Davin Diaz is passionate for the arts and community development. He has been recognized with multiple honors including the Ovation Television Stand for the Arts Award (2021) and the Washington State Governor’s Arts & Heritage Award (2019). Engaged in regional arts and economic development he currently serves as an ArtsWA PEAR Advisor and was a member of the Washington State Department of Commerce’s Creative Economy Working Group. Other community development roles include serving as president of DrewBoy Creative and chairing the Tri-Cities Legislative Council as a board member of the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Elisheba Johnson is a curator, public artist, administrator, and disruptor. Feeling left out of the traditional art world, Johnson has dedicated her career to building bridges for artists of color to grow and thrive in our local arts community. Johnson, who has a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, was the owner of Faire Gallery Café, a multi-use art space that held art exhibitions, music shows, poetry readings and creative gatherings. After closing Faire, Johnson went on to work at the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture on capacity building initiatives and racial equity in public art. Johnson currently co-manages Wa Na Wari, a Black art center in Seattle’s Central Area that uses the arts to build community and resist displacement.  Johnson’s personal art practice examines the beauty and triumph of Black life in America through mixed media and poetry

June Sekiguchi is an artist and curator living in Tacoma and works in sculpture, installation, and public art. She is an arts activist co-founding Parallax Arts Collective, an AANHPI artist group and serves on the board of Asia Pacific Cultural Center. Sekiguchi is a recipient of grants and a fellowship from Artist Trust and 4Culture and she exhibits extensively in the Salish Sea area. She is represented by ArtX Contemporary Gallery in Seattle.

Lauren Iida manages Art in Public Places projects in public schools, colleges, universities, and state agencies. She is also a practicing artist and graduate of Cornish College of the Arts (’14) in Seattle. Her passion lies at the intersection of art and social justice. She believes that art is a powerful tool for storytelling and connection and an important lens through which to investigate culture and heritage.

Tisa Matheson is a member of the Nez Perce Tribe and is originally from Lenore, Idaho. She has an MLIS from San Jose State University specializing in cultural records. She has been the American Indian Collection Curator at the NW Museum and Arts Center in Spokane since 2001. Tisa is dynamic and thoughtful, a champion of native arts and heritage. She has been a member of the ArtsWA board since July 2022.