REGIONAL ARTS ADVOCACY AND A NEW LOGO!

By Megan Kappler

Drum roll, please….

NCW Arts Alliance has a new logo! We have been working closely with graphic designer and artist, Elena Payne, owner of Awdience Design, who has partnered with us over the past several months to help us translate our organizational values and mission into a brand new, beautiful logo!

Partnership is a strongly emerging theme for NCW Arts in 2023 as we work with several regional and statewide groups to provide advocacy and collaborative planning for the arts and cultural sector of our communities so that we can thrive and grow together.

Specifically, we are working with Inspire WA and their Inspiration League to plan and prepare for Arts, Heritage, and Science (AHS) week in Olympia early this month. We are helping to coordinate advocates and district leaders across NCW in Legislative Districts 7, 12, and 13, which encompass all or parts of Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Grant, Kittitas, and Pend Oreille counties. In-person and virtual meetings with Representatives and Senators from each district are already scheduled during AHS week (Feb. 6-10), and we are excited to help connect community members to this kind of grassroots advocacy with our lawmakers.

In late January, we participated in the Power of Art + Culture in Tourism workshop. We were graciously hosted in Nespelem by the Colville Confederated Tribes, and it was a truly inspiring experience to participate in such inclusive and visionary planning for ways to ensure the equitable rise of local tides to lift us all up.

We are so grateful for the depth of commitment and willingness to think big from all of our regional partners. Want to partner with us? Just reach out at arts@ncwarts.org!