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to integrate cultural events and festivals into the streetscape. 2017 After construction and beyond
Once a funding mechanism and policy framework are in place the City can begin to address the following opportunities. ESTABLISH AN ARTS COORDINATOR
The City’s Art Program currently provides and maintains public art, public programs, grant opportunities and cultural planning to artists, citizens and visitors in order to cultivate the arts across the City. To maintain Redmond’s reputation as a culturally vibrant community at the same time aid in the development of an exceptional Downtown Cultural Corridor will require a fresh approach to how cultural services are delivered both short-term and long-term. An Arts Coordinator housed within the Art Program that interfaces across City departments and with community partners to lay a sustainable groundwork for the new
initiatives and programs recommended in this plan. This includes providing a level of oversight and teambuilding to successfully coordinate urban design and cultural agendas among local artists and arts organizations, businesses, private-sector developers and property owners and managers. In the long term, these additional responsibilities can be taken up by a community organization. For example, the City of Tacoma invested in an Arts Coordinator to organize the Spaceworks Tacoma Program during its formative stages. Since then, the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce has stepped in to both fund and house this position. MAINTAIN A WORLD CLASS COLLECTION Any permanent public art requires maintenance.
From a bronze sculpture to a kinetic or electronic work, funding for maintenance is important from the outset. When funding any permanent work, be sure to secure funding for on-going maintenance for the
expected life of the artwork. The City of Portland accounts for this through their Percent for Art program by designating .95% to artwork, .5 % for maintenance and .33% for administration and public education for a total of 1.33% for Art.
and who has the capacity to operate this? What role does the city play? What is a sustainable business model? Where are the ideal locations? UPDATE THIS PLAN AND ESTABLISH PERIODIC REVIEWS
EXPLORE THE IDEA OF AN ARTS CENTER
The City will need to create a framework for
The future Redmond Art Center can be a gathering place for the arts in Downtown. This art plan recommends that it should be a truly inter-disciplinary laboratory that reflects and serves a wide range of creativity in Redmond -- from dance and performance, to visual art, to music, to writing, to digital arts. It is recommended that it should be a place for artistic practice as well as for viewing performance and presentations, and above all, a place for hanging out, meeting, and having conversations. This can take many forms such as a public, private or nonprofit facility. Key questions to determine which form it should take include: What will the market support
planning and prioritizing art and cultural investments along the corridor and adjacent areas in Downtown. These investments
should reflect the priorities developed in the Arts Commission Strategic Plan, the PARCC Plan, the TMP, and the Comprehensive Plan, while complementing the City’s Vision Blueprint: Capital Investment Strategy (CIS), a 20 year city wide strategy to coordinate all capital projects and locate efficiencies.
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