What is a Meet the Artist Event?

Artist Trust's Meet the Artist (MTA) program is an integral component of the annual Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship. Meet the Artist events bridge our artistic community with the diverse communities in Washington State, increasing awareness about the vital roles art and artists play in our culture. As you share your creative process with a community that may be unfamiliar with the kind of work you do as an artist, it gives your work a broader audience and increases awareness about the vital role artists play in our culture. Every recipient of the Fellowship is required to create and present an event.

Click here to dowload the Meet the Artist Report Form

DEADLINES

2008 Fellowship Recipients
EVENT DEADLINE: MARCH 31, 2010
REPORT DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2010

2009 Fellowship Recipients
REPORT DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2010

Eight Steps to Fulfilling Meet the Artist Requirements for Fellowship Recipients:

• Present a Meet the Artist event outside of their geographic area of residence OR to a community that would not ordinarily have access to their work by event deadline.

• Get approval from Artist Trust staff for your Meet the Artist event. Contact Monica Miller, Director of Programs (monica@artisttrust.org; 206/467-8734 x10; 1/866-21-TRUST) in advance to discuss ideas for your event to make sure it fits within the program requirements. Confirm the date and time your event with Artist Trust at least four weeks in advance.

• If your event is open to the public, please post the event on the Artist Trust website at www.artisttrust.org/pro_resources/listing (if you haven’t yet posted a listing on our website, this is a great opportunity to learn how… it’s easy and reaches a lot of people).

• Also, if it’s a public event, email lila@artisttrust.org the event details and she’ll post it in our biweekly enewsletter, (re)Source.

• Acknowledge Artist Trust with the logo and the following statement on all publicity sent out and/or displayed at your event: “Artist Trust's Meet the Artist program is an integral component of the annual Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship. Meet the Artist events bridge our artistic community with the diverse communities in Washington State, increasing awareness about the vital roles art and artists play in our culture. Find out more at www.artisttrust.org.”

• Provide Artist Trust materials at the event, which can be mailed to you or can be picked up at the office.

• If it’s possible, take 300 dpi photos at your event that we might use in our upcoming publications.

• Return form confirming you met all requirements of MTA along with a letter describing your Meet the Artist event and experience (by deadline above). Please include the date and location of the event, number of participants and any interesting anecdotes. A check for the remainder of your award ($500) will be issued within four weeks after your letter is received.

Planning and Setting Up a MTA Event
MTA events may include a public reading, lecture, workshop, or performance. Your event can be anything you want it to be as long as the environment is interactive – sharing your artistic process with your audience while also giving them the opportunity to ask questions and be involved. We also ask that you share information about Artist Trust and discuss the impact the Fellowship has had on your work. Artist Trust will provide you with materials to display. Examples of appropriate and inappropriate events are:

• A Seattle visual artist traveling to the Jefferson County Library to give a presentation on their work – is an appropriate MTA event.
• A Seattle visual artist presenting a slide lecture on their work at University of Washington’s art department – is not an appropriate MTA Event.
• A Spokane-based artist presenting their poetry to high school students – is appropriate.
• An Olympia music group giving a free presentation/lecture of their work in the venue where they perform – is not necessarily an appropriate event. If they invite members of the community who are not familiar with their work – such as students, community center members, or a visual art group, etc. – then this is an appropriate MTA event.

You are responsible for organizing and implementing your event with the guidance of the Artist Trust staff. It is also up to you to find a host for your event. Most schools, community centers, and libraries welcome artists who are willing to come and share their work. Remember, this event should be planned well in advance.

Want to See Examples of Past MTA Events?
Please visit: www.artisttrust.org/grants/MTA/events
If you’d like to see even more, please contact Lila Hurwitz, Communications Manager (lila@artisttrust.org; 206/467-8734 x13; 1/866/21-TRUST)

Suggested Resources

ArtsEd Washington: www.artsedwashington.org
ArtsEd Washington is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works to address the inequities in arts education within Washington’s schools. We want to see that every child in Washington State has access to the best possible education, one in which the arts are fully integrated into the regular curriculum.
 
826 Seattle:  www.826seattle.org
826 Seattle is the only nonprofit (tax-exempt 501(c)3) organization in Seattle dedicated to helping Seattle public school students of all ages improve their expository and creative writing skills. All the programs are free, including after-school tutoring, evening and weekend writing workshops, field trips, and in-classroom publishing projects. They're located in a facility near 85th and Greenwood, behind the Greenwood Space Travel Supply Company.

Possible Meet the Artist Venues

Aberdeen
Grays Harbor College (ghc.ctc.edu)

Anacortes
Anacortes Art Festival (anacortesartsfestival.com)
Anacortes Middle School (ams.anacortes.k12.wa.us)
Depot Arts Center (depotartscenter.com)

Auburn
West Auburn High School (auburn.wednet.edu/homepages/wahs)

Bellevue
Bellevue Arts Museum (bellevuearts.org)

Bellingham
Bellingham Public Library (bellinghampubliclibrary.org)
Books Northwest (yelp.com/biz/JpXkS5ZDLjb93z2t2yuojA)
Roeder Home
Village Books (villagebooks.booksense.com)
Western Washington University

Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Public Library

Bremerton
Kitsap Regional Library (krl.org)

Buckley
White River High School

Burien
Burien Library (kcls.org/bur/front.cfm)
Casa Latina
Highline Big Picture School

Burlington
Burlington Public Library

Cashmere
Cashmere Community Coffeehouse (cashmerecoffeehouse.com)

Cheney
Eastern Washington University

Concrete
Upper Skagit Library (upperskagit.lib.wa.us)

Coupeville
Coupeville Arts Center (coupevillearts.org)

