Item No. 9d.
Meeting Date: September, 24, 2019
Port-Wide Arts & Cultural
Program
Commission Presentation
September 24, 2019

Opportunities for Art: A New Port-Wide Art Strategy
Connect People to Place
Local Economic
Development
Equity and Inclusion
Customer Experience
Public Engagement
Steward Public Assets

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Port's Art Program History
1968: Sea-Tac Airport first art program
2000: Port 1% for Art Acquisition Established
2008: Port Art funding decreased to 0.5% and projects excluded



Frank Stella, York Factory A 1972
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A New Port-Wide Art Strategy
Expanded public engagement, temporary exhibits and
cultural programming
Establish new non-aviation art pool alongside existing aviation
art pool
Art Pools increase clarity art spending
Art Pools increase flexibility on art placement
Exempt fishing capital projects
Increase eligibility threshold to $300,000 on capital
construction projects
Restore 1% art acquisition funding on capital construction
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1% Funding
(2020  2024 est.)

$ 16.5m Airport
$ 2m Maritime
$ 543k Corporate
$ 304k NWSA Joint Venture
$ 19.4 Total 1% Capital Acquisition

John Grade, Boundry (NSAT 2021)
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Steward of Public Assets
Conservation Backlog and Public Art Database
Art Handling and Conservation Requires Expertise



Louise Nevelson, Night Flight #1
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Community Engagement

Rotating exhibition
opportunities
Public art tours
Large scale Port-wide
temporary art projects

Molly Gochman, Red Sand Project 2019-2020
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Next Steps
November  Commission Action
2020 / 2021 Phased
implementation
Questions?

Dick Weiss, For A.W.
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Thank You!


Metz & Chew, Cathedral
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