HomeMy WebLinkAbout15 - Cultural Arts Grants 2003-2004Agenda Item No. 15
July 22, 2003
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: LIBRARY SERVICES
Arts and Cultural Services Division; Jana Barbier, Cultural Arts
Coordinator ( 717- 3870)jbarbier @city.newport- beach.ca.us
SUBJECT: Approval of 2003104 Cultural Arts Grants
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve recommended recipients for FY 2003104 Cultural Arts Grants as selected
by the City Arts Commission in accordance with City Policy 1 -12 - Reserve Fund
for Culture and Arts.
DISCUSSION:
BACKGROUND: The City Arts Commission has recommended awarding grants totaling
$40,000.
The Commission received written grant proposals from fifteen organizations for funding of
approximately $72,650. After careful deliberation the following recommendations were approved
at the June 12, 2003 meeting:
Ballet Montmartre — Lecture /performance demonstrations to Newport Beach $1,500
and Orange County elementary and secondary students.
Ballet Pacifica — Project to bus students from Newport Beach Elementary $3,400
Schools to The Irvine Barclay Theatre for a back -stage tour and lecture /demonstration.
Baroque Music Festival —Two solo performances by internationally known Baroque $1,200
trumpet virtuoso John Thiessen at the Baroque Music Festival, 2004.
Festival Ballet Theatre — Outreach performances in November /December for $1,800
Secondary students.
Laguna Playhouse — THEATREREACH interactive theatrical presentations for 4th and $1,700
5'h grade students using Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Sign of the Beaver and By the
Great Horn Spoon!
Music Rainbow — Workshop experiences for 15tand 2nd grade Newport $2,000
Beach Elementary students, based on the book A House for Hermit Crab.
Newport Beach Film Festival — Two day industry seminar program on $4,250
April 17 'h and 1 8'h, 2004 during NB Film Festival.
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Newport Beach Theatre Company — Attendance for High School students
$1,000
at Fall 2003 production of "HONK" and scholarship Newport Beach students.
Newport Beach Arts Commission — Three arts lectures including Frangoise Gilot,
$4,000
Landscape painters and new book on color by Betty Edwards ( "Drawing on the right
Side of the Brain ")
Orange County Museum of Art — Art in the Museum and Adult Community
$7,000
outreach programs for Newport Beach students, teachers, families and adults.
Pacific Chorale — Sound -on -Site interactive, educational choral performances
$1,850
for students in grades K -6.
Newport Beach Sister City Association — International Festival, highlighting
$2,000
the relationship and cultures of Newport Beach Sister Cities: Okazaki,
Japan; Antibes, France and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
South Coast Repertory Theatre — Provide Educational Touring Performance
$3,250
to each of the eight elementary schools within Newport Beach.
Southland Opera -One performance of "Stories Come Alive" in each of
$1,400
six elementary schools in Newport Beach along with one performance at the
Newport Beach Public Library.
STOP -GAP - Five interactive educational presentations for grades 3 — 12. $3,650
Prepared by:
Janarbier
Cultural Arts Coordinator
Submitted by:
Library %6rvices Director