FoCo Creates: Arts and Culture Master Plan

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

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

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.

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

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.

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/

Nothing controversial!

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

Ethnic festivals/Street fairs

Literally, in the streets of different neighborhoods with music, dancing, food, etc.

Address blindspots around cultural equity, inclusion and diversity to improve + futureproof economic+social+natural health of Fort Collins.

Examples of concrete actions to take: -- Systemic audit of hiring and personnel policies and practices. -- Formal policy framework for equity, inclusion, and diversity in hiring. -- Full-time living wage for council members. -- Explore the creation of an office of equity, inclusion, and diversity. -- Big business incentives for supporting cultural districts. -- Incentivizing/Requiring boards and c-suites to meet minimum standards. -- Incentives for equity, inclusion, and diversity policy in nonprofit and corporate bylaws. -- Requirements for cultural equity, inclusion, and diversity policy in nonprofit and corporate bylaws of orgs applying for Cultural Resources funds. -- Quotas in city boards and commissions.

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.

Organized volunteer effort to encourage the private sector to fund arts & culture.

If we're going to use city funds to increase funding for arts & culture in Fort Collins, we should put the funding towards an organized effort to raise money from the private sector.

Culture Night -- Annual culture night out

Host an annual Culture Night. It could be based on the Culture Night model in Belfast and around the world. It is Belfast's largest, most exciting and inclusive cultural celebration. Culture Night brings together over 300 free events across 150 locations in Belfast City Centre in a single day. The event attracts over 85,000 visitors from Belfast, Northern Ireland and beyond. We attended in 2016 and it was one of the most amazing events I've ever been to!

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.