About FAC
The Fremont Arts Council believes that art is essential to community. And even further: that great art creates community itself – through stewardship, a sense of belonging, and collective participation.
Our vision is of a Seattle that’s a fun, interesting, and beautiful place to live, to work, and to visit. A city that’s for everyone - big or small, professional artist or beginner – to make great art in.
What We Do
We use creativity to build a stronger community. We believe in art as an integral part of everyday life. We promote diversity of viewpoints, backgrounds & art forms.
Fremont Solstice Parade and Festival
The Fremont Solstice Parade is the defining event of the Fremont Arts Council (FAC). We celebrate the longest day of the year through profound street theater, public spectacle, and a kaleidoscope of joyous human expression.
We welcome the participation of everyone. However, the FAC reserves the right to control the content presented in the Fremont Solstice Parade.
Our Principles
- We accept fiscal responsibility.
- We believe participation and equal access to power is essential.
- We honor integrity.
- We respect our work/play space and environment. Recycling is part of our art.
- We support growth that balances our resources, tradition and intent.
- We communicate effectively both internally and externally.
- We believe in each other’s goodwill and working together.
Our Goals
- To use consensus decision-making and information sharing, so as many people as possible can be involved in the creative process.
- The import other creative processes, art, and artists to bring a new perspective to our stew of creativity.
- To export our creative process, art, and artists to other communities to enrich their lives.
- To endorse personal responsibility and respectful behavior.
- To empower individuals to discover their creative abilities.
- To provide a structure that allows for the least amount of bureaucracy and the maximum amount of art making.
- To insure that these goals are always considered part of a living document, one to which anyone can propose changes.
The need for codifying our Principles and Values is to measure or filter any given Proposal that is made to the Committee Of the Whole (COW). In theory, any proposal made to the COW is passed, unless a concern prevents consensus.
We measure any concern that appears able to block consensus against these Principles and Values.
Board of Directors
- Balou DeLaRosa
- Maque DaVis
- Tom Hobson
- Ricky Gene Powell
- Barbara Luecke
- Rodman Miller
- Christie Wolf
- Jerry Smith
- Leslie Zenz
- Peter Toms
Officers
- President – Rodman Miller
- Vice President – Barbara Luecke
- Treasurer- Sonia Telesco
