8c. Order - Art Board Members Confirmation
1 2 Item Number: 8c_order 3 Meeting Date: September 14, 2021 4 5 6 ORDER NO. 2021-08 7 AN ORDER OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION 8 9 Appoint Lara Behnert, Fulgencio Lazo and Jim Suehiro to 10 each serve a three-year term as members of the Port 11 Commission's Portwide Arts and Culture Program Board, 12 effective immediately. 13 14 PROPOSED 15 SEPTEMBER, 14, 2021 16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 19 Per the Arts and Culture Policy Directive adopted by the Port Commission in November 2019, 20 the Portwide Arts and Culture Board (Board) shall be comprised of nine (9) members of which 21 four (4) members of the public shall be appointed by the Port Commission (Commission). 22 23 TEXT OF THE ORDER 24 25 The Port Commission hereby appoints Lara Behnert, Fulgencio Lazo, and Jim Suehiro to each 26 serve a three-year term as members of the Port Commission's Portwide Arts and Culture 27 Program Board, effective immediately. 28 29 30 STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDER 31 32 The professional public members are integral to the work done by the Board and represent 33 expertise and experience in fine arts, museum management, architecture and/or design. 34 Therefore, the Commission is asked to confirm the following appointments, establishing the first 35 members of the Board: 36 37 Lara Behnert: 38 Lara leads the global art program for Starbucks Coffee Company, helping to evolve store designs 39 and develops the company's brand expression. Ms. Behnert's background is in creative direction 40 and design for magazines, brands, and worthy causes. She loves solving problems beautifully, 41 and with meaning. Lara is a proud graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and Juneau- 42 Douglas High School in her hometown of Juneau, Alaska. She spent many years in New York 43 City, and currently lives in Seattle. 44 45 46 Order 2021-08 Appointing Members to the Portwide Arts and Culture Board Page 1 of 2 47 48 Fulgencio Lazo: 49 Fulgencio was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and studied at the Fine Arts School at the University of 50 Benito Jurez of Oaxaca, under Professor Shinzaburo Takeda, where he specialized in 51 printmaking. In 1990, Fulgencio came to Seattle to study lithography at Cornish College of the 52 Arts. Despite his intentions of returning to his native Oaxaca, he fell in love and initiated his bi- 53 national career, dividing his time between Seattle and Oaxaca. 54 55 Jim Suehiro 56 Also, an active advocate for diversity in architecture, Jim served as the American Institute of 57 Architects (AIA) Seattle President in 1988-89, and on the AIA National Board of Directors 58 2008-09 representing the AIA Northwest and Pacific Region. 59 60 Mr. Suehiro is the owner of Suehiro Architecture, which focuses on airport design and is an 61 active advocate for diversity in architecture. Mr. Suehiro served as the AIA Seattle President and 62 on the Board of Directors representing the AIA Northwest and Pacific Region, in the past. He 63 also served as the Director of the University of Washington of Built Environments Institute for 64 Built Environment Innovation, where through his leadership in the development of integrated 65 practice methods positively influenced project delivery transformation within the building 66 industry. Additionally, Jim Suehiro has experience working as a project designer for McKinley 67 Architects, as an airport design principal, as well as a principle working with NBBJ. 68 Order 2021-08 Appointing Members to the Portwide Arts and Culture Board Page 2 of 2
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