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Allied Arts of Seattle
Allied Arts of Seattle is a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington, USA. The organization advocates for public funding of the arts, better urban planning and architecture, and other civic improvements.〔Walt Crowley, (Allied Arts of Seattle ), HistoryLink, February 2, 1999. Accessed 21 October 2008.〕 The organization claims to be the "oldest non-profit organization in Seattle dedicated to urban livability",〔(What Is Allied Arts? ) Accessed 21 October 2008.〕 but, in any case, at 50+ years old is certainly a venerable organization by the standards of a city barely older than 150 years It was a major force in establishing the Seattle Arts Commission, creating Seattle Center on the grounds of the Century 21 Exposition (1962 world's fair) and preserving historical landmarks and neighborhoods, particularly Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market, as well as defeating the 2012 Seattle Olympic bid.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Seattle News and Events - News )〕
==Early history==
Allied Arts grew out of the Beer & Culture Society organized in early 1952 by University of Washington drama professor John Ashby Conway.〔 Other early members were U.W. professors Lloyd Schram, Robert Dietz, and Norman J. Johnston, assistant Seattle Art Museum director Sherman Lee, and architect John Stewart Detlie. On October 3, 1954, the Beer & Culture Society convened a "Congress" of the Arts that established Allied Arts as a permanent organization. Detlie became its first president. A second Congress in 1955 led to formal incorporation. By 1956, Allied Arts represented 57 local arts organizations and 55 artists and activists, including Kenneth Callahan, George Tsutakawa, and Lucile Saunders McDonald.〔
The new group convinced the city to create an advisory Municipal Art Commission. The Commission, created August 1, 1955 published a master plan on June 23, 1956, which reads like a list of what would occur in Seattle over the next few decades. They proposed dedicating 2 percent of city capital funds to purchase art works (which in 1973 became One Percent for Art); establishing an annual city arts festival (Bumbershoot, established 1971〔(Bumbershoot History ), official Bumbershoot site. Accessed online 21 October 2008.〕); hosting a world's fair (the Century 21 Exposition, 1962〔''Official Guide Book'', Century 21 Exposition, 1962.〕); public funding for the Seattle Symphony; creating opera and ballet companies (the Seattle Opera, founded 1963,〔(Company history ), Seattle Opera official site. Accessed online 21 October 2008.〕 and Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet, founded 1972 as Pacific Northwest Dance Association, are now among the leading institutions of their kind in the country〔Cori Ellison, (MUSIC; In Seattle, Wagner's Stock, At Least, Continues To Rise ), ''New York Times'', July 29, 2001. Accessed online 22 October 2008.〕〔Gia Kourlas, (In Seattle, Two New Tharp Ballets Ponder Tradition and Loss ), ''New York Times'', September 28, 2008. Accessed online 22 October 2008.〕); burying public utility lines; preserving historic landmarks; and planting street trees. The group also campaigned for a State Arts Commission (founded 1961). Their proposal to prohibit billboards met with lesser success (billboards in Seattle are now highly regulated, but not prohibited 〔(DCLU Director's Rule 2-95 ), Seattle Department of Construction and Land Use, April 3, 1995. Accessed online 22 October 2008.〕).〔
Allied Arts and the Arts Commission campaigned for a new civic center. Voter approval in November 1956 of a $7.5 million bond issue to upgrade the Civic Auditorium into an Opera House (later remodeled again as McCaw Hall proved to be the first step toward the creation of the grounds for the Century 21 Exposition, later site of Seattle Center. Robert J. Block emerged as a leader during this period. He later helped establish the arts funding group Allied Arts Foundation.〔
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