After much state budget wrangling, King County’s 4Culture will live to fight another day. Thanks to its continued tiny allocation of the state lodging tax–thanks, tourists!–the county agency can continue its dispensation of grants and commissions of new work from local artists. Its headquarters in the Tashiro Kaplan building also house the Gallery4Culture, a central fixture on First Thursday art walks. And now its funding seems secure for years to come–unlike that of some local galleries and museums. BRIAN MILLER 101 Prefontaine Pl. S., 296-7580, 4culture.org