BEING
DISTRIBUTED THERE ONCE
LIBRARIES ARE REOPENED.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE
GREAT PROJECTS THAT CONTINUED
TO GIVE SO MUCH DELIGHT TO THE
PUBLIC.
AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO
COLLANDRA.
>>> THANKS, AMY.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT --
FOR THESE NEXT TWO PROJECTS I'M
GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO THAT
WERE OUTSIDE OF OUR FORMAL MODE
OF OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
BOTH WERE SPECIAL PARTNERSHIPS
WE CREATED.
AND THEY DEFINITELY TOOK
SEVERAL YEARS TO DEVELOP.
THE AIDS MEMORIAL PATHWAY THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
MENTIONED WAS A PROJECT
DEDICATED ABOUT A MONTH AGO
AFTER SIX YEARS OF WORKING.
AND THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS
BROUGHT FORWARD BY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE
CITY TO HAVE A SPACE TO REFLECT
AND REMEMBER THE AIDS EPIDEMIC
WITHIN THE CITY.
A LOT OF OTHER CITIES HAVE THIS
KIND OF SPACE.
BUT SEATTLE DID NOT.
AND SO THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
BROUGHT THIS IDEA FORWARD.
AND WE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS
IDENTIFYING A LOCATION.
WE ENDED UP AT THE TRANSIT
DEVELOPMENT STATION UP ON
CAPITOL HILL RIGHT AROUND THE
LIGHT RAIL STATION.
AND CREATED THIS PARTNERSHIP
WITH SOUND TRANSIT AS THEY ARE
THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL AS
THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT
WAS DEVELOPING THAT PROPERTY
AROUND THE STATION.
AND THEN THE CITY CAME IN.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CAL
ANDERSON PARK PROPERTY ACROSS
THE STREET.
AND WE WERE TAKING OVER THE
OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE OF
THESE ART WORKS LONG-TERM.
SO WE CREATED THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
COMMISSION OF THE ART PLAN FOR
THE SITE.
AND FOR THAT, WE WORKED WITH
HORATIO LAW.
AN INCREDIBLE VISIONARY ARTIST
WHO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN FOR THE
SITE THAT CALLED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL THREE COMMISSIONS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ON
CHRIS PAUL JORDAN FOR THE
AMAZING PIECE YOU SEE ON THE
LEFT THERE, THAT'S CALLED, AND
I'M GOING TO MISS EVERYBODY,
IT'S MADE UP OF BOOM BOXES AND
REALLY RECALLED THE ERA OF
HOUSE PARTIES AND UNDER GROUND
GATHERINGS.
CIVILIZATION THE PIECE ON THE
RIGHT, THAT'S CALLED WE'RE ALL
READY HERE.
THAT'S A SERIES OF PROTEST
SIGNS REIMAGINED AND THERE'S
SEVERAL STATIONS OF PROTEST
SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
PARK.
STORMY WEBBER HAS A REALLY
AMAZING PIECE ON THE INSIDE OF
THE BUILDING THAT'S CALLED "IN
THIS WAY WE LOVED ONE ANOTHER"
THAT MEMORIALIZES THE HISTORY
AND THE SEATTLE PLAYERS WHO
REALLY MOVED THIS MOVEMENT
FORWARD.
EARLY ON IN THE EARLY DAYS OF
WHEN PEOPLE WERE DEALING WITH
THE CRISIS.
AND THEN HORATIO LAW HAS AN
ADDITIONAL PIECE HE'S DOING ON
THE NORTH END OF THE PARK
THAT'S CALLED RIBBON OF LIGHT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DELAYED.
BUT IT WILL BE INSTALLED WITHIN
THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
AND IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL
SPACE OF SORT OF REFLECTION AND
REALLY JUST SORT OF ALLOWING
PEOPLE TO TAKE A MOMENT.
SO THIS WAS A REALLY PRETTY
INCREDIBLE PROJECT THAT WAS
SORT OF UNPRECEDENTED THAT
WE'VE NEVER REALLY DONE
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
WE'RE JUST SO PLEASED TO HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO UNVEIL IT THIS
YEAR.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE
WHERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE
FUTURE AGENTS.
SO THIS WAS ANOTHER SORT OF
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS WAS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE
HAD WITH SEATTLE ART MUSEUM.
THE PROJECT THAT THEY WERE
DOING AT VOLUNTEER PARK TO
EXPAND THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM IN
THAT SPACE GENERATED SOME 1%
FOR ART FUNDING.
SO WE PARTNERED WITH THEM TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK
LIKE TO REALLY CELEBRATE THE
ASIAN ART COLLECTION THAT'S IN
THAT SPACE.
AND SO WE PUT OUT A CALL FOR A
CURATOR.
AND HE PUT FORWARD HIS PROPOSAL
AROUND FUTURE ANCIENT THAT
BROUGHT TOGETHER THIS IDEA OF
HOW DO WE CELEBRATE
CONTEMPORARY AAPI ARTISTS HERE
IN THE SEATTLE AREA.
SO HE HAD MORE THAN 30
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS THAT CAME
THROUGH FOR THIS PROJECT WHERE
THERE WAS A WHOLE SERIES OF
PRESENTATIONS AROUND THE
REOPENING OF THE ASIAN ART
MUSEUM.
THAT ALL HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY
OF 2020 RIGHT BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC HIT.
AND SO IMMEDIATELY WE THEN HAD
TO TRANSITION ALL OF THESE
PLANS INTO A VIRTUAL ONLINE
FORMAT.
SO HE REALLY KIND OF WENT WITH
US AS WE WENT THROUGH WHAT
EVERYBODY WAS GOING THROUGH IN
TERMS OF TAKING THINGS INTENDED
TO BE IN PERSON AND MOVING THEM
INTO AN ONLINE SPACE.
BUT THE LASTING LEGACY OF
PROJECT IS THERE'S AN AAPI
ARTIST ROSTER THAT CAME OUT OF
THIS THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE
PUBLIC TO USE.
THAT'S A GREAT RESOURCE THAT
WILL LAST EVEN AFTER THESE
EVENTS HAVE CONCLUDED.
>> AND BACK TO ME.
FLOW IS A REALLY EXCITING
PROJECT.
WE'RE IN OUR NEXT ITERATION OF
INSTALLATIONS IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
AND THE SHIP CANAL WATER
QUALITY PROJECT.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
FLOW IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SHOWCASE THE MAGIC AND POWER
OF TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART
PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE REALLY KIND OF GEARED
AND CATERED THIS TO EMERGING
ARTISTS, PREDOMINANTLY BIPOC
ARTISTS.
AND IT'S A GREAT WAY OF
THINKING ABILITY HOW DO WE
APPLY ART ALONG THE SHIP CANAL
AS A MEANS TO REALLY MITIGATE
CONSTRUCTION FENCING THROUGHOUT
BALLARD, WALLING FORD AND
FREMONT AND WE'VE GOT REALLY
RESPONSIVE FEEDBACK FROM FLOW.
SO MORE ART COMING UP.
KIND OF A CONTINUOUS PROJECT.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO SHIFT INTO
COMMUNITY ENGAGE . I JUST WANT
TO -- BEFORE I JUMP INTO SOME
OF THE PROJECTS, IF FOLKS ARE
INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE, WE
SUBMITTED AN EMBARRASSINGLY
LONG REPORT THAT HAS MUCH MORE
DETAIL FOR ALL OF THESE
PROJECTS, COLLANDRA AND I HAND
SELECTED SOME WE WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT.
BUT I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH
HOW THIS TEAM -- HOW MUCH WORK
THAT THIS TEAM PRODUCES AND
CONTINUOUSLY DOES.
AND SO EVEN ASKING --
RESPONDING TO HOW DO WE DO
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT?
IT'S REALLY EMBEDDED WITHIN
PUBLIC ART THROUGHOUT THE LIFE
PSYCHING OF HOW DO WE GET FROM
SCOPING TO THE END PRODUCT?
TO HOW DO PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH
THAT ART ONGOING?
SO WITH THAT I'LL CENTER ONE
REALLY EXCITING PROJECT -- THIS
WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT.
AND SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
THIS IS IN THE MAIN ART ALLEY.
THIS IS A MURAL BY ARTIST OKURO
ISHI IT'S GORGEOUS, IT'S
DIFFERENT NOODLES.
NOODLES AS STEPPINGSTONES THAT
INVITE YOU THROUGH THE ALLEY.
THERE'S SO MUCH COMMUNITY
ENERGY THAT'S BEEN GOING OVER
FOR YEARS AND THEY'VE DONE IT
THEMSELVES ON HOW TO ACTIVATE
THESE ALLEY WAYS.
I WANTED TO BRING UP THIS AS AN
EXAMPLE.
A LOT WAS LEARNED FROM SLURP.
WE WANTED TO INSTALL THIS LAST
SUMMER.
