Washington Administrative Code › Title 30 - Arts Commission › Chapter 30-02 - Definitions › Section 30-02-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions shall apply throughout Title 30
				WAC:
"Accession" means to formally acquire a work of art for the
				state art collection, including the action of assigning an accession or control
				number to the work of art.
"Appeal procedure" means the procedure as established in WAC
				30-12-036 (Request for review of denied applications) whereby an applicant may
				request a review of a denied application.
"Application form" means printed, electronic, or web-based
				forms created and published by staff and used by the public to apply to
				commission program applications.
"Application guidelines" means the published document that
				provides the public with information on how to apply for commission programs,
				including eligibility requirements, review criteria used to evaluate and score
				applications, deadlines, timelines, and information on the appeal procedure.
				Published in print and/or electronic format, guidelines are accessible through
				the commission's website.
"Art advisory committee" means a committee formed by staff and
				a partner agency to develop plans and overall project specifications, and to
				make funding allocation decisions related to the state art collection.
"Art in public places program" means the visual art program of
				the commission established by the legislature in RCW    43.46.090 to acquire works
				of art and to develop, administer, and manage the state art collection.
"Art selection committee" means a committee formed by a partner
				agency, and approved by staff, to review and select artists to create works of
				art for the state art collection, or to review and select works of art for or
				from the state art collection, through a process facilitated by staff.
"Artistic disciplines" means dance, design, folk and
				traditional arts, media arts, music, literature, theater, visual arts, and
				interdisciplinary arts.
"Artistic excellence" means evidence of some or all of the
				following: Mastery of skills and techniques, communication of unique vision or
				perspective, professional approaches to process and presentation. Additionally,
				for groups and organizations, includes the contribution the artistic work(s)
				make to the development of the artists involved, the art form and the arts
				generally; or for services delivered, the contribution the services make to the
				development of a vibrant arts and cultural community in the state.
"Arts professional" means an individual who has professional
				work experience in the arts or an arts-related field.
"Board" means the board of commissioners, consisting of
				nineteen members appointed by the governor and four members of the legislature
				appointed to the Washington state arts commission pursuant to RCW
				   43.46.015.
"Chair" means the chair of the board, elected pursuant to WAC
				30-08-050 and fulfilling duties as established in Title 30 WAC.
"Collections management" means the ongoing care, preservation,
				and maintenance of the state art collection, including activities such as the
				management of conservation, restoration, deaccession, documentation, inventory,
				labeling, loans, and resiting of works of art.
"Commission" means the collective entity of the Washington
				state arts commission, including the board, executive director, and
				staff.
"Commissioner" means an individual appointed to the board of
				the Washington state arts commission.
"Conservation" means treatment of malfunctioning or damaged
				works of art for the purpose of bringing them to a stable condition so that
				future routine and special maintenance can be effective. Conservation-related
				activities may also include examination and documentation.
"Creative district" means a land area designated by a local
				government or other entity as approved, in accordance with RCW    43.46.105 that
				contains either a hub of cultural facilities, creative industries, or
				arts-related businesses, or multiple vacant properties in close proximity that
				would be suitable for redevelopment as a creative district.
"Curator" means a qualified visual arts professional with past
				curatorial experience selected to recommend works of art for acquisition to the
				state art collection.
"Deaccession" means board action to remove an accessioned work
				of art from the state art collection.
"Disability" is defined in RCW    49.60.040(7).
"Eligibility requirements" means published standards and/or
				minimum required qualifications which applicants and/or applications must meet
				in order for their application to be considered by the panel.
"Executive director" means that person employed pursuant to RCW
				   43.46.045 to carry out the functions of that chapter and Title 30 WAC.
"Grant" means a contract between the commission and an
				organization or individual, for arts or cultural services, awarded through a
				competitive application process and approved or ratified by the board.
"Inventory" means a periodic survey of the physical state and
				current location of works of art in the state art collection.
"Local government" means a local governing body, city, county,
				town, municipal county, tribal government, or other entity as approved.
"Nonprofit" means incorporation under the nonprofit laws of the
				state of Washington or another state, and determination by the Internal Revenue
				Service (IRS) that the incorporated entity is exempt from taxation under
				Section 501 (c)(3) of the IRS code.
