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HomeMy WebLinkAboutArts & Culture - 2013-07-16 Minutes ARTS ANDCULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES JULY16, 2013CITY OF KITCHENER PRESENT:Helena BallREGRETS:Laura Lee Dam (leave of absence until Mark Derro December 2013) Sean Puckett Councillor Frank Etherington Radhika SubramanyanCaroline Hissa Allan Hoch Mark Logan Aaron MacFarlane D Morton Sarry Zheng STAFF:Silvia DiDonato, Manager, Arts/Culture Carrie Kozlowski, Recording Secretary Emily Robson, Coordinator, Arts/Culture GUESTS:Shelley Adams, Director, Creative Enterprise Initiative (CEI) Danielle Deveau, Managing Director, Pop Culture Lab, potential ACAC member CALL TO ORDER:Earl McCluskie, Chair 1.0Acceptance of Agenda Add CEI Update(2.5) Add Music Works Update(3.5) Agenda accepted as amended 2.0Acceptance of June 18Meeting Minutes Omitted 2.5CEI Update: Shelley Adams CEI received funding from the province to undertake a regional map of cultural assets for use by the municipalities. Simultaneously, Arts Build Ontario (ABO) to inventory venues owned by art organizations in 30 municipalities, including Waterloo region. CEI and ABO to collaborate. CEI’s Grand Social web site a critical component. Plan to keep data current will be required. Goals: to create a tool that’s simple, meaningful, with potential to have impact. To help decision makers toidentifystrengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and to help substantiate needs for funding requests. Unknown if the project will move beyond data collection to analytics. City of Kitchener to use the map as the starting point for upcoming cultural planning project, despite that the province has discontinued funding for cultural planning. Kitchener may produce a non-traditional cultural plan. ACAC Comments: CEI’s map of cultural assets could be useful to demonstrate to Council the cultural groups and assets in each ward. Cultural occupation data is important data to include. Challenge will be to compel individuals and organizations to participate. CEI could connect with Compass Kitchener, as they are considering how to measure the city’s progress on meeting the goals set out in its strategic plan; could explore sharing information. ACTION: STAFF TO EMAIL MUSIC WORKS PARTICIPANTS A REMINDER TO JOINGRAND SOCIAL. 1 July2013-ACAC Minutes ARTS ANDCULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES JULY16, 2013CITY OF KITCHENER DISCUSSION ITEMS 3.0Work Planning (committee as a whole) Committee reviewed the revisions staff made to the work planning document. Strategies have been developed with associated tasks. ACAC can make recommendations. This is a satisfactory deliverable. ACAC is an advisory committee. Strategy: Culture planning in a regional context: Sub-StrategyAccomplishment Regional Cultural DevelopmentJoint advisory committee meeting quarterly (municipalities, regional government and townships and CEI) Examine the possibility of a regional cultural plan Facilitate the cultural mapping efforts of CEI making connections between various cultural mapping efforts Creative Cluster Identification and Development? Does this belong here? Comments: Creative cluster identification and development is a sub-strategy to add. Where does it belong? The Region and Waterloo Region Tourism and Marketing Corporation should be invited to joint meetings. CEI could lead or facilitate the joint meetings. ACTION: STAFF TO FOLLOW UP WITH PAST ACAC MEMBER DON BOURGEOIS ABOUT PLANNING DEPARTMENT’S IMPLEMENTATION OF ACAC’S RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE OFFICIAL PLAN. Strategy: Economic Impact of the arts Sub-StrategyAccomplishment Participate in the development of metrics List of available data sources/ resources demonstrating the economic impact of List of gaps in existing data arts and culture in Waterloo Region. Report outlining recommendations for new data needs Provide Compass Kitchener with desired metrics Disseminate information to appropriate stakeholders (i.e. Provincial government, local non-profits) Comments: Can extrapolate region specific data from available provincial data. 2 July2013-ACAC Minutes ARTS ANDCULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES JULY16, 2013CITY OF KITCHENER Strategy: Music working group Sub-StrategyAccomplishment KOICONEnsure it happens annually Establish baseline metrics and monitor activity Musician’s Business & Technology CentreIdentify sustainability model Establish baseline metrics and monitor activity Music Tourism StrategyAdvocate for inclusion of music in regional tourism approach Establish baseline metrics and monitor activity Audience Development/ Music AwardsCollaborate with CEI on Grand Social Establish baseline metrics and monitor activity CBCAdvocate for local musical content on air Track air play of local music Kitchener Music TV Kitchener Music Brand City of Kitchener Policies Music Appreciation Mash-Up Downtown Live/ Expand Music Programming INFORMATION ITEMS 3.5Music Works Update Minister Chan (Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport) participated in a panel discussion at the Kitchener Studio Project at 44 Gaukel Street on July 11 related to the recently announced Ontario Music Fund, which will provide $45M over 3 years for the Music Industry. Past Music Works attendees were invited to event. Opportunities to comment on the structure of the fund were available. Information and Communications Technology Council has announced that Music Canada will launch the results of their research at the Tannery on August 22. 4.0Public Art Working Group Report: Sean M Puckett No report; July PAWG meeting cancelled 5.0Downtown Advisory Committee update: D. Morton No report in D. Morton’s absence 6.0Economic Development Advisory Committee update: Mark Derro Nothing to report 7.0Council report No report in the absence of a Councillor at today’s meeting 8.0Members’ news rd Helena Ball, Homer Watson House and Gallery :23annual Watson Exhibition now on until August 17. Earl McCluskie, Chestnut Hall Camerata:With CEI, provided live streaming for KW Latin Fest. Will stream portions of the Waterloo Jazz Festival the week of August 19. 3 July2013-ACAC Minutes ARTS ANDCULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES JULY16, 2013CITY OF KITCHENER ADJOURNMENT The chair adjourned the formal portion of the meeting at5:25p.m. NEXT MEETING (The committee will recess in August) Date: September 17, 4:00 p.m., Conestoga Room 4 July2013-ACAC Minutes