WE JUST INSTALLED IT REALLY AT
úTHE START OF THIS SUMMER.
BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY GREAT
REMINDER AND EXAMPLE THAT
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN
AN ART PROJECT TO MOVE AT THE
RIGHT PACE FOR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT
THIS WORK.
WATCHING HOW THE ARTIST IS
ACTUALLY FANTASTIC.
REALLY ENGAGED HEARD THE
FEEDBACK AND SAID LET ME COME
BACK ADAPT THIS DESIGN AND MAKE
IT SOMETHING EVERYBODY WILL
LOVE.
THE ORGANIC PROGRAMMING THAT
EMERGED AROUND THIS, COLORING
BOOKS, STICKERS, PROMOS, IT'S A
GREAT WAY OF SHOWING YOU HOW WE
AS A CITY CAN PARTNER WITH ALL
READY THE ENERGY THAT'S
HAPPENING THERE.
TO CREATE SOMETHING QUITE
BEAUTIFUL.
AND I WANTED TO UPLIFT,
OFTENTIMES WITHIN PUBLIC ART WE
FOCUS IN ON THE IMPACT OF OUR
LARGE, GORGEOUS, PERMANENTLY
SITED WORKS AND NEW PROJECTS.
BUT AGAIN, SHAMELESS PLUG FOR
OUR CIVIC COLLECTION.
OUR FANTASTIC COLLECTIONS
MANAGEMENT TEAM.
THERE'S SOME VERY COOL WORK
THAT HAPPENS.
WE WANTED TO UPLIFT FRESH
PERSPECTIVES.
FRESH PERSPECTIVES IS A UNIQUE
DEPARTURE FOR US IN THAT WE
BROUGHT ON YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE
THE CURATOR.
SO YOUNG PEOPLE ACTUALLY WERE A
HAND IN PURCHASING 60 PORTABLE
WORKS.
THEY SERVED ON THE PANEL.
THEY REVIEWED THE DIGITAL
SUBMISSIONS AND MADE THE
PURCHASES.
ALSO SUPPORTED BY OUR STAFF AND
THAT KIND OF CURRICULUM WITH
PLANNED FIELD TRIPS TO THE
FOSTER WHITE GALLERY.
THE WAYNE LUKE MUSEUM.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT
TRADITIONALLY PORTABLE ART
WORKS ARE SELECTED BY A PANEL
OF ART PROFESSIONALS.
AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THESE THREE
EXAMPLE, SEEING THEIR EYES AND
WHAT THEY GRAVITATE TO IS SUCH
A WONDERFUL WAY OF THAT KIND OF
CULTURAL MOMENT.
AND YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THE
FULL FRESH PERSPECTIVES ONLINE.
IT'S REALLY QUITE COOL.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS
ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO GO INTO
CONSTRUCTION UNTIL 2022.
BUT STARTED IN 2019.
THIS IS FOR THE NEW LITTLE
SAIGON PARK.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES
OF A PUBLIC ART PROJECT THAT
REALLY CENTERS ON COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT IN THE SCOPING OF IT
BEFORE THE ARTIST SELECTION.
THE COMMUNITY IS VERY CLEAR.
APPLICANTS NEED TO DEMONSTRATE
A CONNECTION TO THE CID.
THROUGH THE PROCESS, CHUNGA WAS
SELECTED.
COLLEENA HAS BEEN DOING SO MUCH
FANTASTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND MEETS WITH COMMUNITY
GROUPS.
EVERYONE FROM FRIENDS OF LITTLE
SAIGON TO KIND OF REALLY GET AT
THIS DESIGN AND WE'RE REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO WHEN THIS IS
INSTALLED IN THE NEW LITTLE
SAIGON PARK.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE AND WE
SO MUCH LOVE ALL OF OUR CITY
PARTNERS, SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES IS SUCH A REALLY,
FANTASTIC THOUGHTFUL PARTNER IN
THIS WORK.
TAYLOR CREEK, THE ARTIST WAS
SUCH A WONDERFUL, REALLY CAME
INTO THIS COMMUNITY, MET WITH
ARBAK.
VIETNAMESE FRIENDSHIP
ASSOCIATION.
SO MANY DIFFERENT OUTREACH
EFFORTS.
AND THIS IS REALLY ABOUT
HIGHLIGHTING THIS WORK WITH FPU
ON SALMON HABITAT AND CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO
ENGAGE WITH THE SPACE.
REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE
CREATE A SPACE FOR BIPOC TO
ENGAGE WITH THE NATURAL AREA.
AND GREAT.
NOW WE'LL BE SHIFTING INTO THE
LAST SECTION OF OUR
PRESENTATION.
ANNUAL DATA.
OKAY.
SO THIS TABLE HERE IS --
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN IT.
AS I MENTIONED IN PUBLIC ART,
WE -- WE TRACK SEVERAL
DIFFERENT METRICS.
BUT RECOGNIZING THAT PROJECTS
CAN OFTEN TAKE YEARS FROM
SCOPING INTO INSTALL.
THAT'S A PART OF WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING.
I JUST ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT
IN 2019, YOU'LL SEE A
SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER BUDGET
RANGE.
THAT'S BECAUSE COLLANDRA ELUDED
TO THIS IN THE BEGINNING.
WE'VE REALLY HAD A CRAZY BUSY
COUPLE YEARS BETWEEN THE WORK
THAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE
WATERFRONT THAT REALLY
MAGNIFIES OUR BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING
THESE ANOMALIES WITH 2019 AND
2020.
AND THE -- JUST THAT KIND OF
FIRST LINE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, FOR
EXAMPLE, 2020, WHEN YOU SEE 60
VERSES 144.
WITH OUR ARTISTS, AND I THINK
THIS KIND OF CAME THROUGH WITH
2020, WORKING WITH SO MANY SUB
COMMISSIONS, SO ARTISTS THAT
WORK ACROSS ARTIST TEAMS, THAT
CHANGES OUR WAYS OF TRACKING AS
WELL.
COLLANDRA, DID YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING?
>> I'LL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW,
2020, WE REALLY TURNED UP THE
FOCUS.
I THINK PUBLIC ART HAS A
TENDENCY TO -- BECAUSE IT HAS
PROJECTS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH
THE CIVIC SCHEDULE, THE CIVIC
-- OR I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN
CIVIC, I MEANT CAPITOL PROJECT
SCHEDULE, THINGS TAKE A WHILE
TO DEVELOP.
AND IT'S GOOD IN SOME WAYS,
IT'S GREAT TO GET ARTISTS ON
BOARD EARLY SO THEY CAN
INFLUENCE A PROJECT AND BE
FULLY INTEGRATED AND NOT JUST
ADDED ON AT THE END.
BUT ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT
IS THAT PROJECTS OFTEN TAKE
SEVERAL YEARS.
AND WE KNEW COMING OUT OF 2020
AND COMING THROUGH 2020, THE
DEEP IMPACT TO ARTISTS AND
CULTURAL WORKERS WAS THAT MANY
OF THEIR GIGS DRIED UP OVER
NIGHT.
AND WE KNEW THAT OPPORTUNITIES
NEEDED TO BE PROVIDED
IMMEDIATELY.
SO WE SHIFTED GEARS AND WE
CREATED A BUNCH OF
OPPORTUNITIES THAT STILL MET
THE CIVIC NEEDS OF THE CITY
WHILE ALSO RESPONDING TO THE
NEED WITHIN THE ARTIST
COMMUNITY.
SEEING THAT 144 IN PARENTHESIS,
THAT INDICATES WE CONTRACTED
WITH A LOT OF ARTISTS TO DO A
LOT OF WORK THAT WAS MUCH
FASTER TURN AROUND TIME THAN
WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY DO.
AND THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL
TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY IN THE MOMENT.
>> JUST WANTED TO -- WE HAVE A
PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE APPENDIX
MANY THE REPORT THAT WE
SUBMITTED BY OUR FABULOUS
IMPACTED ASSESSMENT MANAGER.
I WANTED TO CALL OUT A COUPLE
OF OUR DATA POINTS THAT'S
REALLY QUITE COOL.
IN 2020, WE NEARLY DOUBLED THE
NUMBER OF BIPOC ARTISTS WHO
WERE COMMISSIONED.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE
CONTINUED TO BE IN THE 400-500s
FOR APPLICATIONS RECEIVED.
THAT'S PART OF THE KIND OF
OUTREACH AND WORK THAT WE DO TO
PROMOTE OUR CALLS AND
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE AMOUNT
IN 2020 OF WHAT THAT KIND OF
DIRECT SELECT OPPORTUNITY IS
WHICH WAS ABLE TO REALLY ALLOW
US TO PRIORITIZE BIPOC ARTISTS
AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO --
>> CAN I ASK --
>> GO FOR IT.
>> I WANT TO STAY ON THIS
SLIDE.
YOU HAD 592 APPLICANTS.
