Arts Commission

Regular Meeting

Lynnwood, WA · December 11, 2025

Minutes

CITY OF LYNNWOOD ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES OCTOBER 21, 2025 6:30PM PHYSICAL LOCATION: Lynnwood Senior Center ONLINE: https://lynnwoodwa.zoom.us/j/93968503362 10. CALL TO ORDER at 6:36pm 20. ROLL CALL E Kalen Knowles X Joshua Binda, Council Liaison X Tiffany Grunzel, Vice Chair X Katie Zeitler, Secretary X Fred Wong, Arts, Cultural & Heritage Coordinator (ACHC) E Robert Gutcheck X Rhiannon Kruse, Chair X Lynn Hanson X Raniere 30. APPROVAL OF MINUTES T Grunzel moved; L Hanson seconded; September 16, 2025 minutes unanimously approved. 40. COMMISSIONER & AD HOC REPORTS • T Grunzel reported on the Night Hunt organized by Lynnwood Rocks on October 4. 50. CITIZEN COMMENTS - None 60. STAFF REPORT F Wong reported: • Veterans Day Ceremony is on November 11. • Veterans Art Exhibit is 11/3/25-12/8/25. 70. BUSINESS ITEM 70.1 Community Justice Center Murals – update AC feels good about the revised designs for Programming Room & Mental Health Room. Staff has ordered sound proofing panels for the latter. 70.2 Signal Box – Snohomish Tribe - update The boxes are wrapped. Staff with check with the Snohomish Tribe on ribbon cutting date. 70.3 Brazen Bradazzle Reception – Recap It was not well attended, probably because we were competing with the Mariners’ playoff game. We were happy to see returning artists. We’ll display bras at next Fair on 44th. 70.4 City Hall Gallery – space changes & 2026 call We will lose almost one-third of our gallery space next year due to the DBS counter, construction of which will begin on December 15, 2025. Glass Vase will move to opposite The public is invited to attend. Parking and meeting rooms are accessible for persons with disabilities. Contact the City at 670-5502 with 24-hours advance notice for special accommodations. wall under the TV. Our scheduled December 8 will be canceled. Staff will work on moving those 2 December artists to our 2026 applicant pool. In 2026, we’ll continue to have 2 artists per show. Staff will try to schedule 10 time slots for shows. Other exhibits will include Lynnwood Artists Show, Veterans Show, Brazen Bra-dazzle. 70.5 Digital mini art magazine • The magazine is planned to be digital and come out quarterly. • K Zeitler shared overview of draft lay-out. • Ideas: o Highlight different schools and student artists each quarter. o Forward to artists that have been involved in the gallery. o Put QR code on web to sign-up to receive the magazine. o One artist spotlight instead of three. • K Zeitler will send list of different tasks/needs for magazine to staff to share with Arts Commissioners for signing up. 70.6 2026 World Cup Art Project Staff plans to apply for a grant from Economic Alliance Snohomish County for a soccer ball art installation. We want 20 artists to be paid $200 each to decorate soccer balls that will be suspended from a trellis. 70.7 The Art of Food & Wine We brainstormed location ideas besides BMW dealership: Edmonds College, Mercedes dealership, Lynnwood Neighborhood Center. 70.8 Parklet / Art Festival Weekend / Fair on 44th Staff briefed AC on possible changes to Fair on 44th, which will have less of a health & safety focus. New additions include an Art Zone and allowing vendors to sell things. A mini art festival that will charge $50 for an artist to participate (about 20 artists). 80. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT Council is tackling the budget deficit to balance the budget, which includes cuts and increasing revenues. 90. FUTURE BUSINESS • Paint & Sip, Gingerbread event. Admission price is food or monetary donations for the Lynnwood Food Bank 100. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:15pm. The public is invited to attend. Parking and meeting rooms are accessible for persons with disabilities. Contact the City at 670-5502 with 24-hours advance notice for special accommodations.

