DEPARTMENT: Department of Arts & Culture
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Debbie Racca-Sittre
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: All Council Districts
SUBJECT: Briefing on the Cul-T?-Art Plan
SUMMARY:
The Cul-T?-Art Cultural Plan is a coordinated planning document that is comprised of six focus areas including: Film, Centro de Artes, Public Art, Arts Funding Guidelines, Music, and the Downtown Cultural Plan. Staff will present an overview and status of the Plan to the Arts, Culture & Heritage City Council Committee.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The department partnered with the Mayor's Office, San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the SABER Institute, and Texans for the Arts to kick-off the cultural planning process on October 11, 2017. The kick-off included a review of the state of the current creative economy, a visioning session, as well as a workshop on arts advocacy.
A professionally administered survey of a representative sample of residents, visitors and arts patrons has been completed with over 3,000 respondents. The department attended community meetings in each of the ten council districts to collect additional information regarding arts and culture. Additionally, the Cul-T?-Art plan is being informed by benchmarking with other cities and outlining a baseline of current art services which has been developed by staff and a consultant. The department hosted community workshops to collect feedback on the community survey, cultural equity, public art strategies, and arts funding guidelines which all go towards informing the plan and its proposed policy guidelines.
ISSUE:
The Cul-T?-Art Cultural Plan is a coordinated planning document that is comprised of six focus areas including: Film and Centro de Artes which have already been completed, Public Art and Arts Funding Guidelines which are currently being...
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