YOU WERE ABLE TO FUND 21.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> WELL, SO I'M SORRY, WHERE IS
THE 21 FIGURE?
THE FIRST BULLET POINT?
>> YEAH.
THE 2019 -- SO THE 21
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS IS LOOKING
AT WORKING SOLO AND THEN
THERE'S ARTIST TEAMS WORKING
WITHIN THAT AS WELL.
SO YES, THAT IS ACCURATE.
>> OKAY.
IT FEELS REALLY -- THERE'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN
APPLYING FOR THESE FUNDS.
>> I THINK THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE
PARTICULARLY HIGH THIS TIME
AROUND.
I BELIEVE THAT REFLECTS -- SO
THERE ARE CALLS THAT WE DO TO
BRING IN ARTISTS ON TO AN
ACTIVE PROJECT.
THERE ARE ALSO CALLS THAT WE DO
TO INCREASE OUR CIVIC
COLLECTION.
SO WHEN WE DO A CALL FOR WORK
THAT'S ALL READY BEEN CREATED.
THOSE CALLS OFTEN RESULT IN
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FOLKS.
BECAUSE IT'S -- IT TENDS TO BE
TWO DIMENSIONAL WORK THAT'S ALL
READY CREATED.
THAT MAY BE WHY WE'RE SEEING
DISCREPANCY IN NUMBERS RIGHT
THERE.
BUT YES, I WILL SAY THAT A LOT
OF THESE PROJECTS, WE DO SEE A
HIGH RESPONSE RATE.
PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN
BEING ENGAGED IN THESE TYPES OF
OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS A KIND OF -- A LOOK
AT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS.
WE'VE INCLUDED BOTH HERE THE
KIND OF -- BOTH EARLY STAGE
CANDIDATES AND WHAT ULTIMATELY
RESULTS IN THE COMMISSION.
I THINK SOMETHING THAT IS I
THINK REALLY QUITE COMPELLING
ABOUT 2020 IS WE ARE -- OUR
DEMOGRAPHICS WAS -- WE WERE AT
70% BIPOC IDENTIFIED ARTISTS.
AND IF YOU NOTE AS WELL,
COLLANDRA, DID YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE WATERFRONT?
SPECIFICALLY NATIVE AMERICAN,
ALASKA NATIVE I DING NEWHOUSE
ARTISTS.
>> INDIGENOUS ARTISTS.
>> WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE STAGE
WHERE WE CAN SHARE A CHART LIKE
THIS WITH YOU ALL.
ONE OF THE NUMBERS I'LL CALL
YOUR ATTENTION TO.
NATIVE, ALASKA NATIVE, AND
INDIGENOUS, THE COMMISSIONED
RATE FROM 2019 TO 2020 JUMPS
DRAMATICALLY FROM UNDER 5% TO
17%.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK
WE'VE BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT
CREATING SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES
FOR INDIGENOUS ARTISTS.
SOME OPPORTUNITIES HAVE
HAPPENED THROUGH THE FLOW
PROJECT AMY WAS TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER.
WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL SPECIFIC
OPPORTUNITIES ON THE
WATERFRONT.
WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE
WATERFRONT ART TODAY.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE WORT
WHILE TO BRING IF THE OFFICE OF
THE WATERFRONT TEAM TO TALK
ABOUT THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE.
BECAUSE THE ART WORK IS VERY
INTEGRATED INTO THE WHOLE
CONCEPT DESIGN.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PROJECTS
GOING ON DOWN THERE AND STRONG,
STRONG INDIGENOUS ARTIST
REPRESENTATION.
AND SOMETHING I THINK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT IS WE'RE SEEING A
NUMBER OF INDIGENOUS ARTISTS
SUCCESSFUL IN THESE COMMISSIONS
THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO
INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT MEANS
THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BE MORE
SUCCESSFUL IN INTEGRATING
INDIGENOUS ARTIST INTO OUR
STANDARD PRACTICES AND THAT
WE'RE SEEING THEM BE SUCCESSFUL
WITHIN THE COMMISSIONING
PROCESS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE
BEEN FOCUSED ON.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE MOVEMENT
IN THAT DIRECTION.
>> DO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DATA
POINTS THAT ARE JUST MISSING
FROM THIS THAT I ALSO JUST WANT
TO CALL AND NAME OUT.
IN THESE FIGURES, IN THE TABLE,
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MURAL ARTISTS.
NOR DOES IT INCLUDE SPRUCE
STREETMAN E PARK IT'S AN
EXCITING PROJECT WE'RE WORKING
WITH SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION DISTRICT.
SHIFTING OUR MOTTO.
WE BROUGHT ON ARTIST DAVID
BROWN AND HIS SON KIRKLAND TO
DO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THE
PRESCOPING WORK BEFORE GOING
STRAIGHT TO ARTIST SELECTION.
AND IT'S A MODEL THAT IS GOING
REALLY QUITE WELL AND REALLY
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN
INTENTIONALLY CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES MORE LIKE THAT TO
BRING BIPOC ARTISTS IN EARLIER
AT DIFFERENT STAGES THAN JUST
THE ART WORK ITSELF.
AND YEAH.
ANYTHING ELSE COLLANDRA ON YOUR
SIDE?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I KNOW WE JUST SPED THROUGH A
LOT OF INFORMATION.
A LOT OF PROJECTS.
WE WANTED TO LEAVE A COUPLE
MINUTES AT THE END FOR ANY
QUESTIONS.
WE DIDN'T GET TO THE LAST
SLIDE.
NOT QUITE THERE YET.
>> YEAH.
SO THIS IS ALSO AGAIN PART OF
THE 2018 COUNCIL ORDINANCE FOR
US TO PROVIDE A BALANCE OF OUR
UNPROGRAMMED FUNDS FOR YOU ON
AN ANNUAL BASIS.
I JUST WANT TO CALL FOLKS'
ATTENTION TO SOME EXCITING WORK
THAT WE HAVE WITH SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT RIGHT NOW.
WE IN 2020 ISSUED A CALL FOR AN
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE.
THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE IS
GOING TO BE WORKING, SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT HAS BEEN SUCH
FANTASTIC PARTNERS IN THIS
ESTABLISHING A STEERING
COMMITTEE.
AND THE ARTIST OF RESIDENCE
WILL BE DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS FOR CITY
LIGHT 1% FUNDS.
AND SO THAT ARTIST WAS JUST
SELECTED AND THIS WORK IS
REALLY STARTING.
THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE MODEL
-- IT'S NOT NEW BY ANY MEANS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE REALLY
EFFECTIVE WAYS OF IMBEDDING AN
ARTIST WITHIN OUR PARTNER
AGENCIES THAT CAN WORK ACROSS
CAPITOL PROJECT MANAGERS AND
REALLY THINKING CREATIVELY
ABOUT HOW PUBLIC ART CAN BE
STEWARDED IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE
UNPROGRAMMED DOLLARS, JUST WITH
THE EXCITEMENT OF SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT WILL BE SPENT PRETTY
SHORTLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
YEARS.
ALSO SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES,
YOU'LL NOTICE A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT JUMP THERE.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE SHIP
CANAL.
SO SHIP CANAL HAS KIND OF
INFUSED OUR COFFERS WITH QUITE
A BIT OF MONEY THERE.
WE'VE BEEN IN REALLY THOUGHTFUL
DISCUSSIONS WITH SPU, THEY HAVE
A DESIGN AND INNOVATION LAB
WHERE THEIR STAFF IS REALLY
BUILDING ON THEIR FANTASTIC
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EQUITY WORK.
HOW CAN WE USE THOSE DOLLARS
AND THINK ABOUT STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS IN EQUITY AREAS, SO
THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT MONEY IS
COMING FROM SHIP CANAL, WHAT
DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THAT
INVESTMENT TO BE FELT OUTSIDE
OF WALLING FORD VALOR?
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO WORK
THROUGH THAT BECAUSE OF THE
SUCCESS OF FLOW AS A GREAT
INDICATOR FOR THAT.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE FOR SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, A
RATHER LARGE BALANCE THAT'S
FROM THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY
DOLLARS.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR
PARTNERS AT SDOT NOW.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUR PRIMARY
SUPPORTERS OF CREATED COMMENTS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME
REALLY FANTASTIC WORK AROUND
WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THEIR
RESET FOCUS GEOGRAPHY.
SO LAYERING THE PRIORITIES OF
THE CITY'S RACE AND SOCIAL
INDEX WITH COVID RATES AND
REALLY THEY WERE THE ONES THAT
GENERATED THEIR KIND OF FOCUSED
GEOGRAPHIES, AS AN ENTRY POINT
TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AROUND
WHAT THEY WANT FOR FUTURE
INVESTMENT OF 1% IN OUR RIGHT
OF WAY.
