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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021 - Cultural Resources Board - Annual Report CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD ANNUAL REPORT - 2021 BACKGROUND Cultural Resources Board 215 N. Mason St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 970.416.2935 The Cultural Resources Board (CuRB) consists of six members. Regular meetings were held virtually due to COVID19 on the fourth Thursday of the month. The December meeting was held on December 16, 2021, due to the Holidays. The Board receives monthly updates from Cultural Services staff and acts in an advisory capacity to City Council and the Cultural Services Department that includes The Lincoln Center, the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, the Gardens on Spring Creek and the Carnegie Center for Creativity. The Boards’ specific advisory functions as defined in the City Ordinance No. 113, 2017 are: (1) To advise and make recommendations to the Director of Cultural Services and Facilities and the City Council as to rules, regulations, policies, administrative and budgetary matters pertaining to the Cultural Services Department's programs, services and facilities and any other cultural facility constructed or operated by the City. (2) To review proposals for funding from the Cultural Development and Programming Account and the Tourism Programming Account, following established and published guidelines, and to submit recommendations regarding such proposals to the City Council to be approved by the City Council by resolution. (3) To advise and make recommendations to the City Manager regarding any proposed revisions to the guidelines used by the Cultural Resources Board to make the funding recommendations referred to in Paragraph (2) above. (4) To assist, advise and make recommendations to the Director of Cultural Services and Facilities and the City Council on arts and culture related matters and regarding opportunities to promote awareness, understanding, and appreciation for, the value of cultural resources in the community. Members who served in 2021 were Will Flowers, Zackery Klassen, Jean McGinnis, Vicki Fogel Mykles, Aquiles Quiroga (resigned October 2021), Jennifer Zidon. Will Flowers served as Chair and Vicki Fogel Mykles served as Vice Chair. Council liaison: Susan Gutowski Staff Liaisons in 2021 were Jim McDonald, Director of Cultural Services and Liz Irvine, Business Support lll. YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS - 2021 1. The Board administered two funding sessions for Fort Fund and recommended grants for distribution as follows: Project Support ll February 2021 $48,000 to 12 applicants Project Support March 2021 $184,000 to 21 applicants Organization Support April 2021 $180,000 to 8 applicants Total: $412,000 awarded through 41 grants 2021 Fort Fund Recipients: ACT Human Rights Film Festival Bas Bleu Theatre Company Blues Behind Bars Canyon Concert Ballet Centennial Children's Chorus Colorado Bach Ensemble Dance Express Debut Theatre Company Foothills Pops Band Fort Collins Book Festival Fort Collins Comic Con Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Fort Collins Musicians Association Fort Collins Symphony Association Fort Collins Symphony Guild Friends of the Gardens on Spring Creek Front Range Chamber Players Global Village Museum of Arts & Cultures Health and Wellness Community Orchestra High Performance Dance Theatre IMPACT Dance Company International Keyboard Odyssiad & Festival, Inc. Larimer Choral Society Launch: Community Through Skateboarding Lincoln Center Support League LuneAseas Museum of Art | Fort Collins New Horizons Band of Northern Colorado Off the Hook Arts OpenStage Theatre & Company Opera Fort Collins, Inc. Poudre Landmarks Foundation, Inc. Poudre RiverFest Sustain Music & Nature Sustainable Living Association The Center for Fine Art Photography 2. CuRB members encouraged Fort Fund applicants to broaden their promotional reach, specifically by adding questions to the application process that inquire about marketing plans and use of social media. 3. CuRB members served as liaisons to events funded by Fort Fund, attending cultural events in the community and virtually, lending support and assuring that the Fort Fund monies were being well spent and acknowledged. 4. CuRB members worked with staff to review and update all Fort Fund grant applications and the Fort Fund Guidelines 5. CuRB members continued to support the Visit Fort Collin’s on-line events calendar and continued to require Fort Fund grantees to list their events on the calendar. 6. CuRB members and staff worked with grantees to support their work in adapting to the COVID -19 pandemic restrictions. In most cases, the grantees were able to complete their projects in-person or through alternative means, including using virtual platforms.