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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ARTAB_07.19.2011Notice of Meeting of the Arts and Culture Board City of Georgetown, Texas Tuesday, July 19, 2011 The Arts and Culture Board will meet on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 04:30 PM in the Library Classroom, located at 402 W. 8th St., Georgetown If you need accommodations for a disability, please notify the city in advance. Arts and Culture Board Members: Amanda Still, Dar Richardson, Karen Lange, Liz Stewart, Philip Baker, Steve Proesel, Tylene Levesque Arts and Culture Board meets every third Tuesday of the month at 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise specified. Call to Order at 04:30 PM A. Call to order B. Announcements regarding upcoming events C. Citizens wishing to address the Board D. Consideration and approval of minutes of June 21, 2011 E. Consideration of and possible action on 1. Reactions to Police Station tour – Eric Lashley 2. Report on trip to Clifton – Philip Baker 3. Report on awards for TSOS show – Dar Richardson 4. Donation of sculpture by Joe Kenny – Dar Richardson 5. Report on funding for grant proposals – Judy Fabry 6. Report from subcommittee for Bark Park art – Dar Richardson, Steve Proesel 7. October Art Month banner project – Eric Lashley 8. Schedule of future meetings – Eric Lashley Certificate of Posting I, Jessica Brettle, City Secretary for the City of Georgetown, Texas, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted at City Hall, 113 E. 8th Street, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the _____ day of _________________, 2011, at __________, and remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting. __________________________________ Jessica Brettle, City Secretary t'1'l'i :I011z':Ff0'. v L 11CC; L 1 C)11'N TEXAS Paul Branclemburg C ily Mans City TT.11 113 E. 8, 4treec Gcorgcto,Am. TN 78-526 May IS, 2011 Dear.Mi. Brandenburg, On buNdfof the Arts and Cultue: Board, I woul:l like to express raw appreciation ibr the r=c—.A S 130,000.00 sllmadcm to th, board during the mid -year budget :vncndmcnt period. At thr play 17, 2011 farts marl Culture Hoard meeting, the board vot_d to approve SI t1U,0QU for grants to seven dit-,:rent arts and cultural organicaiions. The board received requests totcling S155,00. The hoard will sack final a fpru•,•al for these grants at the Lunt; 14, 2011 r:ou3161 meeting. • no board would 1•cspcctfully xubmit the lirllowing items to: consideration for tic 2011 — 2012 Cite budget: 1. $130,000 for grants to local nonprofit arts, and cultural orgimi/atians 3. S30,000 for coniinuation ol'variLiu, public art rmjec q sech as the 6corgctomm 5kulpture Tour in San Gabriel Park 3. S40.OW to dYvelop a simicgio plan fur [Tic wLs in Ck-;tr6ew+on Total R.e lllast S200.000 Please. let nre kroµ• if you need any additional information. Thank lc,n far pour culLiidclaticu. Sin.c�ly, ' Philip TSak �t Chair Ariz and C_iiltcue Board • Clifton, Texas Art Center Highlights and Take-Aways July 15, 2011 BUDGET • $300,000 annual budget • Donations (from annual 2 day fundraising live auction and dinner event which raised $230,000 last year) + Memberships are sole source of funding for the center • 2 paid workers + approximately 200 volunteers FACILITIES • Theatre Hosts dinner theatre 2x per month Used for receptions/community functions as a goodwill gesture • Classrooms Workshops Summer Camps Group Meetings (Pottery, Cooking, Drama, Martial Arts, Book Club, Garden, Exercise, etc.etc) • Art Gallery Art Shows (recently hosted national art show with $14,000 in prizes) • "Good judges attract good artists" • Gift Shop • Eatery Misc "Take-Aways" • Art book which launched the art movement in Clifton • Private donations • Downtown vendor mix -"too many art galleries"? • Clifton Arts Network formed to serve those (artists) who weren't being served • Attractions and Marketing Museum Art Center Art Galleries/Artists Car Museum Rock Church music video Norwegian Capitol of Texas "Deep in the Art of Texas" • Advice Support art galleries • Support people who "do art" Start being known as an art community • GEORGETOWN SYMPHONY SOCIETY 0 P0. Box 2476 Georgetown, TX 78627 T 512.864.9591 F512.943.5111 www.georgetowntexassymphony.org Pl,ease send checkSto the Library, Attn: June 14, 2011 SUBJECT: Consideration and possible action to authorize the City of Georgetown Arts and Culture Board to give event sponsorship grants to eight local arts organizations in a total amount of $102,500.00 -- Eric P. Lashley, Library Director ITEM SUMMARY: During the 2010/11 budget process the Arts and Culture Board submitted a request for $130,000, of which they proposed to use $100,000 for grants to arts nonprofits and $30,000 for ongoing support for