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Home My WebLink AboutArts 2025-11-19 Agenda PacketThomas McLeod, Mayor Parks & Recreation Department - Pete Mayer, Director 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 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 State of the City Update (Mayor McLeod request) • New Business 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: December 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 Porks&RecneaUunDeporbnent-Pete Mayer, Director October 15, 2025: MINUTES FOR APPROVAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City's Arts Commission will meet on October 15, 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), Cynthia Chesak (Position 5), Kamla Kakaria (Position 6), Shawn Bclyca (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 ofAgenda Approval of Minutes Guest: Matt Austin, Parks Maintenance & Operations Superintendent * DuvvamishPark Ground Mural Project o Have artist selection concluded byMarch. o Pat 8ako:What format would the art bedelivered tothe application vendor? o Commission: would like to have the project go to the Tukwila Teen Art Collective. 0 Michael May will convey interest to the program coordinator, Grey Ellis. Commissioner Reports: * Reports o State of the City (Mayor McLeod request): • Michael May will share the Strategic Arts Plan to the Mayor's Office. • The State ofthe City will beinApril. • The Mayor would like the commission todesign the cover ofthe report. • The theme is"Repair the Broken VVor|d." • Deadline isMarch. • Sheila Coppola will design. o Pat 8akowill convey that Sheila isinterested and has some questions on the format. * New Business: Creating Portrait Project Nomination Process o Sheila Coppola: Should we focus on specific ethnic communities within Tukwila? o Cynthia Chesak: We need to post the portrait with more information, along with more information online. 0 K4ichaeMay will gather the information. Tukwila Cnmmun8yCenter" l24Z4-4JndAvenue South " Tukwila, WA 98168 , 206768-2822 Tukwila OtyHall^6200 Soudcen ter Boulevard ^Tukwila, WA 98188^206-433-1800^Website: TukwilaWA.gov Thomas McLeod, Mayor Parks & Recreation Department - Pete Mayer, Director o Cynthia Chesak will share with Michael May an artist who may be a candidate. o Sheila Coppola will share materials regarding the current process with Kamla Kakaria. o Michael May will determine the current amount of the 1% Fund o Angeline Peralta: potential to have one of the portraits done by the Tukwila Teen Art Collective. ■ Michael May will convey information to Grey Ellis, Tukwila Teen Art Collective. Staff Reports • Teen Art Collective Recruitment Update Agenda for Next/Future Meetings (5 min) Adjournment / Next Meeting: November 19, 2025 SEPTEMBER 17, 2025: MINUTES FOR APPROVAL ARTS COMMISSION: Pat Bako (G , Sheila Coppola (Vice Chair/Position 2), Pinky Estell (Position 3), Vcrna Seal (Position 4}, Cynthia Chesak (Position 5), Kamla Kakaria (Position 6), Shawn Bclyca (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 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&RecneaUunDeporbnent-Pete Mayer, Director o Cynthia Chesak: The Rainier Symphony will have completed its commitment to perform at two Tukwila Village Market dates (August 6 and September 24) to receive a grant from the Arts Commission. She will ask the symphony toinvoice the city for $2,OOO. o Pinky Este||:Otter & Penguin K4akerspaces successfully engaged the public inart making attwo Tukwila Farmers Market dates (August 17and September 7). * New/Business Staff Reports * Grey Ellis, the Teen Art Collective consultant, recruited teens during the lunch hours on September 9. o Angeline Pem|ta:The Tukwila Teen Art Collective has successfully recruited 1Sapplicants for the program. * Gloria Alberto has completed the portrait of Jan Bolerjack. He has been paid the $1000 stipend. o Pinky Estell: An agenda item is to be included for the October arts commission meeting to begin developing a more robust nomination process for- the Portrait Project program. * 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 (S min) Adjournment / Next Meeting: October 15, 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