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ARTS COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
November 3, 2021 | 3:00 p.m. | Remote Meeting
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I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Approval of Agenda
III. Approval of Minutes from the October 6, 2021 Meeting
IV. Public Comment (3 minutes per person)
V. Commission Business
A. Chair’s Update
B. Budget Update
C. Funding Application – Interdisciplinary Artists in Motion
D. 2022 Workplan
E. Public Art List & Maintenance Plan Update
VI. Correspondence
VII. Set Agenda for Next Meeting
VIII. Next Scheduled Meeting – December 1, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
IX. Adjourn
Minutes of the Port Townsend Arts Commission Meeting of October 6, 2021
LOCATION: City Hall
MEMBERS PRESENT: Jason Victor Serinus (Chair), Joe Gillard, Dan Groussman, Nhatt Nichols, Nan Toby Tyrrell, and Diane Walker MEMBERS ABSENT: Sondra McConnell STAFF PRESENT: Legal Assistant Amber Long Topic Motions/Recommendation/Action
Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 3:01 p.m.
Approval of Agenda The agenda was unanimously approved.
Approval of Minutes for August 4, 2021 Meeting The minutes of September 1, 2021 were approved 5-0 (Nhatt abstained) with the deletion of the second clause in the first sentence under “2022 budget request” and a clarification about the budget request amount.
Public Comment None
Chair’s Report Jason shared that the City Manager had approved adding a mission statement to the Commission’s webpage.
Staff will add the wording approved by the Commission in August.
Applications for Financial Suport
Cosmo Rappaport and Ivan Espinosa from Salish Sea Butoh,
Haden Starbuck, and Lindsey Wayland each spoke individually about their projects and requests for funding. Commissioners noted that the pick up poetry and podcast requests were for funding to cover an entire year and decided to consider
smaller, prorated amounts.
The Commission agreed to allow all applicants to speak first,
then have one discussion about funding for all three
projects. The Commission voted unanimously to fund $1,300 for the Salish Sea Butoh, $2,500 for Lindsey Wayland, and not to
fund the Creatrix podcast. Commissioners recommended
that Haden submit a future request with information on how she plans to market to the local community. Correspondence Jason discussed an email received from the Chair of the Sequim City Arts Council requesting collaboration among the Peninsula’s city arts commissions.
Jason read an email from the art teacher at Blue Heron Middle school asking if a Commissioner would work with her and her
Jason and Diane expressed interest in attending a Sequim City Arts Council meeting; Jason will request more information. Dan volunteered to work with the middle school teacher on
her project.
Topic Motions/Recommendation/Action
students on a project regarding public art.
Next Meeting: November 3, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 5 p.m.
Arts Commission 2021 Grant Funding -- Total Budget: $20,000
Organization Event Amount Approved Amount Requested
Key City Public Theatre May's Vote $1,486.00 $1,486.00
Jefferson County Historical Society First Friday on Demand $1,800.00 $4,000.00
Kat Bausch TinyDoorsPT $0.00 $850.00
Port Townsend Film Festival Free public screenings $4,000.00 $4,000.00
Olympic Music Festival Fellowship program $1,625.00 $1,725.00
Key City Public Theatre Summer Youth Initiatives $500.00 $500.00
Bill Evans Dance Bill Evans 81!$500.00 $500.00
Jefferson County Farmers Market Artisan vouchers $400.00 $400.00
Creatrix Compass Podcast $0.00 $4,000.00
Lindsey Wayland Pick Up Poetry $2,500.00 $7,200.00
Salish Sea Butoh Workshop & performances $1,300.00 $1,900.00
Interdisciplinary Artists in Motion IAM Artists Laboratory $1,300.00
$14,111.00 $27,861.00
Amount approved Amount requested Amount Paid Amount remaining*
Quarter 1 $1,486.00 $1,486.00 $1,486.00 $0.00
Quarter 2 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Quarter 3 $7,425.00 $10,575.00 $4,000.00 $0.00
Quarter 4 $3,800.00 $14,400.00 $1,989.00
Microgrants $1,400.00 $1,400.00 $1,000.00 $2,600.00
Total remaining in budget *$4,589.00
*if all approved grants paid in full & all requested amounts approved
For review at 11/3 meeting
Invoice approved
Grant agreement signed
Grant agreement signed
Applicant asked to resubmit with more info
Grant agreement signed
Grant agreement to applicant
Grant agreement signed
Status
Invoice approved
Grant agreement signed
Applicant asked to attend future meeting
Grant agreement signed
Date of Application: October 19th, 2021
Organization Name: Interdisciplinary Artists in Motion
Primary Contact: Cosmo Rapaport
If under age 18, please provide the name of an adult willing to
sign an agreement with the City on the applicant’s behalf
Phone Number: (802)-917-4547
Email: interartistmotion@gmail.com
Project or Event Name: IAM Interdisciplinary Artists Laboratory
Event Location: Camp Bausite, Chimacum Grange, PopUp Movement, Frogg Hill
Farm
Date(s) of Event(s) November 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th
Amount Requested: $3100.00
Admission Charge: Donation and Free Donations accepted? Yes
Is there at least one free or “pay what you wish” performance? Yes
Total Budget $5500.00
Please attach the proposed budget for this event.
