HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.27.26 BAC Grants PresentationBoulder Arts Commission Meeting
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Public Participation Guidelines
•The city has engaged with community members to co-create a vision for
productive, meaningful, and inclusive civic conversations.
•This vision supports the physical and emotional safety for community members,
staff, and council as well as democracy for people of all ages, identities, lived
experiences, and political perspectives.
•For more information about this vision and the community engagement processes, please visit: bouldercolorado.gov/services/productive-atmospheres
Public Participation Guidelines
The following are examples of rules of decorum found in the Boulder Revised
Code and other guidelines that support this vision. These will be upheld during
the meetings.
•All remarks and testimony shall be limited to matters related to city business and to a
3-minute time limit.
•No participant shall make threats or use other forms of intimidation against any
person.
•Obscenity, racial epithets, and other speech and behavior that disrupts or otherwise
impedes the ability to conduct the meeting are prohibited.
•In-person participants are asked to refrain from expressing support or disagreement
verbally or with applause. Traditionally, support is shown silently through American
Sign Language ‘applause’ signal.
Grant Program Matters
Grant Decisions
At the meeting Commission members will vote on the approval of
the panel's scored recommendations.
Commissioners have the options to:
a.Approve the recommendations
b.Approve individual awards while submitting specific questions,
c.Postpone approval of individual awards pending the answers to specific
questions, and/or
d.Not approve the recommendations
Community Project Grants (Organizations) Scores:
APPLICANT NAME
OVERALL
AVERAGE
Boulder Taiko 35.7
Community Roots Art Festival / CRAFt 35.3
Control Group Productions 34.7
The Institute for Embodied Cosmology 34.3
Parlando 33.3
Dance Continua Productions 33.2
Boulder Samba School 33.2
Band of Toughs 33.0
Hear Us Now See Us Now 32.8
La Vecindad dba Mi Chantli 32.7
The New Local 32.0
Boulder Chamber Foundation-
Transportation Connections 32.0
Local Theater Company 31.8
Sans Souci Festival of Dance 31.5
Woven Web 31.3
Boulder Metalsmithing Association 31.2
APPLICANT NAME
OVERALL
AVERAGE
Ancestral Weavings 30.8
Wild Heart Dance 30.5
SPIRIT of the Front Range 30.0
Beyond Academia 30.0
Drip Rhythm 29.7
Colorado Music Festival and Center for Musical Arts 29.5
Boulder Chamber Foundation 29.3
Colorado Nonprofit Center dba Fireside Ink Writers 29.3
Alpine Artist Collective 29.2
3rd Law Dance/Theater 27.3
Roots Music Project 27.2
Rivr 26.0
Turntable Tuesdays 25.7
Boulder Community Media 25.5
bARTer collective 20.8
Boulder School of Massage Therapy 17.0
Doing Good on Purpose 12.2
“I move that we approve the following organization for the
2026 Boulder Vision Grants for Organizations: Boulder Taiko, Community Roots Art Festival / CRAFt, Control Group
Productions, The Institute for Embodied Cosmology,
Parlando,Dance Continua Productions, Boulder Samba
School,Band of Toughs, Hear Us Now See Us Now, La Vecindad
dba Mi Chantli, The New Local, and Boulder Chamber Foundation Transportation Connection”.
Boulder Vision Grants for Organizations Motion
The Boulder Chamber Foundation's Boulder Vision grant
request exceeds available funding. The Arts Commission are asked to discuss and advise on a partial award.
“I move that we approve a Boulder Vision grant to the Boulder
Chamber Foundation.”
Boulder Vision Grants for Organizations Motion
ACTION: Reports
Commissioners have the options to:
a)Approve all reports,
b)Approve individual reports while submitting specific
questions,
c)Postpone approval of individual reports pending the
answers to specific questions, or
d)Not approve the reports.
Arts Education Project Grant Reports
•Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare & Violence Prevention
$3,000
•Luna Cultura, Marionetas y títeres, proyectando nuestras voces para narrar nuestras historias $3,000
ACTION: Arts Education Reports Motion
“I move that we approve the grant reports from Colorado Shakespeare Festival and Luna Cultura.”
Community Project Grant Reports
•Abby Kellems, Music From Scratch, $5,000
•Dairy Arts Center, Black Futures in Art, $10,000
ACTION: Arts Education Reports Motion
“I move that we approve the grant reports from Abby Kellems.”
“I move that we approve the grant reports from Dairy Art
Center.”
Upcoming Event Dates
Cultural Organizations Summit: Accessibility
Groundworks Art Lab (May or June still finalizing date)
Cultural Organizations Summit: Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, July 16 from 5:00 pm –6:30 pm at Kiln
Cultural Organizations Summit: Sustainability
Monday, September 14 at 12:00 pm at Junkyard Social
Commission Working Group Updates
Statement on Disability Access
AI Value Statements
ACTION: Accessibility Statement
“I move that we adopt the Statement on Disability Access.”
Fin