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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - September 2, 2015 C-13AGENDA ITEM " CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION TM AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Approving Fiscal Year 2015/16 Arts Grants MEETING DATE: September 2, 2015 PREPARED BY: Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution approving Fiscal Year 2015/16 arts grants. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Fiscal Year 2015/16 budget includes $36,500 in arts grants. Grant applications were distributed to local nonprofit organizations with a submittal deadline of April 1, 2015. Thirteen grant applications were submitted and screened by a Lodi Arts Commission (LAC) review panel. Twelve applications were approved at the LAC meeting on June 10, 2015. The only application rejected was a funding request by the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department for its annual Bluegrass at the Lake festival, as the Commission felt City -sponsored events should not receive grant funding. The grants are being submitted for a total of $32,150 for approval by the City Council. They are: Central Valley Youth Symphony (Concert), $5,000; Breakthrough Project (Unity Celebration), $1,000; Changing Faces Theater Company (Theater), $10,000; Valley Community Orchestra (Concert), $2,250; Lodi Community Art Center four grants (Various), $4,100; Sandhill Crane Association (Art Show), $1,500; Arts Foundation three grants (Various), $8,300. More details about the grants and past awards are attached in the grant summary. The remaining $4,350 will be used for mini -grants throughout the balance of this fiscal year, in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per grant. FISCAL IMPACT: FUNDING AVAILABLE: JH\JW:tl cc: City Attorney Not to exceed $36,500. Arts Grants 10010102.72607) Jordan Ayers, Deputy City Ma a erlh Director , Recreation, and Cultural Services Director APPROVED: chwabaue , City Manager LODI ARTS COMMISSION PROJECT GRANTS 2015-2016 PROGRAM CYCLE SUMMARY OF GRANT APPLICATIONS Group Name: Lodi Arts Foundation (LAF) Three projects, $8,300 Previous funding: 2013/14: $5,500 (Taco Truck cookoff - supplies, $500; Taco Truck cookoff - Advertising, $1,000; Taco Truck cookoff — Entertainment, $1,000; Taco Truck cookoff — Equipment Rentals, $1,000; First Friday Art Hop — Brochure, $1,000; First Friday Art Hop, $1,000) 2014/15: $8,000 (Taco Truck cookoff & First Friday Art Hop, $5,000; Lodi Shows Off, $1,000; Celebrate America, $1,000; Spin Art Project, $1,000). Project 1: Art Form(s): Music Grant Request: $2,800.00 Project Expenses: $ 9,950.00 Recommended for Funding 2015/16: YES Award: $2,000.00 Project Name: First Annual Blues & Brews Festival Project Description: "The Blues and Brews Festival will be a mid -summer celebration of local Blues Artists, sausages, and sampling of micro -brewed beer. This event would appeal to the residents of wine -centric Lodi who enjoy beer, are adventurous or curious about the rising popularity of craft beers, and love good music and delicious food." Benefit to the Community: "The members of the Lodi Arts Foundation believe members of the community will welcome this new venture. The wonderful wines and wineries of our Lodi -Woodbridge region have been represented by many successful events that feature wine tastings, wine strolling with shopping, Zinfest, wine and chocolate weekends, and more... A Blues and Brews festival could appeal to a wider number of residents..." Project 2: Art Form(s): Visual, Performance, and Culinary Grant Request: $4,500.00 Project Expenses: $9,275.00 Recommended for Funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $4,000.00 Project Name: "Taco Truck Cook -Off 2016" Project Description: "The Taco Truck Cook -Off brings Lodi neighbors together on a summertime Saturday to visit, listen to music, create art, and sample the great food from Lodi's many Taco Trucks. The event is held on Lodi's East Side in a location that is convenient for the diverse members of the community to gather." Benefit to the Community: "The Taco Truck Cook -Off brings culturally diverse groups together and helps to promote a sense of community and identity in Lodi. The event also gives Lodi the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the large Latino population." Project 3: Art Form(s): Visual Grant Request: $2,650.00 Project Expenses: $4,750.00 Recommended for Funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $2,300.00 Project Name: "First Friday Art Hop at Hutchins Street Square 2015-2016" Project Description: "The project is to fund portions of the First Friday Art Hop at Hutchins Street Square's Thomas Theater as well as to print the brochure that is used to provide information about all the Art Hop sites in Lodi." -1- Benefit to the Community: "Each month, a local or nearby artist displays his or her work for viewing and purchase. There is no charge for admission to the First Friday Art Hops... All are welcomed to attend." Group Name: Lodi Sandhill Crane Association (LSCA) Art Form(s): Visual Art Grant Request: $1,500.00 Project Expenses: $4,350.00 Previous Funding: 2014- $1,500.00, 2013- $1,500.00, 2012- $1,500.00, 2011- $1,000.00 Recommended for Funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $1,500.00 Project Name: "Sandhill Crane Festival Art Show." Project Description: "The Lodi Sandhill Crane Association is requesting a Lodi Arts Commission Arts Grant to provide support for the 2015 Sandhill Crane Festival Art Show. The Art Show will display approximately 100 entered pieces including fine art, photography and sculpture." Benefit to the Community: "The Art Show provides members of the community an opportunity to view artwork from well-known and talented local artists, at no charge... Attendees can experience and benefit from art in other forms at the Festival in 2015: art and crafts for children, origami for all, photography workshops, musical performances, a native flute workshop, and a decoy carving workshop." Group Name: Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services (PRCS) Art Form(s): Music Grant Request: $5,000.00 Project Expenses: $15,000.00 Previous Funding: None Recommended for Funding for 2015/16: NO Award: $0.00 Project Name: "Bluegrass at the Lake" Project Description: `Bluegrass at the Lake, a music festival for all, is held in September at Lodi Lake's Youth Area. Five bands perform beginning at 12:00 PM, gates open atl 1:00 AM, and each band performs for an hour. The event concludes with a headliner band performing for 90 minutes closing at 6:30 PM." Benefit to the Community: "With the success of last year's Bluegrass at the Lake performances, which attracted about 500 spectators of all ages, it is a wonderful way for the community to come together and enjoy an all -day music festival at a beautiful location. It also celebrates the art of classic bluegrass music." Reason: The commission felt it was inappropriate to fund a city event with art grant money. Group Name: Changing Faces Theater Company (CFTC) Art Form(s): Theater Grant Request: $12,000.00 Project Expenses: $71,700.00 Previous Funding: 2006 - $9,671.00, 2007 - $12,000.00, 2008 - $16,952.00, 2009 - $4,250.00, 2011 — $7,500.00, 2012 - $9,000.00, 2013 - $10,000.00, 2014- $11,000.00, 2015- $10,000.00 Recommended for Funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $10,000.00 Project Name: "Peter Pan- Summer 2015" Project Description: "Changing Faces Theater Company will stage an outdoor production of Peter Pan, with a cast and crew of approximately 80 students from elementary school through college, in the summer of 2016." Benefit to the Community: "Opportunities to see or participate in live theater are very limited in Lodi, and this lack of theater exposure is especially pronounced for elementary school -aged children. Local schools offer few theater arts classes, and several theater groups have disbanded in recent years. CFTC addresses this gap by selecting plays appropriate for all ages, and offering a role to every elementary-school student who auditions." Group Name: Lodi Community Art Center (LCAC) -2- Four projects, $4,100 Previous funding: 2013/14: $4,050 (Youth Gallery and Student Scholarship, $2,000; Juried Photography Show, $1,000; Paint Lodi, $900; Local Artists Awards, $900); 2014/15: $3,250 (Youth Gallery and Student Scholarship, $1,250; Lodi Open Studio Tour, $1,000; Juried Photography Show, $1,000). Project 1 Art Form(s): Visual Grant Request: $1,800.00 Project Expenses: $3,700.00 Recommended for Funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $1,300.00 Project Name: "Lodi Art Center Speaker Series" Project Description: "LCAC provides free to the public Art demonstrations With this speaker series we would bring artists from diverse artistic disciplines to introduce various types of art to the public. Demonstrations would feature known regional artists." Benefit to the Community: "This project introduces various types of arts bringing together non artists and artists in a shared appreciation of numerous forms of art, the processing and equipment used to create the art. The event provokes discussion of the creation of art within the local community and increases appreciation of the work." Project 2 Art Form(s): Visual Grant Request: $1,500.00 Project Expenses: $4,050.00 Project Name: "Juried Photography Show" Recommended for funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $1,000.00 Project Description: "Continue to support and host a well respected regional juried fine art photography show. This project is needed to help the Lodi Community Art Center maintain the well respected regional juried fine art show now expected by the Lodi Community." Benefit to the Community: "The popularity of the art show continues to grow and expand. Lodi Community Art Center (LCAC) uses the interest to support photographic artists and to provide the Lodi community as well as central and northern California a well respected Fine Art Photography Show that has no cost to view and lasts 30 days." Project 3 Art Form(s): Visual Grant Request: $1,200.00 Project Expenses: $2,500.00 Project Name: Paint Lodi Recommended for funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $800.00 Project Description: "Project focuses on community involvement, An art contest limited times to create a paintings of locations in and around Lodi. Open to all ages. Art work is displayed at the Art Center Gallery. Awards are chosen by people's choice voting. Benefit to the Community: "Lodi Community Art Center is a non-profit organization hoping to improve our citizens and our community through the awareness of creativity and art awareness especially through but not limited to