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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023 - Cultural Resources Board - Annual ReportCULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD ANNUAL REPORT - 2023 BACKGROUND Cultural Resources Board 215 N. Mason St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 970.416.4225 The Cultural Resources Board (CuRB) consists of seven members. Regular meetings were held at The Lincoln Center on the fourth Thursday of the month. The November meeting was held on November 16, 2023 and the December meeting was held on December 14, 2023, due to the holidays. The April and August meetings were cancelled due to a lack of agenda items. The July meeting was held at the Museum of Discovery and included a tour of the facility. The September meeting was held at the Gardens on Spring Creek and included a tour of the facility and gardens. 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, Cultural Community Programs, and Art in Public Places. The Boards’ specific advisory functions as defined in the City Ordinance No. 049, 2021 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 2023 were Kelly Barber, Jessica MacMillan, Jean McGinnis, Vicki Fogel Mykles, Nandini Singh, Audra Vaisbort, Timothy Vavra, and Leslie Walker. Leslie Walker served as Chair and Vicki Fogel Mykles served as Vice Chair. The Council Liaison was Susan Gutowsky. Staff Liaisons in 2023 were Jim McDonald, Director of Cultural Services and Solara Clark, Project Coordinator. In the absence of a Cultural Services Director from October through December, Jack Rogers, Kim Manajek and Nick Heimann attended the various meetings. YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS - 2023 1. The Board administered three funding sessions for Fort Fund and recommended grants for distribution as follows: Project Support ll January 2023 $65,000 to 17 applicants Project Support March 2023 $205,000 to 28 applicants Organization Support May 2023 $185,000 to 9 applicants Total: $455,000 awarded through 54 grants 2023 Fort Fund Recipients: ACT Human Rights Film Festival ARCINDA Bas Bleu Theatre Company Blast n’ Scrap Body/Speak (CSU Dance) Canyon Concert Ballet Centennial Children's Chorus Colorado Bach Ensemble Control Group Productions Dance Express Debut Theatre Company Foothills Symphonic Band Fort Collins Children’s Theatre Fort Collins Comic Con Fort Collins Mural Project Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Fort Collins Musicians Association Fort Collins Symphony Association Fort Collins Wind Symphony Friends of the Gardens on Spring Creek Friends of the Symphony Front Range Chamber Players Global Village Museum of Arts & Cultures Gregory Allicar Museum of Art Health and Wellness Community Orchestra High Performance Dance Theatre Howdy Neighbor Events 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 National Association for Interpretation New Horizons Band of Northern Colorado Northern Colorado Equality Northern Colorado Intertribal Pow-wow Assoc. Off the Hook Arts Openstage Theatre & Company Opera Fort Collins Guild Opera Fort Collins, Inc. Poudre Landmarks Foundation, Inc. Sound Affects Music Sustainable Living Association The Center for Fine Art Photography Trees, Water & People United Way of Larimer County Wolverine Farm Publishing 2.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. 3.Over the past two years, CuRB members collaborated with staff to revise the Fort Fund grant guidelines, in accordance with the FoCo Creates Arts and Culture Masterplan. The 2023 Cultural Resources Board Work Plan specified the Board's responsibilities: •IE 1.3a Assess and edit the Fort Fund guidelines, applications, and reporting documents for clear, inclusive and welcoming language. •STS 4.3a Evaluate current Fort Fund funding categories for alignment to the vision of Fort Collins being a creative center and destination, engaging the entire community and visitors. •STS 4.3b Identify opportunities within Fort Fund to support a broad spectrum of creative activities, ranging from those produced by previously supported and established nonprofits to new funding opportunities in areas such as lifelong learning in the arts, artists- entrepreneurs and capacity building. •IE 1.3 Foster inclusion and equity within the City’s Fort Fund grant program and within the Cultural Resources Board and Art in Public Places Board. Following the development of these guidelines, two community meetings were held in March to discuss the proposed changes with current grantees and the general public. The Board then refined and finalized the guidelines. Afterward, a recommendation for their adoption was made to Kelly DiMartino, the City Manager. Kelly DiMartino has approved of these changes. A community meeting was held in October to inform the community of the new guidelines. These changes will come into effect in the 2024 funding cycle. 4. CuRB members continued to support the Visit Fort Collin’s online events calendar and continued to require Fort Fund grantees to list their events on the calendar. The 2023 Cultural Resources Board Annual Report was approved by a vote of the Board on 12/14/2023.