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Home My WebLink AboutArts 2026-01-21 Agenda PacketThomas McLeod, Mayor Parks &Recreation Department- Pete Mayer, Directo. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City's Arts Commission will meet on January 21, 2026, at 6 p.m. This meeting will be held in person and on Teams in the Executive Conference Room at the Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Avenue South. For questions, please call the Arts Commission Staff Liaison, Michael May, at 206-767-2342. ARTS COMMISSION: Pat Bako (Chair/Position 1), Sheila Coppola (Vice Chair/Position 2), Pinky Estell (Position 3), Cynthia Chesak (Position 5), Kamla Kakaria (Position 6), Shawn Belyea (Position 7), Angeline Peralta (Student Representative) AGENDA: Call to Order/LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The City of Tukwila is located on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish people. We acknowledge their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture. We pay our respect to their elders past, present and emerging. • Roll Call • Approval of Agenda • Approval of Minutes Commissioner Reports: • Reports o Portrait Project Update (Kamla Kakaria) • New Business Staff Reports • 1% Fund Balance: $159,200 • Fort Dent Park Sewer Lift Station Update: Cancelled • Artist Recruitment & Jury Selection for Duwamish Sport Court Mural • Old Fire Station 52: Parks & Recreation has a $26,000 grant for feasibility research. • World Cup Art at Watch Party Locations (Southcenter Viewing Lounge, and TIB - Foster Stadium/Sullivan Center) and Block Party location at Baker Boulevard o Art wanted: Street Banners and Thermoplastic Art Agenda for Next/Future Meetings (5 min) Adjournment / Next Meeting: February 18, 2026 Tukwila Community Center • 12424-42nd Avenue South • Tukwila, WA 98168 • 206-768-2822 Tukwila City Hall • 6200 Southcenter Boulevard • Tukwila, WA 98188 • 206-433-1800 • Website: TukwilaWA.gov Thomas McLeod, Mayor porks& Recreation Department -Pete Moyer, Director ��m. �o� y��. �� .~~._�.~.~~~.. ~~�� ~�~.~-~~. ~~.~.~~~.~-~~ FOR APPROVAL ""~~�� NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City's Arts Commission will meet on November 19, 2025, at 6 p.m. This meeting will be held in person and on Teams in the Executive Conference Room at the Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Avenue South. For questions, please call the Arts Commission Staff Liaison, Michael May, at 206-767-2342. ARTS COMMISSION: Pat 8ako ([hair/Position l)' Sheila Coppola (Vice Chair/Position 2)' PinkvEsteU (Position 3)'Cynthia Kam|aKakaha(Position 6),Shown @c|yco(Position 7),Angeline Pera|ta(Student Representative) Call to DACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The City of Tukwila is located on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish people. We acknowledge their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture. We pay our respect to their elders past, present and emerging. ~ Roll Call ~ Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes Commissioner Reports: ° Reports u State ofthe City Update (Mayor McLeod request) * Sheila Coppola met with the Mayor. w The event date will beApril 29 * Nodesigner will beinvolved. * Sheila will work up some designs to share with the Mayor/Commission after the holidays inJanuary w Initial concept is to have 5 people holding hands (representing Tukwila's diversity), Surrounded hythe natural environment present inour City. w Design should hewrapped upsometime inFebruory/March. ° Sheila suggested "payment" could come in the form of an artist grant funded by the City, The mayor suggested two $ZSOOgrants. * Mayor brought up inter -generational center at the future Heo|thPointsite. Sheila suggested that the Tukwila Teen Art Collective beincluded inthat, = Sheila Coppola mentioned that she had a conversation with the Tukwila Historical Society about the use of the old Fire Station 52 at Hazelnut Pork. ° Pinky Estell mentioned that some work has been done privately on what it would cost to renovate the space. * Parks & Recreation has applied for a grant to explore revitalizing the space as well. Michael May will explore whether the funding has been approved. * New Business Tukwila Community Center ~ 42ndAvenue South ^ Tukwila, NA 90168 ~ Tukwila City Hall ° NAg8280 ` 206-433-1800` Nebsite Iukw8oNA.gnv Thomas McLeod, Mayor porks& Recreation Department -Pete Moyer, Director o PinkyEsteU: • Otter & Penguin Makerspaces did a fundraising activity at Sheila Coppola's studio. = OPMhas also toured ashop space inPioneer Square. • Pinky will bring a draft reso|ution/|ette/hom the Commission to be sent tothe City Council in the new year. |twill bepresented atthe Commission meeting inJanuary. o End ofYear Gathering: • December l7:All Commission Gathering • Commission voted togather instead ufhaving ameeting • Start time will be 6 p.m. • Michael will reserve a space. Social Hall is the preferred location, Staff Reports * 1%Fund Balance ° World Cup Art Projects / Festival Street * Fort Dent Park Sewer Lift Station Agenda for Next/Future Meetings (5 min) Adjournment / Next Meeting: January 21L2Q26 Tukwila Community ter" Avenue South ^ Tukwila, NA.9a2s8 ^ 206-768-2822 Tukwila City Hall ~62q0SouthxcenterBoulevard ~Tukwila, WA98l88~206-433-8V0^NebsiteTukwJok&4.gov