Emerald City Music
Founded in 2015 and serving Seattle, Olympia, and Bellingham, WA, Emerald City Music has been deemed “the beacon for the casual-classical movement” (City Arts). In addition to hosting world-renowned musicians for eclectic, intimate, and vibrant classical chamber music experiences, Emerald City Music’s wide-ranging partners in connecting younger adults to classical music and making traditional arts more community-centered include hospitals, youth orchestras, and schools.

Hilltop Artists
Based in Tacoma, WA, Hilltop Artists uses glass arts to connect young people from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds to better futures. They serve over 650 students a year through their programming, provide tuition-free glass instruction to youth who may face significant obstacles to success, and provide critical outreach services supporting students and their families.

LANGSTON
LANGSTON cultivates Black brilliance through their programming, presenting works, and fostering community partnerships that center Black art, artists, and audiences while ArtsFund News 7.01.20 page 2 honoring the ongoing legacy of Seattle’s Black Central Area. Overseeing the historic Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, LANGSTON is a cultural gathering space and a hub for Black arts and culture, housing gatherings, classes, performances, community meetings, and more.

Path with Art
Path with Art transforms the lives of people recovering from homelessness, addiction, and other trauma by harnessing the power of creative engagement as a bridge to community and a path to stability. Working out of Pioneer Square and partnering with arts and social service organizations throughout the region, Path with Art also offers programs connecting the broader community with their students and their work.

Seattle Art Museum
With three locations in downtown Seattle and wide-ranging collections, installations, special exhibitions, and programs, Seattle Art Museum builds bridges between cultures and centuries. Openly committed to promoting racial equity, Seattle Art Museum is thinking critically about the role art plays in empowering social justice and structural change.