Agenda

CITY OF LYNNWOOD ARTS COMMISSION AGENDA OCTOBER 21, 2025 6:30PM PHYSICAL LOCATION: Lynnwood Senior Center ONLINE: https://lynnwoodwa.zoom.us/j/93968503362 10. CALL TO ORDER / RECORDING 20. ROLL CALL Kalen Knowles Joshua Binda, Council Liaison Tiffany Grunzel, Vice Chair Katie Zeitler, Secretary Fred Wong, Arts, Culture & Heritage Coord (ACH) Robert Gutcheck Marielle Harrington, Healthy Communities Supervisor Rhiannon Kruse, Chair Lynn Hanson Raniere 30. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 16, 2025 40. COMMISSIONER & AD HOC REPORTS 50. CITIZEN COMMENTS 60. STAFF REPORT 70. BUSINESS ITEMS 70.1 Community Justice Center Murals – update 5 min 70.2 Signal Box – Snohomish Tribe - update 5 min 70.3 Brazen Bradazzle Reception – Recap 10 min 70.4 City Hall Gallery – space changes & 2026 call 10 min 70.5 Digital mini art magazine 10 min 70.6 2026 World Cup Art Project 10 min 70.7 The Art of Food & Wine 5 min 70.8 Parklet / Art Festival Weekend / Fair on 44th 10 min 80. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT / COMMENTS 90. FUTURE BUSINESS 100. ADJOURNMENT Upcoming Meetings: November 18, 2025, Lynnwood Senior Center & ONLINE, 6:30-8:30pm The public is invited to attend. Parking and meeting rooms are accessible for persons with disabilities. Contact the City at 670-5502 with 24-hours advance notice for special accommodations. Land Acknowledgement: “We acknowledge that the City of Lynnwood is located on the traditional lands of the Snohomish Tribe and the confederation of Tulalip Tribes and their families. For generations, these Indigenous communities have lived on this land, and we recognize, support, and advocate alongside them. We also acknowledge the forced removal of Indigenous communities from their Homelands as a result of the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott. We understand that Land Acknowledgements are only the first step in our efforts to support Coast Salish tribes and educate non-Natives about their lived history. We strive to achieve this through building relationships with Indigenous communities, supporting Indigenous commerce, government-to-government partnerships, and lifting indigenous voices to create equity for all. Through these actions, we hope to not only pay respect to the past but also collaborate in creating a sustainable future, hand in hand with the first protectors of our shared environment”. Future Business Items and Events Calendar Revised 10/15/2025 MEETING DATE TIME ITEM LOCATION (2025) October 21 6:30 – 8:30pm Lynnwood Senior Center November 18 6:30 – 8:30pm Mayor’s visit Lynnwood Senior Center December 16 6:30 – 8:30pm Election of Officers, Mayor’s visit Lynnwood Senior Center October 16 5:30-7pm Brazen Bra-dazzle - ART RECEPTION Lynnwood City Hall Mountlake Terrace: A History of October 25 10am-11am Heritage Park Four Square Miles November 2 1-2pm Living Voices: Native Vision Heritage Park November 11 11am-12pm Veterans Day Ceremony Veterans Park November 30 12-3pm Cookies with Santa Heritage Park TBD 1-2pm Living Voices: Fly For Freedom Heritage Park future Art/Farmers Market 2026 TBD The Art of Food & Wine LINKS TO MORE EVENTS Galleries schedules City Hall Monday, 9:30AM Elissa Adelson 1/27/2025 Lindsey Bassett 1/27/2025 Dane Andrich 3/10/2025 Mo Brown 3/10/2025 LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER 4/21/2025 Lynnwood Artists Show 6/2/2025 Reception (June 26) Chandra Wu 7/14/2025 Kelly Lyles 7/14/2025 Fen Hsu 8/18/2025 Cathy Fields 8/18/2025 Brazen Bra-dazzle 9/29/2025 Bra Decorating (9/27/2025) Veterans Art Show 11/3/2025 Marcus Shriver 12/8/2025 Susan Akers-Smith 12/8/2025 Rec Center Monday, 9:30AM Lanxin Yan 1/6 (4pm) Mila Fong 2/24 Luna Alarcon 4/7 Evelyn Wu 5/14 (Wednesday) Ethan Wang 7/15/2025 (Tuesday) Joanna Qiao 8/25 Serena Qin 10/6 Teddy Qiao 11/17 CITY OF LYNNWOOD ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 7:00PM PHYSICAL LOCATION: Lynnwood Senior Center ONLINE: https://lynnwoodwa.zoom.us/j/93968503362 10. CALL TO ORDER at 7:08pm 20. ROLL CALL X Kalen Knowles Joshua Binda, Council Liaison X Tiffany Grunzel, Vice Chair X Katie Zeitler, Secretary X Fred Wong, Arts, Cultural & Heritage Coordinator (ACHC) X Robert Gutcheck X Rhiannon Kruse, Chair X Lynn Hanson X Raniere 30. APPROVAL OF MINUTES R Gutcheck moved; T Grunzel seconded; Augst 19, 2025 minutes unanimously approved. 