HomeMy WebLinkAboutArts 2025-04-16 MinutesCity of Tukwila
Parks & Recreation Department - Pete Mayer, Director
MINUTES: April 16, 2025
Thomas McLeod, Mayor
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:
• New Business: Tukwila Village Farmers Market Grant Proposal
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: Tukwil Agov
City of Tukwila Thomas McLeod, Mayor
Parks & Recreation Department - Pete Mayer, Director
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 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