ARTBEAT

NCW Arts has had a busy month! First and foremost, we want to announce the newest additions to our board of directors: Holly Thorpe and Marissa Collins. Both of these lovely people have the passion, experience, and skill to help move NCW Arts forward in key areas of governance and communications development. We are so glad to welcome them as we wrap up our first fiscal year of operations in December and implement our plans for year two!

Second, we are proud to announce that NCW Arts will play a key role in coordi- nating volunteers and participants for the Central Washington region during the upcoming 2023 legislative session in Olympia in support of arts and cultural initiatives.

Inspire WA has been touring the state over the summer and early fall, holding Town Hall events to hear from all communities about what is most important for each region with regard to the arts and cultural programming. NCW Arts will partner directly with Inspire WA to ensure that our voices are heard and that we can maximize the upcoming opportunities to speak directly to our representatives in support of the legislation that will benefit all of us in North Central Washington.

If you are interested in becoming directly involved in these efforts, please reach out to us at arts@ncwarts.org. We want to hear from you!