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MTG.8110/93 GRANT APPLICATION TO THE CITY
CITY DEPT.ARTs NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution No. q3-Bg approving the Arts Office grant application to
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for $10,000 to restore and enhance
visiting artists programs in the City.
ITEM EXPLANATION
The City Council directed the Arts Office to seek funding from other source
when possible.
The NEA offers grants to community-based organizations such as a local ai
agency. The guidelines state that these organizations "realize that one of 1
most successful ways of enriching community life has been to provide
opportunities to experience the arts. Performances and workshops have bee
offered by these organizations to bring together artists and members of tht
community." The focus of the grant is to assist organizations to increase
ability to pay professional fees and expand activities in their seasons.
The Arts Office is applying for $10,000 to increase the visiting artists ser
the community and to offer one international cultural program. Two years i
the Arts Office presented four one-week residencies in Carlsbad. Due to bi
This grant will provide the financial assistance needed to bring the progran
to its former status. It will also fund one international cultural program f
the Czech Republic or Japan as part of the Sister City Program. The Califoi
Arts Council continues to partially fund visiting artists as well.
If awarded, the beginning date is April 1994.
FISCAL IMPACT
The NEA will award a maximum of $10,000 through its Presenting Developr
Initiative for Community-Based Organizations. It must be matched 1 :I wit1
program funds. The Arts Office has the matching funds in its budget and i
not require new funds from the City.
EXHIBITS:
1. Resolution No. 53-a3$
cuts there are presently only two artists scheduled for three day residencis
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RESOLUTION NO. 9 3-235
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CARLSBAD,CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE ARTS
OFFICE GRANT APPLICATION TO THE NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
WHEREAS, the City Council directed the Arts Office to seek fund
tside sources; and
WHEREAS, the National Endowment for the Arts offers grants for pi
WHEREAS, the Arts Office will provide the required matching funds
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of thr
1.
2.
That the above recitations are true and correct.
The City Council approves the grant application for $10,000 tc
onal Endowment for the Arts to assist the Visiting Artists Program o
sbad Arts Office.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the City
the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 10th day of AUGUST
y the following vote, to wit:
ABSWT: None
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GWNT APPLICATION SUMMARY
The Arts mice is requesting $1 0,000 to expand the established visiting artists residen
program which will include cooperative programs with other cultural organizations ai
an international visiting artists component with the Carlsbad Sister City Program.
Funding will provide one additional visiting artist in 1994/5 and increase the length of
three residencies to five days. By extending the residency, the Arts Office is able to rea
more groups, cover a much wider geographic area and work cooperatively with the cib
arts organizations. Thus it will more than double the impact. The longer time period v
enable the press to cover the programs while still in progress. The third residency v
offer citizens a wider variety of artforms and exposure.
Funding will also provide for one international visiting artist residency. Carlsbad’s sist
cities are Futtsu, Japan and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Both are interested in su(
a program. Because of the logistics and distances, the residency would be 2-3 week
Cultural understanding and community connections to the arts are both objectives whic
will be achieved.
Matching funds will be provided from the Arts Office budget, the California Arts Coun
Touring Program and from private contributions. In-kind donations will be provided I
individuals housing and hosting the artists.