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    BelRed Arts District

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    Image of Christian Moeller’s “Nails” sculpture. Brightly painted, and large-scale nails reach toward the sky next to Sound Transit’s Link light rail base in BelRed.

    The BelRed Arts District was first designated as an Arts Village as part of the 2009 BelRed Land Use Code Update that transformed the vision for BelRed from a light-industrial and commercial area into a mixed-use, dense, urban district. The original designation was a point on a map near 136th Avenue Northeast and Spring Boulevard that represented the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Francia Russell Center's original location, which has since been relocated next door.

    Currently, BelRed has a wide array of arts organizations, businesses, artists and makers working across the district. The City of Bellevue is committed to further envisioning the arts district and building on past studies and outreach to cement the district within Bellevue's changing urban fabric. 

    The BelRed Arts District currently is facing significant changes and is therefore at the forefront of many city-led efforts to bring attention to the district and help the community shape its future. Below is a list of projects, plans, and resources to learn more about these efforts and how to stay involved.

    BelRed Arts District mailing list - If you would like to stay involved in future work around the BelRed Arts District, please email Manette Stamm, mstamm@bellevuewa.gov.

    Studies and Research

    Studies and Research

    The BelRed Arts District has been heavily studied and researched by both the City and other organizations over the past twenty years. Below are various reports, studies and plans that look at the Arts District. Following this tab are two other important reports, the BelRed Arts District Implementation Plan and the Creative Consultancies project. 

    2009 BelRed Subarea Plan
    2010 BRINC: The BelRed Incubator (UW Commercial Real Estate Capstone Study)
    2011 Art and Technology Incubation for Technology Creatives: A Questionnaire St…
    2014 Fostering A Community of Innovation in the Pacific Northwest (Microsoft Re…
    2017 Artspace Preliminary Feasibility Study
    2018 Creative Economy Study
    2020 Economic Development Plan
    2022 BelRed Streetscape Plan
    2022 Artspace Arts Market Study
    2022 Artspace Creative Space Needs Survey - Technical Report

    BelRed Arts District Implementation Plan

    BelRed Arts District Implementation Plan

    In 2022 the City hired consultant Ambergris Project to build off the 4Culture Creative Consultancies Project and create a five-year implementation plan. This plan will utilize policies and research compiled to date to bring the Arts District to life.

    Read the full report here

    4Culture Creative Consultancies Project

    4Culture Creative Consultancies Project

    With a generous grant from 4Culture in 2020, the City of Bellevue hired artist Katie Miller to help research and conduct outreach for the BelRed Arts District. Miller studied the BelRed area, other arts districts and developed a series of research areas that resulted in a report. This report also included results from stakeholder outreach and a survey that collected vital feedback from residents, community members, and stakeholders. These findings will help guide the City in creating an Action Plan that will respond to the needs and create a vision for the district's future.

    Read the full report here

    BelRed Mural Program

    BelRed Mural Program

    Coming soon!

    Utility Box Wraps Program

    Utility Box Wraps Program

    This program is a multi-year project to cover utility and signal boxes in Bellevue. The program began by covering utility boxes in BelRed with artworks from local Eastside-based artists.

    Learn more about the program here

    Arts and Culture

    Manette Stamm
    Arts Program Analyst 

    Telephone
    425-452-4064
    Email
    mstamm@bellevuewa.gov
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