SO WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL IN
THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE
YEARS AS HOW DO WE DO OUR WORK
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
AND THIS ISN'T JUST FOR US AS
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
NATIONALLY IS UNDERSTANDING
PUBLIC ART TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
THE CULTURAL TIMES WE'RE IN.
WE HAVE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY
ABOUT OUR WORK.
SO I'M CONFIDENT TO SAY THAT WE
-- WE ARE -- ALL OF OUR CITY
AGENCIES, THAT'S KIND OF HOW
WE'RE LEADING WITH THIS.
HOW DO WE NOT IMMEDIATELY KIND
OF COME INTO THAT WITH A
PRESCOPE PROJECT.
BUT REEVALUATING WHERE THOSE
INVESTMENTS GO.
COLLANDRA, DID YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING IN
>> NO, I THINK YOU HIT ALL THE
POINTS IN TERMS OF OUR PLANNING
AND STRATEGY AROUND PARTNERING
WITH OUR CAPITOL PARTNERS
WITHIN THE CITY, AND CONTINUING
TO WORK ON MOVING THE PUBLIC
ART PROGRAM FORWARD.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU.
SO MUCH.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS
BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO MY
COLLEAGUES.
THE FIRST ONE JUST REALLY
QUICKLY IS IF YOU COULD GIVE AN
EXAMPLE OF -- I MEAN WHEN I
THINK ABOUT SDOT, A PARTNERSHIP
WITH SDOT IT'S REALLY EASY TO
IMAGINE THAT'S ART PAINTED ON
THE STREET OR, YOU KNOW, ON THE
SIDEWALK, WHAT DOES IT LOOK
LIKE FOR CITY LIGHT IF YOU HAVE
SOME EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING
THAT'S ALL READY BEEN DONE
THERE?
BUT THEN I'M WONDERING IF YOU
CAN TALK JUST A MINUTE ABOUT --
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PUBLIC
ART PROGRAM.
NOT NECESSARILY EXCLUSIVELY IN
TERMS OF THE CITY AND WHAT, YOU
KNOW, WHAT WE CAN -- WHAT IT
MEANS FOR ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO
COME VISIT THE CITY AND ALL OF
THAT, BUT REALLY ABOUT LIKE THE
IMPACT THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY
HAVING ON COMMISSIONING
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
BECAUSE I THINK AS AMY SAID,
THEY ARE VERY OFTEN SMALL
BUSINESSES.
SOME THE ARTISTS I'VE KNOWN,
FORMER MUSICIANS DON'T
NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND THE NEED
TO ALSO BE A BUSINESS MANAGER,
YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GIVE AWAY
THEIR ART AND NOT REALLY
UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO RUN YOUR
ART PROGRAM LIKE A BUSINESS SO
THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TRY TO
MAKE SOME KIND OF A LIVING OFF
OF IT.
SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT?
AND IF THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF
RESOURCES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
AVAILABLE?
>> YEAH, THOSE ARE GREAT
QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL START WITH THE FIRST
ONE.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT
COMES TO OUR UTILITY FUNDING.
OUR UTILITY 1% FOR ART FUNDING.
SO OUR OTHER 1% ART FUNDING
THAT COMES FROM PARKS OR SDOT
IS REALLY VERY MUCH ABOUT
PROXIMITY TO
SHIFT THAT THINKING ENTIRELY.
THEY HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF LAND
AS WELL.
REALLY THINKINGABOUT THAT
DIFFERENT USE.
ALL RISE IS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE
OF THAT.
TO YOUR OTHER THOUGHTFUL
QUESTION AROUND THE KIND OF
ECONOMIC NEXUS, I THINK WHAT
WE'RE REALLY KIND OF EARLY DATA
WE'RE GETTING FROM JUST THIS
LAST WEEKEND IN HINGHAY THE
JULY WORK WE'RE DOING WITH THE
WELCOME BACK WEEKS, WE'RE
HIRING 200 ARTISTS AND
CREATIVES WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF
TIME.
AND WE'VE HEARD FROM SMALL
BUSINESSES IN THE CID THAT THEY
FELT A RISE ACROSS THE WEEKEND
PROGRAMMING IN SALES.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT KIND
OF WAY, KIND OF CIRCLING BACK
AROUND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO
AS THE NEW PUBLIC ART DIRECTOR
IS UNDERSTANDING HOW WE TRACK
METRICS MORE CLOSELY TO TELL
THAT NARRATIVE AND STORY AROUND
HOW ART CREATES THAT PLACE.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FEEL
IT.
YOU CAN -- YOU KNOW IT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO
TELL OUR STORY FURTHER.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM -- FOR OUR PANELISTS HERE?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY RAISED
HANDS.
FOR
OKAY.
GREAT.
WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH
FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING SO
MANY GREAT EXAMPLES OF THE WORK
THAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S REALLY INSPIRING AND, YOU
KNOW, I THINK REALLY -- A
REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT
OUR CITY IS DOING FOR MANY
DIFFERENT REASONS.
SO WELCOME ABOARD, AMY, NICE TO
SEE YOU AGAIN.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER, AND IF I CAN JUST ADD A
QUICK PLUG, ALSO PART OF THE
PUBLIC ART PROGRAM IS THE ARTS
AT KING STREET STATION GALLERY.
AND WE'RE REOPENING SINCE WE'VE
BEEN CLOSED IN MARCH OF 2020.
WE'RE REOPENING THIS THURSDAY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE REOPENING
WITH A BRAND NEW EXHIBITION
CALLED "CLOSE TO HOME" THAT
FEATURES WORKS FROM THE CIVIC
COLLECTION.
SOME OF THE PIECES YOU SAW
SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT.
AND WE'RE JUST REALLY THRILLED
TO WELCOME FOLKS BACK IN TO SEE
ART FOR FREE.
AND SHOWCASE THAT SPACE.
SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL
THERE.
>> SOUNDS TERRIFIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Y'ALL ENJOY THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON.
OKAY.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR
APPOINTMENT.
I BELIEVE THE MUSIC COMMISSION
IS NEXT.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEMS 2
THROUGH 8 INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEMS THE THROUGH 8.
APPOINTMENTS 1970 THROUGH 1976.
APPOINTMENTS OF AUDRA DD BOO,
AND FUNNY MARIE MOORE AS
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE MUSIC
COMMISSION RETURNS TO AUGUST
31st 2024.
APPOINTMENTS OF DENISE BURNSIDE
AND CASSIE ANNE MCKAY AS
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE MUSIC
COMMISSION RETURNS TO AUGUST
31st 2022.
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENT
OF JASON CRACKLEY.
ERIC, AND SUE ENISE AS MEMBERS
OF THE SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION
RETURNS TO AUGUST 21st 2023 FOR
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> TERRIFIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GREAT.
I'M GLAD WE'VE GOT THOSE FOLKS
HERE TODAY.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE THE MUSIC COMMISSION WAS
FULLY SEATED.
SO I'M HAPPY THAT WE CAN GET
CLOSER TO THAT TODAY.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BY
THE NEXT MEETING ON AUGUST
12th , WE'LL BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE SEATING THE COMMISSION
BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
WITH THAT I'M GOING TO PASS IT
TO ALEX ROSE AND REESE, THE
CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE MUSIC
COMMISSION TO SPEAK BRIEFLY
ABOUT THESE APPOINTMENTS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
HELLO EVERYONE.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE
TO WELCOME SOME NEW
COMMISSIONERS ON TO THE MUSIC
COMMISSION.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO
REESE.
WHO CAN JUST SPEAK AS CHAIR OF
THE COMMISSION.
SO THERE YOU GO, REESE.
>> THANKS, ALEX.
THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
REESE, AS I SAID T CHAIR OF THE
MUSIC COMMISSION AND THE
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NORTHWEST
FOLK LIFE, IF IT'S OKAY,
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES TO SPEAK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR
PRIORITIES AND A LITTLE BIT OF
AN UPDATE ON THE COMMISSION.
>> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SO FIRST I WANT TO REALLY
THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF
MEMBERS FOR BRINGING THESE
APPOINTMENTS TO BEAR.
IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE
WE'VE BEEN FULLY SEATED AND
REALLY IT'S A CRUCIAL TIME FOR
OUR INDUSTRY AND OUR SECTOR TO
HAVE THESE VOICES AT THE HELM
OF REPRESENTING THEIR, YOU
KNOW, RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES AND
COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF
RECOVERY AND REBUILDING.
IN BOTH MUSIC AND THE LARGER
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, FOR THE PAST
I WOULD SAY SINCE 2017, BEEN
WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT
THE SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION AND
ARTS OFFICE AS WELL AS WITHIN
OUR ADJOINED OFFICE TO WORK ON
INITIATIVES THAT BRING A LARGER
SCOPE.
