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Spokane Arts seeks regional partnerships, offers access to 3,000-artist roster
Summary
Skyler Oberst, executive director of Spokane Arts, told the Liberty Lake Parks & Arts Commission his nonprofit can share outreach and artist connections to help local calls for qualifications reach more artists.
Skyler Oberst, executive director of Spokane Arts, told the City of Liberty Lake Parks & Arts Commission on June 2 that his nonprofit is expanding its regional services and can help the city widen outreach to artists for public-art calls.
“We would totally open up any information that you have about your calls. We would share that directly with our artist roster, which at this point in time, I think is 3,000 artists in the region strong,” Oberst said during a presentation added to the agenda by motion.
Oberst described Spokane Arts as an independent nonprofit that manages the City of Spokane’s public-arts program and that it supports creative placemaking, murals, artist residencies and festivals. He told commissioners his organization can tailor outreach by discipline (for example, muralists or sculptors) and assist with regional partnerships and promotion.
Commissioners welcomed the offer and discussed practical next steps: sharing Liberty Lake’s current calls for qualifications (including the Liberty Lake Together sculpture and a community goat statue) so Spokane Arts can circulate them to its roster. Commissioner Gary Edwards invited Oberst to speak to the Kootenai County Arts and Culture Alliance; Oberst said he would try to attend.
No formal action was taken; staff and Spokane Arts agreed to share call materials and follow up on outreach opportunities.
