FoCo Creates: Arts and Culture Master Plan

On the Carnegie Center: Great opportunity to have a black box performance space within a building that can serve the local makers and Foco.

It can serve as: performance space, education center for grants etc, research and collaboration within the science and artistic community, a place for ideas to percolate and grow, ability to house residencies and so many other things.

showcase on public access tv

Did you know FC has a public access TV station in the Carnegie building? - use it to showcase your art -have your non-profit partner for informative videos

Love the focus on equity and inclusion not only as a goal, throughout document.

Neighborhood Art Hubs

Each neighborhood area utilizes a local park/space for pop-up art festivities: performance: street theatre, music, open mic, craft fair, poetry slam, etc.

Pop Up Performance Fleet

Instead of expecting the people to come to the arts, bring the arts to the people. A modest fleet of shipping container stages could provide enrichment to underserved neighborhoods and peoples. This could also provide expanded performance opportunities for marginalized and ethnocentric artists (dancers, musicians, actors, performance artists, spoken word artists, etc.) https://www.isospaces.co.uk/portfolio/boxpark-popup-stage-shipping-container/

Showcase World Premieres

Fort Collins to be a city of "firsts" in the arts, let it be international. Dance, music, theater, visual art that invites others into our community.

Tagline Ideas

To help jump-start our brainstorming for taglines, here are some rough ideas: One Town, Many Voices. / Living Together, Working Together, Creating Together. / Where Culture Has Lease. / Collectively Creating The Future. / Creating The Future Together. / A Tapestry Of Possibilities. / A Tapestry Of Purpose. / Living Art. / The United States Of Creativity. / The United States Of Artistry. / The United States Of Possibility. / Evolve. Emerge. Expand. / Becoming. /

Nothing controversial!

Nothing controversial! Because it divides! Do something that EVERYONE will enjoy!

Create a community Arts & Culture Network

A multi-tiered networking tool consisting of an Events Calendar; a Listing of local artists/performers/creative businesses/venues; Arts Opportunities and a "Creative Spotlight" feature...a person, place or event to celebrate.

Hyper-local arts

I would love to see any further investment in the arts trickle down to our immediate local spaces such as neighborhood parks. Holding events one or two times a year with music, dance, poetry or storytelling performances, a collaborative art project, and having various vendors (a local mini farmers market would be ideal) would do so much to build community right where we live.

Unite the international community by creating a shared work space

Create a work space and showcase center for international NGO's and Non-profits and other global organizations to collaborate and work. Unite the international community and bring the Global Village Museum, Ft. Collins International Club and other like minded organizations together to be a welcome center that appreciates diversity in our community.

Studio Tours of Author Workspaces

Like the artists studio tours, we could do a similar one for authors. There are many in our community, some of who are also artists. This would be one way to connect to creatives and get a chance to talk to authors who typically aren't visible workers. This could be combined with readings or some kind of poetry creation project with the public.

Encourage imagination and creativity through the use of new technology in a shared space.

Laser engravers, 3D printers, Soldering, and LED wireing, Draw and Design software classes with a focus on pushing the boundaries of art and design. Mentoring, classes, feed-back and shows promoting and raising funds to continue and expand this program