Exchanges

Throughout our over 50-year history, STSCA has sponsored numerous US-Uzbek exchanges and projects. Each exchange program/project involved many dedicated volunteers who managed various aspects of the program. We are grateful to all our volunteers, but for brevity’s sake list only the lead individual(s) here.

Exchanges

  • AlpinistsFrith Maier
  • ArtPaul D. Natkin
  • Art Pattison Communications Exchange ProgramMichael James Allan, Alan Boyle, and David Endicott
  • Ceramic artistsWally Bivins and Joanne Young
  • ChefsLydia Barrett
  • CinematographersDale Blindheim and Dave Frankel
  • Dance (traditional Uzbek dance) – Laurel Gray and Emiko Nakamura
  • DentistsRichard Johnson, Rosh Doan, and Betty Sherman
  • Domestic-violence prevention – Karen Greene and Diana Pearce
  • English-language resource center – Joyce Doan, Patricia Leigh, Rich Hawkins, and Joanne Young
  • HospitalsVictoria Gallanti
  • Human Potential seminars – Roy and Leigh Farrell
  • Jewish communityRob Spitzer
  • LawyersRobert Alsdorf and Terrance A. Carroll
  • Music (Classical and Rock ‘n’ Roll) – Hal Green
  • Organizational-management development – Millard and Bonnie Mott
  • Orphanage support through OCCA (Orphan Care for Central Asia) – Paula and Jim Quigley
  • ParksMayor Wes Uhlman (Tashkent Park in Seattle), Fred Noland (Seattle Peace Park in Tashkent)
  • Peace Table (sharing knowledge of the food industry) – Jerilyn Brusseau
  • Photography  Claire Garoutte and Ray Meuse
  • Physicians Rosh Doan, Roy Farrell, and Royce Morrison
  • Public administration City of Seattle Internship
  • Puppet theater Chris and Stephen Carter
  • Schools Jay and Susan Sasnett, Barb Clagett
  • Sculpture Richard (Rich) Beyer
  • Sports/Amputee soccer  Brad Bodley and Bill Barry
  • Teachers Angela Halonen-Webb and Kara Vasser
  • Tightrope walkers (traditional from Tashkent) Joyce Doan
  • Trade and business Gary Furlong
  • Youth summer camp  Hal Green
  • Zoos  City of Seattle

Special Project

    • Akhror Fund (Long-term support for an accident victim from Tashkent) – Joyce Doan and Joanne Young

University Exchanges (University of Washington with Tashkent academic institutions)

  • Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization – Ilse Cirtautas
  • Graduate students/Tashkent State University – Will Dirks and Megan Gorman
  • Student Exchange office – David Fenner
  • Architecture/Urban Planning department – Art Rice
  • Business School/Tashkent State Economic Institute
  • Drama department/Ilkhom Theater
  • Engineering College/Tashkent Polytechnic Institute – Pete Lauritzen
  • History department – Aldon Bell
  • Mathematics department – Edwin Hewitt

Exchanges/Projects Co-Sponsored by STSCA

  • Central Asian textiles exhibits Seattle Art Museum
  • Ceramic artists exchange (co-sponsored with Pottery Northwest) – Joanne Young and Wally Bivins
  • “Colors of the Oasis” (ikat) exhibit at the Seattle Asian Art Museum and film showing of “Desert of Forbidden Art” MIR Travel Corporation
  • Glasnost’ and Goodwill: Citizen Diplomacy in the Northwest exhibit Washington State History Museum

  • Goodwill Games – Carmen Mathews
  • Ilkhom Theater exchange with ACT Theater – Kurt Beattie
  • Million Cranes project for schoolchildren (organized by Ploughshares) – Akemi Matsamoto and Dwight Wilson
  • Peace Child theater project – Helen Strickland
  • Physician exchanges (co-sponsored with Medical Teams International) – Shukhrat Arifdjanov
  • Religious leaders from Uzbekistan (co-sponsored by U.S. State Department)
  • Seattle Peace Park in Tashkent (co-sponsored with Ploughshares and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers)
  • Seattle Peace Chorus – Helen Lauritzen and Helen Hustad
  • Target Seattle – Aldon and Betsy Bell, Kay Bullitt, and Rosh Doan
  • Teacher and Student exchanges (co-sponsored with Accent on Understanding) – Dan Peterson
  • Ten Thousand Tiles project (tiles decorated and shipped to Tashkent for the Seattle Peace Park) – Akemi Matsamoto