Has the venue for the event(s) been assessed as ADA accessible? (If yes, please
attach a copy
of the assessment report or complete the attached Venue Accessibility
Statement.)
No
Describe how your project will benefit and consider the diverse population of
the greater Port Townsend community:
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTISTS IN MOTION is a group of dancers and multimedia artists formed
by Cosmo Rapaport, Sophia Solano, and Patrick Ward. Our mission is to provide artistic
opportunities, resources, and collaborative performance workshops with a diverse network of
PNW specific artists. IAM was founded in Port Townsend from a community of dancers and
musicians who came together during the 1st annual 2021 SALISH SEA BUTOH symposium, and
subsequently organizes most of its offering specifically in the greater PT area. With this network
of talented artists and the organizational expertise demonstrated by the Salish Sea Butoh
summer & fall workshops and performances, IAM is in a strong position to offer rich
interdisciplinary multi-cultural performance art and instruction opportunities to the residents of
Port Townsend.
More about IAM’s Founders
Cosmo Rapaport
Cosmo is a Port Townsend based interdisciplinary performance artist, whose work focuses on
the intersection of dance experimentation and movement-based research. Cosmo’s work is
reflective of the communities and spaces that they have been fortunate to build lasting
relationships with. As a trans artist, Cosmo investigates dreamscapes built by generational
disembodiment, and uses movement investigation as a tool to find authenticity, breath, and
understanding.
Cosmo began their voice and movement training in 2012 at Marymount Manhattan College
where they attended five semesters of their acting BFA Program. While in New York City Cosmo
trained extensively in Fitzmaurice, Alexander, and Suzuki techniques with teachers Ellen
Orenstien, Mellissa Kolwitz, Jeanne Taylor, James Price, Richard Niles, Barbara Adrian, Helena
Strauss, and Robyn Hunt. After five years in NYC Cosmo relocated to the PNW to begin daily
training with Robert Esposito MFA (original Company dancer of the Nicolais/Luis modern dance
company), and trained in Laban movement notation and Beimish Mind Body balancing at the
Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
Within Cosmo’s work as a somatic activist, they explore the topics of the freedom, belonging,
and play within human and ecological communities. Their movement facilitation work is driven
by an intention to unsettle the structures that withhold educational, sociological, and ecological
knowledge from intersectional marginalized communities. Currently Cosmo is the Director of
Salish Sea Butoh, a collective dance artists that bring Butoh focused residencies, workshops,
and performances to the Olympic Peninsula www.salishseabutoh.com. Additionally Cosmo is a
Founding Member of Interdisciplinary Artists in Motion, a collective of multi-disciplined artists
from across the PNW who produce collaborative classes, workshops, and performances
www.interartistsmovement.com.
Additionally, Cosmo’s monthly “Public-Spaces” teaching practice explores how to make dance
accessible within the mid-pandemic human soma-space. Some of Cosmo’s recent dance work
includes, My Grandmother Who Became The Sky (2018), Communication en Quoi (2018, Remembering
The Sky (2019), Some Moss and Some Tea (2020), A River Ran Through (2020).
