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June 21, 2023

City of Seattle

Kayim

Following a national search, Mayor Bruce Harrell selected Gülgün Kayim to serve as director of the Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS). A multi-disciplinary artist and former Stanford Arts Institute Creative Cities Fellow with decades of experience in public art administration, Kayim will begin the new role with the city on July 19th. Coming from the city of Minneapolis, Kayim was the founding director of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, an office focused on powering Minneapolis’s economic and social growth through arts and cultural expression. Prior to that, she was an assistant director at the Archibald Bush Foundation where she managed the selection of artist fellows and supported the fellowship program. She was also the co-founder and co-artistic director of Skewed Visions, a Minneapolis-based performing arts organization. The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture manages the city’s public art program, cultural partnerships grant programs, ARTS at King Street Station, the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, and The Creative Advantage initiative. ARTS provides $3.7 million funding to arts and cultural organizations, artists, and creatives. In addition, the 1% for Art program invests more than $4 million annually in the public realm.




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