40. COMMISSIONER & AD HOC REPORTS • L Hanson will be on the Edmonds Arts Studio Tour on September 20, 21. 50. CITIZEN COMMENTS - None 60. STAFF REPORT F Wong reported: • City departments are facing a 10% budget reduction. PRCA has laid off 2 full time people at the Senior Center. The City as a whole has laid off 9. Also many positions will go unfilled. • Sound Transit has developed procedures for outside groups to use Lynnwood Station, but all events must be sponsored by the City of Lynnwood. The city’s position is to be super selective in sponsoring events. Unfortunately, the Farmers/Art Market is not possible for 2026 due to budget. 70. BUSINESS ITEM 70.1 Fair on 44th - Recap All 15 2x4’s were drawn on (except 2 sides). Young artists were very excited about the fact that the 2x4s would be used to build homes. We’ll create a thank you letter for Dunn Lumber. 70.2 “Emergence” – old public art Artist would like the pieces to be disposed of. Raniere made a motion to kindly and politely dispose of pieces, L Hanson seconded. Motion carried. 70.3 Community Justice Center Murals – update The public is invited to attend. Parking and meeting rooms are accessible for persons with disabilities. Contact the City at 670-5502 with 24-hours advance notice for special accommodations. We discussed the design and soundproofing options, and gave feedback. 70.4 Signal Box – Snohomish Tribe - update Install should be this month. Ribbon Cutting will be scheduled after install is completed. 70.5 City Hall Gallery – space changes & 2026 call Call for artists has been posted for 2026. We’ll jury the applications in our November meeting. We’ll find out the space changes to city hall in mid-October. 70.6 Brazen Bradazzle Day – September 27 & Reception • Raniere has enough supplies. Still need power strips, table coverings, bras. • Raniere, Katie, Lynn and Tiffany will work on September 27. • Bras will be hung on September 29. Robert, Raniere and Rhiannon will help. • Staff will send out date options for reception. 70.7 The Art of Food & Wine No report. 70.8 Parklet / Art Festival Weekend No report. 80. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT None. 90. FUTURE BUSINESS K Zeitler suggested a digital mini art magazine for the Lynnwood Arts Commission. 100. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:30pm. The public is invited to attend. Parking and meeting rooms are accessible for persons with disabilities. Contact the City at 670-5502 with 24-hours advance notice for special accommodations. Staff Report (Program & Project Updates) DATE: October 15, 2025 TO: Arts Commission FROM: Fred Wong, Community Programs Coordinator Commission Member Recruitment No vacancy. Info and to apply here . Art Exhibits City Hall: Brazen Bradazzle is up. Reception is Oct 16. 2026 Calls have been posted. We were informed that we’ll lose gallery space in City Hall. Farmers/Art Market – Planning for 2025 and 2026 has stopped. Perrinvile • Summer Art Market (cannot find contact). Holiday Market seems to be no more. Palooza is not happening in 2025. CJC – Murals • All designs have been approved. Production in progress. Sound proofing to be ordered. Lynnwood Idol Booked May 31, 2026 for finals. Mall - sculptures • Working with staff on the future of the 5 pieces. City Budget • Currently at 10% reduction. Layoff notices have gone out. City of Edmonds suspended their Arts Commission. Signal Box Wrap Project • Snohomish Tribe Box: worked with Snohomish Tribe Chair Mike Evans and graphics designer Cynthia Campbell to create design. Location at 168th and 44th. Designer Trisha Jaross has formatted design for printing. Speedy Sign Center will print and install, probably in October. Ribbon cutting to be scheduled after install. • Future boxes: EdCC, South Lynnwood, Lund’s Gulch. www.DiscoverLynnwood.com New map is on the web. The Art of Food & Wine • Anticipated in 2026. 1