ONE REEL

AT THE START OF 2024, ONE REEL'S BOARD RECOGNIZED THAT THE ORGANIZATION COULD NOT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT PUBLICDISPLAY.ART, THE PRINT PUBLICATION AND WEBSITE SERVING SEATTLE'S ARTISTS AND CREATIVE COMMUNITY. YET, THEY RECOGNIZED ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTOOD HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO FIND ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO TRANSFER THE PROGRAM AS ONE REEL PREPARED TO DISSOLVE ITS NON-PROFIT STATUS.PUBLICDISPLAY.ARTIN 2024, ONE REEL PUBLISHED THE FIRST TWO ISSUES OF PUBLICDISPLAY.ART. THE MARCH ISSUE CENTERED AROUND THE THEME "THE STATE OF THE ARTS" A LOCAL EXPLORATION OF HOW THE SEATTLE'S ARTS COMMUNITY WAS FARING IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD. IT INCLUDED IN-DEPTH ARTICLES WITH KING COUNTY'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOW CONSTANTINE, AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND FEATURED THE RESULTS OF THE PUBLICATIONS RECENT LOCAL ARTIST SURVEY AND THE ARTS ORGANIZATION SURVEY. MANY IN THE COMMUNITY CITED THIS ISSUE TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE ARTS THROUGH KING COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE. OUR JUNE 2024 ISSUE'S THEME, "PRIDE ON PUBLIC DISPLAY", FOCUSED ON CELEBRATING LGBTQIA+ ARTISTS.ONE REEL PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING ANOTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO TRANSFER THE PROGRAM PUBLICDISPLAY.ART AND ITS COMPANION WEBSITE, ENSURING THE PUBLICATION WOULD CONTINUE TO BE PUBLISHED FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS GUARANTEED.PRIDE ON PUBLIC DISPLAYIN ADDITION TO PUBLISHING A THEMED ISSUE THAT FOCUSED ON LGBTQIA+ LOCAL ARTISTS, ONE REEL WORKED WITH 6 SELECTED LGBTQIA+ ARTISTS TO CREATE A SERIES OF PRIDE THEMED POSTERS. THE ARTISTS WERE CELEBRATED IN A CEREMONY IN JUNE AND 6,000 COPIES OF THE POSTERS WERE PRINTED AND POSTED THROUGHOUT SEATTLE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TO PROMOTE LGBTQIA+ VISIBILITY AND IN CELEBRATION OF PRIDE.TIE-IN EVENTSIN ADDITION TO PRIDE ON PUBLIC DISPLAY, ONE REEL WORKED WITH 10 LOCAL ARTISTS TO CREATE A PUBLIC INSTALLATION IN APRIL OF THEIR ART AND HOSTED AN ARTIST RECEPTION FOR THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS.ADDITIONALLY, ONE REEL PARTNERED WITH THE CONRU ART FOUNDATION, THE NEWLY FORMED NON-PROFIT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE FUTURE PUBLISHERS OF PUBLICDISPLAY.ART, TO HOST AN EVENT FOR LOCAL CIVIC LEADERS AND ART NON-PROFITS TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE IMPORTANT CHANGES TO ONE REEL'S PROGRAMMING PLANS. AS SAD AS THE NEWS WAS THAT THE ONE REEL BOARD PREPARED TO FILE DOCUMENTS OF DISSOLUTION, THEY RECEIVED PRAISE FOR FINDING A NEW HOME FOR THEIR KEY PROGRAMMING INITIATIVE, PUBLICDISPLAY.ART.