Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

TO:

David L. Corliss, City Manager

From:

Michelle Stevens, Intern

CC:

Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager

Amy Kelly, Chairperson – Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission

Date:

April 21, 2010

RE:

16th Annual Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission Community Arts Grants

 

Please include the following item on the City Commission consent agenda for the April 27, 2010 meeting.

 

Authorize the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission Community Arts Grants as recommended by the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, if appropriate.

 

Project Description/History:

The Lawrence Arts Commission-Community Arts Grant program began in 1995 with the expressed purpose of providing grants funds intended as start-off money for projects or special community art related ventures with a particular focus on encouraging the arts within the Lawrence community.

 

Since the Community Arts Grant program inception, the Lawrence Arts Commission has provided grant funding totaling approximately $75,000 to over 140 organizations and artists.

 

Project Status/Details:

The Lawrence Arts Commission’s 16th Annual Community Arts Grant recommendations were selected based on the following five criteria: 1) proposal clarity, 2) benefit to the community, 3) support from community, 4) potential for increasing community participation in the arts, and 5) community collaboration & partnership.

 

The 2010 Community Arts Grant Awardees include the following:

 

         Project   Title                     Organization

Amount

1.  Drums on Children’s Learning Center’s Playground – Children’s Learning Center, Inc.  

$500

2. Final Fridays Fringe Festival – Downtown Lawrence, Inc.

$1,000

3. Summer Film Intensive – Lawrence Arts Center

$1,000

4. Lawrence Busker Festival – Lawrence Busker Festival

$1,000

5. “Ride Lawrence” Functional Art Bike Rack for the Lawrence Farmer’s Market – Lawrence Central Rotary

$1,000

6.  Youth Education Program (YEP) – Lawrence Community Theater

$1,000

7. Collaborative Arts Experiences for Kids – Trinity In-Home Care

$500

8. JAMS – Summer Benchmark – Van Go, Inc.

$1,000

Total:

$7,000

Project Funding: Funding for this program is through the Parks & Recreation – Special Recreation Fund.

 

Action Requested: The Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission recommends that the City Commission authorizes the 2010 Community Arts Grant checks to the grant awardees as shown in the table above. Checks will be presented at the May 11, 2010 City Commission meeting.