HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/8/2012 - City Arts Commission - 02 Staff Report Cultural Arts Activities Activities Report from Cultural Arts Office, November 8, 2012
City Manager’s Newsletter – October 18, 2012
Family Concert this Weekend
The Southland Opera will return to the Newport Beach
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Saturday from 11-12pm in the Friends Room.
Southland Opera introduces children to operas, musicals
and operettas in an interactive musical program.
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Upcoming Sunday Musicales:
Kate Loughrey, Harpist, November 18
Krechkovsky/Loucks Duo, January 13
Charged Particles, February 10
Natur Early Music Ensemble, March 10
Arts Commission Meeting
Last Thursday, October 11, the Newport Beach City Arts
Commission met for their regularly scheduled meeting.
Several items were on their agenda, including the discussion of funding levels for the Cultural Arts Grant
Program in 2012-2013. Including the City Arts Commission, applicants for funding cultural and arts
programs for Newport Beach residents included:
Arts & Learning, Inc.
Baroque Music Festival of Corona del Mar
ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum
Festival Ballet Theatre
Laguna Outreach for Community Arts, Inc.
Newport Beach Film Festival
Newport/Mesa YMCA
South Coast Repertory Theater
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Southland Opera
UCI Foundation
The City Arts Commission reviewed and discussed the organizations and various programs that were
offered and made recommendations for funding. Staff will prepare a report for City Council, to be reviewed
on November 13 for approval. Following approval by City Council, grant awards will be presented at the
November 27 City Council Meeting.
Cultural Arts and Arts Commission Meetings & Events Calendar, 2012-2013
2012 Arts Commission Meetings:
November 8, December 13. 2013: January 10, February 14, March 13, April 11, May 9, June 13, July
11, August 8, September 12, October 10, November 14, December 12.
Programs and Events:
2012
Central Library Exhibitions (Literacy Learner Essays) Through 2012
Searching for Democracy Cabinet Displays Through 2012
City Hall Exhibit (Lenahan collection) Until Move to Civic Center
Cultural Arts Grants
City Council Staff Report Approval 11/13/12
Presentation of Checks to Grantees 11/27/12 (during CC
Presentations, 7pm)
2013
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Newport Beach Art Exhibition and Sale (Oasis) 4/13/12 (set-up 4/12/12 after 4)
Cultural Arts staff will also be working on these classical music events for the NBPL/Friends of NBPL:
Upcoming Sunday Musicales and Family Concerts
Sundays:
November 18 – Kate Loughrey, Harpist
January 13 – Krechkovsky/Loucks Duo, Violin and Piano
February 10 – Charged Particles, Electric Jazz
March 10 – Natur Early Music Ensemble, Classical, Historical
Saturdays:
October 20 – Southland Opera
January 26 - Ceora Winds for Little Listeners