HomeMy WebLinkAbout10 - Cultural Arts GrantsAgenda Item No. 10
July 11, 2000
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Arts & Cultural - Library - Recreation - Seniors
To: Mayor and Members of City Council
From: City Arts Commission
Re: FY 2000/01 Cultural Arts Grants
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the recipients for FY 2000/01 Cultural Arts Grants as selected by the City
Arts Commission in accordance with City Policy 1 -12 — Reserve Fund for Culture and
Arts.
BACKGROUND
The City Arts Commission has recommended awarding grants totaling $40,000.
The Commission received written grant proposals from twenty -five organizations for
funding of approximately $120,000. After careful deliberation the following
recommendations were approved at the May 9, 2000 meeting:
BALLET MONTMARTRE
$2,500
One dance education /outreach performance
in five elementary schools.
BALLET PACIFICA
$3,000
Busing to a performance for third graders
at Newport Harbor High School.
BAROQUE MUSIC FESTIVAL
$1,800
Facility rental for an expanded festival audience.
BOWERS MUSEUM
$1,000
-In -class cultural art lessons and projects and
"We Are One" assemblies in elementary schools.
FESTIVAL BALLET THEATRE
$2,000
Performances of "Sleeping Beauty" at three schools.
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
$600
One performance of THEATREREACH for elementary
school students and their families.
LINCOLN STORYTELLERS
$2,000
Train a group of children to become storytellers,
and support their performances at City venues.
FY 2000/01 Cultural Arts Grants
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NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL
$2,600
Honoraria, travel, and marketing for the two -day
filmmakers seminar series held during the festival.
NEWPORT BEACH SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION
$2,000
Community French festival at the Central Library in the
fall, honoring Sister City Antibes.
NEWPORT HARBOR NAUTICAL MUSEUM
$1,000
Educational materials and honoraria for a six - lecture
series about nautical art for adults.
ONCE UPON A STORY
$500
One performance at the Newport Beach Central Library.
ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
$5,000
"Art in the Museum" project for grades 2.12.
PACIFIC CHORALE
$2,000
Two performances of "Sound on Site" at elementary schools.
PACIFIC SYMPHONY
$2,000
One performance at the Newport Beach Central Library.
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
$1,500
Replace musical instruments and other equipment
for the "Music Mobile."
READERS REPERTORY THEATRE
$900
Nine monthly Thursday evening performances
at the Newport Beach Central Library.
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE
$3,000
"Eddy Tour" performances in elementary schools.
SOUTHLAND OPERA
$600
One presentation of "Stories Come Alive" at
the Imagination Celebration at the Central library.
STOP -GAP
$3,000
- Educational touring plays in Newport Beach schools
for grades 3 -12.
WILLIAM HALL MASTER CHORALE
$3,000
Three performances in elementary schools.
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS: $40,000