The Art Box - Episode 54 - Washed Ashore, the Amazing Lincoln City Cultural Center - Meet Niki Price

Niki Price is the executive director of the Lincoln City Cultural Center, inside the historic Delake School, home to hundreds of annual programs and classes in visual and performing arts. She oversees a staff of six and the operations of the multipurpose auditorium, fine art gallery, meeting room, festival grounds and studios for dance, ceramics, textiles and mosaics. In 2016, Niki was appointed by Gov. Kate Brown to the governing board of the Oregon Cultural Trust; since 2021, she has served as chair. Locally, she leads the Lincoln City Public Art Committee and the Lincoln County Cultural Coalition. In 2021 she embarked upon on an adventure with a dual mission — a day hike traverse of the Oregon Coast Trail that is raising funds for the future Lincoln City Cultural Plaza. With help from a new map and resource called the the Oregon Coast Public Art Trail, she’ll attempt to hoof it from border to border, from the Columbia River down to California, and see ALL the public art along the way. Raised in a small town in central Arizona, this UofA Wildcat has a background in theater and journalism. She and her husband Dave share two grown kids, two ginger cats, five hens and a coon hound. She believes that culture is good for the economy and the community --- but ultimately, creative expression is a goal unto itself.