For Kids
Arts builds culture and economies, fueling individual and community transformation. A recent creative vitality study shows incredible creative activity in Spokane County. Like any sector, the arts need big picture leadership and industry support to be successful, and to be central to our region’s prosperity. Spokane Arts embraces this arts sector leadership mission, supporting and advocating for the arts. Spokane Arts is guided by a strategic plan. Spokane Arts has major support from City of Spokane, Spokane Public Facilities District, Downtown Spokane, VisitSpokane, and many private contributors and volunteers. Thank you for encouraging the arts to thrive.
Our Mission
Spokane Arts Team
Melissa Huggins
Executive Director
Melissa@SpokaneArts.org
Mika Maloney
Program Manager
Mika@SpokaneArts.org
Shelly Wynecoop
Grants Administrator
Shelly@SpokaneArts.org
Karen Mobley
Public Art Consultant
karen@spokanearts.org
Katie Smith
Communications Intern
artshelper@spokanearts.org
Melissa Dziedzic
Poetry Out Loud Coordinator
poetryoutloud509@gmail.com
Governing Board
Spokane Arts is guided by a board of directors who provide fiscal oversight and governance in support of the organization’s mission. The board of directors is comprised of community volunteers and representatives from Spokane Arts’ founding partners: the City of Spokane, the Spokane Public Facilities District, Visit Spokane, and the Downtown Spokane Partnership.
Brooke Kiener
Spokane Arts Board Chair Whitworth University
Carly Cortright
City of Spokane staff liaison
Karen Stratton
Spokane City Council
Dean Davis
Dean Davis Photography Spokane Arts Commission Chair
Stephanie Curran
Spokane Public Facilities District
Amy Cabe
Visit Spokane
Reid Johnson
Attorney
Greg Lipsker
Owner, Barrister Winery
Elizabeth Hooker
Downtown Spokane Partnership
Arts Commission
The Spokane Arts Commission is a 16-member, all-volunteer board that promotes and enhances the quality, accessibility and presence of arts and culture. The Arts Commission serves a dual role as an advisory board to Spokane Arts (which is a 501c3 nonprofit) while also advising the city of Spokane on arts policy. The activities of art commissioners vary widely, but include serving on public art juries alongside community members, planning the annual Arts Awards, developing new events or programs to engage the wider community in the arts, advocating for the arts at the city or state level, and much, much more.
Are you interested in becoming a Spokane Arts commissioner, volunteering for the organization, or serving on juries for public art? Email us to find out more at artshelper@spokanearts.org.
MADISON BUSH
NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTURE
membership@northwestmuseum.org
DENNIS CARMAN
ARTIST
densoils@yahoo.com
ALAN CHATHAM
Laboratory
alan.chatham@gmail.com
GARRET DAGGETT
ENGIE
garret.daggett@engie.com
DEAN DAVIS
DEAN DAVIS PHOTOGRAPHY
dean@deandavis.com
GINGER EWING
TERRAIN
ginger@terrainspokane.com
CHUCK HORGAN
BERNARDO | WILLS ARCHITECTS
chorgan@bwarch.com
E.J. IANNELLI
FREELANCE WRITER
ej.iannelli@gmail.com
KARLI INGERSOLL
THE BARTLETT
karliingersoll@gmail.com
JIM KOLVA
JIM KOLVA ASSOCIATES
jim@jimkolvaassociates.com
KATIE PATTERSON LARSON
ART SALVAGE
katie@artsalvagespokane.com
DERRICK OLIVER "D.O"
ETAILZ
derrickoliver@gmail.com
MELISSA PARKER
Spokane County United Way
Melissap838@gmail.com
CHASE OGDEN
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
cogden2@ewu.edu
ANDREW WHITVER
AS2
awhitver@gmail.com
REBEKAH WILKINS-PEPITON
CENTRAL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
bekawp@gmail.com