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YOU SO MUCH FOR[Arts & Cultural Advisory Commission on April 20, 2023.]
COMING TO TODAY'S MEETING.THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS TODAY? NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
THE NEXT ITEM, WE MOVE TO OUR VOTING AGENDA.
ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 9TH, 2022, ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING COMMISSION.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES THERE A SECOND.
AND SECOND THAT THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 9TH, 2022, ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING BE APPROVED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET BE KNOWN BY RAISING YOUR HANDS, THOSE WHO OPPOSED AS HAVING.
MOVING ON TO VOTING ITEM NUMBER TWO, VOTING ITEMS TWO AND FOUR, WHICH ARE THE GUIDELINES WHICH ARE BEING BROUGHT TO US BY THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE.
WE WILL DEFER THOSE TWO ITEMS UNTIL AFTER BRIEFING C.
LET'S MOVE TO BULLET ITEM NUMBER THREE.
THE AGENDA STARTS WITH CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT.
IS THERE A DIFFERENT AGENDA I'M NOT AWARE OF.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT ITEMS, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE VOTING AGENDA ITEMS, RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT OF ADDITIONS TO THE CULTURAL SUPPORT PROGRAM REVIEW.
IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR OF THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE, OUR VICE CHAIR, JESSE HARBUCK, WILL READ ITEM FIVE OF THE PANEL ROSTER.
WE'RE, UH, BRINGING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PANEL, CORRECT? YES.
AND IS STAFF READING THIS YOUR CHOICE? YOU CAN READ IT.
ON BEHALF OF THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, FIELDS, AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS VARIETY OF PAGES.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PANEL REQUIREMENTS, UM, I BELIEVE, DO WE HAVE THE LIST OF THOSE PANELISTS THAT ARE YES, MA'AM.
IT'S A GREEN AND WHITE EXCEL SHIFT.
YOU HEARD THE REPORT FROM THE ALLEGATIONS COMMITTEE.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MOVE, MADAM CHAIR.
I MOVE THAT WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS READ.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS READ.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET BE KNOWN BY, OH, MADAM CHAIR, YES.
SO AT THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING, I DID MENTION, JUST TO START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT AGE I, UM, I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THE AGE, THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF YOU WERE THE HEAD OF A NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT A HIGH SCHOOLER OR AN 18, 19, 20 YEAR OLD TO BE EVALUATING YOUR PANELS, YOUR, YOUR GRANTS APPLICATION.
SO I MENTIONED IT AT THE ALLOCATIONS, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SO IF THAT'S FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMITTEE OR OAC, UM, BUT I JUST, I FEEL
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STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.AND, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT BOOKER T'S A GREAT SCHOOL, BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO IN THE INTEREST OF EQUITY AND, AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REVIEWING OUR, UH, ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, THAT THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO DO SO.
THANK YOU FOR THE OBSERVATION AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE MOVED FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY.
IS THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY RAISING YOUR HANDS.
YEAH, I HAVE IT IN THE MOTION IS CARRIED.
OKAY, WE FINISH ITEMS NUMBER FIVE.
SO NOW WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE BRIEFINGS, WHICH IS NEXT.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT THE ORDER? WE'RE GOING WITH THE BRIEFINGS NEXT.
I'M CALLED TO THE FLOOR CALLED SPOTLIGHT, THE SECOND DOG THEATER, PARKER GRAY AND JOSHUA CHERRY, ARE YOU HERE WITH THE SECOND THOUGHT THEATER? HELLO THERE.
UM, I GUESS BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS ARE NEEDED.
I'M THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, AT SECOND THOUGHT THEATER.
UH, I'M THE KTA HUMPHREYS CAMPUS.
THIS IS OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, JOSH GUTTER.
UM, YOU ALL RECEIVED A SMALLER HANDOUT HOPEFULLY THAN CAN BE.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE STUFF ON HERE.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO READ THAT.
THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE PRINTED IT OFF AND, UH, LOOK AT THAT AT YOUR OWN TIME.
UM, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF, UH, RUNDOWN OF WHO SECOND THOUGHT THEATER IS AND WHO WE ARE NOW AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE WE STARTED AS, UM, IT IS A KIND OF HOTLY DEBATED TOPIC.
IF THE 20TH SEASON IS NEXT, WE, UH, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT PEOPLE, UM, PRESENTED SEASONS BACK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WAS KIND OF, UH, QUICK AND DIRTY.
SO, UM, WE'RE CONSIDERING, UH, THIS UPCOMING SEASON, NEXT SEASON THAT BE THE 20TH SEASON.
SO IT'S AROUND FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
UM, WE, UH, STARTED OUT DOING AROUND FOUR SHOWS A YEAR, UM, MUCH MORE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT.
UM, AGAIN, QUICK AND DEBATE, UH, HOWEVER MANY SHOWS YOU COULD DO.
UH, BUT WE ARE NOW ON A THREE SHOW SEASON, UH, WHICH RUNS FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER.
UM, THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE THREE SHOWS.
AND, UH, AN EXCITING METRIC THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT ISN'T ON THIS PAGE IS WE, UM, OUT OF THE 34, UM, PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HIRED, UH, WHETHER THAT BE DESIGNERS, DIRECTORS, ACTORS, 19 OF THOSE ARE FIRST TIME, SECOND THOUGHTS, UM, ACTORS, CREATIVES.
UH, I REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO, UM, INVEST IN THOSE WHO TRUST THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A REAL LONG TIME THAT WE CAN, UM, REALLY, UH, LEAN ON, UH, IN TERMS OF LIKE GETTING SECOND BUTTON USE A LOT OF TIME.
BUT I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN NEW, NEW BLOOD THAT, UH, OUR AUDIENCE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, BUT WHO, UM, DFW AUDIENCES MAYBE SEEN BEFORE.
THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE IT ON OUR STAGE.
SO SPECIFICALLY THAT OUR ACTORS, WE HAVE 14 ACTORS THIS SEASON, AND 11 OF THOSE ARE FIRST TIME, SECOND THOUGHT, UH, AFTER, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY EXCITING THING.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO USHER IN, UH, MY FIRST YEAR HERE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
UM, IF YOU FLIP ONTO THE BACK OF THIS SHEET, THERE'S A LITTLE, UM, OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR CURRENT SEASON IS.
WE JUST CLOSED THE FIRST SHOW OF OUR SEASON, WHICH IS, UH, IS EDWARD STONE, SINGLE BY KATE CORTEZ, DIRECTED BY CAROLINE HAMILTON.
UH, IT WAS A REALLY FUN, UM, THEY CALL IT A ONE WOMAN SHOW FOR TWO WOMEN, AND IT'S KIND OF HOW THE PLAYWRIGHT HAD, UH, PITCHED IT TO US.
UM, JUST, UH, ABOUT THE, UM, THE MORALS OF INTEGRITY AND, UH, KEEPING YOUR FRIENDS ACCOUNTABLE.
AND, UH, I THINK WE HAD REALLY GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT.
UM, OUR FINAL WEEKEND WE HAD A REALLY, UH, SIZABLE AUDIENCES FOR ALL FOUR SHOWS, SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT.
UM, OUR SECOND SHOW OF THE SEASON, WHICH STARTS REHEARSALS ON MAY 15TH, BUT WILL RUN JUNE 21ST THROUGH JULY 8TH, IS OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD BY ALEXIS SHEAR.
UH, IT RECENTLY PREMIERED OFF BROADWAY BACK IN 2020, RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT.
