Community_Arts_and_Education_Committee
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
4:30 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
- Community Arts and Education Program Director Report
- WritersCorps Report
- Arts Education Report
- Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Report
- Cultural Equity Grants Program Director Report
Motion to approve the recommendation to award one grant totaling $100,000 for the 2007-2008 International Arts Festival grant to the following organization and to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement for the amount listed:
World Arts West, $100,000
Supplemental Documents: International Arts Festival applicant ranking, panel comments, and bios of the grants review panelists.
Motion to approve recommendations to award eighteen grants totaling $439,500 in the 2007-2008 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives Level One grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
3rd I South Asian Independent Film Festival, $25,000
ABADA Capoeira San Francisco, $25,000
Asian Improv aRts, $15,000
Carnaval San Francisco, $25,000
Children's Book Press, $25,000
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $25,000
Chinese Historical Society of America, $25,000
Fresh Meat Productions, $25,000
Galeria de la Raza, $25,000
Gen Taiko, $25,000
Melody of China, Inc., $25,000
Oasis for Girls, $25,000
Purple Moon Dance Project, $25,000
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $25,000
Radar Productions, $25,000
Theatre Rhinoceros, $25,000
Women's Audio Mission, $24,500
World Arts West, $25,000
Supplemental Documents: Cultural Equity Initiatives Level One applicant ranking and project descriptions by organization budget size: organizations with budgets up to $150,000, and organizations with budgets between $150,000 and $1 million; and bios of the grants review panelists.
- Cultural Center Report
- New Business
- Adjournment
LL 1/4/08
Notices
Explanatory documents are available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Robynn Takayama, 415-252-2598.
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