It's a Dirty Job ...

New arts tsar Vincent Kitch rolls up his sleeves to give Austin arts funding a clean start

"...Vincent Kitch, Austin's first official arts tsar, is tackling a..."

April 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Feedback of a Different Kind

At last week's arts funding forum, artists gave city officials an earful – but not what they expected

"...who signed up to address Cultural Arts program manager Vincent Kitch and Economic Growth and Redevelopment Services Office director..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Change in the Weather

A different kind of summer for the city arts funding process

"...arts funding process itself. When Cultural Arts Program Manager Vincent Kitch was hired last fall, his first mission was..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cultural Affairs Division

Vincent Kitch off to head the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs in Seattle

"...On Tuesday, Vincent Kitch winds up seven years of working for the..."

March 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The city wants you as a Cultural Contracts Program peer review panelist, Michelle Schumann competes in Canada, and Uncle Cuddles gets a gig

"...With Vincent Kitch working overtime in the city's Cultural Arts Division..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Cultural Arts Program

Tracking the recent history and redevelopment of Austin's Cultural Arts Program

"...November 2003: Vincent Kitch is hired as Cultural Arts Program manager...."

April 16, 2004 Arts Feature

Articulations

Austin playwright John Walch goes to Louisville for its festival of new plays; Vincent Kitch goes to Washington for Americans for the Arts; and Everett Quinton goes to Seattle for a new production of Twisted Olivia.

"...Mr. Kitch Goes to Washington..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Renowned composer and educator Kent Kennan has died, longtime Paramount Theatre manager Paul Beutel calls it quits, and Vincent Kitch signs on as the city of Austin's cultural arts program manager.

"...Kitch to Lead Arts for City..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Never Say Die!

Austin's arts scene plays 'the comeback kid' in 2004

"...initial overhaul, led by new Cultural Arts Program Manager Vincent Kitch. For the first summer in ages, the cries..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Arts Funding

A new clash over what arts groups are legally entitled to bed tax funds

"...in a March 12 letter, Cultural Arts Program Manager Vincent Kitch noted that cultural contract applicants for the next..."

April 9, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The Longs give a million, the Rudes add a co-PAD, Mills shows his new dance, and Kitch joins a board

"...• Vincent Kitch, Cultural Arts Program manager for the city of..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

CreateAustin: The City Gets the Plan

After two years in the making, the community cultural plan has been presented to the Austin City Council

"...Brewster McCracken, listened politely as Cultural Arts Program Manager Vincent Kitch reviewed the planning-process timeline, then consultant Bill Bulick..."

June 13, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shape of Things to Come

What will the arts in Austin look like in 10 years? CreateAustin has a good idea – in fact, it has 10.

"...Cultural Arts Program Manager Vincent Kitch is encouraged by this activity. "People in the..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film News

It's Texas vs. Arizona in the 'Friday Night Lights' Bowl, but we might have a secret weapon: the new TXMPA

"...and they like what Austin has to offer," says Vincent Kitch, Cultural Arts Division manager for the city of..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Arts and the Economy

A new study shows that Austin's cultural sector contributes over $2.2 billion to the local economy and is responsible for close to 44,000 permanent jobs

"...and cultural sector more," says Cultural Arts Program Manager Vincent Kitch. After all, during the downturn, when other industries..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AMOA's Symposium on Austin Art: How Deep Is Our Love?

The Austin Museum of Art symposium Self Portrait: Austin Art in Local, National, and International Contexts was a positive day of critical dialog and amazingly open-minded community work

"...Synergies: Looking Toward the Future (a panel from which Vincent Kitch, cultural arts program manager for the city of..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

City Cultural Arts Funding: One for the History Books

What do you call it when the City Council approves the Cultural Arts Funding Program budget with no furor or 11th-hour changes? How about 'historic'?

"...the word of choice for Cultural Arts Program Manager Vincent Kitch, and it's mighty apt. Arts funding has long..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Aid

In the wake of Katrina, Austin artists do their part to help

"...Vincent Kitch, cultural arts program manager for the city of..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Hold That Process

The Arts Commission recommends to City Council that the arts funding application process be suspended for the coming year

"...to council he'd drafted with Cultural Arts Program Manager Vincent Kitch, laying out the suspension as proposed by the..."

April 1, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

City Council adopts new guidelines for the Cultural Arts Funding Program, Michelle Schumann shoots off for a Canadian piano competition, and some 'palpable hits' to get your sweet William for Shakespeare's birthday

"...the funding program workshops that Cultural Arts Program Manager Vincent Kitch is conducting all week. The first three were..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Blanton chooses designers for its village green, last chance for input on city arts funding changes, and Mr. Sinus' Owen Egerton gets hit by a train

"...for their approval later in March, Cultural Programs Manager Vincent Kitch wants one last round of input from you..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Take Three

Texas film incentives don't always carry sufficient funding

"...Airport and then stay inside the city limits. Says Vincent Kitch, the city's cultural arts program manager, "Our internal..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Shaken, Not Deterred

Despite the many upheavals in 2011, Austin's arts scene perseveres

"...Alliance; Kevin Patterson, Austin Lyric Opera; Sue Graze, Arthouse; Vincent Kitch, city of Austin Cultural Affairs Division...."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Control Shift

Thoughts on adjusting to hard times from former opera director Kevin Patterson

"...Theatre Alliance, Latifah Taormina leaving the Austin Creative Alliance, Vincent Kitch leaving the City of Austin Cultural Affairs Division...."

May 13, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

End of an Arts Era

The most prosperous period in Austin's cultural history came to a painful close in 2003.

"...Buckley as artistic director for Austin Lyric Opera and Vincent Kitch as the city's cultural arts program manager, as..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires