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Spokane Arts reports murals, Asphalt Arts schedule and gallery activity to council
Summary
Spokane Arts told the committee about an active season of Asphalt Arts murals, touch-ups, grant cycles, and gallery programming; staff highlighted community engagement at site-based projects and anti-graffiti coatings for murals.
Skyler Oberst, executive director of Spokane Arts, gave the Urban Experience Committee a quarterly update on public-arts activity, including the Asphalt Arts street-painting program, mural touch-ups and the Chase Gallery exhibitions.
Oberst said Asphalt Arts has completed projects in Emerson Garfield and Lincoln Heights and has additional neighborhood installations scheduled through September. He said the projects attracted neighbors and children to help paint and that the program has been well received locally.
Karen Mobley, the Chase Gallery director emeritus, answered questions about artist sales at the gallery. Mobley said artists may sell work from the Chase Gallery and that a small commission — around 20% — is taken to support gallery operations. Oberst said all murals commissioned since his tenure have been coated with a graffiti-abatement product to make cleaning easier.
Oberst also reported that the Saga grant round closed with about 60 applicants and that the Chase Gallery portrait exhibition will remain on view through June 27. He highlighted youth poetry programming at Night Market and the Spoken Arts Awards scheduled for Sept. 13.
Committee members praised the programs and asked staff to continue outreach to multicultural artists and neighborhood activations. No action was required; the report was informational.
