Calling all art lovers, artists and the like. The Capitol Hill Community Council is looking for people interested in supporting the arts in our neighborhood and helping to work on various projects such as murals, public art, neighborhood gateway signage, and more. We will talk also about how to support the arts organizations, venues and festivals in our neighborhood for their continued success. It's up for us to decide the mission of the group and you can help make it happen.

We will be looking at ways we can help fulfill these items from the Capitol Hill neighborhood plan:

Arts Council:
Partner with the Pike-Pine and First Hill neighborhoods to organize an urban center-based, volunteer Arts Council to advocate for the arts, to serve as a resource for artists and to develop neighborhood arts activities, events and projects. Include diverse populations, such as children, youth, elderly and minority groups, in the arts. Establish a permanent facility for the Arts Council. Encourage businesses that are engaged in the arts to locate in the neighborhood. Encourage businesses to participate in neighborhood arts and cultural programs and activities.

Art Space:
Develop studios, rehearsal space, performance venues, exhibit venues, meeting rooms and shared office space for arts organizations and artists. Develop strategies for enabling arts organizations and artists to own facilities. Coordinate co-ops and other arrangements for sharing facilities among organizations and artists. Support developing affordable live/work housing for artists.

In 1999, the City Council finished the approval process for 38 neighborhood plans created by nearly 20,000 citizens. The plans identify actions needed to ensure that each neighborhood will continue to thrive and improve as Seattle grows over the next 20 years in ways that meet our commitments under the State's Growth Management Act.

Interested parties please sign up on our email list (click link below). Our next meeting will be held the fourth week in June, location and time to be determined.

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