City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2016 04 26

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SUBJECT: LOUISVILLE CULTURAL COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT DATE: APRIL 26, 2016 PAGE 2 OF 4 h. Applied for and received an SCFD Grant. The amount was $1,900. Every little bit helps. i. Created a Louisville Arts Grant Program. We are really excited about this. For quite a few years, the LCC has talked about a grant program as a way to directly support creative members of our community, share the workload of cultural programming, and stimulate our creative community. Last year we did it. We set aside $2,500 from both our 2015 and 2016 budgets for a total of $5,000 and offered grants. Programs had to benefit Louisville and local artists were preferred. In February of this year, we granted money to seven artists and organizations. As a result, Louisville residents can look forward to a stimulating variety of programs at the Arts Center that complement those programmed directly by the LCC. The grant- funded programs include: i. "The Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema ", presented by Louisville resident Michelle Bernier, who is a member of this prestigious organization, June 24. ii. "Do You Know Who I Am ", a performance that looks at the lives of undocumented young people in Boulder, presented by MOTUS Theater of Boulder, Sept. 17. "The Salsa Monologues ", a moving look at the lives of Hispanic women in Boulder County, also by MOTUS was staged on April 9. iii. "Louisville Sings: A Night of Vocal Jazz ", presented by Louisville resident and Arts Nova Executive Director, Chip Ross, Sept. 25. iv. "Old Town Cinema ", presented by Louisville's The Arts Underground, Oct. 7. Years ago, this program sparked the original idea for an LCC grant offering, so this award is particularly apt. v. "Firebringers: New Opera for Kids ", presented by the Boulder Opera Company, date TBD (Feb. 2017). vi. And two activities not staged at the Arts Center: 1 "Silhouetted Stories of Immigration ", a photographic exhibit at Dona Laurita Gallery on Main Street of work by high school -aged immigrants' mentored by three professionals including Louisville artists Dona Laurita, Kat Fritz and Dawn DeAno, Fall 2016. 2. Support for two Louisville Art District's Downtown Mural Project. We are excited to see parts of the alley between Main and Front transformed by art. 2. LIST PLANS /GOALS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS: a. Program the entire LCC year no later than the end of Q1 in each calendar year. This may sound like a tedious goal, but achieving it opens up agenda time and makes it more likely that we can achieve more. We reached this goal in 2016. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION