Hello arts and culture friends and supporters,
a PSA
Please support C4 (Concerned Citizens for a Creative Community, in case you ever wondered) in their membership drive tomorrow! They serve creativity of all kinds and on a shoestring budget. This is their first ever membership drive and sustaining memberships will help them keep the lights on. August 22, 6:00-11:00 pm, Cooke Park Design District (6th Ave and 7th St NW).
Now here are updates from our Collaborative partners.
Art4Trails
Rochester Area Foundation is acting as fiscal agent for this project of art installations along river trails, so team co-lead Mary Ellen Landwehr is in the process of working on three grants: Think Bank, Rochester Downtown Alliance and SEMAC.
In conjunction with the Park board, 10 sites have been chosen along the river, starting at Slatterly Park and ending at the southern end of Silver Lake, across from the RPU power plant. Two installations will be located in Mayo Park, on the east side of the river.
A capstone public event celebrating the project is in the planning stages but likely will be an interactive event, such as a parade along the bike trail to showcase all of the installations. This is tentatively scheduled for June 11, 2016.
The selection committee is forming; call for artists will open October 1 and close November 30. We will be sure to let you know about the call!
Senior Center/Armory
The Spaces team subcommittee working on the Arts and Cultural Center proposal for the Senior Center/Armory has compiled its information from input sessions and form submissions. The model is still in flux - how to serve many small tenants with a range of commitment abilities - and the team continues to meet with different interested parties to formulate the best and most creative use of the space to present to the City Council. It will be several months until the Senior Center vacates the building so there is still time for study and research
Chateau Theatre
At the August 18th City Council meeting, Mayor Brede requested to form a Task Force for the Reuse of the Chateau Theatre. He will be drawing names from a number of sources, one of which is the Collaborative. On behalf of RACC, Audrey Betcher will bring three names to the mayor for
consideration from RACC membership: Dave Beal, Steve Troutman and Barb Depman.
Jim Fricker of North Coast Productions will also be recommended as a musician/artist rep from the community.
Brad Jones of the Convention and Visitors Bureau is also willing to give tours of Presentation Hall to interested groups. He hopes to be able to accommodate more local artists in the refurbished space but he also needs to know what any needs and/or limitations are from both sides. We are willing to facilitate putting tour groups together, so please contact RACC at raccnews@gmail.com if you would like to be a part of this tour.
Public Art Master Plan
Dave Beal from the Policy Team reported on the status of the Public Art Master
Plan and the Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust’s consultancy contract with Forecast Public Art of St Paul. The Trust board has put
together a 25 member steering committee based upon recommendations of the
consultant and local advisors. This committee, once officially confirmed, will
have its first meeting in October, with three more to be scheduled through
approximately February 2016. The understanding is that this group will follow
open meeting laws and their meetings will be announced and open to the public.
A smaller liaison/advisory team was also formed to assist the consultant in his work with
the community in between the steering committee meetings. Dave Beal is a member
of both of these committees and will keep the Collaborative informed.
Here's a repeat from last month, but it bears repeating
There is a plethora of sources for information on all the happenings in and around our region. For a fine overall community (although primarily arts) information aggregator, check out ReVerb.mn. Among other options, you can download RochesterNow and Marquee Rochester apps for your phone, follow the 507 Magazine from the PB, submit and find events on the PB events calendar, KTTC/Fox community calendars, the Convention and Visitors bureau and the Rochester Downtown Alliance online calendars, calendars of other arts organizations such as the Rochester Music Guild and the Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust - there are many ways to keep up to speed so bookmark your favorite! We'll keep sharing things on our Facebook and Twitter feeds as we are able, and feel free to post on our page with any arts and culture news you want to let the community know about.