public art of all types in Georgetown. The request was not funded in the 2010/11 budget. At the City Council meeting on April 26, 2011, on the second reading of an ordinance amending the 2010/11 budget, Council approved appropriating $130,000 for the Arts and Culture Board. The Board understood that the funding was for the remainder of the FY 2010/11 and needed to be used before September 30, 2011. After Council had approved the first reading of the above referenced ordinance at the April 12, 2011 meeting, the Arts and Culture Board met on April 19 and discussed how best to utilize the funding that appeared to be forthcoming. To receive $100,000 in May for grants that needed to be made before September 30 meant it would be necessary to create an abbreviated grant process. After much discussion, the Board directed that after the April 26 Council meeting and final approval of the ordinance, the staff liaison should send emails to all of the arts nonprofits in Georgetown, soliciting one -page • grant proposals for events that would take place between May 1 and December 31, 2011. The grantees had to be 501(c)(3) organizations and their events had to have taken place at least twice before. The deadline for submission was 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 16, the day before the next Arts and Culture Board meeting. Eight organizations submitted proposals as follows: Hill Country Book Festival (I-dayevent Aug 2011) $3,000 Georgetown Art Works (Art Hop, throughout Oct 2011) $3,500 Georgetown Heritage Society (Holiday Home Tour Dec 2011) $8,815 Georgetown East View HS (Sep 2011 musical) $5,000 Williamson Museum (Up the Chisholm Trail Oct 2011) $8,000 Georgetown Palace Theatre (5 plays, May -Dec 2011) $25,000 Georgetown Festival of the Arts (June 2-5, 2011) $50 000 Georgetown Symphony Society (May - Dec season 2011) $50,000 $155,690 The Board members received copies of the proposals before the meeting and came prepared to discuss them and make decisions. The proposal from East View HS was eliminated because the school is not a 501(c)(3) organization. However, Board members agreed the event had merit and is important to the cultural life of Georgetown, so they chose to recommend funding it separately, in the amount of $2,500, from the $30,000 that they had allocated for support of public art in Georgetown. For the remaining proposals, the Board recommends funding in the following amounts: Hill Country Book Festival $1 000 Georgetown Art Works $3,000 'P 0. • Georgetown Heritage Society $2,000 Williamson Museum $6,000 t/ The Palace Theatre $8,000 • • • Subject: Consideration of approval for the City of Georgetown Arts and Culture Board to give event sponsorship grants to eight local arts organizations in a total amount of $102,500. r es and Eric P. Lashley, Library Director. Item Summary: During the 2010/11 budget process the Arts and Culture Board submitted a request for $130,000, of which they proposed to use $100,000 for grants to arts nonprofits and $30,000 for ongoing support for public art of all types in Georgetown. The request was not funded in the 2010/11 budget. At the City Council meeting on April 26, 2011, on the second reading of an ordinance amending the 2010/11 budget, Council approved appropriating $130,000 for the Arts and Culture Board. The Board understood that the funding was for the remainder of the FY 2010/11 and needed to be used before September 30, 2011. After Council had approved the first reading of the above referenced ordinance at the April 12, 2011 meeting, the Arts and Cultur Board met on April 19 and discussed how best to utilize the funding that appeared be forthcoming. To receive $100,000 in May for grants that needed to be made before September 30 meant it would be necessary to create an abbreviated grant process. After much discussion, the Board directed that after the April 26 Council meeting and final approval of the ordinance, the staff liaison should send emails to all of the arts nonprofits in Georgetown, soliciting one -page grant proposals for events that would take place between May 1 and December 31, 2011. The grantees had to be 501(c)(3) organizations and their events had to have taken place at least twice before. The deadline for submission was 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 16, the day before the next Arts and Culture Board meeting. Eight organizations submitted proposals as follows: Hill Country Book Festival (1-day event, August 20, 2011) $3,000 Georgetown Art Works (Art Hop, throughout October 2011) $3,500 Georgetown Heritage Society (Holiday Home Tour, Dec. 2011) $8,815 Georgetown East View HS (September 2011 musical) $5,000 Williamson Museum (Up the Chisholm Trail, October 2011) $8,000 Georgetown Palace Theatre (5 plays, May — December 2011) $25,000 Georgetown Festival of the Arts (June 2-5, 2011) $50,000 Georgetown Symphony Society (season May — December 2011) $50,000 $155,690 The Board members received copies of the proposals before the meeting and came prepared to discuss them and make decisions. The proposal from East View HS was eliminated because the school is not a 501(c)(3) organization. 