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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020 - Cultural Resources Board - Annual Report Cultural Resources Board 215 N. Mason St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 970.416.2935 CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD ANNUAL REPORT - 2020 BACKGROUND The Cultural Resources Board (CuRB) consists of seven members. Regular meetings were held on the fourth Thursday of January, February in person and virtually due to COVID 19 restrictions in May, July, September, October and November, and December. The November meeting was held on November 19th due to Thanksgiving. The December meeting was held on December 17th due to the Holidays. The Board held two Fort Fund funding sessions in January and May. 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 2020 were Ms. Tedi Cox, Mr. Will Flowers, Mr. Zackery Klassen, Ms. Vicki Fogel Mykles, Mr. Aquiles Quiroga, Mr. Jesse Solomon and Ms. Jennifer Zidon. Mr. Flowers served as Chair and Ms. Fogel Mykles served as Vice Chair. Council liaison: Wade Troxell Staff Liaisons in 2020 were Jim McDonald, Director of Cultural Services and Liz Irvine, Business Support lll. YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS - 2020 1. The Board administered two funding sessions for Fort Fund and recommended grants for distribution as follows: January 2020 Session $88,000 to 22 applicants Project Support II May 2020 Session $155,000 to 18 applicants, Project Support 2020 Session $240,00 to 9 applicants, Organizational Support Total: $483,000 awarded through 49 grants 2020 Fort Fund Recipients: ARCINDA ACT Human Rights Film Festival Bas Bleu Theatre Company Canyon Concert Ballet Centennial Children's Chorus Cinco De Mayo of Northern Colorado, Inc. Colorado Bach Ensemble Dance Express Debut Theatre Company Foothills Pops Band Fort Collins Book Festival Fort Collins Children's Theatre Fort Collins Comic Con Fort Collins Community Ventures 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 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 Museum of Art | Fort Collins New Horizons Band of Northern Colorado Northern Colorado Equality Northern Colorado Intertribal Pow-wow Association, Inc. Off the Hook Arts OpenStage Theatre & Company, Inc. Opera Fort Collins Guild Opera Fort Collins, Inc. Poudre Landmarks Foundation, Inc. Poudre RiverFest Six Degrees Dance Collaborative Sustain Music & Nature Sustainable Living Association The Center for Fine Art Photography Trees, Water & People 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, 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 through alternative means, including using virtual platforms.