Arts Commission

Above, left to right: Councilmember Owen Rowe, Council Liaison to the Arts Commission Ben Thomas, 2024 Patron of the Arts Tracy Grisman, and Mayor David Faber at the 2024 Angel and Patron of the Arts Awards.

CELEBRATING and supporting LOCAL ARTS SINCE 2001

The Port Townsend Arts Commission invites you to join us in celebrating this incredible arts community. Arts Commission meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 3:00 p.m., are open to the public and public comment is welcome. Grant funding is available to artists and organizations with PTAC funding over $20,000 projects, exhibitions, and performances each year. Learn more about the Arts Commission and get involved! Positions on the Commission are available as vacancies occur. Find details and an application link below. 

About the Port Townsend Arts Commission

Mission:
The Arts Commission facilitates public arts programs that enhance the cultural life of community residents.
 

Members

• Alexis Arrabito
• Joe Gillard  
• Dan Groussman
• Simon Lynge
• Cristina Silva
• Heidi Tullmann
• VACANT
• VACANT
• VACANT (Apply using the link at the bottom of this page)

Council Liaison

• Ben Thomas

Meetings
Arts Commission meetings occur on the first Thursday of each month at 3:00 p.m. All meetings held in City Council Chambers at Historic City Hall, 540 Water Street, are open to the public and public comment is welcome. All scheduled meetings can be found on the Meetings Calendar and meeting agendas and minutes in the records and documents directory. 

• Public comment can be submitted on the public comment submission form, by attending a meeting in-person or virtually and contributing public comment during the meeting, or by sending a public comment in the mail to City Hall, specifying "public comment for Arts Comission" directly on the document. 

About the Commission
The Arts Commission promotes and encourages public programs to further the development and public awareness of and interest in the arts, and acts in an advisory capacity to City Council in connection with the artistic and cultural development of the City. Members are selected based on their knowledge and expertise with respect to the performing, visual, and literary arts.

The Arts Commission manages the following programs:

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Curious about the ongoing work of the City's Arts Commission? Attend a meeting to find out more, consider an application to participate on the Commission, and contact the Arts Commission via email: artscomm@cityofpt.us