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'?

"...you call it when the City Council approves the Cultural Arts Funding Program budget with little discussion and nary..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Arts Funding: The Resolution

Council approves FY 19 arts funding, ponders its next move

"...The three-act drama about city arts funding that opened Sept. 13 came to a calm..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Arts Consultants: Connect the Cultural Dots

The city's consultants recommend a new, one-stop shop and more funding for Austin's arts programs.

"...In the cover letter to her team's final report, arts consultant Lucille Dabney notes that "the timing of this..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Putting the Trust in Cultural Trust

New initiative to get a hold on arts and music venues

"...A city-funded initiative to "acquire/secure cultural arts and music venues" –..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin's Cultural Makeover

Which arts facilities from the boom years were built, which weren't built, and why

"...how flush we were during the last boom: The arts got a taste of it...."

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Arts Funding Matrix: Reloaded

Arts Commission's FY 19 funding adjustments head to Council

"...After recipients of city cultural support reacted strongly to deep cuts in funding for..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Austin Musicians Petition for Black Live Music Fund

Black Live Music Fund garners support, Bill Callahan previews Gold Record, and DJ Jester the Filipino Fist harassed in North Campus.

"...Austin City Council to establish a Black Live Music Fund designated for Black musicians and local music industry. The..."

July 31, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...In the Nineties, Austin's cultural scene could afford to dream big. The city was..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bob Bursey Takes Over Texas Performing Arts

UT hires the director of Bard College's Fisher Center to run TPA

"...to welcome a new executive director to Texas Performing Arts. Today, the University of Texas at Austin College of..."

Sept. 3, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund

Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke

"...utilizing half of the hotel occupancy tax-generated Live Music Fund for a Black Live Music Fund in an impassioned..."

July 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

City Arts Funding: The Resolution

Council approves 2019 funding, ponders next move

"...The three-act drama about city arts funding that opened Sept. 13 came to a calm..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Robert Faires

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: The Arts Commission Hustle

City group gets moving on policy plan for Austin creatives

"...The special called meeting of the Austin Arts Commission pretty well lived up to its name Tuesday..."

Aug. 8, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

City Opens Arts Education Grant Application Window

Nineteen $25,000 grants being offered to nonprofits

"...no secret that, between COVID and reduced corporate giving, funding for nonprofits has taken a hit, especially in the..."

Aug. 23, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Should the Live Music Fund Go to Musicians or Venues?

While eligibility is worked out, Music Commission nails down “PIE” equity plan

"...music venues should be eligible for a long-discussed city fund, currently drafted to benefit independent promoters and musicians to..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Could Austin Arts & Music Finally Get a Cultural Trust?

It's not here yet, but talks are intensifying. Also, bars and a few live music venues reopen.

"...notoriously high costs upon reopening. Per a Red River Cultural District recommendation, two resolutions passed last Thursday by the..."

May 29, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Night at The Opera: Artists Sing Out at Arts Commision

"...Like most everyone else at the Dougherty Arts Center (DAC) on Monday, June 7, I am ready..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

Faster Than Sound: City Council Supports Music-Focused Arts Facility on East 11th Street

Harold McMillan breaks down civic steps to the envisioned Kenny Dorham Center

"...In 2007, Austin City Council created an African American Cultural Heritage District in East Austin, recognizing the home to..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Outlays Another $3.5 Million

City program supports 28 venues with ongoing grants as national Save Our Stages funds stall

"...The Austin Live Music Venue Preservation Fund, created last October alongside COVID-19 relief efforts under the..."

April 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Arts Commission's 1996-97 Recommendations

"...As of its meeting last week, the Arts Commission's recommendations put 24.71%, or just over half a..."

June 28, 1996 News Feature

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...Through April 20, Dougherty Arts Center..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Faster Than Sound: Historic Approval of City Tax Fund for Local Music

With $3 million in HOT monies, music advocates gear up for vote on Prop B, the Far Out finds its footing in South Austin, and more music news

"...City Council approved the first-ever source of ongoing public funding for local music, estimated at $3 million per year...."

Sept. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Naked City

The city takes feedback on its proposed improved cultural contracts system.

"...Citizens and local artists and arts groups got their first preview this week of the..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rancho Alegre Fundraises to Save Their Conjunto Festival During AmplifyATX

Cut from city arts funding, Alegre aims to raise 35k this week

"...effects of a change in how the city distributes Cultural Arts funding paid for by local hotel taxes...."

Feb. 28, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Tracking the MACC

A Brief History of Austin's Latino Cultural Center

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June 12, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...$750,000 out of the meager $1 million Housing Trust fund for low-income housing to cover up the city's malfeasance..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Art of the State

Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts

"...Hernandez started working with the Texas Commission on the Arts, Dolph Briscoe was in the governor's office, Jimmy Carter..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Would You Like to Swap a Vowel?

City Council gets into its A-E-I-O-Us

"...we'll see how those two competing interests are resolved. Cultural Arts SNAFU..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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.

"...corners of the community gathering to chat about Austin's cultural landscape as they'd like to see it 10 years..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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 task almost as mythic in..."

April 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Bad Year Gets Worse

The Austin Arts Commission has found itself stewing in a bubbling gumbo of controversies this year, and lately that gumbo has been getting hotter and hotter, with resignations from the Commission, an investigation by the Texas Commission on the Arts, and a call for reforms by a City Council member.

"...you're never likely to hear anyone on the Austin Arts Commission warbling "It Was a Very Good Year" --..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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