UM, AND IS A WILD, WILD SHOW WITH MAGIC AND A BUNCH OF, UH, TEENAGE GIRLS WHO GET INTO A FREE HOUSE TO SUMMON THE SPIRIT OF PABLO ESCOBAR.
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CAN, THAT GOES WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE MESSING WITH EACH OTHER OR NOT, THAT'S KIND OF THE, UH, THE APPEAL.BUT, UM, IT REALLY DEALS A LOT WITH, UH, YOUNG FRIENDSHIPS AND, UH, THE STRESSES PUT ON BY GRIEF AND, UM, JUST BEING A MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL TEENAGER, ESPECIALLY AS A FEMALE.
UM, AND THERE, OUR FINAL SHOW OF THE SEASON, UH, WHICH WILL RUN SEPTEMBER 27TH THROUGH OCTOBER 14TH, IS A WORLD PREMIER ADAPTATION OF ANTI, UH, BYLES, BUT IT IS, UH, A, UH, ADAPTED BY JOHN AL KASNER, WHO IS A, UM, LOCAL PLAYWRIGHT WHO SECOND THOUGHT HAS WORKED WITH BEFORE.
UM, A REALLY EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS PIECE IS THAT IT WILL BE A DEVISED PIECE BY THE CREATIVES DIRECTOR AND ACTORS INVOLVED.
SO THE ACTORS THAT WE HAVE CAST, WE WERE ACTUALLY GATHERING FOR A REHEARSAL, UM, THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY TO DO A DEVISING DEVELOPMENT WEEK WHERE THE DIRECTOR, UM, DRAMATURG AND ACTOR WILL SORT OF, UH, READ THE SCENES THAT ARE ALREADY PRE-WRITTEN, BUT ALSO START TO, UM, TELL STORIES ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES IN WHICH, UM, THEY'VE COME UP WITH, UH, COME UP AGAINST TIMES WHEN, UH, THEY'VE HAD TO BREAK RULES, WHETHER THAT BE FOR, UM, FOR RIGHTEOUS CAUSE OR IN ORDER TO, UM, BE KIND OR ET CETERA.
SO, UM, WE, THE PLAY WILL SPECIFICALLY FEATURE, UM, STORIES FROM THE CAST AS SORT OF INTERSTITIALS OR THINGS WOVEN INTO THE TEXT.
UM, SO IT'LL BE A TRULY DEVICE PIECE.
IT'LL BE SOMETHING FAIRLY NEW TO SECOND THOUGHTS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING A NEW SORT OF PROGRAMMING TO OUR STAGE.
UH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON THE STAGES HERE AT SECOND THOUGHT IN THIS 2023 YEAR.
UM, I GUESS I CAN OPEN UP IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR THESE POINTS OF INTEREST COMMISSIONERS, THEY WILL THEN ATTAIN YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I BELIEVE YOU'RE CELEBRATING YOUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, NEXT YEAR, NEXT SEASON OR NEXT 2024 SEASON WILL AS WE'RE GONNA CALL IT OUR 20TH SEASON.
SO I WILL MAKE IT A POINT TO GO AND SEE SOMETHING BECAUSE IN THE 20 YEARS I'VE NEVER SEEN A SECOND THOUGHT PERFORMANCE.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, UM, BALLPARK FIGURE IN THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN YOUR FACILITIES MM-HMM.
UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, HOW MUCH DID YOU INVEST IN REPAIRS? UPDATES? I THINK THE NUMBER THAT WE GAVE DTC LAST YEAR WAS AROUND 16 TO $18,000 THAT WE INVESTED BACK IN 2008.
EIGHT, I BELIEVE, WHICH WAS OUR OWN CAPITAL.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR, SECOND THOUGHT THEATER PERFORMS IN BRIAN HALL AND THE HELD BUILDING.
SO WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, UH, AT A CERTAIN DISTANCE IT REMOVED AND DTCS, UH, PLANNING, UM, FOR THE KTA CAMPUS.
BRIAN HALL WAS ORIGINALLY A REHEARSAL SPACE.
UM, THE FLOOR WAS NOT A USABLE FLOOR.
A LOT OF IT WAS OFFICE, A LOT OF IT WAS, WELL, THE, YEAH.
AND SO, UM, WE HAD BEEN IN ADDISON, WE WANTED TO COME BACK TO DALLAS WHERE WE HAD STARTED.
AND, UH, WE TALKED TO DTC AND OFFERED TO PAY TO RENOVATE THAT SPACE OURSELVES.
TURNED INTO THE BLACK BOX THAT IT IS TODAY THAT DTC IS RENTING OUT TO THIRD PARTIES.
UM, PRETTY MUCH I THINK ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT SPACE HAVE BEEN FROM SECOND FATHER, CUZ UH, WE HAVE BEEN A PRIMARY TENANT.
AND, UM, ARE YOU AN EQUITY THEATER? WE ARE.
WE ARE AN S SPT ONE EQUITY HOUSE.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR INVESTMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AWARE ABOUT THE DALLAS KIND OF, UH, ARTISTS COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS IS HEALTH INSURANCE.
SO YOUR EQUITY STATUS CAN ALLOW YOU TO OFFER HEALTH INSURANCE.
ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, WE MADE THE COMMITMENT TO INCREASE OUR EQUITY STATUS TO A SMALL PROFESSIONAL THEATER, AT LEAST AT THE TIME, WE WERE THE SMALLEST THEATER IN NORTH TEXAS TO DO SO.
UM, IT, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT BUMP UP IN COMPENSATION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THOSE EQUITY ARTISTS.
UH, SO ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS, WHEN THEY WORK ON A SECOND THOUGHT CONTRACT, THEY NOW, UH, ACCRUE HEALTH INSURANCE WEEKS.
AND, UH, EQUITY REQUIRES A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WEEKS EVERY YEAR TO STAY ACTIVE ON THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN.
AND THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST, THIS CURRENT SEASON THAT'S HAPPENING IS OUR FIRST SEASON.
WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THE TRANSITION FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, BUT, UM, WE'RE NOW ABLE TO BE FULL EQUITY STATS AS PART OF THAT TRANSITION.
WE HAVE THE, THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE ACCRUED IS ALMOST 400 WEEKS OF HEALTH INSURANCE THAT WE'VE OFFERED TO LOCAL DALLAS.
THAT IS SORT OF WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
HOW MANY WEEKS DO YOU PROVIDE OF WORK FOR AN EQUITY ACTOR? RIGHT.
SO PER SHOW, WE ROUGHLY ARE ABLE TO DO DEPENDING ON, UM,
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THE STRUCTURE OF THE SHOW.SO ANTAGONISTS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SINCE WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT ADVISING WEEK THAT'S EARLIER IN THE YEAR BEFORE OUR REGULAR BLOCK RESULTS.
UM, SO, BUT ON AVERAGE, CURRENTLY WE'RE OFFERED SEVEN WEEKS PER SHOW.
UM, I BELIEVE AS AN EQUITY ACTOR MYSELF, UM, I THINK YOU NEED, UH, 11 TO BE, OH, IT'S 11 NOW.
UM, IT USED, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY HARD SYSTEM TO FOLLOW.
BUT AS OF NOW, UM, THE BASE TIER STARTS AT 11 WEEKS.
IS THAT FOR SIX MONTHS INSURANCE? NO, IT IS NOW A FULL YEAR, BUT IT'S JUST ABOUT THE, IS THAT BETTER THAN IT WAS? YES, IT IS BETTER THAN IT WAS, BUT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF WEIRD IN THAT THERE ARE THREE TIERS OF HEALTH INSURANCE THAT YOU CAN GET AND THE MORE LOOPS THAT YOU PUT INTO IT, THE HIGHER TIER THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GET AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
BUT I BELIEVE 11 IS THE, IS THE
UM, BUT, UH, SO SEVEN WEEKS WILL BE FOR OUR FIRST TWO SHOWS, BUT THEN, UH, OUR STATE MANAGER FOR ANTI WILL GET EIGHT WEEKS.
OTHER COMMENTS? WHAT AMOUNT CHARGE DO I HAVE? QUESTION.
SO WITH THE EQUITY WEEKS THAT YOU, SO THEN, UH, HELP ME CUZ I'M NEW BUT SEVEN WEEKS AND THEN THEY CAN GET THE OTHER BOARD SOMEWHERE ELSE OR, RIGHT.
SO AS AN EQUITY ACTOR, YOU KIND OF, YOU'RE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, SO YOU HAVE TO AUDITION AND ACT WHERE YOU CAN.
UM, AND SO, UM, IF WE HIRED, UH, AN EQUITY ACTOR MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT OUR SEASON, THEY CAN ACCRUE WEEKS, HOWEVER MANY WEEKS WITH US.
BUT, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I'M DOING A SHOW AT ONE PLACE, I'LL GET SEVEN TO EIGHT WEEKS AND THEN IT'S UP TO ME TO AUDITION AND BOOK ANOTHER SHOW SO THAT I CAN GET UP TO MY MINIMUM HEALTH INSURANCE.
UM, BUT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SEVEN HEALTH WEEKS TO 14 ACTORS WAS PRETTY GREAT.
AND WHENEVER WE WERE MAKING THE DECISION TO STEP UP OUR STATUS, UM, WE FELT THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR SMALL THEATERS LIKE SANON TO OFFER THE HEALTH INSURANCE WEEKS CUZ THERE'S ONLY ONE DTC IN TOWN.
AND SO IF THE SMALLER THEATERS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE ALSO OFFERING THAT HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY WOULD MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR SOMEONE LIKE PARKER TO PIECE TOGETHER TWO OR THREE SHOWS.
I JUST WANNA OFFER SOME ENCOURAGEMENT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO KEEP SEEING YOU AROUND.
I HAVE SEEN A SECOND THOUGHT SHOW.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT MORNING.
I'M GLAD TO TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE, SO YEAH.
WE DID PUT ON THE BACK PARKER'S EMAIL AS WELL.
SO AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE BACK PAGE, YOU HAVE HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME SEE A SHOW.
MAY I PUT THEM ON THE SPOT? WELL,
WERE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE, UM, EQUITY PLAN AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPENED WITH DTC? UM, SO I WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
I WOULD SAY AT THE END THAT WE WERE SATISFIED WITH THE NUMBER THAT IT CAME DOWN TO.
UM, I THINK THAT THE CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT AT DTC MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THEIR POSITIONING.
UM, OUR ORIGINAL RENTAL RATE WHEN THEY PROPOSED THE, THE FIRST ROUND OF THE EAP TO US WENT UP 700% AND THEY CAME DOWN TO 500% I THINK IT WAS, AND WE GOT THEM DOWN TO BASICALLY DOUBLING OUR RENT.
BUT WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A PRETTY EQUITABLE RATE FOR OURSELVES.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A RATE THAT KEEPS BRIAN HALL OUR HOME FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH DTC OVER THE NEXT, THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LEASE, UM, TO HAVE VERY SMALL INCREASES YEAR TO YEAR.
UM, MY HOPE IS IS THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO OTHER SMALL THEATERS.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE TRIED TO EMPHASIZE TO DTC OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I, I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S NOT REALLY OUR PLACE TO GO COMPARE RATES WITH OTHER COMPANIES.
UM, I HOPE THAT DTCS HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO THEY KNOW MOVING FORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THE, THE LAST BULLET POINT ON THE FRONT PAGE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT JOSHUA DREW AND EVERYTHING SAID BEFORE I JOINED.
UM, THEY WERE REALLY, UM, UH, THE WORD INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE RENT INCREASE FOR US WOULD BE ONLY ENOUGH TO WHERE OTHER COMPANIES WOULD RENT AT THE SAME RATE.
THEY WERE WANTING TO OFFER US A, A KIND OF DEAL, BUT OTHER COMPANIES THAT THEY WANTED TO RENT UP BRIAN HALL WOULD GO FOR A DIFFERENT HIGHER RATE.
SO WE ARGUED FOR EVERYBODY WHO WANTED TO STAY AT BRIAN HALL TO HAVE OUR RATE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING TO THANK YOU.
WELL, WE'RE VERY FIRM LEAVE FACT THAT, UM, THE ARTIST COMMUNITY IN DALLAS IS AN ECOSYSTEM THAT WE ALL SHARE.
SO IF OTHER THEATER COMPANIES CAN PERFORM IN BRIAN HALL OR ELSEWHERE AND GIVE ARTISTS LIKE PARKER WORK, THEY STAY IN DALLAS, THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO CHICAGO OR LA AND TRY
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
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SECOND THOUGHT.THE NEXT BRIEFING, TEEN SUMMER CAMP RESIDENCY FOR INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE.
RHONDA IVORY, OFFICE OF ARTS CITY CULTURE HAS THE FLOOR.
NO, GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE IN PERSON.
UM, AND SO TOGETHER WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
SO THE TEEN SUMMER CAMP RESIDENCY FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
OF COURSE, IT WILL CONSIST OF A, UM, RESIDENCY FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AT THREE LOCATIONS IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
IT IS SLIGHTLY MIMICKING WHAT WE DO ALREADY WITH THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW IT WORKS AND THEN WE CAN TWEAK IT.
SO IT CONSISTS OF HAVING THE ARTISTS DO AN EIGHT WEEK RESIDENCY AT THE THREE LOCATIONS THAT WERE SELECTED BY THE PROGRAM THAT MAINLY DEAL WITH TEEN PROGRAMS. NOW THOSE THREE LOCATIONS ARE THE THURGOOD MARSHALL, UH, REC CENTER IN DISTRICT THREE, THE TIMBERLAND REC CENTER IN DISTRICT 12, AND THE EX ALL REC CENTER IN DISTRICT 14.
SO HOW IT WILL WORK IS WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY RELEASED THE R F P.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT OPEN UNTIL MAY 3RD, AND WE'LL HAVE THE TOP THREE ARTISTS SELECTED FOR THIS PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE EIGHT WEEKS, UM, AT THESE LOCATIONS.
AND WHETHER IT IS ON A ROTATION BASIS OR NOT, THAT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE MANAGERS OF THE CENTERS.
UM, EACH ARTIST WILL RECEIVE FUNDING OF $6,000 FOR THOSE EIGHT WEEKS.
AND, UM, THAT FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE ARTS DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY HAVE GRACIOUSLY, UM, UH, ALLOWED US TO, TO KIND OF INFILTRATE AND THEY WILL BE ACTUALLY, UH, PICKING UP THE TAB.
SO, UH, THE MANAGERS OF EACH CENTER WILL BE SCHEDULING WITH THE ARTISTS AND THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE LOGISTICS AS FAR AS PHYSICAL, UM, PROGRAMMING.
BUT THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE WILL BE IN CHARGE OF MANAGING THE PROGRAM WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE, UM, NOT MARKETING, BUT THE CONTRACTING AND THE INVOICING AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE EIGHT WEEKS, WE WILL ACTUALLY RECEIVE A FINAL REPORT FROM EACH OF THE ARTISTS.
