Organizations Filed Purposes:
Seattle Arts & Lectures champions the literary arts by engaging and inspiring readers and writers of all generations in the greater Puget Sound region.
Writers in the Schools (WITS): The Organization's award-winning language arts education program, dedicated to improving reading and writing in K-12 public schools through in-school residencies with local professional writers. WITS directly served approximately 5,001 students and 169 teachers at 32 public schools in the Seattle, Highline, Shoreline, Bellevue, Lake Washington, and Port Townsend school districts, as well as at Children's Hospital. Once schools shut down in March, writers continued to support schools online, through 37 asynchronous lesson plans, 6 paper form lessons, and 19 live video sessions shared without charge with teachers, students, and the community at large. The program also hosted the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate program in collaboration with Urban Word from NYC, mentoring a cohort of 8 writers and supporting Seattles Youth Poet Laureate in community-wide leadership, speaking opportunities, and the publication of their first book.
All Others: Poetry Series This series presents distinguished established and emerging poets for readings and conversations, including an online event with Rick Barot. These events reached 1,987 people. Women You Need to Know A three-part series featuring and celebrating women authors, artists, iconoclasts, and thinkers. The series reached 1,639 people during the year, and the final series event was postponed until Spring 2021. Journalism Series A three-part series which shines a spotlight on journalism and journalists and the importance of the free press. Created in partnership with National Book Award-winning writer and correspondent Timothy Egan and renowned journalist Sam Howe Verhovek. This series served 4,479 people, including SALs first ever online event with Elizabeth Kolbert. Hinge Hinge aims to increase relevancy and accessibility by featuring authors from and for the next generation via low-cost ticket options. Topics range from pop culture to social justice. The series reached 933 people during the year. Summer Book Bingo A free summer reading program for adults and kids, presented in partnership with the Seattle Public Library which this year was released early in response to community requests, and engaged readers from our region in reading almost 13,000 books in the summer of 2020.
Literary Arts Series: The Organization's hallmark program, the Literary Arts Series brings to Seattle leading cultural thinkers and writers of our time. 13,047 people attended the program during the year, including our online events with Luis Alberto Urrea, Carol Anderson, and Min Jin Lee.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Ruth Dickey | Executive Dir. | 40 | $129,690 |
| Jennifer Wong | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Andrea Voytko | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Tama Smith | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Steve Rummage | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Jenn St Claire | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Lindsay Mccomb | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Erika Dalya Massaquoi | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Mark Madsen | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Leilani Lewis | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Patricia Kiyono | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Jai Jaisimha | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Tim Griffith | Member | 4 | $0 |
| Wood Graham | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Debra Dahlen | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Patti Brooke | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Stesha Brandon | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Candace Barron-Heckman | Member | 2 | $0 |
| Nancy Tollefson | Secretary | 4 | $0 |
| Chuck Stempler | Treasurer | 4 | $0 |
| Lauri Conner | Vice President | 4 | $0 |
| Melanie Curtice | President | 4 | $0 |
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