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Home My WebLink About2015 - Cultural Resources Board - Annual ReportCultural Resources Board 417 W. Magnolia St Fort Collins, CO 80521 970.221-6735 970.221-6373 – fax CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD ANNUAL REPORT - 2015 BACKGROUND The Cultural Resources Board (CRB) consists of seven members. Regular meetings were held on the last Thursday of February, March, May, July, August, September, October, November and December from 12:00 p.m., to 1:30 p.m. The Board held three Fort Fund funding sessions on the fourth Wednesday of January, April, and June. The Board receives monthly updates from Cultural Services staff and acts in an advisory capacity to City Council for the Cultural Services Department that includes the Lincoln Center, the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, the Gardens on Spring Creek and the Community Creative Center. The Board reviews and advises staff on the following: the Cultural Services and City biannual Budgeting for Outcomes process, Cultural Services facilities improvements, arts and cultural projects and other issues as they arise. The Board continues to interact with the community to better understand cultural issues. Members who served in 2015 were Ms. Tedi Cox, Ms. Maggie Dennis, Ms. Janet Gilligan, Mr. Paco Gutierrez, Mr. Jesse Solomon, Mr. Steven Sorensen, and Mr. Will Flowers. Ms. Dennis served as Chairperson. Mr. Sorensen served as Vice- Chairperson. Council liaison: Wade Troxell Staff Liaisons in 2015 were Marty Heffernan, Director of Community Services; Wendy Williams, Assistant City Manager; Jill Stilwell, Director of Cultural Services; Cheryl Donaldson, Director of Fort Collins Museum of Discovery; Jack Rogers, Performing Arts Center Manager; Michelle Provaznik, Manager of Gardens on Spring Creek; Gail Budner, Administrative Clerk II; and Megan Kelley, Administrative Clerk II. The liaison from Visit Fort Collins was Katy Schneider. YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS - 2015 The Cultural Resources Board’s (CRB) overarching goal is “To serve as a catalyst in making Fort Collins a cultural center and destination.” To achieve this goal the CRB worked in four major areas: 1. Serve as a catalyst for the development of Fort Collins as a cultural center and destination by working with City Council, staff and cultural groups. • CRB members served as liaisons to several groups to gain a broader understanding of the cultural activities in Fort Collins. The CRB was represented with the following groups: - Convention/Visitors Bureau – Katy Schneider - Art in Public Places – Tedi Cox - Downtown Fort Collins Creative District Steering Committee – Maggie Dennis and Will Flowers • CRB met with Erin Udell from the Coloradoan to give a brief summary of CRB and Fort Fund and to encourage increased coverage of local cultural events. • CRB attended the Super Issue meeting for the Boards and Commissions of the City of Fort Collins. • CRB attended the Women’s Commission Breakfast. 2. Enhance regional awareness of Fort Collins’ arts and cultural events and activities. • CRB continued to support the Visit Fort Collin’s on-line events calendar and continued to required Fort Fund grantees to list their events on the calendar. The website calendar is located at www.visitftcollins.com/events . • CRB encouraged Fort Fund applicants to broaden their promotional reach, specifically by adding questions to the application process that inquire about marketing plans. • CRB provided Tier 3 applicants with marketing assistance from Slate Marketing. • CRB members served as liaisons to events funded by Fort Fund, attending approximately 40 different cultural events in the community, lending support and assuring that the Fort Fund monies were being well spent. 3. Leverage available resources to the Board in forwarding the overarching goal. • The Board administered three funding sessions for Fort Fund and recommended grants for distribution as follows: January 2015 Session $41,000 to 17 applicants Tier 2 April 2015 Session $140,000 to 18 applicants, Tier 1 $70,000 to 4 applicants, Tier 3 June 2015 Session $55,900 to 16 applicants, Tier 2 Total $306,900 to 50 different organizations (listed below) • Fort Fund grants provided support to more than one hundred community cultural and recreational events in 2015. • The Board recommended three Tier 3: Cultural Innovation grants. These grants went to the Colorado State University: CSU Human Rights Film Festival; Colorado State University Ventures, Inc.: Scrimmage: Football in American Art; Fort Collins Museum of Art: Norman Rockwell; and International Keyboard Odyssiad Festival, U.S.A.: 2015 International Keyboard Odyssiad & Festival. • The Board continued to work cooperatively with Visit Fort Collins in making recommendations for Fort Fund dollars that encourage tourism. 4. Provide networking opportunities for the exchange of ideas and resources. • The Board continued to distribute information about learning and granting opportunities to past grantees and the cultural community. • The CRB continued to serve as liaisons to appropriate groups in meeting the CRB’s overarching goal. • CRB board members attended events funded with Fort Fund grants. 2015 Fort Fund Recipients ARCINDA BAS BLEU THEATRE COMPANY CANYON CONCERT BALLET CENTER FOR FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY CINCO DE MAYO OF NORTHERN COLORADO CITY OF FORT COLLINS RECREATION DEPARTMENT COLORADO BACH ENSEMBLE CSU-DECA CSU-SCHOOL OF THE ARTS CSU-VENTURES, INC. DANCE EXPRESS DEBUT THEATRE COMPANY DISABLED RESOURCE SERVICES ELDERHAUS ADULT DAY PROGRAM, INC. FOOTHILLS POPS BAND FOOTHILLS GATEWAY REHABILITATION CENTER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST FORT COLLINS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY FORT COLLINS CHILDREN'S THEATRE FORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF ART FORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY FORT COLLINS MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION FORT COLLINS READS FORT COLLINS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION FORT COLLINS SYMPHONY GUILD FORT COLLINS WIND SYMPHONY FRIENDS OF LARIMER COUNTY PARKS & OPEN LANDS FRIENDS OF THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK FRONT RANGE CHAMBER PLAYERS GELLER CENTER GLOBAL VILLAGE MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURES HIGH PERFORMANCE DANCE THEATRE IMPACT DANCE COMPANY INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD ODYSSIAD & FESTIVAL, INC. JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT COLLINS LARIMER CHORALE LARIMER COUNTY ADVOCACY CENTER LAUNCH HAUS CHRITABLE FOUNDATION LINCOLN CENTER SUPPORT LEAGUE NEW HORIZONS BAND OF NORTHERN COLORADO NOCO ARTISTS, INC. NORTHERN COLO. INTERTRIBAL POWWOW ASSOC. (NCIPA) OPENSTAGE THEATRE & COMPANY OPERA FORT COLLINS OPERA FORT COLLINS GUILD POUDRE LANDMARKS FOUNDATION POUDRE RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT PROJECT YOUTH AND CHAMBER MUSIC ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIRD OBSERVATORY ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM SPOKESBUZZ FORT COLLINS SUSTAINABLE LIVING ASSOCIATION