HomeMy WebLinkAboutArts 2025-08-20 Agenda Packet (Meeting Cancelled)Thomas McLeod, Mayor
Parks & Recreation Department — Pete Mayer, Director
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City's Arts Commission will meet on August 20, 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 Bako (Chair/Position 1), Sheila Coppola (Vice Chair/Position 2), Pinky Estell (Position 3), Verna
Seal (Position 4), 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
• New Business
Staff Reports
• Grey Ellis, the Teen Art Collective consultant, will be recruiting teens at the August 31 farmers market
• Gloria Alberto has completed the portrait of Jan Bolerjack. He has been paid the $1000 stipend
• The commission has been invited to lead an artist selection process for a new mural at Duwamish Park. The
mural will be on the surface of the sport court. The desired installation is Spring 2026.
Agenda for Next/Future Meetings (5 min)
Adjournment / Next Meeting: September 17, 2025
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
Parks & Recreation Department - Pete Mayer, Director
MINUTES FOR APPROVAL
April 16, 2025
ARTS COMMISSION: Pat Bako (Chair/Position 1), Sheila Coppola (Vice Chair/Position 2), Pinky Estell (Position 3), Verna
Seal (Position 4), 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
Visitor Introduction:
• Karine Roettgers, Partnership Development Manager, Seattle Southside
o Barbara McMichael, Community Liaison for Seattle Southside, also attended.
• Barbara informed the commission that SoCoCulture will be revived. Their next meeting will be in
May. Information will be sent to the commission.
• SCC is currently mapping public art in southside cities, including Tukwila. SCC will share its
current inventory with the commission for any input and/or additions.
• SCC may also be commissioning public art in the future and will seek the commissions input.
Commissioner Reports:
• Ongoing Business
o Festival Update
• Pinky Estell reported on a meeting held with Tukwila Parks & Recreation regarding resources the
department can extend to the festival.
• Next steps will be to create an event layout/map with necessary resources noted.
• The commission also agreed that the World Cup activities in Seattle will likely not negatively
impact a festival held in 2026.
o Portrait Project Update
■ Verna Seal reported that an approved photo of Jan Bolerjack has been acquired.
■ Michael May has begun the contract with project artist Gloria Alberto.
o Council Presentation
• Cynthia Chesak reported out. She will ask CM Martinez to share the presentation with his fellow
councilmembers.
• New Business
Staff Reports:
Tukwila Community Center • 12424-42nd Avenue South • Tukwila, WA 98168 • 206-768-2822
Tukwila City Hall • 6200 SouthcenterBoulevard • Tukwila, WA 98188 • 206-433-1800 • Website: TukwilaWA.gov
Thomas McLeod, Mayor
Porks&ReoeobmnDeportment-Pete Mayer, Director
* New Business: Tukwila Village Farmers Market Grant Proposal
o Commissioners voted instead to extend grant dollars to the Rainier Symphony. A grant to the symphony
will be contingent on offering at least two performances at the Tukwila Village Farmers Market.
o Cynthia Chesak will contact the Rainier Symphony to measure their interest in the idea.
Agenda for Next/Future Meetings (5 min)
Adjournment/ Next Meeting: May 21, 2025
Tukwila Cnmmun8yCenter" l24Z4-4JndAvenue South " Tukwila, WA 98168 , 206768-2822
Tukwila City Hall ^620OSoudcen ter Boulevard -Tukwila, WA 98188^206-433-1800^Website:TukwilaWA.gov