"Panel" means a group of individuals convened by staff to
				review applications or nominations using published review criteria, and make
				recommendations to the board or executive director.
"Partner agency" means a state agency, K-12 public school,
				university, college, community or technical college, or other public entity
				working with the art in public places program.
"Pilot program" means a limited scale, flexible program that
				evaluates administrative needs and costs, adverse and favorable events, and
				improves upon the design prior to launch of a full program or integration of
				pilot into an existing program.
"Professional artist" means an individual who has a history of
				paid work as an artist.
"Public artist roster" means the board approved list of
				professional artists eligible to create visual works of art for the state art
				collection.
"Public benefit" means project outcomes that have an impact on
				a community, including some or all of the following: Broadening access to the
				arts or expanding and diversifying audiences for the arts; improving artistic,
				cultural, educational, or economic development within a community; and/or
				supporting specific community goals such as health and wellness, public safety,
				civic discourse, or other quality of life measures.
"Regional arts service organization" means an organization in
				one Washington state arts commission's defined region that provides
				professional development services to arts professionals from three counties in
				the defined region and designates a percentage of the organization's operating
				budget, as defined by program guidelines, to professional development
				services.
"Regions" means an area of the state of Washington comprised of
				specific fixed counties and physically defined by the geographic boundaries of
				the counties contained. The Washington state arts commission has defined four
				regions: N.W. Region (7 counties), S.W. Region (12 counties), Central Region (8
				counties), and Eastern Region (12 counties).
"Resiting" means the relocation of a work of art in the state
				art collection within the jurisdiction of a partner agency or between partner
				agencies.
"Restoration" means treatment that returns a malfunctioning or
				damaged work of art to a known or assumed state, often through the addition of
				nonoriginal material.
"Review criteria" means the standards used by panels to
				evaluate and score applications or nominations.
"Roster" means a list of approved arts professionals who have
				the skills and experience to address the needs of a specific commission
				program.
"Routine maintenance" means a regular procedure to preserve a
				work of art in the state art collection in proper condition: Clean,
				presentable, and in working order.
"Site responsive" means created, planned, or intended for a
				particular site. A site responsive work of art addresses both the physical
				characteristics of its location and the context of the community in which it is
				situated.
"Special maintenance" means anticipated but infrequent
				activities required to maintain aesthetic and/or structural aspects of the
				works of art in the state art collection, including integrity of the overall
				surface and/or individual elements.
"Staff" means employees of the Washington state arts
				commission, under the direction of the executive director, pursuant to RCW
				   43.46.045, employed to carry out the functions of that chapter, and Title 30
				WAC.
"State art collection" means all works of art and select design
				models commissioned or purchased under RCW    43.17.200, 28A.58.055, 28A.335.210,
				43.46.090, and 43.19.-455.
"State-certified creative district" means a creative district
				whose application for certification has been approved by the commission.
"Statewide arts service organization" means an organization in
				one Washington state arts commission's defined region that provides
				professional development services to arts professionals in ten or more
				Washington state counties. Statewide arts service organizations do not perform,
				produce, preserve, present, or teach art. An arts service organization's
				primary programming is providing professional development services to arts
				professionals in Washington state.
"Teaching artist" means a professional artist who is dedicated
				to arts education as an integral part of their professional practice, and who
				has cultivated skills as an educator in concert with skills as an
				artist.
"Under-resourced" means a lack of access to specialized,
				professional, financial, or institutional expertise and communal knowledge,
				and/or working with neglected or dated infrastructures and limited or absent
				assets and resources resulting in lack of recognition, competitiveness, and
				cyclical absent or diminished funding.
"Underserved" means populations whose opportunities to
				experience the arts are limited by geography, historical exclusion and
				marginalization due to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity,
				economics, disability, or other social or institutionally imposed
				barriers.
"Washington state arts commission" means the collective entity
				of the Washington state arts commission, including the board and
				staff.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.46 RCW. 10-23-102, §
										30-02-010, filed 11/16/10, effective 12/17/10. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.46.040. 95-15-040, §
										30-02-010, filed 7/12/95, effective 8/12/95.