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Arts & Circle Event Oct 2020

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Arts & Circle Event Oct 2020

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  1. Arts & Culture in New Hanover CountyOctober 7, 2020Nov 19, 2019

  2. Overview • Our Approach • Definitions and Focus • Key Findings • Economic Impact of the Arts • COVID-19 Challenges • A Collaborative Environment • Addressing the Diversity Gap • Considerations for 2021 WIN Grants

  3. O Our Approach • Americans for the Arts Study (2017) • Arts Council of Wilmington/NHC Annual Report (FY 2019-20) • Interviews with the Arts and Culture “Movers and Shakers” of New Hanover County “There are only three local organizations that provide grants in Arts & Culture: the Arts Council of Wilmington, the Landfall Foundation, and WIN.” “Impactful funding will be around COVID-19 and racial injustice.” “Multi-year grants [allow us] to develop the relationships and trust [required for] sustainable, collaborative projects.”

  4. Interviews Completed So Far • Rhonda Bellamy (Ex.Dir., Arts Council of Wilmington) • Anne Brennan/Heather Wilson (Ex.Dir. and Dep.Dir., Cameron Art Museum) • Shane Fernando (V.P. of Advancement and the Arts, CFCC) • Dan Brawley (Cucalorus Film Festival) • Sheryl Mays (Ex.Dir., Cape Fear Museum) • Jacki Booth (NHC Arts Education Supervisor) • Kevin Blackburn (Ex.Dir., DREAMS of Wilmington) • Fidias Reyes (Dir. Of Arts Engagement, UNCW) • Liz Scanlon (Ex. Dir., Wilmington Symphony)

  5. Focus on Traditional Arts & Culture • Performance: theater, music, dance • Visual: painting, drawing, etching, sculpture, photography • Media: film, radio, podcasts • Culture: museums Less on historic culture (historic homes & cemeteries), popular culture (crafts, quilting, food), and literary arts

  6. Key Finding: A & C a Powerful Economic Engine “Wilmington would not be the place it is today without the arts.” • Nonprofit Arts & Culture has a huge and positive impact on the economy of Wilmington and New Hanover County • Volunteerism in the arts furthers this impact • Arts & Culture is the second-leading job generator in the area after health care • Higher than construction and auto sales • New Hanover County Arts & Culture nonprofits provide substantial dollars to local teaching artists

  7. Key Finding: COVID-19 a Huge Disrupter “There is no recovery without the arts. The arts will be the key to our healing.” • COVID-19 totally disrupted business models in the arts • Jobs and revenue lost • Some organizations won’t survive • But is has also opened new opportunities and driven creative endeavors • Virtual art exhibits and podcasts • Drive in movies • Cucalorus online

  8. Key Finding: Collaborations Valued “There are no cons to collaborations. Collaborations are critical to our mission.” • NHC has a healthy collaborative environment • The Wilmington and NHC arts community is tight-knit, and artists and organizations often work together • NHC schools have a robust arts education program • Collaborations are labor-intensive and take time to develop, but are valued and valuable in the long run • COVID-19 has encouraged more collaboration as a way to pool resources and ideas

  9. O Key finding: Underrepresented Communities “I want to be an advocate for all those whose artistic expression has been overlooked and marginalized.” “The physical and mental safety of my students is what keeps me up at night.” “People who come to our performances have to feel safe; they have to feel it is their place, too.” • Black • Latinx • Indigenous • Multiracial • LGBTQ • Low income/poor

  10. Key Finding: Diversity a Work in Progress “We have to put more people of color in positions of power, including eventually in my position.” • Challenges in both access to the arts as well as exposure to a career path/representative role models • Many organizations adding Black, Latinx, and multiracial people to their staffs, BoD’s, and volunteer cadres. • Face of the arts to underrepresented communities • Several positive examples of how these artists are expanding our cultural landscape

  11. Considerations for 2021 WIN Grants • Innovation is happening, but survival is the priority • Recognize COVID-19 disruption has stressed organizations and systems, putting a focus on sustaining themselves • Flexibility of the funding model is more important than ever • Suggest grant ranges instead of identifying specific numbers of awards at specific dollar levels at the outset of the cycle • Review number and quality of all LOIs before allocating the pool • Reflect on allowing project time lines of longer than 12 months to support continuity • Review definitions of operating funds • Consider supporting required expansion of operations to launch the proposed program or project

  12. Pending Interviews • Nancy King (Chair, Department of Music, UNCW; Artistic Dir. Opera Wilmington) • Tony Rivenbark (Ex. Dir/Artistic Dir. Thalian Hall) • Oskar Espina-Ruiz (Artistic Dir., Chamber Music Wilmington) • Justin Smith (Ex. Artistic Dir., Opera House Theatre Company)

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