THANKS & SUPPORT


RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS


Thank you to the individuals who have generously shared their knowledge and perspectives with student researchers for the Arts Ecosystem Research Project.


2018 Survey Participants
  • Kathleen Alcala
  • Sharon Arnold
  • Melinda Bargreen
  • Misha Berson
  • Cath Bruner
  • Cassie Chin
  • Sue Coliton
  • Paul de Barros
  • Stuart Dempster
  • Bret Fetzer
  • Lisa Fitzhugh
  • Irene Gomez
  • Pat Graney
  • Jen Graves
  • Nancy Guppy
  • Marga Rose Hancock
  • Robin Held
  • Kathy Hsieh
  • Kevin Hughes
  • Megan Jasper
  • Barbara Johns
  • Matthew Kangas
  • Bea Kiyohara
  • Greg Kucera
  • Josh LaBelle
  • Wade Madsen
  • Tom Mara
  • Frances McCue
  • Ben Moore
  • Irene Namkung Ullman
  • Jim Olson
  • Chris Ozubko
  • Tommer Peterson
  • Charlie Rathbun
  • Matt Richter
  • Norie Sato
  • Michael Siewerath
  • Marcie Sillman
  • Steve Sneed
  • Ellen Sollod
  • George Suyama
  • Sergei Tschernisch
  • Kris Tucker
  • Deb Twersky
  • Jamie Walker
  • Robert Yoder
  • Jane Zalutsky


  • 2018 Interview Participants
  • Juan Alonso
  • Virginia Anderson
  • Richard Andrews
  • Dave Beck
  • David Brewster
  • Donald Byrd
  • Valerie Curtis-Newton
  • Barbara Earl Thomas
  • Stephanie Ellis-Smith
  • Anne Focke
  • Leonard Garfield
  • Dwight Gee
  • John Gilbreath
  • James Keblas
  • Jim Kelly
  • Norm Langill
  • Jim McDonald
  • Fidelma McGinn
  • Mary Ann Peters
  • Vivian Phillips
  • Larry Reid
  • Franca Russell
  • Pam Schell
  • Rick Simonson
  • Kent Stowell
  • Susan Trapnell
  • Mayumi Tsutakawa
  • Andrea Wagner


  • 2019 Interview Participants
  • Paul de Barros
  • Kurt Beattie
  • Karen Bystrom
  • Manuel Cawaling
  • Monique Courcy
  • Sam Davidson
  • Sheila Farr
  • Lorna Kneeland
  • Greg Kucera
  • Stina Lotti
  • Charlene Mano-Chen
  • Jim McDonald
  • Dale Merrill
  • Ben Moore
  • Jacqueline Moscou
  • Carol (Evans) Munro
  • Scott Nagel
  • Mary Ann Peters
  • Beth Raas-Bergquist
  • Norie Sato
  • Francine Seders
  • Beth Sellars
  • Tricia Stromberg
  • Barbara Earl Thomas
  • Judith Whetzel
  • Maureen “Mo” Willhelm


  • 2020 Interview Participants
  • Brian Carter
  • Manny Cawaling
  • Karen Bystrom
  • Manuel Cawaling
  • Ron Chew
  • Cassie Chinn
  • Heather Dwyer
  • Roxanne Hornbeck
  • Jordan Howland
  • Kathy Hsieh
  • Jim Kelly
  • Leilani Lewis
  • Tom Mara
  • Vivian Phillips
  • Charlie Rathbun
  • Steve Sneed
  • Michael Tulee
  • Andrea Wagner
  • Ken Workman


  • 2021 Interview Participants
  • Kurt Beattie
  • Manny Cawaling
  • Valerie Curtis-Newton
  • Priya Frank
  • Bradley Gunn
  • Jeffrey Herrmann
  • Kathy Hsieh
  • Reginald A. Jackson
  • Elisheba Johnson
  • Bea Kiyohara
  • Tina Lee
  • Margie Livingston
  • Benjamin Moore
  • Wendy Pautz
  • Vivian Phillips
  • Cathryn Vandenbrink
  • Patti West
  • Ellen Ziegler


  • 2021 BIPOC Research Initiative Participants
  • Catalina Cantu
  • Manny Cawaling
  • Tee Denard
  • Stephanie Ellis-Smith
  • Roger Fernandes
  • Kathy Hsieh
  • Elisheba Johnson
  • King Khazm
  • Doreen Mitchum
  • Kibibi Monie
  • Terry Morgan
  • Adrian Olivas
  • Vivian Phillips, Facilitator
  • Tracy Rector
  • Yutaka Sasaki
  • Tazue Sasaki
  • Sheree Seretse
  • Steve Sneed
  • Mayumi Tsutakawa
  • Inye Wokoma


  • FUNDERS AND SUPPORTERS


  • Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
  • 4 Culture
  • Museum of History and Industry
  • Seattle Public Library Special Collections
  • Robin Oppenheimer, research and editing
  • Susan Kunimatsu, editing


  • Individual Donors

  • Felipe Anaya
  • Claudia Bach
  • Jim Kelly
  • Kevin Maifeld
  • Ashley Marshall
  • Mary Ann Peters
  • Norie Sato
  • Margaret Silver
  • Steve Sneed
  • Annette de Soto
  • Shannon Welles