Our Mission
The Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition is Seattle’s member-led non-profit organization for advancing the arts in Uptown. We strengthen and support an important network of people—artists and arts professionals, cultural organizations, businesses, neighborhood residents, civic leaders and policymakers —all working to increase the participation in and evolution of arts and culture in the Uptown neighborhood and across Seattle.
While we serve more than forty-five arts and cultural organizations, we also serve every Uptown resident, Seattleite, arts patron, and tourist by working diligently to bring the arts to all people through advocacy, relationship building and research.
OUR VALUES
The arts are essential to human and community vitality.
All people have a right to access to the arts.
Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaboration have the power to ignite creativity and create community.
A Message from the UACC Executive Committee
Dear Friends,
The past few years have been an exciting period of progress and growth for Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition. While the inaugural year focused on establishing the organization and its priorities, our work since then has emphasized UACC’s mission to advance the arts in Uptown.
High points include:
Completing the branding and identity project expanding UACC’s network, and advocacy work on behalf of the Uptown Arts District.
Initiating a joint Uptown Arts District marketing relationship with Seattle Center.
UACC co-sponsored a District 7 Seattle City Council Candidates’ Town Hall this July with Uptown Alliance.
Meeting with the other three City-designated arts districts to find ways to collectively advocate for the arts.
Collaboration with the Office of Housing and community engagement regarding the K Site.
Finalizing and adoption of our Bylaws.
Looking ahead, UACC will:
Continue to further cement relationships with our partners.
Expand into the community to find new opportunities to advance the arts.
Engage the entire Uptown community and businesses to bring art into the neighborhood through murals, co-branding opportunities and events.
We recognize that the work ahead requires hard work and a strong commitment to arts and culture. But, it’s also exciting work worth doing, and we invite you to join us. Please visit uacc.art to learn more about our efforts and how to get involved.
OUR members
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UACC 2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT
UACC 2017 ANNUAL REPORT
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The Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike