Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Digital Photograph Collection 2005-2007
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Seattle Arts Commission (1971-2002)
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In 1971, a city ordinance established the Seattle Arts Commission to promote development of and public interest in the arts, as well as to advise the city on cultural and artistic development. The Commission was given cabinet-level status in the city government in 1976. In 2002, the department's name was changed to the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs (OACA), and it was brought into the Executive Dept. There continues to be a fifteen-member advisory group called the Seattle Arts Commission....
Nickels, Greg
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Born in Chicago in 1955, Greg Nickels moved to Seattle with his family at the age of six, where he attended Seattle Prep and the University of Washington. He got his first job in city government in the mid-1970s, working as a buyer-trainee in the purchasing department. He was a legislative assistant to City Council member Norm Rice from 1979 until 1987. In that year he was elected to the King County Council and served there until 2001, when he was elected Mayor of Seattle. He served...
Seattle (Wash.). Office of Arts &Cultural Affairs
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The Seattle Arts Commission was established in 1971 to support public arts programs and promote public awareness of the performing and fine arts. Staff support was originally provided by the Seattle Center. In 1973, SAC began administering the City's One-Percent-for-Art Program. The fifteen-member Commission replaced a predecessor agency, the Municipal Arts Commission. From the guide to the Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Digital Photograph Collection, 2005-2...