Sophia Solano
Sophia Solano is a multidisciplinary artist and activist based in Eugene, Oregon. Originally a
classically trained pianist and clarinetist, and later a garage rock drummer, Sophia began
dancing relatively late in life at the age of 17. She found a local belly dance studio, Creative
Enterprises, soon after starting college at Pacific University, where she earned a BA in
Philosophy: Ethics, Society & Law with honors in three years. A graduate at 20 years old, Sophia
took two years away from school to work, teach, and continue dancing, spending a Spring in
Granada, Spain at Escuela Carmen de las Cuevas. While abroad in 2018, she studied with
dancers María La Manzanilla, Maricarmen Guerrero, Pilar Fajardo, Javier Martos, Cristina
Aguilera, and singers Alicia Morales and Sergio El Colorao. Previously, during a semester abroad
in Sevilla (Fall 2016), she studied flamenco theory and practice at Universidad de Sevilla with
Profesora Clara Mora Chinoy and took her first immersion dance classes with Marta Hermosa at
Estudio Flamenco Juan Polvillo. Sophia has more recently studied with world-renowned
flamenco artists Emilio Ochando, Mercedes Ruiz, and Mara Rey during their US tours. Her first
flamenco maestros were her father, guitarrista José Solano (PR/USA), and his artistic partner –
singer/dancer Rafaela de Cádiz (ESP). Sophia currently teaches group flamenco dance classes at
Eugene Flamenco Arts and also offers private instruction to individual dancers. She has co-
organized benefit shows, student demonstrations, and other entertainment events with both
emerging and professional artists. In 2021, Sophia founded the belly dance troupe AMARA that
recently filmed a choreography project to raise money for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. She
is currently completing her M.S. in Conflict and Dispute Resolution at the University of Oregon’s
School of Law and works as a Restorative Justice facilitator, supporting reparation and diversion
processes for individuals charged with crimes.
Sophia (she/ella/we) identifies as a white queer Latina, member of a colonized and resistant
diaspora (Borikén), a proud race-traitor and citizen of Planet Earth. She practices Flamenco in
solidarity with its original artists – Gitano/Roma communities that have suffered much cultural
violence and continue to face discrimination and marginalization under Spanish rule – while the
State continues to profit enormously from the work of Flamenco artists and entertainment
tourism generally. Sophia believes deeply in the transformative power of performance art and
the role of the Artist in cultural revolution and creation. Sophia is deeply grateful to her mother
– transformative educator and esteemed author Bernadette Kelly (UK) – for a lifetime of
struggle, sacrifice, and support that have allowed Sophia to become the artist she is today.
Patrick Ward
Patrick Ward is a Seattle-based mixed media artist who works in the mediums of video collage,
digital painting, photography, and projection design. His works often ‘sample’ a range of
imagery including contemporary photography and paintings from across art history. He uses
projectors to overlay these deeply layered images onto the bodies of dancers; creating rich
interdisciplinary works of movement, sound, and light.
Patrick trained in classical drawing and painting at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle,
Washington. He then graduated with a BFA from The Evergreen State College. His academic
focus combined classical and renaissance literature, art, history, philosophy, and the biology of
vision. For him, light is a medium to explore the relationship between the observer and
observed; material and immaterial. Beams of light are also lines that connect past, present, and
future. Collages projected on dancers allow for the images of the past to be made substance
onto the moving surface of the body.
IAM’s November Classes, Performances, and studio Laboratories
For November, we have put together an array of offerings for the artists
and audiences of Port Townsend to participate in. The public movement, voice,
and Grant writing classes aim to share somatic and structural knowledge through
high quality workshops taught by distinguished artists. These class offerings with
the assistance through the Port Townsend Arts Commission would be offered for
free to the Port Townsend community in an effort to continue the work of sharing
structural resources, building community, and creating accessible artistic
practices. We believe that providing the opportunity to learn from one another is
how a vibrant culture is made, and we intend to provide that space with our four
November public classes on Friday November 26th and Saturday November 27th.
In addition to the public classes, IAM will be presenting two public
performance events. One of these will be a cabaret on Saturday November 27th
at the Palindrome event center, this event will showcase local performers as well
as performance artists from the and the greater Western Washington region. The
focus of this Cabaret is FUSION. This FUSION CABARET will exemplify the merging
of more than one artistic discipline: including aerial arts, Dance, Music, Visual art,
Burlesque, and drag. The other public show will take place on Sunday November
28th at Frog Hill Farm in Port Townsend. This Performance will be offered to the
public for FREE and is a daytime performance (accessible to audiences of all ages).
This event will showcase four different performance pieces that are the
culmination of the Interdisciplinary Artist’s Laboratory (Taking place November
24th-28th).
The final portion of IAM’s November work is our Interdisciplinary Artist’s
Laboratory. This Experimentation focused workshop series is intended to
facilitate collaboration and personal practice for artists of many backgrounds.
Starting on Wednesday November 24th through Sunday November 28th IAM will
have multiple Studio Spaces in the Port Townsend Area that participants of this
Lab will have access to reserve and use for individual and group projects. For the
Folks who choose to participate in the Lab they will have the ability to connect
with each other (via IAM’s Slack account) prior to the Laboratory week. This will
allow folks to distil areas of inquiry and design creative structures to support risk
taking and experimentation during their studio time. Additionally, during the
Laboratory IAM will be hosting daily community conversations and providing the
opportunity for our peers to other participants to offer constructive feedback on
their studio experiments. Some of the facilitated Artist Dialogues include:
“Bridging Resources and Imagining Accessibility in Artistic Community”, “Trusting
in Transformation”, “Where is there potential for bridging across disciplines our
creating?” These Conversations will help foster vulnerable idea sharing between
Artists and create the potential for greater collaboration.
