02.28.24 BAC PresentationBoulder Arts Commission
Meeting
February 28, 2024
Grant Program Matters
Grant Reports
a.2020 Arts Education Project Grants, Pro Musica Colorado Chamber
Orchestra, Diverse Voices: Performance and coaching with Boulder
MUSE, $3,000
b.2021 Community Projects for Organizations, Circle of Care Project,
Arts on Call Project -A Virtual Performing Arts Center for Vulnerable
Boulder Seniors, $10,000
c.2023 Community Projects for Individuals, Samuel Tomatz, Changing
the Tide of Teen Mental Health & Suicide in Boulder ASAP, $3,925
d.2023 Arts Education Project Grants, LOCAL Theater Company,
LocalWRITES, $3,000
e.2022 Community Project Grants for Organizations, Art in Community,
Inc. (AiC), Temple of Tranquility, $10,000
Grant Reports
At the meeting Commission members will vote on the
approval of the reports. Commissioners have the options to:
a.Approve all reports,
b.Approve individual reports,
c.Approve individual reports while submitting specific questions,
d.Postpone approval of individual reports pending the answers to
specific questions, and/or
e.Not approve individual reports and cancel the final 20%
payment.
Grant Reports Vote
Recommended Motion Language:
“I move that we approve the grant reports from Pro Musica
Colorado Chamber Orchestra, Circle of Care Project, Samuel
Tomatz, and LOCAL Theater Company”.
“I move that we approve the grant report from Art in
Community”.
Recertification of 2022-24 General Operating
Support (GOS) Grant Reports
At the meeting Commission members will vote on the
approval of the reports. Commissioners have the options to:
a.Approve all reports,
b.Approve individual reports,
c.Approve individual reports while submitting specific questions,
d.Postpone approval of individual reports pending the answers to
specific questions, and/or
e.Not approve individual reports and cancel the final payment.
Grant Reports Vote
Recommended Motion Language:
“I move that we approve the following reports for the 2022 –24 GOS Grants: 3rd Law
Dance/Theater, Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, Band of Toughs, Boulder Chorale, Boulder Ensemble
Theatre Company (BETC), Boulder International Film Festival, Boulder Metalsmithing Association,
Boulder MUSE, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder Opera, Boulder Philharmonic
Orchestra, Boulder Samba School, Cantabile Singers, Colorado MahlerFest, Colorado Music Festival
& Center for Musical Arts, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Creativity Alive, Dairy Arts Center, east
window, eTown, Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc., Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, Junkyard Social
Club, KGNU, Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet, LOCAL Theater Company, Motus Theater,
NoBo Art District, Parlando School for the Arts, Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Street Wise
Arts, Studio Arts Boulder, T2 Dance Company, The Catamounts, The Spark A Performing Arts
Community.”
I move that we approve the following report for the 2022-2024 GOS grants: Boulder Ballet, Museum
of Boulder, and Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra.
Reminder!
Community Projects for Organizations preliminary review is
due Wednesday, March 6 at noon.
Letter to Council Priorities
1.Integrate art into city work 3
2.Arts in schools
3.Making artist space available and affordable 6
4.Salary support for creatives
5.Housing affordability for artists 5
6.Encouraging diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) 4
7.Advocacy at the state and federal level
Dairy Board Position
Recommended Motion Language:
“I move that Jeffrey Kash act as Arts Commission board
representative to the Dairy Arts Center”.
Fin