Proudly supporting the arts for over 50 years!
Vision, Mission & Values:
Founded in 1967, Allied Arts Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Seattle.
Our Vision: Allied Arts Foundation supports all forms of healthy artistic endeavors and strives to foster a welcoming and inclusive artistic community.
Our Mission is to support artists, art projects, and arts-related organizations by providing 501(c)(3) non-profit fiscal sponsorship, artist awards, and arts advocacy, and other support as determined by the Board of Directors.
Our Values: Allied Arts Foundation values
- Encouragement — providing members of our artistic community with support and recognition for their talents
- Integrity — operating with high ethical standards, including honesty and transparency, as well as consistency and accountability with our word, actions, and intentions
- Creativity — celebrating artistic endeavors of all kinds
- Inclusivity — embracing and promoting diversity across all levels of our organization and the opportunities we provide
- Excellence — striving for, recognizing, and rewarding outstanding achievement
- Advocacy — promoting and fighting for causes we believe in
We support the arts by providing yearly artist grants, high school artist awards, a poetry award, music scholarships and fiscal sponsorship for artists and arts organizations. We also support arts advocacy and historic preservation.
IRS EIN: 91-0829974
History:
Founded in 1967, AAF began as the funding arm of Allied Arts of Seattle, a venerable citizen advocacy organization which had, since the mid-’50s, worked to enliven the cultural vitality of the city through urban design planning, historic preservation, and arts funding.
Robert Jackson Block dedicated a substantial amount of personal investment income toward the creation of an Allied Arts Foundation investment fund to prevent Seattle from being relegated to what English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham referred to as a “Cultural Dustbin.”
Read about us!
The complete story of Allied Arts is told in Stirring Up Seattle: Allied Arts in the Civic Landscape by R. M. Campbell. It’s a compelling read about the dynamic visionaries who helped shape the Seattle arts scene we know today.
Order online through University of Washington Press.
Oral History Project:
Creating Stirring Up Seattle involved recording the oral histories of our founders. These videos have been preserved at MOHAI, HistoryLink.Org and on our AAF Youtube Channel.
We invite you to enjoy the rich histories and delightful anecdotes from these luminaries, many of whom are no longer with us.
View our 7-minute History Project trailer:
VOLUNTEER
There are many opportunities to volunteer at Allied Arts Foundation. If you have time to help the arts, just click here to find out more!
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
Llewelyn G. Pritchard
Attorney, Helsell Fetterman, Emeritus
VICE PRESIDENT
Lydia Aldredge
Independent Artist: Archetype
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Patricia V. Clark
Vice President, Des Moines Legacy Foundation
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
David Cruse Beal
Vice President, Starbucks – Global Loyalty & Digital Development
Karen Kane
President, Madison Park Community Council
Maria Kolby-Wolfe
President & CEO, Washington Women’s Foundation
Lara Lavi
Owner, Dreaming in Color Entertainment
Matt Marshall
Development Director, JDRF
Carey Page
Graphic Designer, Carey Page Designs
Bill Pritchard
Amazon – Legal World Wide Operations
Jerry Thonn
Attorney, Helsell Fetterman, Retired
Kate Wade
Independent Artist
Lish Whitson
Attorney, Lish Whitson PLLC
BOARD
Kenan Block
Kenan Block Media & Communications
John Bowen, Jr.
Independent Artist
Gene Brandzel
Attorney, Gene Brandzel PLLC, Retired
Michael Breeden
Capital Campaign Manager, Town Hall
Deborah Callahan
Executive Director, Washington Schools Risk Management Pool,
Mary B. Coney
Literature Professor, Univ. of WA, Retired
Glenda Downs
Owner, Sky River Meadery
Leonard Garfield
Executive Director, Museum of History and Industry
Effie Gleason
Manager, Canvas Event Space
Abby Hagan
Documentary Filmmaker, Moxie Media
Jane Hastings
Technical Architect, Retired
Gerald Hansmire
Founder, Makers Architecture and Urban Design, Retired
Sally Hayman
Art Critic, Retired
Virginia Hungate-Hawk
Artist; Instructor, Stadium High in Tacoma & Pratt Fine Arts Center
Brooks Kolb
Landscape Architect, Brooks Kolb LLC
Cheryl Lee
Associate, Helsell Fetterman
Margaret Pageler
Seattle City Council, Retired
Olga Sagan
Owner, Piroshky Piroshky
Cherie Seymore
Leasing Agent, Phillips Real Estate Services
Michele Soderstrom
Art Instructor, Port Townsend High School
Peter Steinbrueck
President, Port of Seattle
Tree Swenson
Executive Director, Richard Hugo House
Judy Talley
Engineer/Owner, The Talley Group
Boyka Thayer
Interior Designer/Owner, Tattersall Design
Jessica Thonn
Instructor, Centro Linguistico di Ateneo
Janet True
Member, Swedish Foundation Board
Rae Tufts
Arts Critic/Writer, Retired
William Victory
Community Volunteer, Retired
Virginia Wyman
Trustee, Wyman Youth Trust
Staff:
Jeff Rinedahl
Executive Director
jeff (at) alliedarts-foundation.org
206-353-9148 (Mobile)
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