State of the Arts in Orange County

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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Presentation to the Board of County
  Commissioners
• July 8, 2003

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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Discussion Points
• Health of area arts organizations
• Accomplishments of the Arts Cultural Affairs
  Advisory Council
• Accomplishments within the Orange County
  Government culture

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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Funding for the Arts
• Decline in infrastructure support
• Arts groups adjusting
• Contributed income weakened
• Admission income increased

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State of the Arts in Orange County
What are we fighting for? - Winston Churchill
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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Funding for the Arts
• Florida State Arts Appropriations
• 2003 - 28 million
• 2004 - 6 million
• Downtown Arts District
• 1 million budget cut to 250,000
• Foundation/corporate giving down

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State of the Arts in Orange County
Mr. Tico PerezChairArts Cultural Affairs
Advisory Council
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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Arts Cultural Affairs Advisory Council
• TDT Funding
• Decreased from the 3 million projected to
  500,000
• Accomplishments of Council
• Developed two funding mechanisms

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State of the Arts in Orange County

• TDT Project Funding
• Orlando Museum of Art
• Florida Film Festival
• Zora Neale Hurston Festival
• Orlando Fringe Festival

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State of the Arts in Orange County

• TDT Micro Grants
• Asian Cultural Associations Festival of Music
• Orlando DanceFest
• Additional micro grants will be evaluated in
  August 2003

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State of the Arts in Orange County
Mission
To Elevate Central Floridas Arts and Culture
to a Status Beneffiting a World Class Community.
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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Education and Community Resources Committee
• Task Force support arts education
• Currently conducting a status review of arts
  education in Orange County

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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Review of arts education in Orange County
• Public/private schools (pre-school and centers
  for higher education)
• Arts groups
• Residents survey
• Community centers
• Community dialog
• www.ocfl.net/artsurvey

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State of the Arts in Orange County

• StairWELLness Art Project
• Artists Orange County employees
• Promote wellness and healthy lifestyle
• Spurred interest from other County Divisions

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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Art in the Chambers
• Quarterly art exhibition program
• Art loaned by local collectors
• Local artists with national reputations
• Public Art Review Committee

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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Arts Incubator
• Recommended by Task Force
• Research is ongoing
• Commitment to the development of small businesses
  to include the arts

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State of the Arts in Orange County
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State of the Arts in Orange County

• Presentation to the Board of County
  Commissioners
• July 8, 2003