Commissioners:

Chair: Chris Griffith-

Barbara Buehler

Marilyn Mahoney

Stephanie Ward

Allen B. Safir, O.D.

Andrea Stroh

Margaret Tsai

Cultural Affairs Commission Minutes

The Cultural Affairs Commission was established by the City of Plano to ensure that the arts were incorporated into the civic infrastructure for the City’s residents. The Cultural Affairs Commission reviews and makes recommendations to Council on applications for Major Grants, Small Grants, and Special Events Grants. The Commission also selects the contractor for the Summer Arts Program.

The Arts and Culture Grants Program and the Summer Arts Program are provided through the Cultural Affairs Commission. The Arts and Culture Grants program provides support for non-profit arts organizations to entertain and engage our citizens in all aspects of the arts. The Summer Arts Program provides free art camps for underserved youth- music, theatre, dance, and visual arts experiences are on the menu! The current provider of the Summer Arts Program is the ArtCentre of Plano . Contact Jim Wear, Creative Arts Manager, at 972-941-5202 or jimw@plano.gov for more information regarding the grants application process.

Feb 2      
Regular meeting.
Discuss and Finalize 2009-2010 Major Grant (MG) Guidelines, Applications and Evaluation Criteria.Ethics training. Finalize 2009 Calendar.

Mar 2        
Regular meeting.
Discuss 2009-2010 Small Grant (SM) Guidelines, Application and Evaluation Criteria. Discuss 2009-2010 Special Event (SE) Guidelines, Applications and Evaluation Criteria.Discuss and finalize Application Review and Scoring process.

Apr. 6       
Regular meeting.
Finalize SE Guidelines and Applications.

Apr 8        
(Wednesday) SG, MG, and SE Guidelines and Application forms available to the public.

Apr 11      
(Saturday) Required Workshop for MG applicants.

May 4   
(Monday) Regular Meeting.

May 15       
(Fri.) SG, MG, and SE applications due by 5pm

May 22-Aug 3     
Commissioners review SG, MG, and SE applications.

June 1      
Regular meeting.
SG and SE presentations made to commission.

July 11    
(Saturday) MG presentations made to commission.

Aug 3       
Regular meeting.
Finalize SG, MG, and SE recommendations for City Council.

Aug 15     
(Saturday) Presentation of SG, MG, and SE recommendations
to CIty Council at FY 2009-2010 Budget Work Session.

Sept 8     
Regular meeting.
Discussion of Commission Activity during FY 2008-2009.
Review CAC mission statement and goals.

Oct 5        
Regular meeting.
Update and finalize FY 2009-2010 CAC mission statement and goals.Summer Arts Workshop final report.

Nov 2       
Regular meeting. Discuss 2010 Calendar.