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.

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. /

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.

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/

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

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.

Curate, Fund, and Produce Local Storytelling Events

Themed storytelling events that are (with permission) recorded, repurposed, published, and distributed to larger audiences to tell the story of Fort Collins and its people.

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.

Highlighting the cultural music of the different members of the community.

A city sponsored music festival that celebrates the different cultures of the city in different performance and unlikely performance venues across the city. From he north south east and west. As well as a collaboration between cultures to fuss musical styles.

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.