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City Council Goal“Visual and Performing Arts”

May 21, 2012

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Agenda

• City Cultural Arts Programs

• Cultural Arts Facilities

• Evanston Arts Organizations

• Evanston Arts Planning

• Next Steps

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City Cultural Arts Programs

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Cultural Arts Facilities

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Cultural Arts Facilities

• Noyes Cultural Arts Center

• New Lease Guidelines

• Tenants Association

• Piven Theater Workshop Project

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Cultural Arts Facilities

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Cultural Arts Facilities

• Harley Clarke Mansion– RFI Issued– Discussions with Evanston Arts Center

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Cultural Arts Facilities

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Cultural Arts Facilities

• City Lit Theater Company– Staff continues to work on design– Return to City Council with update June 11, 2012

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Cultural Arts Facilities

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Cultural Arts Facilities

• NEA/Downtown Arts District Study– Contract awarded May 14, 2012– Study complete Fall, 2012

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Cultural Arts Facilities

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Cultural Arts Facilities

• Bienen School of Music Building– Groundbreaking May 18, 2012, $117 million– 400 seat recital hall– 150 seat black box theater– Opening Fall, 2015

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Evanston Arts Organizations

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Evanston Arts Organizations

• Lunch Club

• Joint Marketing and Promotion

• Internet / Social Media– Evanston Arts Buzz– Arts E-Newsletter

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Evanston Arts Organizations

• City Arts Boards– Evanston Arts Council

• Arts and Business Committee

– Public Art Committee

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Evanston Arts Organizations

• Northwestern University– Bienen School of Music– Department of Art Theory and Practice– Department of Art History– Department of Theater

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Evanston Arts Organizations

• Northwestern University– Block Museum of Art– Pick-Staiger Concert Hall– Theater and Interpretation Center– Marshall Dance Center– Cahn Auditorium

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Evanston Arts Planning

• Evanston Community Foundation 2004-06 “Arts in Community Task Force”

• Since 1987, ECF has granted over $580,000 to Evanston arts organizations

• 2006 Report:– “…envisions Evanston as an extraordinary arts

community – where diverse talents thrive and the arts entertain, inspire and challenge us while bringing us together!”

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Evanston Arts Planning

• 2006 ECF Report– Found disconnect between how arts organizations

and artists described their perceived value in the community and the actual economic benefits of their work to Evanston.

– Value in 2006 of economic impact of arts organizations studied: $25 million

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Evanston Arts Planning

• 2006 ECF Study– Study findings not pursued at the time because major

organizations pursuing other priorities.– Arts “not perceived” as important to economic

development

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Evanston Arts Planning

• 2012 COE/ECF Initiative – “Roadmap for Arts”– Began discussions in January, 2012– Worked on White Paper explaining next steps– Met with ECF Board Members, Mayor Tisdahl and

Co-Chairs of Evanston Arts Council

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Evanston Arts Planning

• 2012 COE/ECF Initiative – “Roadmap for Arts”– Agree on an arts vision for Evanston and on

recommendations for program, policy and arts infrastructure that will enhance arts throughout Evanston

– Settle space and facilities issues for artists and arts organizations in City-owned buildings

– Examine possibilities for art spaces and an arts district in downtown Evanston

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Evanston Arts Planning

• 2012 COE/ECF Initiative – “Roadmap for Arts”– Define the arc of experiences that Evanston residents

are seeking– Convene arts organizations, artists, arts policy

“experts” and arts audiences to develop an updated vision for the arts throughout the community

– Make recommendations for increasing the potential (economic) impacts of the arts

– Identify components of a supportive climate for Evanston’s arts businesses

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Evanston Arts Planning

• “Roadmap for the Arts” Next Steps– Community Outreach for Current Baseline

• To Artists and Arts Organizations– Does community believe Evanston has vibrant arts community?

If not, what needs to change?

– What is the value of working in Evanston?

– What is role of artists and organization to give back to community?

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Evanston Arts Planning

• “Roadmap for the Arts” Next Steps– Community Outreach for Current Baseline

• To Evanston Residents– What role do the arts play in the civic and economic life of

Evanston today?

– What should role be in the future?

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Evanston Arts Planning

• “Roadmap for the Arts” Next Steps– When/How to Conduct Community Outreach for

Current Baseline– Convene Task Force to Review All Current

Information and Develop Vision and Roadmap for the Arts in Evanston

– Financing of Project– Additional Community Partners

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Next Steps

• Cultural Arts Division

• Noyes Cultural Arts Center

• Harley Clarke Mansion

• Evanston Arts Organizations– Non Profit Collaboration– City Arts Boards

• COE/ECF “Roadmap for the Arts”

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QUESTIONS

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City Council Goal“Visual and Performing Arts”

May 21, 2012