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He said the gift from the taxpayers will provide art and cultural events to people who may not have had the opportunity otherwise. One hard-hit group was The Georgetown Symphony Society, which received the largest amount of the funding. The $47,500 chunk of funding it received ac- counted for approximately 46 percent of the total alloca- tion. Liz Stewart, vice president of publicity for the sym- phony society, said the group had been "living concert to concert," but now new leadership and grant money has allowed for a full season in 2011. Earlier this year, so- ciety members reorganized the organization in order to address a lack of funds. They elected a new presi- dent, Linda Scarbrough, who is the publisher of The Sun. The society is entering its twelfth season and will use the funding to host six events, four of which will involve hosting the sympho- ny orchestra from Temple. Season ticket brochures for the symphony were mailed out this week,. Mr. Lashley said the ap- proval process was expedited this year due to time con- straints and some organiza- tions received more money than they typically would have. The council appropri- ated $130,000 in April and has until the end of the fiscal year to allocate the remain- ing $27,500. Mr. Lashely said the approval date combined with the appointment of new members to the arts Arts and culture grants Eight organizations were granted funds totaling $102,500. $47,500 - Georgetown Symphony Society - The funding will help pay for the previous symphony season as well as fund the upcoming season. The season kicks off September 11 and will feature Russian composers. $32,500 - Georgetown Festival of the Arts - The funding will help pay for The Festival of the Arts. The four - day event is held annually in early June and typically consists of four to five concerts and six lectures. $8,000 - The Palace Theatre -The funding will help pay for four upcoming plays which include Wait Until Dark and The Wizard of Oz. $6,000 - Williamson Museum - The funding will help pay for the Chisholm Trail Days - an free event on October 15 that includes children's activities. living -history reenact- ments, a barbecue cookoff and a longhorn cattle drive. $3,000 - Georgetown Art Works -The funding will help pay for the Art Hop, $2,500 - East View HS - The fund- ing will help pay for the High School's first production, a stage adaptation of the musical Grease. $2,000 - Georgetown Heritage Society - The funding will help pay for the annual Holiday Home Tour. Ap- proximately five historic Georgetown homes are opened for public viewing during the weekend -long event. $1,000 - Hill Country Book Festi- val - The funding will help pay for the festival which includes approximately 50 authors, children's activities and a writing competition. and culture board resulted in less paperwork being required than in previous years. "This is the second time we've done the grants," Mr. Lashley said. "Each time it's a little different because of the way they fund us. We don't have a consistent fund- ing mechanism." Mr. Lashley said the outcome is worth the invest- ment, even in tough econom- ic times. "It's a quality of life is- sue," he said. "When I go on vacation somewhere, a lot of time it's the arts and culture that I'm going to see. Why not do that 365 days a year in your own home town? Having sculptures and art in the park make Georgetown a better place." Mark Thomas, director of economic development, said investments into the arts makes it easier to sustain businesses in Georgetown and to attract new ones. "Events like these provide amenities that differenti- ate our community," Mr. Thomas said. "When we talk to employers, they really like that we have lots of things for their employees to do." citv@.wilcosun.com THEE SUN How to reach us Postmaster - Send address changes to: The Williamson County Sun, P.O. Box 39, Georgetown, Texas 78627. 512-930-4824(metro) Subscribing to The Sun- The Williamson County Sun(USPS fax: 512-868-0314 - 684-780) is published weekly by Williamson County Sun, Inc.. E-mail: Iettersgcountysun.com 707 Main Street. Georgetown, Texas 78626, Mail: P.O. Box 39, Periodicals Postage Paid at Georgetown, Texas. Georgetown, TX 78627 Combined annual subscription rates for The Williamson Location: 707 Main Street, County Sun and The Sunday Sun are $37 In -county, $54 out - Georgetown. TX.78626 of -county. a