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City Council Staff Report
October 23, 2018
Agenda Item No. 10
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Tim Hetherton, Library Services Director - 949-717-3801,
thetherton@newportbeachca.gov
PREPARED BY: Tim Hetherton, Library Services Director,
thetherton@newportbeachca.gov
PHONE: 949-717-3810
TITLE: Cultural Arts Grants Fiscal Year 2018/19
ABSTRACT:
The sum of $40,000 (Cultural and Arts, City Grants Account # 01060603-821006) is
provided annually for specific cultural or artistic planning or projects as approved by the
City Council. The City Arts Commission has the responsibility to review all programs and
requests for support from arts groups and make recommendations for funding to the City
Council for final approval.
RECOMMENDATION:
a) Determine that the action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines
because it will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly;
and
b) Approve recommended recipients for FY 2018/19 Cultural Arts Grants as selected by
the City Arts Commission in accordance with City Council Policy 1-10, Financial
Support for Culture and the Arts.
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
The current adopted budget includes sufficient funding for this grant program. The funds
will be expensed from the City Grants account in the Cultural and Arts Department,
01060603-821006.
DISCUSSION:
City Council Policy 1-10 recognizes the importance of promoting culture and the arts within
the City and establishes a Reserve Fund for Culture and Arts. The sum of $40,000 is
provided annually for specific cultural or artistic planning or projects as approved by the
City Council. The City Arts Commission has the responsibility to review all programs and
requests for support from arts groups and make recommendations for funding to the City
Council for final approval.
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Council Policy 1-10 defines arts groups as those involved in visual, musical, theatre,
dance, crafts, performing and literary activities. The City Arts Commission considers the
following in order of preference for granting support:
1. Local arts groups located within the City of Newport Beach and offering
programs to City residents;
2. Regional arts groups located in Orange County and offering programs to City
residents; and
3. Arts groups located in California and performing or offering programs to City
residents. Groups not offering programs or services to local residents are not
eligible for support from the City.
The Commission received written grant proposals from nine organizations for
approximately $68,000 in free cultural arts programming for the Newport Beach
community in FY 2018/19. After careful deliberation, the City Arts Commission approved
grant funding for eight local arts organizations, totaling $24,000, at their regular meeting
on October 11, 2018:
ORGANIZATION
REQUESTED
-A
Balboa Island Improvement Association
$
2,000
$2,000
Baroque Music Festival CdM
$
6,500
$4,000
Chuck Jones Center for Creativity
$
8,000
$2,000
Ensign Intermediate School Dance Club
$
1,500
$1,000
Newport Beach Film Festival
$27,500
$5,000
Newport Beach Public Library Foundation
$
5,000
$0
Newport Beach Sister City Association
$
5,000
$2,000
Newport Elementary School Foundation
$
7,500
$3,000
Pacific Symphony
TOTAL$68,000
L $ 5,000
$5,000
In past years, the City Arts Commission has retained a portion of the grant funds to
provide for its own programs. For FY 2018/19, the Arts Commission has retained $16,000
for Arts Commission programming. These funds will be used by the City Arts
Commission to provide arts programming for Newport Beach students, Kindergarten
through 6t" grade.
Balboa Island Improvement Association (BIIA): $2,000
The BIIA will promote cultural activities and musical appreciation by presenting live
classical musical performances throughout the year. The concerts will be held at St. John
Vianney Chapel. The BIIA will also stage free summer concerts of popular music at
Balboa Park, adjacent to the Beek Center.
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Baroque Music Festival: $4,000
The Baroque Music Festival will use the grant funds to help fund the final concert of the
2019 season. The June 30, 2019 program at St. Mark Presbyterian Church will feature
a performance of Bach's Magnificat, and the grant funds will be used to bring nationally
recognized soloists to Newport Beach. The funds will also be used to subsidize the cost
of student tickets for this concert.
Chuck Jones Center for Creativity: $2,000
Chuck Jones Center for Creativity will use the grant funds for "Food for Thought: Creativity
Workshops with Brain Health in Mind". The program goal is to provide exceptional
cognitive exercises for four different brain functions (memory, executive function, visual
function, and language). The program will be held at OASIS Senior Center.
City Arts Commission: $16,000
The City of Newport Beach Arts Commission will use the grant funds for a range of free
arts programming intended for local youth, from Kindergarten to 6t" grade.
Ensign Intermediate School Dance Club: $1,000
The grant funds will help fund the professional teaching staff of the program. Professional
dance instructors from CS Dance Factory to provide weekly instruction. This includes the
fundamentals of dance, choreography, and coaching on confidence, teamwork, and
problem solving.
Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF): $5,000
The NBFF is planning a multi -program series covering several days of the Festival similar
to the 2018 Seminar Series. Held in the Civic Center Community Room, past seminar
topics have included directing, screenwriting, production design, animation, and special
effects.
Newport Beach Sister City Association: $2,000
Sister Cities will use the grant funds to host a lecture and reception by painter Gianne de
Genevraye in January 2019. Gianne has travelled as artist in residence to Antibes,
France; Okazaki, Japan; Baja Cities, Mexico and Newport Beach to prepare for this
exhibit. Gianne will exhibit in the Newport Beach Central Library from January 7 through
March 5, 2019.
Newport Elementary School Foundation: $3,000
The Newport Elementary School Foundation will fund the Arts Masters Program. This
program consists of lectures and assemblies conducted six times through the school year.
Each lecture is a multimedia presentation assembly using art visuals, images, and
engrossing stories covering each artists and/or art subject. In addition, there is an
accompanying art activity for each lecture that enables each student to create their own
individual work of art in the manner of the master artist or art subject, using the same
techniques, styles, media, and disciplines.
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Pacific Symphony: $5,000
Pacific Symphony's Frieda Belinfante Class Act partnership will enable three Newport
Beach elementary schools (Anderson, Harbor View, and Newport Coast) to participate in
this unique partnership program. Class Act strives to enhance existing school music
programs by providing additional musical experience through the Symphony. Focusing
on six main "contact points" with schools, the program works to increase awareness of
and involvement with symphonic music for elementary school students, their families and
educators.
Each year, students form a relationship with a new Symphony musician who serves as a
"Class Act teaching artist," through activities including classroom lessons, ensemble
performances, assemblies and one of the following:
1. A Youth Concert at Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall for older students
or;
2. An Interactive Performance on-site for younger students.
All activities feature the music of the Class Act Composer of the Year. Teacher
Workshops, given on-site at partner schools, foster high-quality classroom instruction and
offer curricular materials designed to enhance the objectives of the program. Dedicated
volunteers from each school form the backbone of the program, and allow for a true
partnership experience.
This year Class Act will explore the theme of "Symphonic Storytelling" through the music
of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The League of American Orchestras and the National
Endowment have recognized Class Act for the Arts as one of the nine most exemplary
music education programs in the United States.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
Staff recommends the City Council find this action is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not
result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment)
and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA
Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no
potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
NOTICING:
The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of
the meeting at which the City Council considers the item).
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