AND OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE THAT REPORT OUT FOR YOU.
WE WILL MAKE, BE PART THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER WE WILL PROCEED WE'LL, YOU KNOW, JUST MEASURE WHETHER IT WAS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT.
AND WE'LL DECIDE AT THAT TIME HOW IT LOOK FOR FREE.
NOW, AS I SAID, THE APPLICATION'S OPEN YESTERDAY.
THEY CLOSED ON MAY 3RD, AND THEN THE FIRST DATE OF SERVICE POSSIBLE IS GONNA BE JUNE 5TH WHEN THEIR SUMMER CAMP ACTUALLY BEGINS.
AND THEN ONCE THEIR SUMMER CAMP ENDS IN AUGUST, THAT'S WHEN THE PROGRAM WILL END.
SO WE'RE REALLY TESTING IT OUT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THEIR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMING.
UM, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I TRIED TO GO FAST.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS.
AS YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GOT OBSERVATIONS,
UM, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHY JUST TEAMS? UM, AND THE SECOND HAS TO DO WITH I I I GET WHERE THE, UM, CENTERS ARE LOCATED.
YOU'VE GOT IN EAST DALLAS, UH, SOUTH, UH, OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF AND A, UM, PLEASANT GROVE.
IS THAT, UM, DOWNTOWN? SO ONE OF FAR NORTH, RIGHT? SEPTEMBER CLIFF, FAR NORTH, FAR NORTH.
UM, BUT I, I, I CALLED TO TRY TO FIND SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN AND I WAS REALLY DISTRESS THAT WE HAVE ALMOST NOTHING FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF SEVEN.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S AN AGE THAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED, MY PARENTS.
UM, SO IS THERE A REASON WHY NOBODY IS THINKING ABOUT THAT? WHY TEEN? I KNOW TEENS USUALLY WANNA HAVE A JOB IN THE SUMMER, SO THAT WAS ALWAYS OUR HARDEST GROUP TO GET AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
I'M CRYSTAL ROSS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH THE DALLAS PARK DEPARTMENT.
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THANK YOU FOR THAT.UM, I WANNA POINT OUT OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS ARE TYPICALLY PLANNED IN JANUARY.
AND SO WHEN THIS O WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY WAS PRESENTED TO US, IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT, FIRST OF ALL, WHERE'S THE FUNDING STREAM GONNA COME FROM? OUR TEAM PROGRAM HAS A SEPARATE ALLOCATION, BUDGET ALLOCATION, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO AFFORD, UM, BUDGETARY DOLLARS FOR THE PROGRAM.
UM, THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE TYPICAL SUMMER CAMP, WHICH IS AGE FIVE TO 12, THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE SUMMER.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TREATING THIS AS A PILOT BECAUSE I WANNA SEE WHAT TYPE OF ARTISTS ARE COMING OUT, HOW ARE STUDENTS BEING ENGAGED? IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN REPLICATE? AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SUMMER.
WE CAN DO MANY, UM, I'M ASSUMING
SO THIS IS JUST THE FASTEST AND THE EASIEST WAY FOR US TO TEST THE WATERS AND SEE HOW WELL IT GOES FOR US AND HOW IT FITS INTO OUR DAILY PROGRAM.
AND AS FAR AS THE SITES ARE CONCERNED, WE ONLY OFFER THREE TEEN CAMPS.
AND SO THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED FROM HISTORICAL ATTENDANCE.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE STRONG NUMBERS AND OUR LATE NIGHT RECREATION.
AND SO WE JUST KIND OF CARRIED THAT OVER FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH OUR TEAM PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE SUMMER.
SO THAT'S WHY THOSE THREE WERE THE ONLY SITES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
AND THEN I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE CALLING A REC CENTER TO GET IT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE THE COMMISSIONER A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND ON, UH, HOW THIS HAPPENED.
UM, I WOULD, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COMMISSION, I LEARNED THAT HALF OF OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BUILDINGS WE'RE SUPPORTING AND KEEPING BUILDINGS UP AND REPAIRED AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, AND THE IDEA OF A CULTURAL CENTER, IT IS JUST, IT IS JUST NOT THE BEST IDEA.
AND SO I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED HOW COULD WE GET OUR PROGRAM, BECAUSE THE CULTURAL PLAN IS SAYING WE NEED ART ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND SO THE PARTS, THE PARTS HAVE FACILITIES ALL OVER THE BUILD, ALL OVER THE CITY AND EVERY PART OF THE CITY.
SO I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY REMEMBERS COMMISSIONER RICE, NOW SHE'S ON THE PARK BOARD.
SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER AND WE QUICKLY MOVED, LIKE SHE SAID, TWO WEEKS WE WERE, IT WAS A CONVERSATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RHONDA AND APOLOGIZE TO RHONDA.
THEY, THEY MOVE SO FAST TO TEST THIS PROGRAM, UH, IN FINDING FUNDING.
THE, THE GOAL IS FOR THE 10 DISTRICTS, AND THAT'S MOST OF US SITTING AT THIS TABLE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CULTURAL CENTER TO HAVE RESIDENCIES IN THEIR DISTRICT AND THE PARKS THAT'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
THEY GET ART, WE GET ART AND, UM, EVERYBODY'S HAPPY.
SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A PERFECT PLAN.
SO I I, I HOPE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF, UH, ONCE WE GET THE RESULTS AND EVERYTHING, IT'S GETTING SUPPORT FROM ALL THE COMMISSIONS TO THE PARK BOARD TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS NEEDS TO EXPAND.
I KNOW RHONDA, THERE'S MORE WORK, BUT SHE JUST NEEDS MORE STAFF.
SO
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH CRYSTAL ROSS, SO MUCH FOR RESPONDING SO QUICKLY.
RHONDA, I KNOW I'M CALLING YOU ASKING FOR STUFF, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL BE THANK YOU.
SO DO THE, UH, ATTENDEES THAT HAVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT, YOU MENTIONED THE THREE PARKS.
DO THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT? NO, MA'AM.
UH, WE, WE JUST WANNA SEE THEIR PROPOSALS.
UM, WE HAVE CERTAIN CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, MURALISTS, SCULPTORS, THINGS THAT WE THINK TEENAGERS WOULD BENEFIT FROM MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM TO LEARN SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY USE LATER ON.
SO, UM, SO NO, THERE'S NO, THEY DO HAVE TO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO RESIDE IN THOSE DISTRICTS.
AND THAT IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE? IT IS ON, IT IS ON THE WEBSITE.
IT'S, IT SHOULD BE ON FACEBOOK.
I, I PUT IT ON THE COMMUNITY ARTS PAGE AND IT, IT'S, IT'S ALL SHOULD BE EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, ACTUALLY IT MIGHT BE COMING TO YOU SOON.
UM, I SENT IT OUT FOR IT TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION SOON.
UM, BUT YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING BEFORE? YES, I'D LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PARTNER
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WITH, UH, OFFICE OF ARTS, ARTS AND CULTURE.AGAIN, WE WORK WITH YOU ALL SO CLOSELY ON SO MANY THINGS.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH RHONDA FOR, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG.
SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS EASY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER.
UM, SHE SUPPORTED A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE ROLLED OUT.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY EASY TO DO THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THE PARK DEPARTMENT FUNDING, 10 SITES
LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW IS IT WORKING AND THEN WHAT WE WILL DO IS TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN IDENTIFY SOME FUNDS MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO STILL, IF IT'S WORKING, IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, WHICH I ASSUME IT WILL BE, BUT IDENTIFY FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN REPLICATE A MODEL SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS SUMMER AT MULTIPLE CENTERS.
SO ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER FORM BUCKLES ENTHUSIASM ON PART DEPARTMENT FUNDING IT, WE WILL BE CAUTIOUS ON HOW WE IDENTIFY THOSE FUNDS AND WHEN, BUT I AM COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT ARTS AND PARKS REALLY CONNECTS ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING OPEN TO THIS PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.
FIRST, DID YOU GUYS RECEIVE A SPECIAL GRANT? UM, JUST FOR THIS.
AND THEN, UM, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE PROTOCOL.
CAN I JUST ANSWER THEM OR DO YOU NEED TO DIRECT ANSWER? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, SO WE DO NOT HAVE A GRANT.
WE'RE USING OUR ALLOCATED BUDGET.
SO WE'RE JUST IDENTIFYING FUNDS FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM AND WE'RE PULLING OUT, WE'RE CARVING OUT 18,000 FOR THIS.
UM, STUDENTS, WE HAVE 40 AT THESE SITES.
SO WE HAVE A POTENTIAL OF 120.
HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S THURGOOD MARSHALL, THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO IS THIS CAPACITY, IS THIS WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC? UM, YES.
OUR TEAM PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN 40.
JUST, JUST REITERATE THAT STATEMENT, BUT I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, THE R F P.
JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE CONCEPT OF HOW QUICKLY IT'S COMING TOGETHER AND HOW MUCH WE ALL WANT A WIN SO THAT IT CAN HOPEFULLY BE EXPANDED IN FUTURE YEARS AND IT BEING A PILOT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY INTERSECTION WITH THE TAP ARTIST LIST, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR IN PUBLIC ART, HOW WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE APPROVED ARTISTS SHORT LIST, IF, IF YOU GUYS ARE, ARE UTILIZING THAT AT ALL, ANY INTERSECTION THERE? UM, SO NO IN THAT, WELL, YES AND NO.
ANYONE CAN APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A CAP ARTIST.
WE DON'T MARKET SPECIFICALLY TO CAP ARTISTS.
THEY ARE INTRODUCED TO THE PROGRAM AND ANYONE CAN APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT'S NOT INTENTIONALLY TARGETING CAP ARTISTS.
ANYONE THAT'S NOT ON THE CAP ROSTER IS ABLE TO APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE TOP THREE WILL BE SELECTED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, SURE.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE CAP ARTISTS ARE SORT OF PRE-VETTED ALREADY AND HAVE EXPERIENCE UTILIZING THIS KIND OF FUNDING TO CREATE SOME TYPE PROGRAMMING.
SO IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THEY WOULD BE POTENTIALLY MORE SUITED AND ESPECIALLY IN A SHORT TURNAROUND PERIOD TO ACTUALLY DELIVER IT SUCCESSFULLY.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE, IN MY EXPERIENCE, WE, WE HAVE HAD ARTISTS THAT ARE BRAND NEW THAT HAVE COME IN, THAT WE HAVE NOT TAPPED INTO THEIR RESOURCES OR THEIR TALENTS.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AND NOT JUST KEEP REUSING THE SAME ARTISTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE YES, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEY ARE READY AND YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO ALREADY.
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO MOLD NEW ARTISTS WITH THESE NEW PROGRAMS SO THAT THEN POSSIBLY NEXT TIME THEY CAN APPLY TO BE ON CAP.
SO, UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO EXPAND THE POOL A LITTLE BIT MORE.
COMMISSIONER ME, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
WE WERE HEARING THE CLOUD RELEASE SCULPTURE AND MURALS, IS IT STRICTLY VISUAL ARTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT OR ARE YOU LOOKING AT PERFORMING AND VISUAL AND LITERARY AND MEDIA ARTS? RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT VISUAL ARTS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE TESTING IT OUT AND WE, WE WERE TRYING TO FIND THE DISCIPLINES THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE TEENS RIGHT NOW.
UM, ALSO BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE WE'VE HAD WITH CAP, THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FOR TEENS HAS BEEN MORE OF VISUAL ARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THAT WORKS AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS EXPAND IT.
YOU HAVE A COMMISSION IN THE GALLERY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK? UH, COMMISSIONER CURIO.
UM, ONE, UM, I THINK ALSO ONE OF THE RE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT GET BY OPENING IT UP TO OUTSIDE OF CAP ARTISTS IS THAT YOU GET INSTRUCTORS WHO MIGHT BE OFF, BUT
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WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TEACH IN THE SUMMER, UM, BUT CAN'T BE A CAP ARTIST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY AVAILABLE DURING THE YEAR.PEOPLE WHO TEACH, YOU KNOW, DAILY, UM, $6,000.
UH, I, I'M JUST THINKING BECAUSE IT IS VISUAL ARTS, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS YOU MENTIONED AND THE, THE COST OF MATERIAL.
UM, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE TEACHING LIKE TEENAGERS VISUAL ART, YOU NEED QUALITY MATERIALS.
AND SO I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LIKE A STIPEND FOR LIKE CANVASES OR IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, QUALITY PAPER OR, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I, I WANTED TO BRING UP.
AND THEN, UM, HOW WILL SUCCESS BE MEASURED SINCE YOU ALREADY HAVE NUMBERS? UM, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT CAN FEEL NEBULOUS AND THEN SO THINGS DON'T, THE WAY SUCCESS IS MEASURED ISN'T NECESSARILY, THE WAY I THINK ABOUT SUCCESS IS SOMETIMES JUST GROWTH REFLECTION.
NO ONE HAS TO SAY AT THE END THEY'RE GONNA BE A VISUAL ARTIST FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, BUT PROBABLY I'LL BE DECIDING IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, I GUESS.
AS FAR AS THE SUCCESS MEASUREMENT, WE, WE DON'T WANNA JUST BASE IT ON ATTENDANCE BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A SET ATTENDANCE, BUT IF AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PARTICIPANTS, FROM THE TEENAGERS, FROM THE KIDS THEMSELVES, SO THAT THEY CAN TELL US THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE OR NOT, WE WILL DEFINITELY GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THE ARTIST, OF COURSE WITH THE FINAL REPORT.
BUT IF WE CAN GET, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THE PARTICIPANTS AS WELL AS THE STAFF OF THE CENTER, THEN WE'LL TAKE ALL THAT, ROLL IT UP, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THAT DECISION GOING FORWARD.
WHETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO CONTINUE OR NOT.
WILL THERE BE A CELEBRATORY, UM, VALERIE SHOW AT THE END THAT IS UP TO THE ARTIST AND UP TO THE CENTERS? UH, WE, WE WON'T GET THAT, DICTATE THAT FOR THEM.
AND I WAS JUST GONNA ADD TO IT.
SO A SURVEY IS ACTUALLY THE REQUIREMENT FOR OUR TEAM PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE A VENDOR COME IN, OUR PARTICIPANTS AT THE END ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A SURVEY AS WELL AS OUR STAFF AND THEIR OBSERVATION OF THAT PARTICULAR VENDOR.
SO WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
CLARIFICATION ON HER QUESTION.
THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION TALKED ABOUT BUDGET FOR SUPPLIES.
WAS THAT RESPONDED TO? NO MA'AM.
SO WE HAVE $6,000 ALLOCATED FOR THIS.
