HomeMy WebLinkAboutArts 2025-10-15 MinutesThomas McLeod, Mayor
Pmrks&ReoembonDemmrbnent-pete Mayer, Director
MINUTES: October 15v2025
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/,oshbon 1), Sheila Coppola (ViceChair/,oshbon Z), PinkyEsteU (Position 3), Cynthia
Chesak (Position 5), Kamla Kakaria (Position 6), Shown Bclyco (Position 7), Angeline Peralta (Student Representative)
Call toOrder/LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The City ofTukwila islocated onthe ancestral |andsoftheCoastSa|ish
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 8'Operations Superintendent
* DuvvamishPark Ground Mural Project
o Have artist selection concluded byMarch.
o Pat Bako: What format would the art be delivered to the 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 ofthe City (Mayor McLeod request):
Is Michael May will share the Strategic Arts Plan tothe Mayor's Office.
Is 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 Bakowill convey that Sheila isinterested and has some questions onthe
format.
* New Business: Creating Portrait Project Nomination Process
o Sheila Coppola: Should eefocus onspecific ethnic communities within Tukwila?
Tukwila Community Center ~12424-42nd Avenue South ^Tukwila, INA 98168^206-768-2822
Tukwila City Hall ^6200 Southcenter Boulevard ^Tukwila, INA 98188^206-433-1800^Website: TukwilaWA.gm
Thomas McLeod, Mayor
Pmrks&RecremtionDepmrtment-Pete Mayer, Director
o Cynthia [hesak: We need to post the portrait with more information, along with more information
online.
0 K4ichae May will gather the information.
o Cynthia Chesal< will share with Michael May an artist who may be a candidate.
o Sheila Coppola will share materials regarding the current process with Kam|a Kakaria.
o Michael May will determine the current amount ofthe 1%Fund
o Angeline Peralta: potential to have one of the portraits done by the Tul<wila Teen Art Collective.
0 Michael May will convey information to Grey Ellis, Tul<wila Teen Art Collective.
Staff Reports
* Teen Art Collective Recruitment Update
Agenda for Next/Future Meetings (6min)
Adjournment / Next Meeting: November 19, 2025
Tukwila [nmmundy[pnter^ l2424-42ndAvenue South ^ Tukwila, NNg8l6V ^ 206768-2822
Tukwila City Hall ^6200 Southcenter Boulevard ^Tukwila, WA 98188^206-433-1800^Website: TukwilaWA.gov