SPOKANE
VALLEY
HAS A THRIVING ARTS COMMUNITY
T
GAIL BONGIOVANNI
SPOKANE VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEMBER SINCE 2004
Gail is the Owner/Instructor of Gail’s
School of Dance in Spokane Valley since
1980. She joined the Spokane Valley
Arts Council Board of Directors in 2004
and serves as volunteer co-coordinator.
She is the President of the board of In-
land Northwest Dance Association, and
has been a member since 1991.
She has also been a part of ValleyFest
since 1990 when the event began, and
currently serves as Secretary for the
board of directors.
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ART CHOWDER MAGAZINE
he Spokane Valley Arts Council is a leader in providing the City of Spokane
Valley with a vibrant arts presence. Spokane Valley is nationally recognized in
Western Art and Architecture magazine in an article written by Melville Holmes
featuring the Harken Art Collection, the Spokane Valley City Hall building and the
monumental art around it provided by the Spokane Valley Arts Council.
A vibrant arts community is an investment in the education, development and future
culture of our youth. It can provide more ways for citizens to gather to celebrate
traditions old and new. It takes commitment, cooperation with businesses and non-
profit organizations, along with hard work, to help the arts flourish. The results of
these endeavors will strengthen the community and benefit regional arts and cultural
organizations, area artists, and local businesses. The Spokane Valley Arts Council is
a regional community arts organization established in 2004 as a 501(c)3 non-profit,
without city boundaries to better support and enrich the environment in which we
live. A big part of SVAC goals is to create community identity and cohesiveness; we
encourage our own distinctive cultural assets.
Spokane Valley Arts Council will be hosting Arts Preview on Saturday, August 31,
2019 at Pavillion Park in Liberty Lake before the free 19th Annual Ludlow Kramer
Memorial Concert with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra.