CITY OF AUSTIN ARTS COMMISSION
Mission
- serve underserved creators by providing safe space and equipment and materials
- serve the underserved community by providing creative education
- help artists develop economic self-sustainability
- break down economic, historical, social barriors
Offerings
- begin each event with a community first by establishing, maintaining, and fostering a safe place (verbal language, body language, understanding entitlement)
- free space (donations for materials)
- training on machines (3D printer, laser printer, CNC ShopBot, Woodworking)
- rent space for business events (reduced rate for nonprofits)
- fabrication services
Strengths
- talent in the underserved communities exists in ATX (access does not)
- we reflect who Austin perceives itself to be (diverse, artistic, and progressive)
Struggles
- awareness in underserved communities that we exist for them
- funding
- hours of operation
Notes from phone call * Arts Commission * July 15th (3rd week of month) * 6pm
Celina @ Arts Commission
- Monthly meeting speakers
- non-traditional gallery /nonprofits
- "contemporary spaces missions"
- print or slide show or whatever
- missions and goals
- struggles
- funding, accessibility, letting communities know we exist
- POC queer non-binary
- Sage studio
- professional development grants
- board members & founders & artists (as many ppl as possible support, numbers, diversity)
- city hall * televised (archived, can reuse footage for sharing)
- validated parking in garage