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Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME) Cultural Arts Funding Update April 21, 2025 Agenda 1. CONTRACTS & PAYMENTS 2. CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING UPDATES 3. GRANT FUNDED ACTIVITIES Contracts & Payments Contracts & Payments (As of 3/19/25) FY23 Elevate FY23 Nexus (Fall/Winter) FY24 Nexus (Spring/ Summer) FY23-24 Thrive (Year 1) FY23-24 Thrive (Year 2) Total Contracts Signed & Processed Contracts Test payments issued & verified Payment 1 Issued Payment 2 Issued Payment 3 Issued 199 199 (100%) 199 (100%) 199 (100%) 197 (98%) 181 (91%) 51 51 (100%) 51 (100%) 51 (100%) 49 (96%) n/a 51 51 (100%) 51 (100%) 51 (100%) 44 (86%) n/a 36 36 (100%) 36 (100%) 36 (100%) 36 (100%) n/a See year 1 N/A N/A 35 (97%) 35 (100%) n/a Total Dist. to date Total Allocation $6,127,692 (96%) $6,250,000 $254,000 (99%) $255,000 $251,500 (100%) $255,000 $3,901,500 (100%) $3,901,500 (100%) $3,901,500 $3,901,500 *Each grant has a different reporting deadline. Final Payments are issued upon successful close out of Final Report. Cultural Arts Funding Updates Program Update • ACME Program Evalution and Strategic Plan • Community Feedback • 2020-2025 Data Collection & Analysis • Cultural Funding Guidelines • Language Revision • Working Group Feedback FY 25 Nexus Timeline January 28, 2025 May 1, 2025 May 30, 2026 Nexus application opens Nexus activities begin Latest Nexus Final Report due date Nexus application closes Last day for Nexus activities March 6, 2025 April 30, 2026 FY 25 Elevate Timeline Grant Funded Activities FY 24-25 Cultural Funding Grantee Activities Without Borders/Sin Fronteras: A Solo Exhibition February 1 – May 10 DORF (District 5) – DORF Games Y’all April 24 Games Y’all (District 3) – Museum of Human Achievement Lipstick: A Queer Farce April 11 – April 26 Austin Rainbow Theatre (District 9) – Ground Floor Theatre Music Mixer ATX April 24 Music Mixer ATX (District 9) – The Highball I Scream Social featuring Lisa Olstein, Sebastian Páramo, Camari Carter Hawkins, & Ella Kim April 25 Host Publications (District 9) – Alienated Majesty Books C I TY O F A U S T I N FY 24-25 Cultural Funding Grantee Activities Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival April 25 – April 27 Rancho Alegre – Central Machine Works Brewery & Doris Miller Auditorium (ETJ) Madame Butterfly April 25 – April 27 Austin Opera (District 7) – Long Center Austin Blues Festival April 26 – April 27 Clifford Antone Foundation (District 9) – Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park 25th Annual Dragon Boat Festival April 26 Asian American Community Partnership (District 10) – Lady Bird Lake/Festival Beach Casa Azul Community Social Dance Practica March 23 – April 27 Fisterra Projects (District 1) – Fisterra Projects C I TY O F A U S T I N FY 24-25 Cultural Funding Grantee Activities Love Letter Workshop April 28 and May 3 Sady Sparks (District 3) – Twin Oaks Branch Library International Jazz Day April 30 Women in Jazz (District 1) – Long Center Texas Burlesque Festival 2025 May 1 – May 4 Texas Burlesque Productions (District 6) – Long Center Adventure Party TPK May 2 – May 17 La Fenice (District 2) – The Vortex The Front Market May 3 – May 4 Future Front (District 3) – Distribution Hall C I TY O F A U S T I N FY 24-25 Cultural Funding Grantee Activities HOT: The Exhibit May 4 – May 25 HOT: The Exhibit (District 1) – Ground Floor Theatre ICMCA presents Grammy award winner - Rakesh Chaurasia (Flute) May 10 Indian Classical Music Circle of Austin (District 10) – Unity Church of the Hills Varta Storytelling Festival May 10 Peerbagh (District 8) – Hampton Branch Library Cine Las Americas International Film Festival May 14 – May 18 Cine Las Americas (District 10) – Various locations Kaleidoscope, The Colors Within May 16 River City Pops (District 10) – Austin Playhouse C I TY O F A U S T I N FY 24-25 Cultural Funding Grantee Activities LuluFest 2025 May 16 – May 17 Ritenuto Foundation (District 8) – First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin Carrie Rodriguez's Laboratorio feat. CALEXICO & author, Roberto Tejada May 17 Laboratorio Arts (District 2) – Paramount Theatre Americana: The Story of Our Roots May 17 – May 18 SoCo Women's Chorus (District 3) – St. Martin's Lutheran Church The Depressed Therapist: When Caregiver's Crash May 18 Frofessionals (MSA) – Asian American Resource Center C I TY O F A U S T I N Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME) Questions Thank you for your partnership