{"id":58323,"date":"2020-02-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/arts-campus-project-asks-for-city-funds\/"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T21:00:00","slug":"arts-campus-project-asks-for-city-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/arts-campus-project-asks-for-city-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts campus project asks for city funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sealaska Heritage Institute wants to build an arts campus downtown, and the private nonprofit wants financial support from the city to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Rosita Worl, SHI president, presented information about the project to the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly Committee of the Whole Monday. It&rsquo;s currently planned to be built in the Sealaska parking lot, and Worl requested $1.5 million in support over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We at Sealaska Heritage Institute are grateful to the city and the borough for your continued partnership, your leadership and commitment to artistic growth and collaboration,&rdquo; Worl said. &ldquo;Together we can continue to build the foundation for Juneau to become the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/opinion\/juneau-as-the-northwest-coast-art-capital-why-it-should-matter-to-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northwest Coast arts capital of the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/opinion\/juneau-as-the-northwest-coast-art-capital-why-it-should-matter-to-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">world<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><ins>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/new-downtown-arts-campus-could-break-ground-by-june-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SHI receives federal grant for planned arts campus<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, Worl said it did not matter how much of the $1.5 million was shared each year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However the city can work it out,&rdquo; Worl said.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Beth Weldon said the matter would be moved to the finance committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus is planned to be a 6,000-square-foot project with both indoor and outdoor space for artists, according to Worl&rsquo;s presentation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"DC-embed DC-embed-page\" data-version=\"1.1\">\n<div style=\"font-size:10pt;line-height:14pt;\">\n    Page 3 of <a class=\"DC-embed-resource\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6774051-2020-02-10-Sealaska-Heritage-Institute.html#document\/p3\" title=\"View entire 2020 02 10 Sealaska Heritage Institute Presentation on DocumentCloud in new window or tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 02 10 Sealaska Heritage Institute Presentation<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6774051\/pages\/2020-02-10-Sealaska-Heritage-Institute-p3-normal.gif?1581455044\" srcset=\"\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6774051\/pages\/2020-02-10-Sealaska-Heritage-Institute-p3-normal.gif?1581455044 700w, \/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6774051\/pages\/2020-02-10-Sealaska-Heritage-Institute-p3-large.gif?1581455044 1000w\" alt=\"Page 3 of 2020 02 10 Sealaska Heritage Institute Presentation\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0.5em 0;border:1px solid #ccc;-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;box-sizing:border-box;clear:both\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:8pt;line-height:12pt;text-align:center\">\n    Contributed to<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/\" title=\"Go to DocumentCloud in new window or tab\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight:700;font-family:Gotham,inherit,sans-serif;color:inherit;text-decoration:none\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DocumentCloud<\/a> by<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/public\/search\/Account:23743-ben-hohenstatt\" title=\"View documents contributed to DocumentCloud by Ben Hohenstatt in new window or tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Hohenstatt<\/a> of<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/public\/search\/Group:juneau-empire\" title=\"View documents contributed to DocumentCloud by Juneau Empire in new window or tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juneau Empire<\/a> &bull;<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6774051-2020-02-10-Sealaska-Heritage-Institute.html#document\/p3\" title=\"View entire 2020 02 10 Sealaska Heritage Institute Presentation on DocumentCloud in new window or tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View document<\/a> or<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6774051\/pages\/2020-02-10-Sealaska-Heritage-Institute-p3.txt\" title=\"Read the text of page 3 of 2020 02 10 Sealaska Heritage Institute Presentation on DocumentCloud in new window or tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read text<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/assets.documentcloud.org\/embed\/loader\/enhance.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The project would include an underground parking lot, which would offset the loss of parking that currently exists above ground. The plans also call for nine new surface parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly member Greg Smith said it would make the Assembly&rsquo;s job easier if the underground parking was accessible to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Worl said it was something that would be looked at.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly member Wade Bryson asked how the property would be secured in its off hours.<\/p>\n<p>Worl said SHI currently has cameras places all around the Walter Soboleff Building and works closely with the Juneau Police Department. Additionally, she said more security measures are being considered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Including the placement of security guards around our facilities,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to cost a total of $12.75 million, and Worl said it is about 80% funded. Last year, it was announced SHI received a $5.6 million federal grant for the project. Other grants and donations account for the other funding the project has received.<\/p>\n<p>Worl said a ceremonial groundbreaking is planned to take place during Celebration 2020, the every-other-year celebration of Southeast Alaska Native culture and art that will take place in early June.<\/p>\n<p>If the Assembly ultimately approves the funding, it wouldn&rsquo;t be the first time CBJ helped fund an SHI project. In 2012, the city OK&rsquo;d $3 million in funding for the $20 million construction of the Walter Soboleff Building.<\/p>\n<p>Worl said after the meeting while SHI is not a public entity, the Walter Soboleff Building is the site of many open-to-the-public events, and there has been collaboration with other Juneau organizations to hold events in the building.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Worl touted SHI&rsquo;s financial impact on Juneau and support of local education. A McDowell Group study previously found in 2018 SHI added $9.2 million to the capital city&rsquo;s economy and $10.4 million to the state economy.<\/p>\n<p><ins>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/sealaska-heritage-institute-means-millions-of-dollars-to-juneau-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SHI means millions to Juneau, study finds<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n<p>Worl said the project would also help SHI work to further establish two-year and four-year Northwest Coast arts certificates and degrees with University of Alaska Southeast and the Institute of American Indian Arts and help with other goals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will offer a space where the public can learn about Alaska Native and Northwest Coast cultures and enhance cross-cultural understanding,&rdquo; Worl said, &ldquo;and also establish Juneau as the Northwest Coast arts capital and an economic engine for the region.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will the city support it? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":474,"featured_media":58324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[185,74,75],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-58323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news","tag-alaska-natives","tag-arts-and-culture","tag-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/474"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58323"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=58323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}