4Culture

4Culture is an independent public agency, chartered under state law and King County ordinance in January 2003, after 35 years as the King County Office of Cultural Resources. As the cultural funding and services agency for King County, Washington, 4Culture works to make the region vibrant. The organization’s four program areas—Arts, Heritage, Historic Preservation, and Public Art—put public resources to use all over King County.

• Arts funds individual artists, artist groups, and arts organizations that provide access to art experiences for all King County residents and visitors.  
• Heritage helps communities recognize, preserve, and explore our shared heritage—in all the places where the past meets the present.  
• Preservation supports the protection and stewardship of historic places.  
• Public Art commissions and collects for the King County Public Art Collection, bringing artists’ thinking to the spaces we share and offers consulting in the region.