STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: February 24, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 14
DEPARTMENT: Office of Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the (1) First Amendment to the Resident Company Use Agreement with Cara Mia Theatre Co.; and (2) First Amendment to the Resident Company Use Agreement with Teatro Hispano de Dallas, for use of the Latino Cultural Center multi-form theater and Oak Farms Dairy Performance Hall Located at 2600 Live Oak Street, to extend the deadline for the $500,000.00 Consolidated Capital Campaign for Multi-form Theater Betterments from March 31, 2021 to December 31, 2021, due to COVID-19 impacts on the nonprofit cultural industry and fundraising efforts - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
Opened in 2003, the Latino Cultural Center (LCC) is a multidisciplinary arts center and regional catalyst for the preservation, development and promotion of Latino and Hispanic arts and culture. The LCC was designed by Ricardo and Victor Legorreta, and includes the Oak Farms Dairy Performance Hall (a 300-seat theater), a gallery, sculpture courtyards, a multipurpose room, and a plaza for outdoor events. A contract for the expansion design, using available funding from the 2006 Bond Funds, was approved by City Council on February 13, 2019. The expansion, which includes a multi-form theater, and the resident company agreements address priorities related to equity, diversity, space, support for artists, and a sustainable arts ecosystem as identified in the Dallas Cultural Plan 2018, adopted by City Council on November 28, 2018.
To fulfill strategies and tactics identified in the Dallas Cultural Plan 2018, the Office of Arts and Culture worked with two professional Latinx theater companies, Cara Mia Theatre Company (CMTC) and Teatro Hispano de Dallas (TD), each of which has a long history of creating impactful theater in Dall...
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