FoCo Creates: Arts and Culture Master Plan

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.

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.

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. /

The City should work with the arts organization to pass the Scientific and Cultural District similar to Denver. It would help them greatly

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.

Transcend "World Class"

Certainly to some, the term "world class" can refer to professionalism, polish, perfection. To others, the 20th century notion of "world class" could carry with it a sense of elitism or exclusivity. What if we try to transcend the term and just shoot for something with a sense of being seasoned, intentional, collaborative and relevant? Fort Collins creative culture is in a state of becoming. Its 21st century identity as a town of multiple cultures has yet to coalesce. We're just at the beginning. We need to address and nurture that. Who are we? What do we stand for? What do we believe? What boundaries are we exceeding? Let's leave room for exploration and discovery of our collective identity. Make allowances for 21st century change. When Fort Collins finds itself, we can then begin to have an impact upon the world at large. We can take our place as relevant citizens of the world. That would be a great discussion to have. If we try to define ourselves right now, we run the risk of becoming an anachronism. If we pat ourselves on the back for simply having people of different cultures perform in a production of "The Magic Flute," we've missed the mark.

Provide support for attending arts and culture conferences

Our artists and cultural entrepreneurs need to have access to the latest ideas and developments in order to play their full part in contributing to a thriving arts and culture scene in Fort Collins. Yet few can afford to cover the necessary travel, accommodation and fees. Fort Collins should launch a travel fund that can expand city-wide access to the trends and business practices that are equal to improving the health and fuel the growth of our sector.

Creative Business and Arts intern Program

Establish an ongoing creative business and arts organization intern program with CSU and FRCC that local organizations can tap into for needed young professionals while giving students real world work experiences.

Apply equity lens to A&C plan. City Strategic Plan: Promote a more equitable and inclusive community that embraces and celebrates diversity

Apply an equity lens to the Arts and Culture Master Plan.

Increase "1% for art" or reallocate into two buckets.

The "1% for art" fee should really be 2% given the pace of development and population growth/change. 1% for the art and 1% for creative placemaking activities that generates and then anchors the work in the community.

Global Village Museum

This Museum adds a dimension to the educational foundation in our community by bringing exhibits of arts and cultures around the world. The opportunities to expand and enhance our knowledge of our global existence by seeing real artifacts loaned for the exhibits by our friends and fellow citizens is unique in our state. We should do whatever we can to preserve this local asset.

Large-Scale Convention Center

Fort Collins has no large-scale accessible meeting and convention space. Almost all existing cultural works must be hosted at The Lincoln Center (which maxes out below 5K attendees) or a local hotel, almost all of which max out below 5K attendees. As a result, Fort Collins misses out on many cultural, artistic, and economic event opportunities that typically land at The Ranch, BEC, or Embassy Suites in Loveland.