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Susanō Surface is Program Lead at King Street Station, an arts program directed by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. In response to Chung’s Facebook thread, they pointed to ARTS at King Street Station’s efforts to create an ethical model, developed through a lengthy process of community-based listening sessions. "We are servants of the public, we are tax-funded, it's the people's place," they explain. This public mandate is one that Surface has baked into the processes that govern ARTS at King Street Station. “When there was an opportunity to open a civic arts hub in a central location, the City needed to hear directly from the community. This process started in 2016. There were three public listening sessions for the whole community, and 16 focus groups that focused on communities of color. The Office of Arts & Culture tried to gather information about: what activities do you want to produce as a contributor, or experience as an audience member/attendee, here? Do you want to see visual arts? Music? Theater? Dance? Rentals? Something else?”

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i’ve been performing my whole life...

BREAKDOWN. Simone Leigh and Liz Magic Laser. 2011.