Art is an expression of who we are as individuals and who we are as a community.....

Port Townsend Art Commission Fund For Public Art

The arts are central to the people and spirit of Port Townsend and is quite simply what defines us as a community. The arts are an essential ingredient in guaranteeing our quality of life and ensuring the city remains a vibrant and engaging place to work, live and play.

The Port Townsend Arts Commission appreciates the arts as a core civic value as well as an economic development strategy. The arts are a communal investment in the cultural fabric that links both economic vitality and civic ideology.

The City of Port Townsend  “allocates 1% of the capitalized costs of eligible public construction projects for the creation or placement of artwork or works as part of the construction project.” The Port Townsend Arts Commission aspires to augment this allocation through its partnership with  the Jefferson County Community Foundation and gifts to the PTAC Fund for Public Art.

Currently, the City of Port Townsend has several public capital projects with related art works in process or in the planning phases.  Once funding has been secured, the search for public art will begin.

Through your tax-deductible donation to the Jefferson County Community Foundation and the PTAC Fund for Public Art you can help make public art projects like these--as well as future public art works--a community visible asset.

Take advantage of this opportunity for individual donors to support Port Townsend’s creative economy - what a way to honor the many past and present artists and visionaries who shape the Port Townsend arts scene. Let's realize our dream of Port Townsend  being a destination city for the arts.  You can lend a hand to realize that dream by sending your tax deductible contribution to JCCF - PTAC Fund for Public Art at PO Box 1955, Port Townsend, WA  98368. 

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How can I contribute?

Your tax deductible contribution can be made by cash, check, or transfer of stock. Give us a call and we will assist you!