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budget of $855,OOOThis line item does not include the Capital Public Art Fund which varies from <br />year to year depending on current projects, but was $166,000 in 2015. <br />Minneapolis MN <br />Minneapolis Arts Commission and Arts, Culture and Creative Economy Program <br />Housed in: Department of Community Planning and Economic Development — Planning <br />Division <br />Type: City agency <br />Structure: 17 members; comprised of 5 artists, 5 arts administrators, 7 laypersons. <br />Council and Mayoral appointments from applications. Seek balance of geographic distribution, <br />experience in or with the arts, connections with the community, ethnic diversity and <br />representation from a range of artistic, disciplines. No more than three consecutive three-year <br />terms <br />Mission: To encourage arts participation, arts support, and arts making in the City of <br />Minneapolis and to advise the city council and city departments on all arts -related capital <br />investments, plans, programs, projects and evaluation. <br />Public Art Program <br />Public Art Program is housed in the Long Range Planning Division. Art in Public Places is <br />comprised of six areas of regular work activity which include art in public places, conservation, <br />technical assistance to other agencies, public art policy, proposals for art on city property, <br />proposals for art on private property. It is funded through 1.5% of the Net Debt Bonds each year. <br />Arts, Culture and Creative Economy Program <br />This model is included for its approach to both public art (within the City's Planning Department) <br />and its focus on support for arts and creativity through the Arts, Culture and Creative Economy <br />program. In Minneapolis, arts organizations are funded and provided other organizational <br />supports through the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, allowing the City government to focus <br />its work on the Arts, Culture and Creative Economy (ACCE) program (housed in the City <br />Coordinator's Office) that supports the arts and creativity in economic development. <br />The ACCE Program: <br />• Leverages the Creative Sector towards social and economic growth in the City of <br />Minneapolis. <br />• Coordinates arts and creative economy activities; <br />• Works with the Minneapolis Arts Commission; and, <br />• Develops arts, culture and creative industry policies around economic development and <br />programs for the City of Minneapolis. <br />ACCE focuses on promoting and coordinating City resources to develop the arts as a generator <br />for economic and social growth in alignment with the following City goals: <br />