Present

Monique Desormeau, Tom Glasscock, Alfreda Harris, Pete Hutchison, and Artina Sadler

Not Present

Clara Blakely, Nicole Borcherding, Gloria Coles, Hector Garcia, Gary Jones, Kendall Reaves, Michael Thiboden, and John Vorice

I.  Goals

After reviewing our mission statement the team began to identify goals related to Underserved Audiences.  The following list is in order of priority:

• Communication--Communicate opportunities for involvement in the arts
• Schools--Provide arts programming in pre K-12^th grade schools
• Community Arts Opportunities--Provide opportunities for community involvement in the arts

 

The team took the aforementioned goals and began to discuss actions, strategies, and timelines:

Communication:

• Make people aware of available arts activities in a timely manner
• Community-based distribution network—18 months
• Community Arts Liaison—18 months
• Central clearing house (i.e. GFAC)
• Identify grant opportunities and grant writer—6 months

• Market arts activities in a way that “feels” accessible
• Be sensitive/aware of the audience we are trying to attract
• Develop a better understanding of our changing community
• Educate arts providers regarding the community using Story Circles
• Identify different cultures in our community—6 months

Schools:

• Build an arts advocacy group—12 months
• Identify members—6 months
• Train advocates—9 months

Community Arts Opportunities:

• Identify possible community art locations
• Family art activities
• Public art projects
• Artist residencies

Respectfully submitted by Artina Sadler

 

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