Explain how the City’s funding will support the project. If the project can still be
done without City funding, show how the requested funds will improve the
project:
Interdisciplinary Artist in Motion’s November Laboratories, workshops, and Public
performances are dependent upon sourcing city funding to make all of our events accessible to
the Port Townsend and greater Jefferson county community. Being a new artistic collective IAM
is so excited to be bringing together many artists from across the PNW and to offer artistic
collaboration with local performance, visual, and sound artists. A huge part of our work is to
make this artistic interaction accessible. This being the case IAM is asking for funding from the
PTAC to pay for about half of our November class, performance, and Laboratory budget.
Without this support IAM would have to charge participants and audience members larger fees
for participation in our offerings. Even with charging for tickets we would not be able to cover
the whole costs of paying teachers, venue rental, and technical support. Below we have
included a copy of our budget where you can find the Itemized list of all the expenses for IAM’s
November work.
Explain how the project will either target Port Townsend/East Jefferson
residents or, if the event is designed to bring in visitors from the area, how you
will advertise to those visitors:
For IAM’s upcoming season we intend to hit the ground running, putting press out
through the Port Townsend leader, radio advertisements though KPTZ’s monthly calendar, and
spreading the work through daily and weekly Facebook and website updates. We also work
closely with Port Townsend resident Sandee Johnson and Patrick Ward who are both local
talented visual artists, who will be designing promotional material (i.e posters, flyers, and social
media ads). Additionally, we have a strong community in the PNW and about half of the Artists
attending our Laboratory and performing in our 2 public events are from out of town. This
being the case we make a huge effort to advertise local businesses and lodging to folks who
come from out of town.
If this event has received Arts Commission funding in the past, please explain
any proposed changes to the event and any change in the requested funding
amount.
Please attach the proposed budget for this event.
EXPENSES Per day costs Total cost for
each item
Total we
would
apply grant
funds to-
per item
Total Cost for
IAM’s
November
Public art and
Workshops
Total Financial
support IAM is
seeking from
Port Townsend Arts
Commission
Sohpia
Solano’s
Workshop
Payment
$200.00 Per
workshop x 2
workshops
$400.00 $400.00
Cosmo
Rapaport’s
workshop
Payment
$200.00 per
workshop x 2
workshops
$400.00 $400.00
Chimacum
Grange Rental
(40 hours)
$100.00 per full
day
$400.00
(4 days of full
day rental)
$400.00
Technical
lighting
support for
public shows
$800.00 per
performance (x
2 performances)
$1600.00 $400.00
Palindrome
Event Space
$300.00 Per day $600.00 (1
day of set up
and 1 day of
live public
event)
$0.00
Camp Bausite
(5 days of
Space rental)
$300.00 per day
rental of
conference
room and great
hall
$1500.00 $1500.00
Frog Hill Farm
Event Rental
$400.00 per day $400.00 $0.00
PopUp-
Movement
$20.00 Per hour $200.00 (10
hours of
studio rental)
$0.00 $5500.00 $3100.00
IAM’s Schedule of events for November 24th- November 28th
Interdisciplinary Artist’s Lab Open Studio (Chimacum Grange, Pop-up movement,
Camp Beausite)
Wednesday November 24th
Camp Beausite: FULL DAY (8am-10pm)
Thursday November 25th
Camp Beausite: FULL DAY (8am-10pm)
Chimacum Grange: FULL DAY (7am-9pm)
PopUp Movement: 4 hours (10am-2pm)
Friday November 26th
Camp Beausite: (8am-10pm)
Chimacum Grange: FULL DAY (7am-9pm)
PopUP Movement: 2 hours (8pm-10pm)
Saturday November 27th
Camp Beausite: FULL DAY (8am-10pm)
Chimacum Grange: FULL DAY (7am-9pm)
Sunday November 28th
Chimacum Grange: FULL DAY (7am-9pm)
Interdisciplinary Artists in Motion Community Conversations
Wednesday November 24th
Camp Beaumont:
First Feast: Welcoming Circle and Intention Share
Thursday November 25th
Camp Beaumont Great Hall:
Afternoon Dialogue: What are the needs of ourselves and our communities:
A conversation on Bridging Resources and imagining accessibility in artistic
community.
