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Seattle Music Commission
A new leadership entity representing the broad spectrum of the business and nonprofit music sector for Seattle. learn more
Seattle Music Commission
AdvisArts worked with the City of Seattle’s Office of Film + Music, part of the Office of Economic Development, to explore opportunities to build on the strength and diversity of music in Seattle. This fledgling initiative led to the creation of City of Music: a vision for the future of music in Seattle and an assessment of the City of Seattle’s potential role in advancing this vision. The vision process, completed in September 2007, identified components relevant to musicians, music education, live music venues, and music businesses, as well as other sectors, in enhancing opportunities and outcomes by 2020. A key result of this process was the creation of the 21-member Seattle Music Commission, established by the Seattle City Council in 2010. AdvisArts provided assistance in the formation and start up phase of this new Commission, and worked with Commissioners and staff to develop an inaugural Seattle Music Commission Workplan and committee structure, and continues to provide support as the work of the Commission evolves.
Seattle Music Commission
Washington Artists Health Insurance Project
Bringing multiple players together to increase knowledge and access. learn more
Washington Artists Health Insurance Project
AdvisArts worked with Artist Trust and Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) to research and investigate options for increasing health and insurance access for artists. The initiative was created in 2004 and developed into the Washington Artists Health Insurance Project (WAHIP) with a focus on Washington State artists. Initial steps included identification of innovative programs and models around the country, and bringing together a consortium of experts from health care, workers’ benefits, insurance and the arts to investigate new strategies. AdvisArts also provided oversight of the 2005 statewide WAHIP Survey of Artists and Arts Workers and the report, Artists and Health Insurance: Existing Data and Implications for the Washington Artists Health Insurance Project. AdvisArts worked over subsequent years with Artist Trust and other Washington State partners in four key areas: information and education for artists; exploration of innovative access options; coalition building and advocacy on legislative issues that impact health coverage access for individual artists; and the creation and testing of a new subsidy supporting community clinic access for artists. The work of WAHIP has been supported by numerous sources including the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Ford Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Artist Trust continues to build on the WAHIP legacy by providing education and information on health care for artists.
Artist Trust Health Resources for Artists
Content Technology Initiative
Strengthening the relationship between the arts, entertain-
ment and technology in the Seattle area. learn more
Office of Film + Music’s Content Technology Initiative
The Content Technology Initiative strives to connect local creative assets with technology leaders to position Seattle as a global innovator in digital media creation and distribution. This initiative, supported by Living Cities through an award to the City of Seattle Office of Film + Music (OF+M), explores the economic development relationship between artists, content creators and entrepreneurs in interrelated media industries. AdvisArts and Community Attributes International were selected to work with OF+M and leaders from these fields to refine the definition of a Content Technology economic cluster, identifying core and supporting industries and inter-industry connections. Seattle’s Content Technology Initiative: A Report and Cluster Map Investigating Creative Asset Convergence examines and maps the characteristics and relationships of this emerging sector, as well as defining strategic themes and opportunities to support and instigate intentional convergence. This report serves as the foundation for additional work to maximize sector strengths and potential in the region.
Office of Film + Music’s Content Technology
Twining Humber Lifetime Achievement Award
Establishing an annual award for a woman artist aged 60 or older. learn more
Twining Humber Lifetime Achievement Award
The Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement is an unrestricted award given annually to a Washington State female visual artist, age 60 or over, who has dedicated 25 or more years of her life to creating art. The award recognizes creative excellence, professional accomplishment and dedication to the visual arts. Claudia Bach, AdvisArts principal, worked with Yvonne Twining Humber (1907-2004) and Artist Trust to conceive of an award that would serve as a lasting legacy to her lifetime of work as a noted painter and would also serve to acknowledge and support the work of other women artists. A panel comprised of visual artists and arts professionals is convened each year to select the recipient of a $10,000 award made possible by a gift from Yvonne Twining Humber to the Artist Trust Endowment Fund.
Learn more about the work and legacy of Yvonne Twining Humber.
article by Claudia Bach
images – Seattle Music Commission: Seattle Music Commission © 2011 – Artists Health Insurance Project: Spectrum © 2011 Jeanine Anderson – Office of Film + Music’s Content Technology Initiative: Office of Film & Music, Seattle’s Content Technology Cluster © 2011 – Twining Humber Lifetime Achievement Award: Yvonne Twinning Humber ©, Back Street, 1940, private collection, Yvonne Twining Humber © 1940, Self-Portrait, c.1948, Collection of Claudia Bach, Seattle
