The Arts 4Culture Advisory Committee continues the 35-year legacy and guiding principles of the King County Arts Commission. This committee oversees the development of policies and priorities for the arts program and advises the 4Culture Board of Directors on issues relating to the region's arts organizations, local arts agencies, individual artists, arts educators, and service providers in all arts disciplines in all communities of King County. Members are nominated to the Board by 4Culture's Executive Director and serve for two three-year terms. The committee meets monthly to establish and review procedures for the arts granting programs and to identify regional priorities or initiatives on behalf of our Northwest community.
The Arts Advisory Committee meets regularly on the second Tuesday of each month from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the offices of 4Culture unless otherwise posted.
Ronda Billerbeck is the Cultural Programs Manager for the City of Kent. She oversees the Kent Arts Commission and their activities including an active performing arts program, community events, granting programs, a variety of publications and the City's Public Art Program and collection. She developed Kent's Spotlight Series of performing arts events, a season of professional performances and increased attendance by 66%. Ronda has served as President of Arts Northwest and is currently Advocacy and Lobbying Chair for the Washington State Arts Alliance. She is a founding member of the South King County Cultural Coalition and an active member of Western Arts Alliance, Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Americans for the Arts and the King County consortium of Local Arts Agencies. In 2004, she completed a Senior Management Fellowship at Americans for the Arts in Washington D.C.
Shelley Brittingham is an Assistant Director with the City of Bellevue Parks & Community Services Department and a former Recreation Coordinator for the King County Parks & Recreation Division. She has a dance background and extensive experience conducting arts programs for all ages through parks & recreation, afterschool programs and the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County. She has presented at national and local conferences on school age/youth care issues. Shelley is a Burien resident and also serves on the Burien Arts Commission.
Josh LaBelle is the Executive Director of the Seattle Theatre Group which operates the Paramount and Moore Theatres in Seattle. He spent four years with the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles, and eventually worked as an assistant booking concerts in the Music Division. He spent several years as a professional musician, performing and recording, primarily with T-Bone Burnett & Sam Philllips. Josh is also on the boards of the Washington State Arts Alliance Foundation and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.
Dan Mayer is the interim Executive Director for the Kirkland Performance Center where he has served as Associate Director for the past two years. Dan has an extensive history of non-profit arts experience in King County, as a free-lance planning consultant providing crisis and transition management for a number of arts organizations including On the Boards, Empty Space, Spectrum Dance Theatre, Photographic Center Northwest, The Jewish Film Festival, and nationally with the National Performance Network, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in New York and Chicago, and Arts International.
Eduardo Mendonca is a resident of Renton and native of Brazil. He is a professional composer/musician and Director of Show Brazil Productions, a local Brazilian music and dance group well known throughout King County at numerous fairs and festivals. Eduardo is also the Co-Founder and Director for BrasilFest, an annual ethnic festival held at Seattle Center. He is a voting member of The Recording Academy (Grammy and Latin Grammy). Eduardo's street performance has been a part of 4Culture's Site Specific Program and he has served on several of 4Culture's peer review panels.
Latha P. Sambamurti serves on the Redmond Arts Commission as Chair of Community Programming. She is a teacher/lecturer on Indian art and a professionally trained vocalist and performer of classical Carnatic (southern Indian) music with a number of solo and ensemble performances here in the Northwest, Canada and India. She has formed bands with musicians in the Seattle area and in Vancouver, BC and given performances of popular (film) songs from India. In addition, she has written, directed and choreographed numerous productions for children based on the heritage and culture of her native India.
Stephanie Scopelitis is the Outreach Coordinator for Pacific Northwest Ballet and has broad experience in both dance and education. She has danced professionally with the Murray Louis Dance Company and Nikolais Dance Theater and she has taught dance in several universities including The University of Washington. She has served on the faculty at Butler University's Fine Arts Department and the Education Department at the Indiana University/Purdue University campus. She has received numerous grants and fellowships to support her continuing research with classroom teachers to collaborate in the design and implementation of programs that use dance to enhance writing skills. She has presented at conferences and educator workshops throughout the country. Stephanie has been recognized by Young Audiences of Indiana for her influential work in the arts and education.
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