Cam Beaumont Great Hall:
Evening dinner dialogue: Trusting in Transformation, where is there potential for
bridging across disciplines our creating.
Camp Beaumont Fire:
Feasting on Fire: Bring a personal object, and share a story about a moment when
someone really appreciated your passion GRATITUDE CIRCLE
Friday November 26th
Camp Beaumont Great Hall:
(Evening) Dreaming with OTHERS: A community dream share
Saturday November 27th
Palindrome:
(12PM-5PM) Cabaret rehearsal and critique
Public Classes take place at the Chimacum Grange (Pop-up Movement)
Friday November 26th
Cosmo Rapaport Mind Body Balancing: 11AM-12:30pm
Cosmo Rapaport Embodied Voice: 2:00pm- 4:00pm
Saturday November 27th
Sophia Solano BODY RHYTHMS (RITMOS DEL CUERPO): an investigation of
musicality in movement: 10AM-11:30PM
Grant Writing Seminar taught by Sophia Solano: 12:30PM- 1:45PM
Public Performances at Palindrome & Frog Hill
Saturday November 27th
SIDESHOW CABINET (CABARET): 7:00PM-11:00PM Palindrome
(pay what you can & sliding scale options)
Sunday November 28th
2pm-4pm
IAM EXPERIMENTS IN EXPRESSION: 3:30PM-5:00PM Frog Hill
(FREE PUBLIC EVENT)
Venue Accessibility Statement
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992, individuals with
disabilities are
protected from discrimination "in the enjoyment of any right, privilege,
advantage, or
opportunity enjoyed by others in the services, programs, or activities provided or
made
available [funded] by local governments, their instrumentalities or agencies.”
To operate legally and to ensure that ALL members of our community may benefit
from
arts events funded (wholly or in part) through the Port Townsend Arts
Commission, any
event receiving funding must be held in an accessible venue, and accessibility and
any
inaccessible aspects of a venue be noted in the publicity for each event.
"Accessible" means that anyone in a wheelchair, scooter, walker, or on crutches
or
cane(s) can gain access and entry to and participate in the event being held, as
can
anyone who is temporarily able-bodied. This includes access to restroom facilities.
The accessibility of several Port Townsend area venues is on record. If you are not
sure, DASH (Disability Awareness Starts Here) has agreed to do assessments free
of
charge. Call 360-385-1790.
Please check each question below. For further information, consult the booklet
“People
First: Planning Events Everyone Can Attend," which is available in City Hall, 2nd
floor.
Can a person with mobility issues or using walker, crutches, wheelchair, or
scooter:
☐ Park near venue in a handicapped parking space?
YES
☐ Enter the building without assistance? (i.e. no stairs or barriers to entry,
door(s) able to be opened with closed fist and not too heavily weighted)
YES
☐ Enjoy and participate in the event as fully as a temporarily able-bodied
person? (i.e., wheelchair seating, elevator or lift if more than one floor)
YES
☐ Are the restroom facilities accessible? (i.e., toilet at least 17" high, grab bars)
YES
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City of Port Townsend Public Art
Title Artist Location Year Maintenance Plan Notes
Boundary
Markers for Puget Sound
Sara Mall
Johani
Taylor
Street near
Union
Wharf
1996 Dan will request maintenance info
10/6/21
Chief
Chetzemoka Dick Brown Golf course 1996 Contact info for artist not located
City Hall
railing
David
Eisenhour
(discs) and
Steve Lopes
(fabrication)
based on
Russell
Jaqua
design
Front lobby
of City Hall
2005 Steve Lopes recommends
carnauba paste wax (used in
auto waxing) if needed.
David Eisenhour will look at railing
and let the City know if any
maintenance is required (May 2021).
Courting
Guillemots
Tony
Angell
By the
Northwest
Maritime
Center
2014 Contacted artist through website
April 2021; no response yet.
Agreement for Commissioned
Artwork dated May 12, 2014. Installed
by Greenstone Landscaping (Aragorn
Deane).
Galatea &
Haller
Fountain
Mark
Stevenson
and David
Eisenhour
(1993
version);
original
artist
unknown
Bottom of
Taylor
Street stairs
on
Washington
Street
1993
(original
version
1893)
No written plan.
Maintained by City Parks Dept.
Mark Stevenson provided
general information on statute
composition and water valve
replacement in June 2021.
Emailed both artists June 2021;
response from Mark.
Great Blue Matt
Babcock
Taylor
Street by
2014 City has maintenance plan from
artist.
