Arts Commission

The Arts Commission advises the City Council regarding the arts in Bellevue. The commission may hold public meetings and make studies, analyses and reports requested by the council, and may perform the following functions:

• Inform the council in matters of arts
• Serve as a clearinghouse for concerns and ideas about arts
• Enlarge the art consciousness of Bellevue
• Encourage multi-age working, sharing, learning and teaching in the arts
• Encourage and recognize local artists
• Explore financing for acquisitions related to the arts
• Establish a long-range plan for the development and operation of a cultural center
• Make recommendations as requested by the council
• Review the suitability of artworks intended as gifts to the city

Meetings 

The Arts Commission meets at 4:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at City Hall in Conference Room 1E-113, unless otherwise noted. Meeting dates, times and topics are available on the agendas via Legistar. The meetings are open to the public. The online sign-up form for oral communications will open at noon on the day of the meeting and close at 4 p.m. Speakers can also sign up in person prior to the meeting's start. 

Members

Arts Commissioners are appointed by the mayor and City Council to no more than two consecutive terms of four years. Terms expire on May 31 of the final year of the term. Commissioners appointed to fill partial terms of less than two years are eligible to serve for an additional two full terms.

Councilmember John Stokes is City Council liaison to the Arts Commission.