City · Arts and culture
Seattle Arts Commission
Applications accepted year-round
City of Seattle · Seattle, Washington
The Seattle Arts Commission is an advisory board that supports the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and advises the Mayor and City Council on arts and cultural policy. Its sixteen citizen volunteers include artists, arts professionals and others with strong links to Seattle's arts community.
Who currently sits on it
12 listed
- Avery Barnes
Member - Dhyana Garcia
Member - Ed King
Member - Jack Nash
YMCA Get Engaged Member - Jo Mikesell
Member - Kate Nagle-Caraluzzo
Member - Linda Chavez-Lowry
Member - Megan Kiskaddon
Co-Chair - Ricky Graboski
Member - Vanessa Villalobos
Member - Yolanda Spencer
Member - Yoon Kang-O'Higgins
Co-Chair
This membership list was last checked against an official source on Jul 26, 2026.
What the role involves
- Support the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
- Advise the Mayor and City Council on arts and cultural policy
How the seat is filled
- Who appoints
- The Mayor appoints seven commissioners and the City Council appoints seven; those fourteen select a fifteenth member, and one commissioner is seated through the YMCA's Get Engaged program.
- Who is eligible
- Members include artists, arts professionals and other citizens with diverse backgrounds and strong links to Seattle's arts community.
- Residency required
- Not stated by the agency
- Term
- Not stated by the agency
- Meets
- Not stated by the agency
- Time commitment
- Not stated by the agency
- Compensation
- Not stated by the agency
- Status
- Applications accepted year-round
- Official notice
- seattle.gov →
- Apply
- seattle.gov →
- Official membership roster
- seattle.gov →
- Last verified by IAAC
- Jul 26, 2026
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