Clock repaired in 2021.
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Community
Center
Leafwing Russell
Jaqua
Larry Scott
Trail near
Boat Haven
2006 City has maintenance plan from
Willene Jaqua McRae and Jim
Garrett.
For Willene Russell
Jaqua
(installed
by Jim
Garrett)
Visitors’
Information
Center
Plaza on
Sims Way
Installed in
2019
City has maintenance plan from
Willene Jaqua McRae and Jim
Garrett.
Donation agreement with Willene
Jaqua McRae dated January 18, 2017
and Installation contract with Garrett
Metals dated July 12, 2019.
Milestones:
Stream of Consciousness
Sara Mall
Johani
Three
locations on
F Street;
one on
Discovery
2002 Dan will request maintenance info
10/6/21
Quimper Coho Max Grover Children’s
section of
the library
2002 “Don’t put it outside. Dust it.” May not meet criteria for public art in
Public Art Policy.
Salish Sea Circle Gerard
Tsutakawa
Pope
Marine
Plaza
2011 Youtube video transcribed by
Dan Groussman July 2021.
Agreement for Commissioned
Artwork dated 2010
Two Cats from Clinton Georgia
Gerber
Outside
library
entrance
1992 General information on bronze
care provided by artist’s
husband, Randy Hudson.
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Other (City-Owned Property)
Kah Tai Community
Tiles
Yvonne
Pepin &
community
members
Kah Tai restrooms 1985
Wave Viewing Gallery Covered deck
structure behind
Cotton Building
Formerly listed as public art along with
Tidal Clock, which was deaccessioned and removed in
2011/2012.
Various paintings
and miscellaneous
items at City Hall
and Library
Many items on display at City Hall were donated by
sister city Ichikawa, Japan.
Public art not owned by City
Creative District art
markers
Jonah
Trople
Two downtown, two
in Uptown, one at Fort
Worden
2021 Commissioned, owned, and maintained by Port
Townsend Main Street Program
Girl with the Wheel
Barrow
Jim
Davidson
(mass
produced)
Gateway Park Installed by
Soroptimists
2006
Considered a park memorial by City, not public art.
Owned and maintained by the Soroptimists (License
Agreement 2/26/07).
Heron weathervane Russell
Jaqua
Haines Place Park &
Ride
1995 Commissioned by JTA through Port Townsend Arts
Education Center; Park & Ride facility designed by
Yvonne Pepin Wakefield (according to Willene McRae)
Memory’s Vault Richard
Turner
(poetry by
Sam
Hamill)
Fort Worden 1988 Owned by WA State Parks & Recreation Commission
Totem pole Jamestown
S’Klallam
Tribe
NWMC (corner of
Water & Monroe)
2019 Owned by the Maritime Center
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Amber Long
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A Message from the Chair
Dear fellow commissioners,
Thanks to Amber, we’ve learned that PTCC’s proposed meeting schedule shows a November 1st public hearing on the
preliminary 2022 budget, a November 15th public hearing/first reading of the ordinance adopting the proposed 2022
budget, and a December 6th second reading of the ordinance. However, as Amber explains, CC agendas frequently
change many times before being finalized.
I’ve now learned that our proposed budget is $25,000, and that the City will not consider our Poet Laureate proposal
until next year. The time to speak up is now.
If City Council's November 1st public hearing on the preliminary 2022 budget remains on the schedule for November 1, I
urge everyone who feels so called to call in and speak in favor of our $100,000 budget. Please keep a lookout for the
November 1 CC meeting packet, which may first appear online
at https://cityofpt.us/citycouncil/page/agendasminutesvideos after you receive this packet for our November 3
meeting.
It is essential that CC hear our voices. These meetings are our one and only chance to share our humanity and
commitment in “virtual person” before CC puts the budget to a vote.
I know some of you prefer to limit email communications between meetings. I therefore hope you will forgive me in
advance if you receive a separate pre‐meeting email confirming the dates for these budget deliberations.
There are several ways to comment. If you send thoughts directly to Council members by email, they are not read at the
meeting. If you send them to the publiccomment address below, they are read, but not in your own voice. Only by
calling in can your voice be heard.
Join by webinar: For webinar ID, see the agenda at: https://cityofpt.us/citycouncil/page/agendasminutesvideos
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PORT TOWNSEND ARTS COMMISSION
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOLLOW-UP REPORT
If you or your organization has been granted financial support, we are asking you to complete this form
within 30 days of the event or completion of the project you applied for. Your timely submission of this
follow-up report will help us document future requests for budget allocations by the City.
