TO: COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC FROM: Nanci Klein
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: Arts Commission Annual Report DATE: September 6, 2024 And Work Plan
Approved Date:
9/14/23
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the Arts Commission Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 to comply with the City Municipal Code requirements for Boards and Commissions.
OUTCOME
With the approval of these priorities for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025, the Arts Commission will continue its work related to advising on matters related to the arts and culture to the City Council and the Office of Economic Development. As a result of this work plan, the Arts Commission will continue to help shape the City’s policies related to the arts, arts grants, cultural facilities, outdoor special events, public art, and creative placemaking and advise on implementing Cultural Connection: San José's Cultural Plan with the community.
BACKGROUND
Under section 2.08.850 of the San José Municipal Code,1 the Arts Commission’s nonexclusive functions, powers, and duties are to:
A. Encourage the full artistic life of the city's culturally diverse community and the beautification of the city.
B. Advise the Council on all matters affecting the arts and the beauty of the City, including the development, organization, and operation of municipal arts programs and facilities.
1 https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT2AD_CH2.08BOBUCO _PT8ARCO_2.08.850FUPODU
COMMITTEE AGENDA: 9/23/24
ITEM: (c)1
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
September 6, 2024
Subject: Arts Commission Annual Report and Work Plan
C. Establish an effective liaison between the City and arts organizations, assess the needs of arts organizations, and recommend measures to City Council to promote arts organizations' strength and cultural diversity.
D. Advise City Council on appropriate policies and procedures for distributing City funding for the arts and make recommendations to the Council respecting grants and other funding to arts organizations.
E. Advise City Council in coordination with appropriate boards and commissions on all matters related to public art, including the acquisition and placement of works of art as well as the maintenance, removal, relocation, or alteration of existing works of art in the city's possession, and perform all duties with respect to the Art in Public Places Program as provided in Title 22 of this Code.
F. Examine the condition of the City's works of art every two years and report to City Council with recommendations for their care, maintenance, and improvement.
G. Render advice and assistance in the fields of art, aesthetics, and beautification to other City boards and commissions.
H. Establish an effective liaison and cooperation between the City's arts programs and the programs of adjacent communities, the county, the region, the state, and the nation.
The Arts Commission convenes regular monthly meetings ten times per year; no meetings are held in July and December. The Commission has two standing committees, the Executive Committee and the Public Art Committee, regularly scheduled to meet six times yearly on alternating months.
ANALYSIS
Throughout FY 2023-2024, all boards and commissions transitioned from remote technology to hybrid meetings in March 2023. As detailed in the attached FY 2023-2024 Annual Report, the Arts Commission had a productive year advising City Council on matters related to the arts and culture.
The Arts Commission’s key activities in FY 2023-2024 included:
Received reports on the Arts, Destination Marketing, and Destination Events City Council Study Session and Report.
Reviewed and approved the relaunch of the Capitalization and Sustainability Grant Program.
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
September 6, 2024
Subject: Arts Commission Annual Report and Work Plan
Reviewed and accepted the panel’s recommendation for the 2024 Creative License Ambassadors.
Received, reviewed, and approved the 2024 Resilient Artist Fellows. Received reports on the FY 2024-2025 budget process and related budget messages.
Reviewed, discussed, and approved the recommendations for the take pART Grant and the Festival, Parade, and Celebration Grant Programs for FY 2024- 2025.
Advised on projects and initiatives of the Public Art Program. Reviewed, discussed, and approved the revisions to the Cornerstone of the Arts Awards nomination guidelines.
Selected the 2024 Cornerstone of the Arts Honorees, who will be recognized at the 2024 Cornerstone of the Arts event on October 3, 2024, at the Hammer Theater Center at 5:00 p.m.
Cultural Affairs staff worked with the Arts Commission to develop the FY 2023-2024 annual report and FY 2024-2025 Work Plan. The Arts Commission approved the FY 2023-2024 Annual Report and FY 2024-2025 Work Plan at its August 19, 2024 meeting.
COORDINATION
The memorandum was coordinated with the City Attorney’s Office.
/s/
NANCI KLEIN
Director of Economic Development and Cultural
Affairs
For more information or questions, please contact Kerry Adams Hapner, Director of Cultural Affairs, at (408) 793-4333.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A: Arts Commission FY 2023-2024 Annual Report Attachment B: Arts Commission FY 2024-2025 Work Plan