BOTH IN POLICY AND IN
OPPORTUNITY TO OUR COMMUNITIES
THOSE THINGS INCLUDE THE STUDY
THAT WAS DONE THROUGH THE
OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC THAT
WAS ALSO A CODESIGN PROCESS OF
ROAD MAPPING.
AND INCLUSIVE CREATIVE INDUSTRY
AND ECOSYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE THROUGH 2018-2019.
AND MORE RECENTLY, DURING THE
PANDEMIC WORKING ON DIGITAL
EQUITY INITIATIVES.
THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN'S OFFICE FOR BEING
CLOSE, A CHAMPION OF THOSE
INITIATIVES.
I THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO NOTE IS THAT OUR INDUSTRY
HAD, YOU KNOW, ITS ISSUES
BEFORE WE WENT INTO THE
PANDEMIC, IT WAS AN INDUSTRY
THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS I THINK
SUFFERING A LOT OF THE SAME
KIND OF GAPS.
AND ALSO PROBLEMS THAT WE SAW
MAGNIFIED THROUGH THE BOTH
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PANDEMIC.
I THINK THAT ALSO WE UNDERSTOOD
STOOD AND STILL UNDERSTAND
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES TO BE A
PLACE OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC
DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND OUR ABILITY TO BRING
CREATIVE INNOVATION, JOBS, NEW
OPPORTUNITY AND EQUITY TO OUR
CITY.
SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE REALLY
EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THE
SLATE OF FOLKS.
NOT JUST TODAY BUT AGAIN ON
AUGUST 12th.
A REALLY INTENTIONAL GROUP OF
FOLKS THAT HAD BEEN NOMINATED
THROUGH COMMUNITY INVOLVED
PROCESS.
AN OPEN CALL FOR FOLLOW NATIONS
AND A PANEL OF FOLKS FROM THE
FILM TASK FORCE AND THE MUSIC
COMMISSION ALONG WITH OUR CITY
STAFFERS TO BRING THESE FOLKS
TO THIS APPOINTMENT PROCESS.
I THINK ONE THING I WOULD LIKE
TO MENTION IN THAT, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS -- I'M GOING TO SAY A
LITTLE BIT FAN GIRLISH.
BUT THIS IS A POWER HOUSE GROUP
OF PEOPLE THAT'S SITTING BEFORE
YOU.
AND I HOPE THAT EACH AND EVERY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERE TAKES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH
SOME OF OUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE
COMING MONTHS TO BOTH GET TO
KNOW ABOUT THE INITIATIVE AND
PRIORITIES OF THESE FOLKS'
BUSINESSES AND ALSO THE
ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABLE AS WELL AS OUR UNIQUE
CHALLENGES IN OUR INDUSTRY THAT
WE'RE FACING AS WE CLIMB BACK
IN RECOVERY.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ALSO SAY
THAT I HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL,
THIS COMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY,
BUT THE COUNCIL WILL BE OUR
PARTNERS IN ENSURING THAT THE
OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC AND
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CONTINUE TO STEWARD
THE COMMUNITY BUILT PROCESSES
THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND
DEVELOPED OVER A SERIES OF
YEARS.
AND ACTUALLY GOT UNDERWAY IN
2020 AND YOU KNOW, WHEN BOBBY
LEE LEFT THE OFFICE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE
SEEN SOME THINGS SLOW DOWN.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME THINGS GET
OFF TRACK.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WITH AN EYE TO BRINGING
THOSE THINGS BACK ON TRACK.
THE HIGH HIRING OF THE
INCLUSIVE CREATIVE ECONOMY
DIRECTOR, INCLUDING THAT MAKING
SURE THAT OUR PARTNER OED
RESTAFFS ITS ENTIRE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT IS
NOW GONE.
IN THE RECENT MONTHS, AS WE HAD
BEEN CREATING SOME VERY
EXCITING PROGRAMS, AS YOU WERE
ASKING AROUND PROFESSIONAL
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITH
THOSE OFFICES.
THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY
LOOKING AT REALLY INTERESTING
AND UNIQUE PARS OF SEATTLE LIKE
INCLUDING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
AND TRADES, BUT REALLY LOOKING
AT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AS A
PLACE TO PROVIDE A FUTURE PATH
FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FOR
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR
FOLKS ALL READY IN THE
INDUSTRY.
A SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE
ASKING ABOUT, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST, YOU
KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT HERE
ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE READY TO
MOVE FORWARD, THE FILM TASK
FORCE, OUR PARTNERS ALSO WITHIN
THE OFFICE AND COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE STEWARDING
FROM THE FILM SIDE ARE READY TO
MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP
WITH OUR SEATTLE ARTS
COMMISSION AND THE ARTS OFFICE
AND OUR INDUSTRY IS -- NEEDS
THIS SUPPORTAND NEEDS THIS
MOMENT TO IMAGINE AND REBUILD
AND SO I --
WELL I THINK WE LOST --
>> OKAY I OFTEN AM THE ONE
FREEZING SO I WASN'T SURE IF IT
WAS ME OR REESE.
ALEX, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER
HERE.
>> SURE, YES.
THANK YOU.
I THINK NOW IS JUST A GREAT
TIME TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR
CANDIDATES AND HAVE THEM
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
DARZEL DID YOU WANT TO GO IN
THE PARTICULAR ORDER THAT YOU
MENTIONED?
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> SO I BELIEVE THAT'S AUDRA
AND THEN BUNNY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, AUDRA, THE MIC IS
YOURS.
>> ALL RIGHT, HELLO, I'M AUDRA
BOO.
BORN AND RAISED IN SEATTLE
WASHINGTON.
AND I'M CURRENTLY ACTUALLY
LOCATED IN WEST SEATTLE.
BUT THAT'S JUST THE PHOTO.
I HAVE BEEN PERFORMING LOCALLY
SINCE 1997.
I STARTED WITH RAINIER VALLEY
YOUTH THEATER AT THE CULTURAL
CENTER WHEN IT WAS STILL CALLED
THAT TECHNICALLY.
AND I HAVE PERFORMED WITH
FLYING MOON OILTY AND WITH
HOTELS.
SO YOU CAN FIND THAT MUSIC ON
THE INTERWEBS.
I ALSO DO A LOT OF MC WORK AND
AS AMY MENTIONED EARLIER, I
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE
MC FOR JULY'S WELCOME BACK
WEEK.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL COME DOWN
AND HANG OUT WITH ME SATURDAY
IN PIONEER SQUARE AND SUNDAY AT
WEST LAKE PARK.
JUST A LITTLE PLUG.
DIGITAL BLAH
PLANET WILL BE THERE.
I'M EXCITED TO BE PART OF WHAT
THE COMMISSION IS DOING.
AND I'M EXCITED TO BE PART OF
HOW I CAN KEEP THE COMMUNITY
AND OUR CREATIVES CONNECTED TO
OPPORTUNITIES.
I KNOW THAT BEING CONNECTED AND
CONNECTING PEOPLE IS MY
MINISTRY IN LIFE.
SO I'M EXCITED TO KEEP THAT
GOING HOWEVER I CAN AS PART OF
THIS COMMISSION.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL FOR
HAVING ME.
>> THANK YOU AUDRA, I WANT TO
CHIME IN HERE FOR A QUICK
SECOND, ALEX.
I DID GET TO HEAR YOU THIS
WEEKEND AT HING HAY PARK AND I
WAS REALLY THRILLED TO HEAR,
GET TO LISTEN AND WATCH THE
PERFORMANCES OF GRAY VIOLET AND
YOUNG FUEGO.
WHO BROUGHT HIS OWN MOSH PIT
WITH HIM WHICH WAS GREAT.
SO THANK YOU, THAT WAS FUN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AUDRA.
BUNNY.
>> HELLO, HELLO.
HI, MY NAME IS BUNNY.
AND I'M A RECENT GRADUATE OF
SHORELINES ENGINEERING PROGRAM.
I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK
REESE FOR STARTING OUT WITH THE
FAN GIRLING.
SO NOW I FEEL LESS BAD ABOUT
FAN GIRLING ABOUT ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE I'M
GOING TO BE LUCKY TO WORK WITH.
I AM AN ENGINEER AND I ALSO
WRITE SONGS.
AND I'M BORN AND BRED IN
SEATTLE AS WELL.
AND I LOVE THE MUSIC COMMUNITY
HERE.
AND ONE THING THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME IS
COLLABORATIONS AND ALSO MENTOR
SHIP.
DURING MY WORK WITH THE
RECORDING ACADEMY AND WITH THE
GRAMMYS, YOU KNOW, I
SPECIALIZED IN RUNNING THE
MENTOR SHIP PROGRAM AND ALSO IN
JUST MAKING SURE -- FILLING IF
GAPS BASICALLY OF EDUCATION
PROGRAMS FOR OUR GRAMMY YOUTH
MEMBERSHIP THERE.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE
WORKING WITH YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BUNNY.
>> DARZEL, I'M SORRY, I LOST
THE REST OF THE ORDER.
