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Austin’s Creative Clash
Austin’s arts funding process leaves much to be desired — and consulted.
Andrea Bryant
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Budget Blitz
The City Council on Tuesday approved its $1.8 billion budget for fiscal 2003, but not before mollifying some angry citizens and mopping up some of the blood on the floor.
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Articulations
Public arts funding doesn’t get much messier than the City of Austin’s Cultural Contracts Program, but this year’s process may go down in history as the messiest yet.
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Articulations
The Austin theatre festival MoMFest goes away, the Austin Arts Commission welcomes Sue Graze to its membership, and a couple of Austin theatre types show up on TV.
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Articulations
The Austin Arts Commission defuses a community controversy by restarting the process of selecting public art for the soon-to-be-expanded George Washington Carver Museum and Library.
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Articulations
Four months after using a new guideline to declare Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks ineligible for city arts funding, threatening the company’s survival and sparking community concern, the Austin Arts Commission reversed course and cleared the way for the company to receive money from the city.
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The Forest for the Trees
Local Arts Groups Are in Jeopardy Because the Austin Arts Commission Can’t See the Big Picture