our youth... This project focuses on the "Lodi Experience', to present views of Lodi through the eyes of artists young and old." Project 4 Art Form(s): Visual Grant Request: $2,000.00 Project Expenses: $3,690.00 Project Name: Youth Gallery and Student Scholarships Recommended for funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $1,000.00 -3- Project Description: "This project is designed to encourage local high school students to exhibit their art in the community. Through this program we are teaching students the importance of art. Community art teacher mentor students on portfolio assemblage, presentation and biography preparation in a workshop." Benefit to the Community: "The Youth Gallery/Scholarship project provides opportunities and resources that foster outlets for creative expression and promotes reflection and self-expression for aspiring high school students interested in the visual arts... Families, friends, and the community appreciate and enjoy the students' artistic talent." Group Name: Valley Community Orchestra (VCO) Art Form(s): Music Grant Request: $2,500.00 Project Expenses: $3,200.00 Previous Funding: 2014/15- $2,000.00 Project Name: "Concerts in Lodi" Recommended for funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $2,250.00 Project Description: "Valley Community Orchestra will present two orchestra concerts at Lodi venues during the concert season from September 2015 to June 2016. The orchestra will invite musical groups to participate in each concert. Concerts will be free of charge to all." Benefit to the Community: "Music is important in Lodi. At one time, Lodi audiences supported the Lodi Symphony Orchestra, directed by Ron Marks. Unfortunately, it no longer exists. The VCO attempts fill the void left by the demise of the Lodi Symphony." Group Name: Breakthrough Project Art Form(s): Grant Request: $1,120.00 Project Expenses: $1,720.00 Previous Funding: 2014- $918.00, 2015- $1,000.00 Project Name: "Lodi Annual Celebration of Unity" Recommended for funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $1,000.00 Project Description: "The 18`" Annual Celebration of Unity sponsored by the Breakthrough Project will be held on January 18, 2016. This free Lodi community event honors Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy by featuring a speaker or panel discussing inclusion and diversity. Lodi Unified elementary students read their winning essays on a topic celebrating diversity. A youth choir performs inspirational songs and the program concludes with attendees singing "We Shall Overcome." Benefit to the Community: "The annual MLK Celebration of Unity is free and open to the public. The primary benefit is exposing the community to new viewpoints and increasing awareness... This activity has the potential to reach over 4,000 students, giving them the opportunity to research and learn about others or share their own cultural experiences." Group Name: Central Valley Youth Symphony Association (CVYSA) Art Form(s): Music Grant Request: $7,000.00 Project Expenses: $14,500.00 Previous Funding: 2014/15- $5,000.00, 2013/14- $6,000.00, 2012/13- $5,500.00, 2011/12- $5,500.00 Project Name: "Children's Favorite Movie Scores Performed by the Central Valley Youth Symphony" Recommended for funding for 2015/16: YES Award: $5,000.00 Project Description: "CVYSA in collaboration with the Lodi Children's Groups will perform selections from their favorite movie scores. The concert will be free to all 18 and under, with invitations to Lodi Schools, preschools, and others who offer children's activities." Benefit to the Community: "This planned concert will give all of the members of our Lodi community a chance to enjoy recognizable symphonic music performed by a symphony orchestra. This grant proposal will also make this music available free of charge to all those 18 years and under. Research shows time and time again that music enhances our lives..." -5- RESOLUTION NO. 2015-156 A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2015/16 ARTS GRANTS WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2015/16 budget includes $36,500 in arts grants; and WHEREAS, grant applications were distributed to local nonprofit organizations with a submittal deadline of April 1, 2015; and WHEREAS, 13 grant applications were submitted and screened by a Lodi Arts Commission review panel; and WHEREAS, 12 applications totaling $32,150 were approved by the Lodi Arts Commission at their meeting held on June 10, 2015, and are listed as follows: Grants Submitted for Approval Grant Requestor Central Valley Youth Symphony (Concert) Breakthrough Project (Unity Celebration) Changing Faces Theater Company (Theater) Valley Community Orchestra (Concert) Lodi Community Art Center (Various) (Four Grants) Sandhill Crane Association (Art Show) Arts Foundation (Various) (Three Grants) Grant Amount $5,000 $1,000 $10,000 $2,250 $4,100 $1,500 $8,300 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby approve the Fiscal Year 2015/16 arts grants as outlined above. Dated: September 2, 2015 I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2015-156 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held September 2, 2015, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Kuehne, Mounce, Nakanishi, and Mayor Johnson NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None NIFER FERRAIOLO City Clerk 2015-156