>>
>> NEXT IT'S CASEY.
>> COME ON CASEY.
>> HELLO.
>> I HAVE TO SAY WHAT AN HONOR
IT IS TO BE HERE WITH YOU,
EVERYBODY TODAY.
MY NAME IS CASEY.
AKA MISS CASEY CARTER.
I WAS NOT BORN IN SEATTLE.
BUT I WAS RAISED HERE.
AND I WENT TO RAINIER BEACH
HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THE
LOCAL AND INDEPENDENT MUSIC
TEAM FOR A DECADE.
I HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE IN
DIGITAL MEDIA AND I HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN A PERSON TO ROOT FOR THE
INDEPENDENT.
WE HIGHLIGHT ART AND
ENTREPRENEUR SHIP.
AND I SERVED AS A HOST ON THE
LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR OVER A
YEAR.
WHICH WAS REALLY FUN.
BEING PART OF THIS COMMISSION
WOULD ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO
SERVE MY COMMUNITY.
ALLOW ME TO BE A VOICE FOR SOME
WHO MAY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE
VOICELESS.
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
BE A RESOURCE TO OTHERS.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST BE
WHAT I NEEDED.
COMING UP IN THIS INDUSTRY.
I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT MY
PASSION FOR WANTING TO HELP
EVERYONE AND ALL THE AMAZING
THINGS I WANT TO DO.
BUT I'LL JUST SAY IT'D BE AN
HONOR TO SERVE ON THIS
COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU, CASEY.
>> YES, NEXT WE HAVE DENISE.
AND THEN EYE SON.
>> HI, I'M DENISE BURNSIDE.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO
JOIN THE COUNCIL.
I WAS BORN IN SEATTLE.
BUT GREW UP IN BREMERTON.
FOUND MY WAY TO SCOOTCHIES AND
GORILLA GARDENS IN MY YOUTH.
BUT I ENDED UP IN MONTREAL
STUDYING CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND
I STARTED PLAYING MUSIC THERE.
I TOURED IN SOME DANCE
COMPANIES, I TOURED IN MY BAND
AND BACK UP IN SEATTLE IN THE
MID 90s.
I WAS WORKING AT THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET AND I MET THE PEOPLE
THAT WERE STARTING AT A MUSIC
VENUE AGAIN AND I JOINED THAT
TEAM AND BECAME THE GENERAL
MANAGER OF THE SHOW BOX AND
WORKED WITH THE TEAM TO BUILD
IT OUT TO PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT
IS NOW.
AFTER THAT I JOINED KEXP AND
BECAME THE INSTRUCTOR OF
BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS AND
BUILT THIS HOME PARTNERED WITH
THE SEATTLE CENTER.
AND KXP'S EVENT CENTER AND ANY
WAY I DID FUN STUFF THERE.
I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE CLOCK
OUT LOUNGE IN BEACON HILL.
I GOT MY EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
NBA AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND I
AM NOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR SMASH, WHICH IS SEATTLE
MUSICS ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE
HEALTH CARE.
I BELIEVE IN THE SEATTLE MUSIC
SCENE.
I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR
CULTURE.
AND I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT
MUSICIANS NOT STAYING IN OUR
CITY.
SO I JOINED SMASH TO TRY TO
BRING RESOURCES TO LIMITED
INCOME MUSICIANS TO TRY TO HELP
THEM THRIVE IN THIS REGION.
I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH ALL OF
YOU TO BUILD SOME GREAT
THRIVING MUSIC INDUSTRY, MUSIC
CULTURE, MUSIC BUSINESS FOR THE
FUTURE.
BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT OUR REGION
DOESN'T LOSE OUR MUSIC SCENE.
SO NEXT.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO WORK WITH
Y'ALL.
>> THANK YOU, DENISE.
JASON.
>> HI, JASON CLARK.
THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE.
I'VE BEEN KIND OF AN AT-LARGE
MEMBER.
HELPING OUT WITH DIGITAL EQUITY
WORK.
THAT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND
HONOR TO BE ABLE TO ROLL WITH
SOME OF THE MUSICIAN COMMISSION
FOLKS.
WORKING ON THAT PROJECT DURING
COVID.
I COME HERE FROM HAWAII.
BUT I GREW UP FROM MIDDLE
SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, IN
BREMERTON TOO, WOO WOO, DENISE,
GOT OUT OF THERE AS SOON AS I
COULD.
MOVED TO SEATTLE.
HUGE ADVOCATE OF ALL AGES IN
DIY MUSIC.
SO I'VE BEEN PART OF A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAREHOUSE SPACES OVER
THE TIME, WORKING IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY SPACES
DOING SOCIAL WORK ON THE SIDE.
PLAYING BANDS, TOURED, SOME
OTHER THINGS.
THAT'S ME.
I WORK WITH VERA NOW I'M THE
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SO COOL,
AWESOME, THANK SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.
>>
>> HELLO EVERYONE, REALLY
GRATEFUL TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
I'M ERIC.
I'M A MUSICIAN, SONG WRITER,
MUSIC PRODUCER, OWNER OF LONDON
BRIDGE RECORDING STUDIO,
PRESIDENT OF AURA PACIFIC
NORTHWEST CHAPTER OF THE
RECORDING ACADEMY.
AND AN ADVISER TO TOTEM STAR
FOR THEIR KING STREET STATION
RECORDING STUDIO BUILD OUT.
I'M A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR
THE ARTS, FOR MUSIC CREATORS,
AND FOR THE CREATIVE MUSIC
ECONOMY, AND I JUST BELIEVE IT
WITH MY APPOINTMENT TO THE
SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION MY
SERVICE WILL BE OF GREAT VALUE
TO OUR DIVERSE AND TALENTED
CITY.
SO I BRING WITH ME TWO DECADES
OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MUSIC I
HAPPENED INDUSTRY.
AND A STRONG DESIRE TO ALWAYS
CONNECT THE PAST, THE PRESENT,
AND STEER THE FUTURE IN A
POSITIVE DIRECTION.
ALWAYS WE WERETY, KINDNESS,
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND
INCLUSION AT THE FOREFRONT OF
MY THINKING.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU ALL.
MUSIC HAS THE ABILITY TO BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER IN THE MOST
POSITIVE WAYS AND IT'S HERE TO
HELP US UNITE, CELEBRATE,
GRIEVE, HEAL, TOUCHES ON EVERY
EMOTION OF THE HUMAN
EXPERIENCE, SO IT'S PARAMOUNT
THAT WE ADVOCATE AND CARE FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO CREATE IT AND
THE VAST NETWORK OF BUSINESSES,
GIG WORKERS, VENUES, INDUSTRY
PROFESSIONALS AND BEYOND THAT
MAKE UP OUR VALUABLE MUSIC
COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT, I GREATLY APPRECIATE
YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY AMEN
AFTER THAT.
THANK YOU, ERIC.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE SUE ENISE
HERE TO HAVE HER REAPPOINTMENT
HEARD.
SO I'LL PASS IT TO REESE TO
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SUE.
>> THANKS, ALEX, SORRY I SEEM
TO HAVE GOTTEN BOOTED OUT OF
ZOOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT LONG
THING.
BUT BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TALK
ABOUT SUE WHO'S BEEN -- SERVED
HER FIRST TERM.
SUE IS AN AMAZING MUSICIAN,
HERSELF, COMPOSER, ALSO TEACHES
MUSIC BUSINESS AT SHORELINE
COLLEGE.
AND IS AN AMAZING NATIONAL
ADVOCATE THROUGH THE RECORDING
ACADEMY.
HELPED SPEARHEAD SOME ADVOCACY
THAT BROUGHT SOME THE MUSIC
MODERNIZATION ACT TO BEAR AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
WHICH, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS OUR
MUSICIANS THROUGH ACTUALLY
MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET PAID
FOR THEIR ARTISTIC PRODUCTS.
IN THESE NEW DIGITAL TIMES WHEN
EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE LIKE THE
WILD WEST.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE HER
LONG INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE, HER
THOUGHTFULNESS AND LOVE HER IN
OUR YOUTH COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
AROUND HER EXCITEMENT ABOUT
EDUCATION AND AGAIN BACK TO
YOUR COMMENT, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES ABOUT PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING SURE
THAT FOLKS HAVE TOOLS TO BE
COMPETITIVE AND GOOD BUSINESS
STEWARDS OF THEIR OWN PRODUCTS
AND THEY VALUE THEIR WORK.
I THINK THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING
THAT WORK FOR A LONG TIME AND
WILL CONTINUE TO AND CONTINUES
TO BE AN ASSET AS SHE'S
REAPPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION.
>> TERRIFIC, THANK YOU ALL SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND I DO WANT TO JUST
ACKNOWLEDGE, REESE, WHAT YOU
WERE SAYING, I DO THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TRANSITION
RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY.
AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE A REASON
TO SLOW DOWN THE REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK THAT ALL OF YOU
HAVE BEEN DOING.
AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING
WITH FOLKS AT OED SINCE BEFORE
I GOT IN OFFICE ABOUT ALL THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE
ECONOMY AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WORK IS REALLY FOCUSING ON
BIPOC ARTISTS.
AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE USE THE TOOLS OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE A VIBRANT
COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU ON THAT PARTICULAR
CONVERSATION BUT I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE,
COLLEAGUES, TO WE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
OR COMMENTS ? FOR OUR MUSICIAN
COMMISSION APPOINTEES.
>> NO.
>> VERY GOOD.
WELL, I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
SERVE.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
AND AS A COMMISSION, THAT'S NOT
BEEN FULLY SEEDED FOR A LONG
TIME I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LOT OF
THINGS TO CATCH UP ON.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN THIS
CAPACITY AND TO HELP THE CITY
MOVE FORWARD.
OKAY.
WELL, WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE
NO OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
1970 THROUGH 1976.
IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF
THE APPOINTMENTS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> AND CHAIR MORALES,
>> YES.
FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
TERRIFIC, THE MOTION CARRIES
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE APPOINTMENTS BE
CONFIRM WILLED BE SENT TO THE
JULY 26th CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF
YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU VERY SOON.
THANKS SO MUCH.
OKAY THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
SORRY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
ONE SECOND.
ALL RIGHT.
AGENDA ITEMS 9 THROUGH 14.
APPOINTMENTS 1977 THROUGH 1982.
APPOINTMENTS OF MORGAN CANE,
KYLA EVANS, AND VENOTTI AS
MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION FOR TERMS TO JULY
1st 2022 APPOINTMENTS OF
OPHELIA PARKER AND JENNA KAY
TURK AS MEMBERS FOR A TERM JULY
1st 2023 FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> TERRIFIC.
OKAY.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW WE HAVE MARTA HERE FROM
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
OUR COMMITMENT APPOINTEES.
I'LL TURN IT OVER THE YOU TO
GET US STARTED.
>> MY NAME IS MARTA I'M WITH
THE SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS I'M THE CIVIL RIGHTS
ADVISORY COMMISSION LIAISON FOR
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION.
I'LL PRESENT BACKGROUND
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORK AND
STRUCTURE OF THE SEATTLE
WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND THEN
TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU FOR
ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR THE
CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
IS COMPOSED OF 21 ACCOMPLISHED
INDIVIDUALS WHO COME TOGETHER
AS VOLUNTEERS TO SEARCH,
ANALYZE, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS,
AND ADVISE THE MAYOR, CITY
COUNCIL, AND CITY DEPARTMENTS
ON ISSUES FACING WOMEN IF
SEATTLE.
EIGHT ARE FROM THE MAYOR, EIGHT
APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND FOUR ARE FROM THE
COMMISSION.
ONE ADDITIONAL MEMBER JOINS THE
COMMISSION FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM
THROUGH THE GET ENGAGED PROGRAM
WHICH IS A LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUTH
18 TO 29 YEARS OF AIM.
COMMISSIONERS ARE APPOINTED FOR
A TWO-YEAR TERM OF OFFICE.
AND THEY SERVE WITHOUT PAY.
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
MEETS MONTHLY TO ADDRESS BROAD
RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN,
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE,
WOMEN'S HEALTH AND DISPARITIES
AND HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR LOW
INCOME WOMEN AND WOMEN OF
COLOR, AFFORDABLE AND HIGH
QUALITY CHILD CARE.
WOMEN'S ROLES AS CAREGIVERS.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.
GENDER EQUITY, AND UNIQUE
CHALLENGES IMMIGRANT WOMEN FACE
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT
THE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN
ATTENDING MEETINGS AND ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMISSION
WORK BY HELPING WITH OUR RECENT
FIVE COMMISSIONS RENTERS RIGHTS
FORUM THAT WE HAD IN GAN AND
THE CURRENT COMMISSION
CANDIDATE FORUMS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY HAPPENING THIS MONTH.
THE FIVE COMMISSIONS PUTTING ON
THESE EVENTS ARE WOMEN'S, HUMAN
RIGHTS, LGBTQ, DISABILITY, AND
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMISSION.
IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE THE
COMMISSIONS COLLABORATING AND
DOING AMAZING WORK TOGETHER.
NOW, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE DARZEL, IF SHE WOULD GO
TO EACH ONE OF THE CANDIDATES
AND CALL THEIR NAME AND GIVE
THEM PROMPTS FOR WHO IS NEXT SO
THEY CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE
WORK THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO
DO, TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THEM AND WHAT THEY HOPE TO DO
ON THE COMMISSION.
AGAIN, E'VE HAD OUR CHALLENGES
WITH COVID-19.
AND A LOT OF TURN AROUND ON OUR
COMMISSIONS BUT THROUGH A GREAT
RECRUITMENT PROCESS WE WERE
ABLE TO GET ALL THE FOLKS THAT
ARE HERE PRESENT TODAY AND SOME
OTHERS THAT WILL BE COMING ON
TO GET ON THE COMMISSION AND DO
THE GREAT WORK THAT THE
COMMISSION HAS DONE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
YOUTO HAVE EACH ONE OF THE
CANDIDATES TELL ABOUT
THEMSELVES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU MARTA.
FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM MORGAN
CANE AND THEN KYLA EVANS.
>> HELLO EVERYONE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
I'M MORGAN CANE.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE
FOR TEN YEARS.
I WORK IN SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT
FOR FOLKS WITH INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITIES.
AND I'VE WORKED WITH PRO-CHOICE
WASHINGTON IN THE PAST.
I'M EXCITED TO JOIN THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION.
MY PRIORITIES KIND OF AS STATED
LIE IN DISABILITY JUSTICE,
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE.
SPECIFICALLY THE INTERSECTIONS
WITH LGBTQ PLUS HEALTH CARE
ACCESS.
YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN A HOT TOPIC
AROUND THE COUNTRY THE LAST FEW
YEARS, I'M REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS
WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE
LOCALLY TO HELP ENSURE THAT
WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF OUR -- ALL OF OUR
RESIDENTS.
ESPECIALLY AS WE COME OUT OF
THE PANDEMIC.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING
ME, VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BE
HERE TODAY.
>> HI, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS
KYLA EVANS.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
BREWSTER WASHINGTON IN A VERY
TINY TOWN IN EASTERN WASHINGTON
AND I MOVED TO SEATTLE IN 2018.
PRIOR TO THAT, I WORKED FOR
ABOUT TEN YEARS IN VARIOUS
CAPACITIES IN HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES BOTH IN THE UNITED
STATES AND ABROAD.
I WORKED AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF
ADVOCACY AND DIRECT SERVICE.
I CURRENTLY WORK AS A CLINICAL
SOCIAL WORKER AT THE HARBOR
VIEW OUT PATIENT MENTAL HEALTH
AND ADDICTIONS CLINIC.
AND IN MY ROLE HERE, I WORK
WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, YOU
KNOW, ARE WORKING TO OVERCOME
AND TO HELP WITH SUBSTANCE
ABUSE DISORDER.
AND I THINK MY WORK AT HARBOR
VIEW IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
I WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
APPLYING FOR ANNE FOR AN
APPOINTMENT ON THE COMMISSION.
ISSUES AROUND MENTAL HEALTH
CARE AROUND THE PANDEMIC.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER WITH
THE SHARP INCREASE IN OVERDOSE
DEATHS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN
ADDITION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS
IN SEATTLE.
THEY'RE ALL SORT OF IDEAS AND
STORIES THAT WE SEE AND ARE
OFTEN THESE SORT OF LIKE THINLY
-- THINLY, YOU KNOW, LAYERED
STORIES.
AND WHAT I SEE IN MY OFFICE ON
A DAY TO DAY BASIS ARE THESE
REALLY EXPANSIVE NARRATIVES OF
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH,
WHAT THEY'RE HOPING FOR.
THE RESOURCES AND THE
INTELLIGENCE THAT THEY BRING TO
THE TABLE TO TRY TO ACHIEVE
THAT.
SO YOU KNOW, I OFTEN SAY LIKE I
DON'T SEE MYSELF AS HAVING THE
AUTHORITY TO SPEAK FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH.
BUT I AM HOPEFUL TO BE SORT OF
A CONDUIT BETWEEN WHAT THEY
HAVE TO SAY AND WHAT THEIR
EXPERIENCES ARE AND THE
COMMISSION AND, YOU KNOW,
THROUGH THE COMMISSION TO THE
CITY AS A WHOLE.
SO THAT WE CAN -- WE CAN SEE
PEOPLE AS PEOPLE AND THEIR
PROBLEMS AS THEIR PROBLEMS AND
NOT ERRONEOUSLY CONFLATE THE
TWO.