THE WAY OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS WORK IS WHEN THE ARTISTS DO THEIR PROPOSALS, THEY HAVE TO GIVE US A BUDGET, A PRELIMINARY BUDGET OF HOW THEY INTEND TO SPEND THAT $6,000.
IF WE SEE THAT THEY'RE OVER BUDGET BECAUSE OF SUPPLIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE CAN ADJUST IT ACCORDINGLY.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE UPFRONT, FIRST AND FOREMOST WHAT THEY WILL DO OR HOW THEY CAN IVOR IT, IF YOU WILL, UM, TO SEE HOW IT WILL WORK WITH ONLY $6,000.
IF IT'S NOT, THEN YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK ACCORDINGLY.
BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY GET UPFRONT.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE DO ALL OF THE FUNDING PROGRAMS FROM COMMUNITY ARTS.
UM, EVEN WITH THE MURALS ON THE MOVE, WE GIVE THEM $5,000.
CAN YOU WORK WITH THAT? YOU KNOW, AND THEY USUALLY DO.
SO, UM, THAT'S HOW WE'RE PLANNING ON DEALING WITH THAT.
UM, DID I ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CURIO? DO WANT? YES.
COMMISSIONER GLOVER IS YOUR HAND UP? IT WAS, UH, BUT SHE JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
IT WAS ABOUT THE, THE FUNDING AND HOW THAT WOULD, UH, BE TRACKED OR, UM, WHAT IS THERE A BUDGET OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, UH, SPECIFICS OF THE ALLOCATION AND THAT SHE JUST ANSWERED IT.
CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING? SURE.
SO THE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE RFP IN FRONT OF YOU SO YOU DON'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT WHEN WE SAY EIGHT WEEKS, THEY WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE THERE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
UM, FOR FIVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE DAYS, TWO DAYS A WEEK FOR EIGHT WEEKS.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SUPPLIES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UH, FOR EIGHT WEEKS.
SO I APOLOGIZE THAT, CLARIFY THAT.
PARDON? HOURS WISE, THE HOURS DEPEND ON WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS.
THE SUMMER CAMP, UM, THEY HAVE OTHER ACTIVITIES TOO.
SO IT MAY BE AN HOUR FOR DAY HOURS.
UH, NO IT WON'T BE EIGHT HOURS.
SO, UM, REMEMBER WE'RE FITTING THIS, THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE SET AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST PUT THE ART COMPONENT INTO THEIR SUMMER CAMP.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY REINVENTING THE WHEEL, WE'RE JUST A ADDING A COUPLE MORE POS ENHANCING, RIGHT, ENHANCING THAT.
YOU ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS.
I HAD QUESTION ABOUT THE HOURS CUZ $6,000 FOR EIGHT WEEKS AND HAVING TO PAY THE ARTIST FOR THEIR TIME, PLUS THE SUPPLIES ON TOP OF THAT.
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A TEACHER AND I KNOW HOW MUCH OUR VISUAL ARTS PEOPLE SPEND ON SUPPLIES.UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO FAIRLY COMPENSATING THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES FOR THEIR TIME.
UM, AND IF WE'RE TALKING A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK FOR AN HOUR OR TWO, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK FOR SIX TO EIGHT HOURS.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE GET A GOOD RESPONSE.
UM, MY SECOND SUGGESTION WOULD BE, HAVE YOU SENT THIS OUT TO THE FINE ARTS DIRECTORS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA? BECAUSE THIS, THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY PERFECT FOR VISUAL ARTS TEACHERS CUZ IT'S RIGHT WHEN THEY'RE OFFICE SCHOOL AND IT WOULD, YOU PROBABLY GET SOME REALLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO DO THAT ALL YEAR ROUND AND MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING A TARGETED, YOU KNOW, THING AT A, AT A, AT A UM, REC CENTER.
SO I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST SENDING IT OUT TO THE FINE ARTS DIRECTORS OF KIND OF OUR DALLAS I S D OBVIOUSLY, BUT OUR KIND OF SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AS WELL, UM, IN THE AREAS.
CUZ I KNOW IF IT'S FAR NORTH DALLAS THAT COULD ENCOMPASS PLANO AND UM, MAYBE IRVING AND RICHARDSON.
COMMISSIONER REZI YOUR HAND UP.
IT IS, AND I APOLOGIZE, I APOLOGIZE FOR, UH, BEING TARDY.
I'M PULLING IN FROM LOVELY WASHINGTON STATE.
ONE, UM, MUCH GRATITUDE TO, UH, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, UH, FOR, FOR THIS.
UM, ALSO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT WITH MY COUNCILWOMAN AND, UM, WE BOTH CONCUR THAT THIS IS INCREDIBLY MUCH NEEDED.
UM, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT CAN ARISE FROM THIS BY WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT VISUAL ARTS, UM, BUT PERFORMING ARTS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE, IF WE DID HALF VISUAL AND HALF PERFORMING, PERFORMING ARTS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE ADDED EXPENDITURES.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, $6,000 MAY WORK WELL FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
UM, I'M NOT SURE ON THAT THOUGH.
UH, BUT MAINLY THIS, THIS COMMENT WAS A CONGRATULATORY AND A THANK YOU AND MUCH, MUCH GRATITUDE.
UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ILLA.
UH, AND I WANT TO THANK YOUR, UH, UH, CONSTANT, UH, REMINDERS THAT YOU WANT ART IN YOUR DISTRICT
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS MS. ROSS, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, THAT'S WHY I WANT OUR COMMISSIONERS TO SUPPORT THIS AND GO TO THEIR COUNCIL PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, THE PARKS NEEDS FUNDING TO DO THESE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S KIND OF, WE'RE WORKING ALL TOGETHER TO GET THERE.
SO I I REALLY, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND ANYTHING I THINK WE COULD DO TO BE SUPPORTIVE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
COMMISSIONER ALONE, ARE THE, UM, APPLICATIONS GOING TO BE REVIEWED BY PANELISTS OR WHO DETERMINES? OKAY.
OH, SO YES, WE'LL HAVE A PANEL MAINLY OF STAFF FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE WANT THE INPUT OF THE, THE, THE MANAGERS, THE CENTER MANAGERS SO THAT THEY CAN SELECT WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY THINK.
BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY MANAGERS FROM THAT LIST THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED.
SO, FOLLOW UP QUESTION, ARE WE SETTING THE ARTIST OR ANYBODY WHO BUYS, ARE WE SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS IN REALLY IDENTIFYING THOSE WHO HAVE THE PEDAGOGY? RIGHT? WHO CAN STRUCTURE AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM COMING IN ONCE OR ONE OR TWO HOURS A WEEK BY, WHICH MEANS I, I MEAN, DOES THE APPLICATION ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HAVE THEY DONE THIS BEFORE? OH, DEFINITELY.
AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THE APPLICATION IF YOU LIKE, OR A LINK TO IT.
UM, BUT I MIMICKED THE APPLICATION TO WHAT WE DO FOR THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, JUST TAKING OUT ALL THE EXTRA REQUIREMENTS.
UM, LIKE THE BOARD REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THAT.
BUT THE APPLICATION IS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE ASK THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.
I HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP AS QUESTION.
UM, IS THERE, I KNOW WE'RE LIKE PUTTING YOU GUYS ON THE SPOT.
IS THERE, UM, IS THERE GONNA BE PEOPLE ON THE PANEL AS WELL THAT ARE VISUAL ARTS SPECIALISTS? CUZ IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU WOULD NEED AT LEAST A FEW OF THOSE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSALS AND BE ABLE TO TELL IF REALLY THE BUDGET IS, IS DOABLE AND WHAT'S BEING SAID IS GONNA BE DONE, COULD BE DONE WITHIN THAT BUDGET.
