Editing Consolidated Works (section)

==Mission statement==
Consolidated Works' aim was to give all the art forms equal billing - to be "neither a theater with art in the lobby nor a gallery with a stage in back. It is not supposed to be a cinema that plays music or a [[music hall]] that shows films".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050404211328/http://conworks.org/about.php3]</ref> To this end, the [[Billing (performing arts)|billing]] of Consolidated Works focuses on high-profile artists like [[Andy Warhol]] alongside emerging talent, primarily from the [[Pacific Northwest]]. 
Consolidated Works has a policy of encouraging young creative professionals, including an [[Artist-in-Residence]] program.

As well as mounting its own productions and exhibitions, the center also hosted touring events - for example, the ''Curiously Strong'' contemporary art program (sponsored by [[Altoids]]) and the popular ''14/48'' theater show (where 14 short plays are written and produced in 48 hours, begun in 1997). Richter's vision was one of experimentalism, and he argued that "if the quality of the programming was always of a strong finished caliber, then we weren't doing our job right".<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002202172_richter10.html]</ref>