DEPARTMENT: Department of Arts & Culture
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Debbie Racca-Sittre
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Revisions to San Antonio Arts Commission Bylaws
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing revisions to the San Antonio Arts Commission Bylaws to provide an updates to their Purpose, Mission, Roles and Responsibilities, simplifying Membership composition requirements and updating the Committee Structure.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In April 2015, the San Antonio Arts Commission was created by consolidating the Department of Arts and Culture's two boards into one unified body. The Cultural Arts Board, which was established in 1984, and was responsible for making recommendations on arts and cultural funding programs, including arts funding guidelines and grant awards, and the Public Art Board which was established in 2009 and was responsible for developing and enhancing the city's public art program in adherence to the City's adopted public art ordinance that sets policies and guidelines regarding the commissioning of public art, acceptance of artwork donations, and stewardship and conservation of the city's art inventory.
The bylaws were updated in 2015 with the creation of the San Antonio Arts Commission and reflected a fifteen member advisory board appointed to serve as the recommending body for all arts and cultural initiatives including grant funding and public art.
The Department of Arts & Culture held a retreat in July 2016 for the San Antonio Arts Commission to achieve a few key items, which included providing a clear overview of the Purpose, Mission, and Roles and Responsibilities of the Commission, and to simplify the Membership composition requirements and the proposed Committee Structure, Composition and Rules. These key items are reflected in the proposed updates to the bylaws.
ISSUE:
Department of Arts & Culture staff recommends City Council authorization to update the Bylaws of the San Antonio Arts Commission. ...
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