65B - ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN

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professional development convenings, artist fellowships and exchanges) and nearly $200,000 provided for capacity building and community impact programs in nonprofit arts organizations. This model has the dual purpose of enabling the City to manage the art in public spaces program as it aligns with City planning needs, while allowing the larger role of support and funding for the arts and culture community at large to be managed by a dedicated organization. The City is viewed as supportive but is not charged with administering it. An example of best practices programming is GCAC's Individual Artist Fellowship programs that provide unrestricted grants to artists of outstanding talent and ability who currently live in the city of Columbus and/or Franklin County, and have done so for at least one year. Grants in 2015 ranged from $500 to $10,000 and were given to 46 visual and performing artists. Since the Arts Council's Individual Artist Fellowship program was established in 1986 more than 210 awards have been given in a variety of disciplines. Programs have included visual arts, crafts, film and video, creative writing, music composition and choreography/movement arts. Awards are offered in Visual Arts (2D, 3D, photography, and crafts), Media Arts, Dance/Choreography, Literature and Playwright categories each year. Oklahoma City The Oklahoma City Arts Commission and Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Housed in: City Planning Department. Staff: 1.5 FTE Structure: The Oklahoma City Arts Commission is primarily an advisory body with the staff dedicated to public art. Another nonprofit organization is responsible for major arts and cultural events and programs in Oklahoma City and The Oklahoma City Arts Commission was created to advise City Council on artistic, cultural and aesthetic matters to insure that the City will be attractive and culturally rich. The Commission is comprised of 15 members, appointed by the Mayor and approved by Council. Six members serve at large. The Arts Council of Oklahoma City and the Allied Arts Foundation are each represented by one member. Three members are professional artists, performers and/or architects. Four members represent other arts and cultural organizations. The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs in Oklahoma City is a component of the Planning Department which works with the Arts Commission. Its charges include providing liaison services for public art initiatives and guiding stewardship of the public art collection as well as facilitating and implementing the City's cultural planning, the relationships between artists, cultural organizations, and other groups, and advancing arts and cultural awareness and coordination in the community. San Antonio, TX Department for Culture and Creative Development and the Cultural Arts Board Housed in: City Managers Office, overseen by an Assistant City Manager also responsible for Center City Development and Operations; the Convention & Visitors Bureau, Eastpointe & Real Estate and Office of Historic Preservation 65B-92