AND IF WHAT'S BEING SAID COULD BE
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DONE IS, IS, YOU KNOW YEAH.WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THE PANEL BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL REQUEST PANELISTS AND WE CAN AVAILABLE.
YEAH, WE WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR VISUAL ARTISTS AND IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE, THEY'RE WELCOME TO BE ON THE PANEL IF THEY'RE NOT APPLYING THEMSELVES.
BUT I CANNOT GUARANTEE WHO WILL BE ON THE PANEL UNTIL I ACTUALLY AM THE, BUT THE PANEL.
BUT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE PULLED FROM OUR ARTS, THE LIST, OUR, OUR ARTS LIST AS OPPOSED TO WHAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS SOMETHING SIMILAR, SIMILAR OR NOT.
I WANTED TO SHARE TWO THINGS, UM, THAT I'M REALLY THRILLED ABOUT, UM, SEEING.
ONE IS THIS REALLY GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT AND PARKS.
YEARS AGO, UH, THE CITY OF ATLANTA TRIED TO LAUNCH WHAT WE CALLED CENTERS OF HOPE, WHERE, UH, SELECTED REC CENTERS WERE ESSENTIALLY LIKE REVITALIZED LIVENED UP WITH ARTS PROGRAMMING.
THEY HAD NO PARK REC PROGRAMMING AT ALL.
SO THEY WANTED TO REVISIT THOSE CENTERS AND TRY TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED, UP TO PAR WITH ARTS PROGRAMMING.
AT THAT TIME, THERE WASN'T REALLY A CLEAR, UH, COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS AND THE PROJECTS KIND OF FELL APART.
AND SO I'M ALREADY THRILLED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP HERE AND THAT RHONDA AS ALWAYS MAKES THINGS HAPPEN.
SO I KNOW THAT THE TIME WAS TRICKY ON THIS AND YOU MADE IT HAPPEN, AND I'M ALWAYS, ALWAYS SO VERY IMPRESSED BY YOU.
THE OTHER THING I WANNA SHARE IS ABOUT CRYSTAL.
I'M SO THRILLED TO GET TO WORK WITH YOU.
UM, I HAVE THROUGHOUT THE TRAJECTORY OF MY CAREER, SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW I TRAINED IN DANCE IN NEW YORK AND, UH, THE DANCE SCHOOL'S LIKE SIX, ALMOST 60 YEARS OLD.
SO WHEN I WAS IN KINDERGARTEN, THERE WAS A MAN GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND AS I BECAME A COLLEGE STUDENT, HE WAS THERE AT MY COLLEGE.
LIKE I KNOW YOU, WE TRAINED AT DANCE TOGETHER.
HE GOES ON AND MOVES UP IN HIS CAREER IN HIGHER ED AND I END UP IN TENNESSEE DOWN THE ROAD IN MY CAREER, I WAS WORKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
HE WAS THERE, HE WAS AT T S E.
AND SO I SHARED WITH HIM THAT I'M GONNA BE MOVING TO DALLAS, TEXAS.
HE WAS LIKE, WHAT? MY GIRL CRYSTAL IS THERE.
I'M LIKE SO MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, I ALWAYS LIKE TO KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS GET THESE LITTLE CONFIRMATIONS ALONG THE ROAD YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
YOU WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO SOMEBODY'S, YOU GOTTA SAFE PLACE TO LAND.
SO GLAD
MADAM CHAIR, DO WE HAVE A OTHER COMMENTS? ONE MORE COMMENT.
THIS STARTED LONG AGO WITH THE DALLAS SYMPHONY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT WAS TO GO OUT AND DO THESE CONCERTS.
JOE AND I TALKED ABOUT ALL OVER.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
WE NO, YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON.
I'M, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY BE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT AT THIS HOUR.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL HAVING ME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIFTING US WITH THE PARTNERSHIP.
RHONDA, ARE YOU SPEAKING AND YOU'RE MOVING TO BRIEFING NUMBER C THE PROPOSED FUNDING PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR OUR THREE PROGRAMS? SURE.
CAN I SIT HERE NOW? WE'RE DOING COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE DOING THE BRIEFINGS NOW, AND WE WILL VOTE ON ITEMS TWO THROUGH FOUR AT THE END OF THEIR BRIEFING.
WELL THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS JUST A ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE.
KINDLY ASKED IF WE TAKE JUST A MOMENT AT THE START TO GO OVER THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOME OF OUR MAJOR FUNDING PROGRAMS, JUST TO REMIND YOU OF WHICH ONE IS WHICH BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY ACRONYMS AND THEY SOUND VERY SIMILAR.
SO WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THREE OF THESE TODAY.
THE FOURTH IS JUST FOR REFERENCE.
WE'LL GET TO THAT IN FUTURE MONTHS THIS SUMMER.
UM, SO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE HAS FOUR MAJOR FUNDING PROGRAMS. THREE OF THOSE FOUR ARE FOUR YEAR DISCUSSION TODAY, AND THEY WERE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE LAST.
THE FIRST IS THE COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM, WHICH RHONDA WILL DISCUSS.
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AN ANNUALLY UPDATED ROSTER OF ARTISTS.THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION HOSTS REQUEST FROM THE CITY.
THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR ALANA ARTISTS AND THIS YEAR WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING ALANA AR, UH, ARTISTS AND ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, AND THE ROSTER AND AWARDED AMOUNTS WILL BE RECOMMENDED BY ALLEGATIONS COMMITTEE.
THIS IS A PROJECT BASED FUNDING PROGRAM THAT SERVES ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS ACROSS DALLAS.
AND WE GIVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF AWARDS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, UM, ABOUT A HUNDRED EVERY YEAR.
ALL DALLAS BASED INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND ARTS AND CULTURAL, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS IF YOU'RE GETTING A WHOLE LOT FROM C O P.
UM, APPLICATIONS ARE IN THREE ROUNDS THROUGH JULY, SEPTEMBER AND JANUARY.
UM, AND THOSE GUIDELINES AND SCENARIOS ARE PRESENTED BY STAFF AND REVIEWED BY THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE.
THIRD, WE HAVE CULTURE OF VALUE.
THIS IS ONE THAT'S COMING BACK AFTER A YEAR IN HIBERNATION.
UM, THANKS TO A WONDERFUL GRANT FROM THE NEA.
UM, THAT IS A VERY EXPEDITED, IT'S ALSO PROJECT-BASED FUNDING PROGRAM THAT IS, ESPECIALLY FOR ALANA ARTISTS AND ALANA FOCUS PROGRAMMING.
UM, THIS YEAR THE BUDGET WILL BE ABOUT $200,000 AND IT WILL AWARD ABOUT 75 ARTISTS THROUGH THOSE MICRO GRANTS.
ALANA ARTISTS OR ALANA ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ONE AND HOPEFULLY APPLICATIONS.
UM, AS SOON AS WE GET THE WORD FROM THE CITY'S, UM, LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT EVERYTHING IS FREE AND CLEAR TO GO, THEY WILL OPEN THIS SUMMER.
FINALLY, THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM.
THIS IS AN ENTIRE YEAR OF CONTRACTED SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FROM, FOR VERY LARGE ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UM, REVENUE OF OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO QUALIFY BY THIS ONE.
UM, THESE ARE THE HIGHEST BUDGET AWARDS.
