A Home For Movement Arts

The Barefoot Collective (BFC) is a community-based organization dedicated to creating opportunities for dance and related arts in the Greater Tacoma Area. We accomplish this by providing access to dance through educational opportunities, community-based performances, audience experiences and artist collaborations. The Collective’s goal is to foster a creative community through service projects, creative connections and a collaborative spirit. The Barefoot Collective emerged out of the Barefoot Studios in 2008 and is run by enthusiastic co-directors who are proud to call Barefoot their creative home. The Barefoot Collective is an associated partner of Shunpike.

Co- Directors:
Katie Lappier,
       Development Manager

Kelly Lynch,
       Programming Manager

Stephanie Pederson,
       Finance Manager

Gabrielle Campagna,
       Marketing Manager

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Partner Artist:
Michael Hoover
          

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Board of Directors:
Jeff Hansen, Board President
 - Environmental Engineer, HDR Engineering Inc.
Majeed Al-Mateen, MD
 - Pediatric Neurologist, Mary Bridge Children’s Health Center
 - Neuromuscular Clinic, Seattle Children’s Hospital
 - Clinical Professor, Dept of Neurology, Univ. of Washington       School of Medicine
​Jennifer Wolbrecht
 - Resource Development - Metro Parks Tacoma

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Co-Directors Emeritus:
Jessie Anne Fouts
Carrie Goodnight
April Nyquist
Amanda Records
​Rosa Vissers

Board Members Emeritus:
​Cindy Arnold
Lyle Becker
Blue
Jeanie Douville 
Ron Gilbert
Lily Koblenz
​Tina McGregor

Barefoot Collective is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike.
 
About Shunpike
Shunpike is the 501(c)(3) non-profit agency that provides independent arts groups in Washington State with the services, resources, and opportunities they need to forge their own paths to sustainable success.​