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AGENDA TITLE:
MEETING DATE:
PREPARED BY:
Adopt Resolution Approving Arts Grants for Fiscal Year 201912020
August 7,2019
Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Director
REGOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution approving arts grants for Fiscal Year 201912020.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Each year the City Council allocates funding to support the arts. ln
Fiscal Year 2019/20, the amount is $36,500, the same as the
previous year. The Arts Commission is tasked with reviewing grants
and recommendations for spending the allocated funds, and solicits applications for grants each spring.
For FY 2019120 funding, the Arts Commission is recommending the City Council earmark $10,000 to
support the First Friday Art Hop, the Taco Truck Cook-Off, and the Blues and Brews Festival, and
allocate the remaining $26,500 to nonprofit organizations to further the arts in Lodi (see attached grant
recommendation summary).
Nine grant applications were received by the May 16, 2019 deadline and reviewed by a screening panel
of Lodi Arts commissioners, and eight projects were recommended for funding. On June 12,2019, the full
commission voted 5-0 to recommend the eight applications for funding.
The grants are being submitted for a total of $20,300 for approval by the City Council. They are:
Stockton Symphony Association, $2,500; Changing Faces Theater Company, $8,500; Sandhill Crane
Association, $1,500; Breakthrough Project, $1,300; Lodi Community Band, $1,500; Valley Community
Orchestra, $2,500; Lodi Community Art Center, two grants totaling $2,500.The remaining $6,200 will be
used for mini-grants throughout the balance of this fiscal year.
F¡SCAL IMPACT: Funds are included in FY 2019120 budget.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Account # 10010102.72607ail*)c-/
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LODI ARTS COMMISSION PROJECT GRANTS
2019-2020 PROGRAM CYCLE
SUMMARY OF GRANT APPLICATIONS
The non-profits presented here applied for grants with the committee and this summary explains
their projects with an excerpt on how they benefit the community. From the various applicants
the committee decides on how the grant monies will assist each participant. The original
allocation of funds was $36,500. From that amount, $10,000 was earmarked for, The First
Friday Art Hop, Taco Truck Cook Off, and Blues and Brews Festival for Fiscal Year 2019/2020.
The rest of the funds, $26,500 were awarded in grants. See below.
Group Name: Stockton Symphony Association
Art Form(s): Music
Grant Request: $5,000.00
Project Expenses: $70,000.00
Previous Funding: 2018/19 3,000, 2017/18 3,500, 2016/17 $5,000, 2015/16 $1,000, 2014/15 - $5000, 2013/14 -
$6,500, 2011/12- $5,000, 2010/11- $5,000
Project Name: “Steppin’ Out Education Concerts”
Project Date and Location: February 6, 2020 at Hutchins Street Square – 125 S. Hutchins St. Lodi, CA 95240
Recommended for funding for 2019/20: YES Award: $2,500.00
Project Description: “Steppin' Out with the Stockton Symphony is the organization’s flagship educational/outreach
program reaching almost 7,000 students every season. For twenty-two years the program has been overwhelmingly
successful with students and teachers...”
Benefit to the Community: “Lodi does not have a professional symphony orchestra. By coming to Lodi to perform,
The Stockton Symphony has a positive impact on the arts in Lodi and increases awareness of the art of symphonic
music… The project may increase participation in the arts by encouraging youngsters to study a musical instrument.”
Group Name: Changing Faces Theater Company (CFTC)
Art Form(s): Theater
Grant Request: $10,000.00
Project Expenses: $60,500.00
Previous Funding: 2019- $7,500, 2018- $6,000, 2017 - $5,500, 2016 - $10,000, 2015 - $10,000, 2014 - $11,000,
2013 - $10,000, 2012 - $9,000, 2011 – $7,500, 2009 - $4,250, 2008 - $16,952, 2007 - $12,000, 2006 - $9,671
Recommended for Funding for 2019/20: YES Award: $8,500.00
Project Name: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” - Summer 2020”
Project Date and Location: July 2020 at Jessie’s Wine Grove – 1973 W Turner Rd, Lodi, CA 95242
Project Description: “For the summer 2020 production, CFTC will stage one of the most beloved of William
Shakespeare’s plays, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Benefit to the Community: “CFTC summer program is designed to be of value to all its students. Those who are
pursuing performing arts can spend a summer immersed in their craft, learning from experienced mentors. A number
of CFTC’s alumni engaged in performing arts careers, and many others are active in semiprofessional and
community theater, or even in arts education. The program stimulates creativity and imagination, and provides a
foundation for lifelong appreciation for the performing arts.”
