This fall I served on a City of Seattle community advisory panel for the selection of an artist who would work on a public art project in my neighborhood (say that 10 times fast). I really enjoyed the process. It was fun to meet the people involved and I loved being able to stretch my artistic senses after so long. My Ph.D. is in theatre, and for most of my life I’ve been involved in arts groups or in writing and thinking about the arts. Since the birth of my daughter, my focus has changed and is aimed at things related to children and child-rearing. This is by choice, but I do miss the days of endless discussion and writing about the arts.
Anyway, we picked someone I think is a wonderful artist for this project. This person had so much verve and energy and enthusiasm in their interview that the entire panel loved them. I’m not able to say much at the moment because the name hasn’t been announced yet. But, one of my duties was to attend my neighborhood’s community council meeting tonight and announce that we had chosen someone.
My next duty in relation to this process is to help facilitate introductions of this artist to the community and to be a part of any meetings they attend. I’m really looking forward this work.
