HomeMy WebLinkAbout091525 Arts Commission Announces F inal Art Project Grants for 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Katy Goodman, Arts & Culture
Coordinator, (360) 385-3000 x 5098
Monday, September 15, 2025 kgoodman@cityofpt.us
ARTS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES FINAL ART PROJECT GRANTS FOR 2025
Nine grants were awarded to arts organizations and individual artists in Jefferson County.
PORT TOWNSEND In its final grant round of the year, the Port Townsend Arts Commission
(PTAC) has awarded $9,900 to nine creative projects by Jefferson County artists and
organizations. Funded projects include:
Myth and Memory within Community Creation Stories for
the New Year
Holiday Fun with PT Artscape
Bobby4Bobby The Harvest A Celebration of Jefferson County Queer Art
American Sign Language (ASL) Initiative
th
7 Annual Winter Solstice Show at Quilcene Theater
PTAC provides grants to projects that enhance the experience of residents and visitors through
accessible, public-facing activities, and that demonstrate artistic merit. Its funding program has
been supporting arts and civic engagement through creativity since 2001, and PTAC is the only
public funding source for individual artists in Jefferson County. This year, more than thirty
artists from across the community submitted requests for funding that represented a wide
range of disciplines. Nineteen received funding between $450 and $2,700.
In earlier rounds of funding totaling an additional $17,100 in grants PTAC awarded projects
included The Hobbit,
Curating Empathy Exhibit: Photovoice with Unhoused Neighbors of Port Townsend, Timothy
at the Jefferson County Museum of Art and History, a senior project mural by Port Townsend
High School students led by Nick Mann, Port Townsend Pride, Dear Town: A Town-Wide Poetic
Letter by Lindsey Wayland, a youth-created mural in The Nest coffee shop, a community block
printing event from the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, the Salish Sea International
Butoh Festival, and a concert of from Community Chorus of Port Townsend
and Rainshadow Chorale.
pleased to have the opportunity to support these enriching projects from local artists
Katy Goodman, the Citys Arts & Culture Coordinator and staff liaison.
Not only do they make Port Townsend and East Jefferson County a more interesting and
vibrant place to live, they are also a fundamental part of who we are as a community creative,
innovative, collaborative, and engaged. The arts are essential to all communities, and especially
Currently, PTAC offers three rounds of funding annually for projects that occur within the same
calendar year with the last round for 2025 closing on August 20. If artists and arts organizations
are interested in learning more or applying for a grant in 2026, updates will be available on the
PTAC webpage.
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Learn more about this grant program and
Poet Laureate Program, Public Art, and the City Arts Awards at https://cityofpt.us/bc/page/arts-
commission-0.