Organization/Individual(s) James W. (Bill)) Evans Date October 8, 2021
Address 670 Hudson Place, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Phone 505-280-6250
Contact Person Bill Evans E-Mail Address billevansdance@hotmail.com
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT (If pertinent, compare the outcome with your own
expectations):
The Arts Commission funds were used to support a “Free or Pay What You Wish” performance of
BILL EVANS 81! on Saturday, September 25, 5:00 to 6:45 pm, JFK Hall, Fort Worden. We chose the
JFK venue because we could safely seat the audience with adequate social distancing and because we
could open all 14 windows for adequate air circulation. All people in the room wore masks, except Bill
Evans and Don Halquist (a married couple) when then were performing.
(The show was performed on the preceding Friday at 5:00 and on the same Saturday at 1:30 under
the auspices of Madrona MindBody Institute, who took care of ticket sales, some publicity, seating and
communication with ticket purchasers for the first two shows.)
The Saturday evening performance was extraordinarily successful. The audience response was warm
and enthusiastic, and all the performers felt invigorated and satisfied by the experience. There were
seven dancers and one composer/musician in the production. The program included three works by
choreographer Bill Evans, one by choreographer Don Halquist and one created collaboratively by
performance artist Claire Porter, Evans and Halquist. One work (Sun’A’Do) was a world premiere, with
choreography by Bill Evans, performance by four Jefferson County residents (Abbie Doll, Ashley A.
Friend, Anna Hansen and Camille Hildebrandt), music by Clallam County resident Linda Dowdell and
costume design and construction by Port Townsend resident Judith Bird. Also appearing in the show was
Port Townsend resident Lauren Ehnebuske, who performed a solo choreographed by Don Halquist.
ATTENDANCE DATA (Include comparison with previous events/projects):
We promoted this event through the social media accounts of all the performers and their friends,
through articles published in the Leader and Daily News, through bareboards.com and Nextdoor, as well
as through announcements to students at Madrona MindBody Institute and word of mouth to friends of all
the performers.
We asked people to email in advance to reserve seats for the Saturday 5 pm show. Sixty-four seats
were confirmed via email and reserved in the space. All but nine people showed up, and six people who
had not reserved seats showed up at the door. We would not have admitted more than 70 to protect the
health of everyone in the room, so our attendance was really what we wanted it to be.
Attendance at the Arts Commission-supported event was a little larger than for the Friday performance
and about the same as the earlier Saturday performance, for which Madrona MindBody sold tickets.
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES (such categories as materials, royalties, technical production, location
rental, professional services, publicity):
Costumes, $350; Composer/Musician: $1,000; Blue Tooth Speaker: $90; Rental of Space: $708;
Programs: $69; Flyers (for August performance that had to be cancelled): $76; Videographer: $195
Total cash expenditures for the three-performance run: $2,488
Plus, Tuition waivers for five performers: $2,500 and in-kind contributions of time by choreographers,
director and all performers, valued at $2,600
SUMMARY OF REVENUES (sales, door receipts, awards etc.) :
We placed a box at the door for the Saturday evening performance with the following statement:
“Thank you for joining us!
Free
or
Pay What you wish
THIS PERFORMANCE SUPPORTED BY THE PORT TOWNSEND ARTS COMMISSION”
(The program contained this statement: “Special thanks to the…Port Towsend Arts Commission for
supporting the third performance.” I also announced the same statement at the beginning of that show.)
We were delighted to find $313 in the donation box at the end of the performance.
Income:
Bill Evans Dance portion of Madrona ticket sales for first two shows: $1,452.40
Donations at the door of third show: $313
Arts Commission grant in support of third show: $500
Total for the three-performance run: $2,265.40
COMMENTS
It was a beautiful weekend weather wise, and the warmth of the audiences touched
our hearts. It felt wonderful to perform live again after such a long dry spell. Personally, I
could not have felt better about the whole series of shows. It was so satisfying to be
able to perform the show three times, and I feel that it got better each time. Sincere
thanks to the Port Townsend Arts Commission for your support!
PORT TOWNSEND ARTS COMMISSION
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOLLOW-UP REPORT
If you or your organization has been granted financial support, we are asking you to complete this form within
30 days of the event or completion of the project you applied for. Your timely submission of this follow-up
report will help us document future requests for budget allocations by the City.
