STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life, Arts & Culture
AGENDA DATE: October 23, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE: M. Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira
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SUBJECT
Title
Authorize contracts with cultural organizations for the provision of artist services to the City through the Cultural Organizations Program for the period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 (list attached to Agenda Information Sheet) - Not to exceed $6,415,236.00 - Financing: General Fund
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BACKGROUND
The Cultural Organizations Program (COP) provides funding for cultural services with established Dallas-based non-profit cultural organizations to support an array of programs, including concerts, plays, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and other cultural services, including virtual cultural services, over a twelve-month period. The Office of Arts and Culture (OAC) reviewed proposals from cultural organizations and applied objective administrative scoring per the revised program guidelines, which were approved by City Council in February 2024. Proposals and scores were analyzed by the Allocations Committee of the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission. Considering equity, administrative scoring, and organization budget size, the Allocations Committee met three times over the summer and developed a funding recommendation unanimously approved by this standing committee. This recommendation was subsequently unanimously approved by the full Arts and Culture Advisory Commission in September 2024.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On February 28, 2024, the City Council approved a resolution which authorized and established the FY 2024-2025 Cultural Organizations Program within the Office of Arts and Culture to support cultural services in the City of Dallas and approved the program guidelines by Resolution No. 24-0334.
On September 5, 2024, the Allocations Committee of the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission approved a recommendation in support of the FY 2024-25 Cultural Organizations Program funding allocations.
On September 19, 2024, the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission approved a recommendation in support of the FY 2024-25 Cultural Organizations Program funding allocations.
On October 21, 2024, the Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee of City Council was briefed by memorandum on the recommended FY 2024-25 Cultural Organizations Program funding allocations.
The City Council was briefed by memorandum regarding this matter on October 18, 2024. <https://dallascityhall.com/government/citymanager/Documents/FY24-25%20Memos/Dallas%20Streetcar%20Operations%20and%20Maintenance%20Funding%20for%20FY24-25.pdf>
FISCAL INFORMATION
|
Fund |
FY 2025 |
FY 2026 |
Future Years |
|
General Fund |
$6,415,236.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
CHAIRS/EXECUTIVES
Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico, Inc.
Judy Watson, Board Chair
Art House Dallas
Brad Reeves, Board Chairman
Artist Outreach, Inc.
Dr. Ollie Malone, Board Chair
Arts Mission Oak Cliff
Todd Lott, Board Chair
Artstillery, Nonprofit
Mark Sorenson, Board Chair
Avant Chamber Ballet, Inc.
Stefan Smith, Board Chair
Ballet North Texas
Cindy Michaels, Board Treasurer
Big Thought
Dennis Palmer, Board President
Cara Mia Theatre Co.
Daniel Casillas Villamizar, Board President
Color Me Empowered
Bri Wunderli, Board President
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
Jimmy Galbraith, Board President
Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Incorporated
Gilbert Gerst, Chairman
Dallas Chamber Symphony
Ben Reimer, Board Chair/President
Dallas Children’s Theater
Jim Markus, President
Dallas Historical Society
Charles Lipscomb, Board Chair
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Lee Elizabeth Michaels, Board Chair
Dallas Museum of Art
Gowri Sharma, President of the Board of Trustees
Dallas Symphony Association, Inc.
Cece Smith, Chair of the Board of Governors
Dallas Theater Center
Jennifer Altabef, Board Chair
Dallas Wind Symphony dba Dallas Winds
Audrey Andrews, Chairman
Deep Vellum Publishing, Inc.
Cullen Schaar, Board President
Fine Arts Chamber Players
Cynthia G. Karm, Board President
Flamenco Fever
Chelsea Stallings, Board Secretary
Forest Forward
Matrice Ellis-Kirk, Board Chair
Foundation for African American Art
Vonciel Jones Hill, Board Chair
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
Chris Stanton, Chairman of the Board
Junior Players Guild
Liz D’Aiola, President
Kitchen Dog Theater Company
Alexander Albritton, President
Nasher Sculpture Center
David Haemisegger, Board Chairman
Orpheus Chamber Singers
Stuart Owen, Board President
OutLoud Dallas
Stephanie Drenka, Board Chair
Pegasus Media Project
Melissa James, Board Secretary
Pegasus Musical Society (Orchestra of New Spain)
Richard Stevenson, Board Treasurer
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Nancy Best, Board Chair
Premier Lone Star Wind Orchestra
John Clutts, Board Chair
Sammons Center for the Arts
Michael L. Riddle, President
Second Thought Theatre
Greg A. Odegaard, Board President
Shakespeare Festival of Dallas
Lauren York, Board Chair
Soul Rep Theatre Company
Errika Flood-Moultrie, Vice President
Teatro Hispano de Dallas (Teatro Dallas)
John Fullinwider, Board President
TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc. (Bishop Arts Theatre Center)
Frances Broadus, Board and Executive Committee Chair
Texas International Theatrical Arts Society
Lee Cobb, Board President
Texas Winds Musical Outreach, Inc.
Jeff Sundberg, Board President
The Bandan Koro Experience: Education and Inspiration
Delia Watters, Board Business Management Chair
The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc.
Gwendolyn Hunt, Corporate Relations Chair
The Bruce Wood Dance Co., Inc.
Philip Clemmons, President
The Dallas County Historical Foundation (The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza)
Victor Elmore, Chair of the Board of Directors
The Dallas Opera
Quincy Roberts, Executive Committee Chair, Board of Directors
The Flame Foundation
Kimberly Magill, Board Secretary
The Verdigris Ensemble, Inc., a Texas Nonprofit Corporation
Keith Mankin, Board President
The Writer’s Garret
Jazmin Lewis, Board President
Theatre Three, Inc.
Brad Brown, Board Chair
Turtle Creek Chorale, Inc.
Kevin Housing, Board Chair
Undermain Theatre
Lin Medlin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Uptown Players, Inc.
Brian Jansen, Board President
USA Film Festival
Laura Fox, President