Edmonds
Woodway High School

Ellensburg
Gallery One (gallery-one.org)

Everett
Cascade High School
Everett Community College (everettcc.edu/arts.cfm)
Everett Country Club Youth and Resident Program
Everett Public Library (epls.org)

Fife
Endeavor School

Gig Harbor
Gig Harbor High School
Washington State Correction Center for Women

Goldendale
Maryhill Museum of Art (maryhillmuseum.org)

Grays Harbor
Northwest Pride

Kelso
Kelso Public Library (kelso.gov/librarycity/Default.htm)

Kirkland
Kirkland Art Center (kirklandartcenter.org)
Kirkland Performance Center (kpcenter.org)
Lakeview Elementary
Peter Kirk Elementary
Studio East

La Conner
Museum of Northwest Art (museumofnwart.org)

Lake Forest Park
Third Place Books (thirdplacebooks.com)

Long Beach
Peninsula Arts Association

Longview
Longview Public Library (longviewlibrary.org)
Lower Columbia College (lowercolumbia.edu)

Lopez Island
Lopez Island Library (lopezlibrary.org)

Metaline Falls
Cutter Theatre (cuttertheatre.com)

Moses Lake
Moses Lake Museum and Art Center (mlrec.com/museum.html)

Mukilteo
Discovery Elementary School

Naches
Naches Valley High School

Naselle
Naselle Youth Camp

Olympia
Nova School
Olympia Film Society (olyfilm.org)
Orcas Books
The Evergreen State College (evergreen.edu)
Organizes an annual Artist Lecture Series. Contact Matt Hamon, hamonm@evergreen.edu.  
Wa He Lut School
Washington Center for the Performing Arts (washingtoncenter.org)

Omak
Bread Line Café (breadlinecafe.com)

Orcas Island
Orcas Center (orcascenter.org)
Orcas Island Library (orcaslibrary.org)

Peshastin
Peshastin-Dryden Elementary School

Port Angeles
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (pafac.org)
Port Angeles Library (nols.org/branches/pabranch/pahome.htm)

Port Hadlock
Jefferson County Library

Port Townsend
Centrum (centrum.org)
Rose Theater

Poulsbo
Northwest College of Art (nca.edu)

Pullman
Neil Public Library (neill-lib.org)
Washington State University

Seattle
BookPALS (206/282-2506)
Boy and Girls Club of Seattle
Bryan Elementary School
Camp Long
Casa Latina
Catholic Community Services
El Centro de la Raza (elcentrodelaraza.com)
Elliott Bay Book Company
Ethnic Cultural Theatre (depts.washington.edu/ecc)
Four Angels Café
Girl Scouts-Totem Council
Graham Hill Elementary
Harborview Medical Center Art Program (206/731-3041, pweiss@u.washington.edu)
Senior Housing Assistance Group (SHAG)
Interagency Detention School of the King County Youth Detention Center
Keiro Nursing Home
La Escalita
Lakeside School
Lambert House
Nippon Kan Theatre
North Seattle Community College (northseattle.edu)
Northwest Center for the Retarded
Powerful Schools
Providence Mt. St. Vincent Hospital (providence.org)
Roosevelt High School
Seattle Indian Center
Seattle Young People’s Project
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (unitedindians.org)
Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System
YMCA Aloha House
YMCA of Greater Seattle
YouthCare Shelter

Sequim
Sequim Museum and Arts Center (sequimmuseum.org)

Snohomish
Angel Arms Works (angelarmsworks.com)
Arts of Snohomish Gallery (artsofsnohomish.org)
Snohomish Library

Spokane
Auntie’s Bookstore (auntiesbooks.com)
Hutton Elementary School
Hutton Settlement Children’s Home (huttonsettlement.org)
Lorinda Knight Gallery (lorindaknight.com)
Mead High School
Metropolitan Performing Arts Center (mettheater.com)
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (northwestmuseum.org)
Odyssey Youth Center (odysseyyouth.org)
Spokane Art School (spokaneartschool.org)
Spokane College Gallery
Spokane Falls Community College (spokanefalls.edu)
Spokane Public Library (spokanelibrary.org)
Wellpinit School District, Spokane Indian Reservation (wellpinit.wednet.edu)

Stanwood
Stanwood House Gallery and Art Center (stanwoodhouse.com)

Tacoma
Curtis High School
El Centro Latino
Jas Le Rob Gallery
Kittredge Gallery (ups.edu/kittredge.xml)
Tacoma Public Library (tacomapubliclibrary.org)
Tacoma School of the Arts
The Swiss Tavern
University of Puget Sound (ups.edu)
Western State Hospital
Wilson High School
YMCA

Tenino
Monarch Sculpture Park (monarchsculpturepark.com)

Tonasket
Tonasket Public Library (ncrl.org)

Toppenish
Toppenish High School

Twisp
Confluence Gallery and Art Center (confluencegallery.com)
Twisp Community Library (ncrl.org/branches/twisp.html)

Vancouver
Fort Vancouver Regional Library (fvrl.org)
Sixth Street Gallery (sixthstreetgallery.com)
Washington State University (vancouver.wsu.edu)

Walla Walla
Walla Walla College (wwc.edu)
Whitman College (whitman.edu)

Statewide
Performing Hearts of Washington (performinghearts@earthlink.net)

Colleges/universities: www.hecb.wa.gov./Links/colleges/collegesindex.asp
Libraries: www.secstate.wa.gov/library/search_library.aspx
Nursing homes: http://nursinghome-directory.com/states/washington/index.html
Private schools: www.k12.wa.us/RelatedSites/default.aspx#privateschools
Public schools: http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch

Also try youth centers, retirement homes, etc.