HomeMy WebLinkAbout14 - FY 2001-2002 Cultural Arts GrantsAgenda Item No. 14
July 24, 2001
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Arts & Cultural - Library - Recreation - Seniors
To: Mayor and Members of City Council
From: City Arts Commission
Re: FY 2001/02 Cultural Arts Grants
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the recipients for FY 2001/02 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 nineteen organizations for
funding of approximately $101,000. After careful deliberation the following
recommendations were approved at the June 14, 2001 meeting:
BALBOA PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE FOUNDATION
$1,700
One musical history performance at Corona del Mar
High School.
BALLET MONTMARTRE
$2,000
One dance education /outreach performance
in three Newport Beach elementary schools.
BALLET PACIFICA
$3,000
Performance costs and auditorium rental fees at Newport
Harbor High School for second and third grade students.
CITY ARTS COMMISSION
$6,000
Expanded teacher and parent training sessions, art related
lectures, and hands on art workshops for children.
FESTIVAL BALLET THEATRE
$1,000
One performance at three schools.
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
$1,200
Two performances of THEATREREACH for elementary school
students and their families.
NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL
$3,000
Honoraria, materials /transportation for the two -day
filmmakers seminar series held during the festival.
NEWPORT HARBOR NAUTICAL MUSEUM
$1,125
Educational materials and honoraria for three lectures
about nautical art to adults.
FY 2001 /02 Cultural Arts Grants
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ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
$6,500
"Art in the Museum" project for grades 2 -12.
PACIFIC CHORALE
$1,000
One performance of "Sound on Site" at elementary schools.
PACIFIC SYMPHONY
$2,000
One performance at the Newport Beach Central Library.
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY
$2,875
Performance of "Meet the Musicians" for grades 4 -6 in
Newport Beach.
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE
$3,000
Four "Eddy Tour" performances in Newport Beach
elementary schools.
SOUTHLAND OPERA
$600
One presentation of "Operetta! A World Tour" at the
Central Library.
STOP -GAP
$3,000
Five interactive educational presentations for grades 3 -12.
WILLIAM HALL MASTER CHORALE
$2,000
Two performances in elementary schools.
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS: 540,000
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FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CULTURE AND ARTS
The City Council hereby recognizes the importance of promoting culture and the arts
within the City of Newport Beach. A number of individuals and groups, such as the
Arts Commission and Friends of the Newport Theatre Arts Center, have been
organized with the express purpose of developing and promoting culture, theatre and
the arts.
The City would compliment these efforts by establishing a Reserve Fund for Culture
and Arts that can be used for a) developing a master plan for the promotion of culture
and arts; b) acquiring land and /or the construction of facilities to promote culture and
arts and; c) instituting other cultural promotion projects.
The sum of $55,000 shall be provided each year for specific cultural or artistic planning,
promotion and /or construction projects as approved by the City Council. It is the
policy of the City of Newport Beach that expenditures from the reserve fund should be
matched equally by the community in the form of contributions and donations.
In regard to the City's roll in financially sponsoring art and cultural events, the City
Arts Commission shall review all programs and requests for support from arts groups.
The Commission shall forward its recommendations for funding to the City Council for
final approval. Any appropriation shall not exceed 50% of the Arts Commissions'
annual budget. For the purpose of this policy, arts groups shall be defined as those
involved in visual, musical, theatre, dance, crafts, performing and literary activities.
The following priorities shall be considered by the Commission. The order of
preference for granting support shall be as follows:
A. Local arts groups located within the City and offering programs to City
residents;
B. Regional arts groups located in Orange County and offering programs to City
residents; and
C. Arts groups located in California and performing or offering programs to City
residents.
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Groups not offering programs or services to local residents shall not be eligible for
support from the City.
Adopted - May 11, 1981
Amended - November 14,1983
Amended - January 23,1984
Amended - March 28,1988
Amended - October 28,1991
Amended - January 24,1994
Amened - May 8, 2001
Formerly F -20
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