SO I AM HONORED TO JOIN THE
COMMISSION AND I'M THANKFUL FOR
YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, KYLA, NEXT WE
WILL HEAR FROM DENOTTI, AND
THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OPHELIA
PARKER AND LACILY JENNA KAY
TURK.
>> HI EVERYONE.
GREAT TO BE HERE.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN INDIA.
AND I MOVED TO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST SOME 30 YEARS AGO.
SO I AM HERE MORE THAN I WAS IN
INDIA.
SO I WORK FOR A NONPROFIT.
A LOCAL PRIVATE FOUNDATION.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR
THE LAST 18 PLUS YEARS.
AND THERE'S A BIG FOCUS ON
WOMEN AND WOMEN'S ISSUES ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
AND BRINGING EQUITY TO WOMEN
AND GENDER EQUITY OVER ALL.
AND I -- TO SAY A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW I FELT WHEN I MOVED
TO SEATTLE FROM INDIA.
YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY
SURPRISED THAT WOMEN'S ISSUES
ARE NOT VERY DIFFERENT.
EVEN IN A COUNTRY AS THE UNITED
STATES.
I SAW A LOT OF AREAS WHERE
WOMEN COULD BE TREATED EQUALLY.
YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT,
EDUCATION, PAY EQUITY, AND YOU
KNOW, OVER ALL GENDER
INEQUALITIES, I WAS A LITTLE
TAKEN ABACK.
BUT JUST UNDERSTOOD A LOT OVER
THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE
BY INVOLVING IN LOTS OF
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND I'VE
BEEN A BIG VOLUNTEER WITH
MARY'S PLACE.
FAIR START AND MANY OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
SO WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION, I
WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT THERE'S A
COMMISSION THAT LOOKS INTO
WOMEN'S ISSUES.
FOCUSED ON WOMEN'S ISSUES.
AND I THINK FROM MY
PARTICIPATION IN THE MONTHLY
MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WHAT
THEY'RE DOING WITH THE RECENT
COVID RELATED BURDENS THAT HAVE
BEEN PLACED ON WOMEN, WE ALL
KNOW AND WE ALL HAVE UNDERSTOOD
STOOD HOW DIFFICULT IT HAS BEEN
ON MOTHERS AND, YOU KNOW,
FAMILIES AND WOMEN.
LOSS OF JOBS AND HAVING THE
EXTRA WORK OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING
CARE OF THE EDUCATION, HOME
SCHOOLING THEIR CHILDREN.
AND JUST HAVING ALL THAT EXTRA
BURDEN ON THEMSELVES LEADING TO
MENTAL ISSUES AND YOU KNOW,
WHICH THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SAY
TO ANYBODY.
AND OFTEN GO UNNOTICED.
SO THERE ARE CHALLENGES, YOU
KNOW, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
FACE GETTING BACK TO THE
WORKFORCE AGAIN, FINDING THE
RIGHT KIND OF JOBS.
AND WITH A HUGE DEFICIT OF
CHILD CARE AND HAVING TO PAY
THREE TIMES MORE FOR CHILD
CARE.
LOOKING AT THAT POTENTIAL
PROBLEM.
AND THEN -- SO I KNOW THAT THE
WOMEN'S COMMISSION IS REALLY,
YOU KNOW, LOOKS INTO ALL THESE
ISSUES AND SOME HAVE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE LOCAL ADVOCACY
PROGRAMS AND SO I'M SO GRATEFUL
TO BE APPLYING FOR THIS
COMMISSIONER'S ROLE.
AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE IN
SO MANY WAYS AND TO BE ABLE TO
WORK ALONGSIDE SO MANY TALENTED
WOMEN THAT CARE ABOUT OUR
COMMUNITIES AND OUR WOMEN HERE.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY WITH
ALL OF YOU.
IT'S A GREAT HONOR.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM
OPHELIA.
>> HELLO EVERYONE.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING ME HERE TODAY, I'M
OPHELIA PARKER.
WHILE I'M NOT A NATIVE
SEATTLITE I'VE BEEN RESIDING IN
SEATTLE SINCE 2017.
FIRST IN CAPITOL HILL AND
CURRENTLY IN SEATTLE.
MY WORK IN SERVICE INCLUDES MY
TIME IN THE U.S. NAVY.
I SAT ON THE NATIONAL STUDENT
COUNCIL FOR STUDENT VETERANS IN
THE U.S. AND THIS YEAR
COMPLETED AN INAUGURAL PROGRAM
FOR WOMEN OF COLOR IN WINTER
SPORTS.
FOR YEARS SEATTLE WAS A PLACE I
DREAMT OF MOVING TO.
AND NOW THAT I'M HERE, I'VE
BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE AND I
HOPE TO STAY FOR A WHILE.
I WANT TO BE OF SERVICE AND GET
INVOLVED LOCALLY TO WORK ON THE
THINGS THAT I'M MOST PASSIONATE
ABOUT.
I THINK SEATTLE IS A CITY WITH
MANY UNIQUE CHALLENGES.
TERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO BE
DONE.
ESPECIALLY TO REPRESENT AND
HELP THE WOMEN IN OUR CITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION IN
VARIOUS CAPACITIES BECAUSE I
FIND THE WORK THE COMMISSION IS
DOING TO BE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
AND TO ME, PUBLIC SERVICE,
SERVING MY COMMUNITY IN
IMPACTFUL WAYS IS PARAMOUNT IN
MY LIFE.
AND IN MY LIFE, I FOUND IT'S
NOT MERELY ENOUGH TO WANT TO
SEE CHANGE.
IN TALKING ABOUT IT, I ALWAYS
FELT I HAVE TO SHOW UP AND
CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING OF VALUE
AND BE THAT CHANGE AND MAKE
THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT I SO
DESPERATELY WANT TO SEE
EVERYWHERE.
SPECIFICALLY IN MY NEW HOME OF
SEATTLE.
AUDRA, I AM NOT FREE WHILE ANY
WOMAN IS UNFREE, EVEN WHEN HER
SHACKLES ARE VERY DIFFERENT
FROM MINE.
I BELIEVE THAT FULLY, AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A
COMMISSIONER OF THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION AND WORKING WITH MY
FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO THE
BEST OF MY ABILITY AND THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
>> HI.
I AM GEMMA TURK.
I ALSO USE SHE-HER PRONOUNS.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME AND FELLOW
COMMISSIONERS HERE TODAY.
I'M EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY.
I'M FAIRLY NEW TO SEATTLE.
I'M A SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCHER
AND I FOCUS ON LABOR POLICY AND
WOMEN'S HEALTH.
I'M CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF
EVALUATION FOR THE RYAN
RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM.
WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
HELPS TRAIN OBGYN PHYSICIANS IN
FAMILY PLANNING AND ABORTION
CARE.
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED AND
PASSIONATE ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH JUSTICE POLICY AND CHILD
CARE ISSUES.
NOW THAT I HAVE KIDS AND I'M A
WORKING MOM AND THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC IT WAS EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT FOR ME EVEN WITH A
LOT OF PRIVILEGE ON MY SIDE.
SO I REALLY SOUGHT OUT WAYS I
COULD CONNECT MORE WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION SEEMED LIKE A GREAT
PLACE FOR ME.
AND I AM JUST REALLY EXCITED TO
BECOME MORE CONNECTED WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND START REALLY
DIGGING INTO SOME OF THESE
ISSUES THAT NEED HELP AND I
WANT TO BE PART OF.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MARTA, ANY CLOSING COMMENTS
FROM YOU?
>> NO.
JUST WANT TO PRESENT THEM ALL
TO YOU FOR CONFIRMATION, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, AND
I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN
SERVING ALL READY.
EVEN BEFORE YOU'RE OFFICIALLY
CONFIRMED.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU WERE TRYING TO DO.
I WAS A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
MYSELF FOR A FEW YEARS AND I
KNOW HOW HARD IT IS WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE YOUR FULL BOARD
MEMBERS WITH YOU TO HELP CARRY
THE LOAD.
SO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
COLLEAGUES FOR THESE APPOINTEES
?
OKAY.
WELL, I AM EXCITED FOR ALL OF
YOU, AND I'M EXCITED FOR US TO
BE ADDING YOU TO THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION SO THAT YOU CAN
CONTINUE USING YOUR GIFTS AND
TALENTS TO THE WORK THE
COMMISSION DOES SO THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF THERE ARE
NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN I MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION OF -- WAIT, LET ME
SEE, YES.
SORRY.
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
1977 TO 1982 IS THERE A SECOND?
SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> THAT'S FIVE IN FAVOR NONE
OPPOSED.
>> CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRM WILLED
BE SENT TO THE JULY 26th CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS
BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE, THEN
THAT CONCLUDES THE JULY 20th
2021 MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S 3:34.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.