Organization/Individual(s) _______________________ Date __________
Address ____________________________________ Phone _________
Contact Person ________________________ E-Mail Address _____________
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
(If pertinent, compare the outcome with your own expectations):
ATTENDANCE DATA
(Include comparison with previous events/projects) :
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
(such categories as materials, royalties, technical production, location rental, professional services, publicity) :
SUMMARY OF REVENUES
(sales, door receipts, awards etc.) :
COMMENTS
PORT TOWNSEND ARTS COMMISSION
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOLLOW-UP REPORT
If you or your organization has been granted financial support, we are asking you to complete this form within
30 days of the event or completion of the project you applied for. Your timely submission of this follow-up
report will help us document future requests for budget allocations by the City.
Organization/Individual(s): Olympic Music Festival_Date _10/25/2021_
Address: PO Box 897, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Phone 360-385-9699
Contact Person: Emilie Baker E-Mail Address: emilie@olympicmusicfestival.org
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
(If pertinent, compare the outcome with your own expectations):
The Olympic Music Festival invited four young musicians by application to collaborate with
OMF faculty artists in order to gain experience in a professional performance environment.
OMF faculty artists act as mentors to the fellows, who are students or recent graduates, and
benefit from one-on-one instruction during two weeks of rigorous rehearsals and
performances.
This program plays a unique role as a stepping stone in the chamber music world, where
students often go from playing in educational settings to the performance world without a
bridge between the two. Fellows experience a typical chamber music rehearsal and
performance schedule, with guided expectations from their professional peers.
We are pleased to present this annual program as a key component of our summer season,
introducing our audience and the community to up and coming artists in the classical music
world. This year, with indoor events being unfeasible, our concerts were again aired virtually.
This is our third venture into holding a virtual series, and we were pleased with the turnout of
online viewers for the Fellowship Program. Initial concerns about remaining virtual were that
video fatigue and outdoor or in person attractions would lessen our impact during
August/September. However, comparing our fellowship programs to our virtual Spring series,
we are pleased to report that online viewership and support was in line with past offerings.
ATTENDANCE DATA
(Include comparison with previous events/projects) :
The Four Fellowship Virtual Concerts are Free on Youtube, and premiered throughout
September. The Virtual Season is on our website through October 31, 2021, allowing viewers
to watch at their leisure, if they were unable to view on the set premiere dates.
Youtube Analytics: Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship
Data compiled Sept 8-24 2021 (4 concerts)
Unique viewers total:1,100
Total number of views:2,082 with an average of 20 minutes per view
Total returning viewers (had previously visited our channel): 232
New Subscribers:21
Virtual Season Extended Viewing period
Data September 25–October 25
Unique viewers total: 626
Total number of views: 1,200
Total returning viewers: 146
New Subscribers: 6
Virtual programs give more viewers access, and also gives audience members control over
level of engagement, so we are becoming accustomed to seeing viewers pick which parts of the
concert to listen to, or tuning in for a few minutes at a time, though we often get multiple
views per attendee as they return during the extended viewing time to rewatch videos, or pick
up where they left off.
Comparison to Olympic Music Festival Spring Series, May 9-27 2021 (3 Concerts)
Unique viewers total:753
Total number of views:1600 (average 11 minutes per view)
Total returning viewers:182
New subscribers:21
Comparison to 2019 Fellowship Concerts at the Wheeler Theater, August 9-18 (4
in-person Concerts)
Tickets sold:882
Volunteer Engagement:50
Theater Capacity: 85% of seats filled
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
(such categories as materials, royalties, technical production, location rental, professional services, publicity) :
Piano Tuning: $525
Publicity: $947
Venue Rental: $709
Artist Fees: $11,200
Travel Expenses: $3,541
Piano Rental: $3,055
Housing: $6,700
Professional Services (Photography): $327
SUMMARY OF REVENUES
(sales, door receipts, awards etc.) :
No revenues were collected during these programs
COMMENTS
We hope you can take some time to watch some of the performances! Our entire 2021 Virtual Season remains
online through October 31 for viewing at no cost. Highlights will remain available on our channel after October
31, 2021
V I R T U A L
C O N C E R T S
A R E F R E E
09/08 | OMF Fellowship Romantic Rhapsodies
09/15 | OMF FellowshipRussian Treasures 09/19 | OMF Fellowship La Belle Époque 09/22 | Season Finale Piano Extravaganza
09/12 | OMF Fellowship Classical Vienna09/05 | Julio Elizalde Plays Debussy & Chopin
SUNDAYS AT 5:00 PMWEDNESDAYS AT 7:30 PM
s tre am o nl ine :olympicmusicfes tival.org
The Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship concerts are made possible in part
thanks to OMF Sponsors:
JULIO ELIZALDE
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
V i r t u a l S a l o n
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