Group Name: Lodi Sandhill Crane Association (LSCA)
Art Form(s): Visual Art
Grant Request: $1,500.00
Project Expenses: $4,900.00
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Previous Funding: 2018- $1,500, 2017- 1,500, 2016- $1,500, 2015- $1,500, 2014- $1,500.00, 2013- $1,500, 2012-
$1,500, 2011- $1,000
Recommended for Funding for 2019/20: YES Award: $1,500.00
Project Name: “Sandhill Crane Festival Art Show.”
Project Date and Location: November 1, 2, and 3, 2019 at Hutchins Street Square – 125 S. Hutchins St. Lodi,
CA 95240
Project Description: “The Lodi Sandhill Crane Association is requesting a Lodi Arts Commission Arts Grant to
provide support for the 2019 Sandhill Crane Festival Art Show. The Art Show will display approximately 120 pieces
including fine art, photography, and sculpture. Artwork from local students collected through the schools will also be
on display.”
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. The art show is also an opportunity for community members
to learn about and appreciate Sandhill Cranes and other local wildlife through art.”
Group Name: Breakthrough Project
Art Form(s): Visual, Music
Grant Request: $1,300.00
Project Expenses: $2,200.00
Previous Funding: 2019- $1,075, 2018- $1075, 2017- $1075, 2016- $1000, 2015- $1,000, 2014- $918
Project Name: “Lodi Annual Celebration of Unity”
Project Date and Location: January 20, 2020 at First United Methodist Church Auditorium – 200 W Oak St,
Lodi, CA 95240
Recommended for funding for 2019/20: YES Award: $1,300.00
Project Description: “Breakthrough’s 21st Celebration of Unity, a free community event honoring Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr’s legacy will be held January 20, 2020. The event with a theme chosen annually to represent issues
of inclusion and diversity in Lodi; includes speakers, essay reading, music, and art.”
Benefit to the Community: “The Celebration of Unity gives the essayists, audience, social media followers and
newspaper readers the opportunity to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of social justice and unity.”
Group Name: Lodi Community Band
Art Form(s): Music
Grant Request: $5,000
Project Expenses: $5,700.00
Previous Funding: 2018/19 $1,000, 2011/2012- $1,000
Project Name: “Free Christmas and Spring Concerts”
Project Date and Location: December 8, 2019 and March 8, 2020 at Hutchins Street Square – 125 S. Hutchins
St. Lodi, CA 95240
Recommended for funding for 2019/20: YES Award: $1,500.00
Project Description: “LCB holds two concerts annually at Lodi’s Hutchins Street Square Theatre. The concerts are
free to all residents of Lodi and its surrounding communities. The Christmas concert offers holiday music and
audience sing-along participation. The spring concert presents symphonic band selections and talented vocalist Kate
Bautch, a Delta College instructor… LCB’s director also invites one of the bands from a Lodi Unified School
District high school to perform alone and with the LCB.”
Benefit to the Community: “… provide a high-quality music experience appropriate to the occasion for both the
audience and the performers. LCB aims to maximize enjoyment, learning and service to the community, while
striving for continual improvement.”
Group Name: Valley Community Orchestra
Art Form(s): Music
Grant Request: $1,500
Project Expenses: $2,250.00
Previous Funding: 2016/17 - $2,300, 2015/16- $2,250, 2014/15- $2,000
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Project Name: “Valley Community Orchestra Presents!”
Project Date and Location: November 10, 2019 and May 17, 2020 at United Congregational Christian
Church – 701 S Hutchins St, Lodi, CA 95240
Recommended for funding for 2019/20: YES Award: $2,500.00
Project Description: “Valley Community Orchestra, a volunteer 501c3 non-profit organization, will present two
free of charge family friendly orchestra concerts in Lodi…”
Benefit to the Community: “… project will increase community participation in the arts by encouraging people to
come out to a free orchestra event… VCO has members coming from all over San Joaquin… VCO has several
student members; most of them attend Lodi Unified School District high schools. Students are excused from paying
orchestral dues.”
Group Name: Lodi Community Art Center (LCAC)
Grant Requested for Three Projects, $8,000 Recommended for funding totals for 2019/20: YES to two
projects Award: $2,500
Previous funding: 2018/19; 8,350 (Juried Photography Show, $1,250; Youth Programs, $1,500, A Day in the Life,
$1,600, The Art of LoCa Brochure $4,000) 2017/18; $2,800 (Juried Photography Show $1,300; Youth Gallery and
Scholarship $1,500) 2016/17; $4,575 (Juried Photography Show, $1,025; Steam Team $1,025, Youth Gallery and
Student Scholarships, $1,025. Speaker Series, $1,500); 2015/16: $4,100 (Juried Photography Show, $1,000; Speaker
Series, $1,300; Youth Program, $1,000; Paint Lodi, $800); 2014/15: $3,250 (Youth Gallery and Student
Scholarship, $1,250; Lodi Open Studio Tour, $1,000; Juried Photography Show, $1,000); 2013/14: $4,050 (Youth
Gallery and Student Scholarship, $2,000; Juried Photography Show, $1,000; Paint Lodi, $900; Local Artists Awards,
$900)
Project 1
Art Form(s): Visual Art
Grant Request: $1,500.00
Project Expenses: $3,800.00
Project Name: “Juried Photography Show”
Project Date and Location: Date not listed at Lodi Community Art Center – 110 W Pine St, Lodi, CA 95240
Recommended for funding for 2019/20: YES Award: $1,000.00
Project Description: “The Annual Juried Photography Show” will sponsor and host a well, organized regional,
juried fine art photography show. The show will illustrate the importance of fine art photography as a creative art
form, it will support the goals of the Lodi Community Art Center and will enhance the appreciation and
understanding of fine art photography in the Lodi Community and surrounding region.”
Benefit to the Community: “Our Juried Photography Show provides a local and regional opportunity for new and
experienced photographers to show their current photographic work and to participate in a competition.”
Project 2
Art Form(s): Visual Art
Grant Request: $1,500.00
Project Expenses: $1,900.00
Project Name: “Pain Lodi Plein Air Event”
Project Date and Location: October 2019 or May 2020 – 110 W Pine St, Lodi, CA 95240
Recommended for funding for 2019/20: YES Award: $1,500.00
Project Description: “LCAC Paint Lodi is a bi-annual event for the art center. We encourage artists young and old
and in between from the community to greater Lodi and the surrounding wineries to participate in a juried plein aire
event for a 10-day period to produce art depicting Lodi. Culminates in a month long show in the Lodi Art Center
Gallery.”
Benefit to the Community: “We have found that when we get class room participation we get families to come by
the gallery to see their child’s art hanging in a “real” gallery, sometimes for the first time. After that we see that we
have more participation in art center programs.”
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Project 3
Art Form(s): Visual Art
Grant Request: $5,000.00
Project Expenses: $5950.00
Recommended for Funding for 2018/19: No Award: $0
Project Name: “Lodi Art Brochure and Walking Map”
Project Date and Location: Timeline through January 2019 – Various Locations Throughout Lodi
Project Description: “LCAC Lodi Art Brochure and Walking Map is a grass roots effort to promote art in Lodi and
encourage visitors and resident so be aware of arts of Lodi. … In 2019 we made our first effort at a brochure and
although it is too early to tell if a larger brochure is successful, we would like to be able to update the brochure and
produce more copies for distribution. … We would like to build on the brochure funded last year.”
Benefit to the Community: “The primary benefit of the Lodi Art Brochure is exposing the culture of Lodi to its
community and visitors. Lodi is a benefactor of several visitors throughout the year, many who look for more of what
Lodi has to offer and what to see. A comprehensive booklet and website can be an immediate asset.”
RESOLUTTON NO. 2019-160
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL APPROV¡NG
FISCAL YEAR 2O19I2O ARTS GRANTS
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi Fiscal Year 2019/20 budget includes $36,500 in arts grants;
staff recommends earmarking $10,000 to support the First Friday Art Hop, the Taco Truck
Cook-Off, and the Blues and Brews Festival; and
WHEREAS, grant applications were distributed to local nonprofit organizations with a
submittal deadline of May 16,2019. Nine grant applications were submitted and screened by a
LodiArts Commission review panel; and
WHEREAS, eight applications were approved at the Lodi Arts Commission meeting on
June 12, 2019; and
WHEREAS, grants were submitted for a total of $20,300 and $6,200 in mini grants to
be determined by the Commission:
Grants Submitted for Approval
Grant Requestor Grant Amount
Stockton Symphony Association $2,500
Changing Faces Theater Company $8,500
Sandhill Crane Association $1,500
Breakthrough Project $1,300
Lodi Community Band $1,500
Valley Community Orchestra $2,500
Lodi Community Arts Center (2 grants)$2,500
Mini Grants $6,200
NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
approve the Fiscal Year 2019/20 arts grants as set forth above.
Dated: August 7,2019
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2019-160 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held August7, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Johnson, Kuehne, Nakanishi, and Mayor Chandler
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN
COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
COUNCIL MEMBERS - Mounce
COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
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