SO ARTS ACTIVATE HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER, THESE ARE THE HIGHEST DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
UM, AND WE HAVE AN APPROXIMATE BUDGET LAST YEAR OF ABOUT 6 MILLION FOR ABOUT 48 ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, WE STARTED ACCEPTING, UM, AND FINISHED ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE, UH, ON APRIL 12TH.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRIEFING YOU ABOUT THOSE LATER THIS SUMMER.
SO THAT'S JUST A, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMS. THE THREE THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TODAY ARE THE COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM, CAP ARTS ACTIVATE, AND CULTURE VALUE.
AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT C O P D A WHOLE LOT MORE THIS SUMMER AND THIS FALL.
UM, SO STARTING WITH CAP, THE COMMUNITY ARTISTS PROGRAM GUIDELINES, I HOPE THAT YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THEM.
UM, I WILL JUST ADDRESS THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GUIDELINES FOR 22, 20 23, 24.
UM, ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES WAS THE CAP FOR THE FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
LAST YEAR WE HAD THEM CAPPED AT $15,000 AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE CHANGING OR EXTENDING THE CAP ALL THE WAY TO 30,000, UM, FOR ALL, UM, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, WE FOUND THAT BY CAPPING IT AT 15,000, WE RAN INTO SOME TROUBLE BECAUSE SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS SUCH AS ROB HOLBERT AND THOSE JAZZ BANDS, THEY APPLY AS INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
AND THEN, UM, WE GET SO MANY REQUESTS THAT THEY PRETTY MUCH EXCEED THAT CAP.
SO EXTENDING IT WOULD GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE LEEWAY FOR FUNDING.
THE SECOND MAJOR, UH, CHANGE WOULD BE THE REVISED SCORING MATRIX TO ADD ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES.
LAST YEAR WE UPDATED THE GUIDELINES TO ADD GOAL NUMBER FIVE, WHICH WAS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES AND FOR, UM, DIS DISABILITY PROGRAMMING FOR RESIDENTS.
AND SO, BUT WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN JUST ADDING THAT GOAL.
SO THIS YEAR I THOUGHT WE COULD MAYBE JUST TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER AND ADD SCORING FOR THAT.
WE HAD LAST YEAR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT APPLIED, THAT IDENTIFIED AS BEING DISABLED, HOWEVER, DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POINTS TO MAKE IT ON THE ROSTER.
SO IF YOU, I THINK IT'S ON THE, ON THE SCREEN, IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE SCREEN, THE CHANGE THAT WE MADE WAS THE, UM, TWEAK OR ENHANCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SCORE TO ADD 10 MORE POINTS TO COVER 10 POINTS FOR ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE 10 POINTS FOR A LOT OF PROGRAMMING.
WE WILL HAVE 10 POINTS FOR ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES, ARTISTS WHO IDENTIFY AS DISABLED, AND THEN WE WILL KEEP THE UP TO FIVE POINTS FOR THE CULTURAL PLAN PRIORITIES OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY.
UM, I THINK I'M GONNA PAUSE THERE FOR QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT MORE OF THAT
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MONEY WINDING UP IN FEWER OF THOSE ARTISTS' HANDS? BECAUSE CERTAIN ONES ARE PERCEIVED TO BE BETTER AND THEN ARE BEING REQUESTED MORE AND MORE.AND SO THAT EXTRA $15,000 IS GOING TO THEM IS ACTUALLY BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BECAUSE THE OTHER PERSON CAPPED OUT? WELL, WHEN WE DO THE ALLOCATIONS, WE PROBABLY WON'T, WON'T ALLOCATE MORE THAN THE 15,000, BUT IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO ADD MORE FUNDS LATER ON.
UM, SO LIKE THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE HAD ROB HOLBERT, I'LL TAKE AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAD THE $15,000 CAP, BUT WE ENDED UP HAVING TO ADD MORE FUNDS BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF FUNDS FOR THAT 15,000.
NOW WILL IT TAKE MONEY FROM SOMEONE ELSE? THAT DEPENDS.
WE, I, I CAN'T REALLY SAY BECAUSE WHEN WE ALLOCATE THE FUNDS, WE HAVE TO SEE WHO HAS APPLIED, WHO HAS MADE THE ROSTER, HOW THEIR PREVIOUS YEAR WAS.
IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT APPLIED AND DID NOT DO VERY WELL IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THEY DID A REDUCTION ANYWAY.
AND SO WE TAKE THOSE FUNDS AND THEN REALLOCATE THEM TO WHOEVER NEEDS IT.
SO IT, IT'S KIND OF A BALANCING ACT.
UH, BUT WE DON'T FEEL THAT WE'RE TAKING ANY MONEY AWAY FROM ANYONE.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WILL STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN IF THEY NEED MORE FUNDING, WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO, OH NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE FUNDS.
WE CAN ACTUALLY ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDS IF THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DISCRETIONARILY ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THE CAP ITSELF NEEDS TO BE RAISED.
WELL, THE CAP ALLOW, THE CAP DOES NOT ALLOW US TO GIVE THEM MORE FUNDING MM-HMM.
AND SO ONCE THEY RUN OUT OF THAT 15,000, THAT'S IT.
THIS JUST GIVES THEM THE LEEWAY.
SO WE'VE, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF IT DO WE PUT BACK ON THE ARTIST TO SELF-PROMOTE? RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN FOR ME, I, I'LL BE HONEST, I'M LOOKING AT THE CAP ARTIST AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOME OF THEM WOULD OFFER AT AN EVENT.
A FEE, A FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVENT.
SO I ALWAYS HAVE MY GO-TOS BAND, CHORAL, ROB HOLBERT, OPHELIA.
SO IT'S ALSO KIND OF EDUCATING EVERYBODY, RIGHT? THE PUBLIC, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ANYBODY WHO QUALIFIES ABOUT THE ARTISTS AND WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE.
SO WE WERE THINKING MAYBE A VIDEO, A SHORT VIDEO CLIP THAT COULD ACCOMPANY THE, THE PROFILE ON THE WEBSITE.
BUT THERE, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE PROMOTION.
SO TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING, JUST WANTED TO, DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE BEFORE WE ASK FOR THE NEXT COMMENT? WELL, AS FAR AS PROMOTION, YES, WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT AND MAYBE HAVING A VIDEO.
EACH ARTIST HAS LINKS TO THEIR OWN PROJECT WEBSITE, SO YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND SEE WHAT THEY DO SEPARATELY.
WE DO HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER, WHAT THEY'VE APPLIED FOR, WHAT THEIR PROPOSAL WAS.
WE HAVE THAT DESCRIPTION ON THE WEBSITE AND THEN THEY CAN CLICK INDEPENDENTLY AND GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND SEE THEM IN ACTION OR GO TO YOUTUBE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADD THAT VIDEO ON THERE.
UM, I WILL SAY I, I DON'T WANNA LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS YEAR WE HAVE VARIOUS ARTISTS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT OF FUNDING, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.
UM, THEY'RE ALREADY OUT OF FUNDING AND SO I DON'T, I I'LL STOP THERE, BUT, UM, BUT YES, ANYWHERE THAT WE CAN ENHANCE AND PROMOTE, UM, DEFINITELY WE WILL, WE WILL ASSIST OR TRY TO GET ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY BETTER TO LEAVE THAT UP TO THE THIRD PARTY BECAUSE I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE, UH, PORTRAIT.
I GOT TAKEN BY, YOU KNOW, THE DALLAS PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES TO BE ADDED TO THE