‘Flourish:’ DK hosts roundtable Friday 4/25 on sustaining local arts

We’ve invited five guest panelists to be a part of a roundtable discussion on Friday evening at the offices of Design Kompany on this topic:

Sustaining the arts in Capitol Hill

Design Kompany will host Flourish on Friday, April 25

Design Kompany has been intrigued by the number of people in government, real estate, and arts advocacy attending public forums on keeping the arts thriving in dense Seattle neighborhoods like Capitol Hill. The first of these was in January, the second more recently at City Hall, called ‘Make Room for Art: cultural overlay districts for Seattle’ .

In listening to a lot of people from nonprofits and government groups talk about this topic, DK recognizes one important voice is missing from the table.

The artist’s.

And who are artists, anyway? What do they do with grants that are already distributed? What is art? Why does it matter? The great existential questions applied to a rather ambiguous segment. Are artists looking for support? If so, in what way?

To find out, we’re hosting ‘Flourish:’ a roundtable discussion on how to keep sustainable communities going from the artists’ point of view. Join us if you have an opinion about how to best keep arts and culture alive in Capitol Hill.

Guest panelists include:

Moderated by Akira Morita and hosted by Dipika Kohli of Design Kompany.

RSVPs are required, and we’ll send you directions and a reminder. RSVP to flourish [at] design-kompany.com.

‘Flourish:’
An open dialogue roundtable
‘What is the Role of the Artist?’
Friday, April 25 :: 5 to 7pm
@ Kornerhaus [the offices of DK]
Free with registration
RSVP to flourish [at] design-kompany.com

Also see:
DK Field Report: Can arts and condos co-exist?
DK’s take on City Hall forum Make Room for the Arts: cultural overlay districts for Seattle

Update May 2008

So incredibly engaging was this, the people who came asked Design Kompany to organize a Flourish sequel. Stay tuned.

6 Responses to “'Flourish:' DK hosts roundtable Friday 4/25 on sustaining local arts ”


  1. Gravatar Icon 1 Palo Alto Real estate Dec 14th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    I cannot find anything about flourish 3. will there be more? Does anyone have suggestions for the best sites providing info on overlay districts?

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 Todd Beardsley Jan 20th, 2009 at 11:24 am

    It makes me smile to hear the news that so many people are interested in the arts. I think that if more people would take an interest in them, the world might be a more peaceful place.

  3. Gravatar Icon 3 dipika Jan 21st, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    Palo Alo Real estate,

    Thanks for the comment. Check with the city of Seattle for info on CODAC.

    Todd,

    Interestingly, I’ve been meaning to post about something I read recently. It is a designer’s answer to the question, “What is the role of the artist?” He says, “to give form to the essence of something.”

    What do you all think? Does that sound right to you?

  4. Gravatar Icon 4 Jon Byrne Feb 26th, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    interesting information, I agree the artist is always left out

  5. Gravatar Icon 5 L Blake Apr 7th, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    I’m new to all of this and wondering what’s it all
    about. Can some one fill me in?

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