Agenda Item 2a3_Art and Culture Meeting Notes — original pdf

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‘Arts and Culture’ workgroup report -Dec 2020 Attendee: (a) Pramod Patil (Chair) (b) Peter Chao (c) Shubhada Saxena Date: 12/10/2020 Meeting minutes: Here are the notes from Arts and Culture workgroup meeting on Dec-2020. This meeting was mainly focused on capturing progress on focus area for each member • Opportunities towards making Arts funding equitable for Asian community Hanna Huang was focused on this area. Some Asian nonprofits had a good success on getting the City funding and some did not. It feels like we need to educate the community about different options available and possible share data on how to approach available funds. There are many existing resources available from the city and we should look into the avenues on making it available to the community. We will explore more on the available resources and possibly consolidate the data at a common location. • Representation of Asian architecture in each district area Shubhada Saxena was focused on this item. There are some ideas around installation of sculptures etc. but the exact steps to achieve this are not clear. After further brainstorming we plan to reach out to the Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) to explore/learn the process used for installation of new items to the park. We will be working towards it in coming months • Opportunities for Asian Artists Pramod Patil continue to explore possible opportunities for collaboration of Asian art with the mainstream American arts and culture. COVID is liming on possible in person options. There are some ideas – but need further exploration before finalizing. We discussed about sharing availability of the ‘Artist Access Program’ at AARC. Many members of the community may not be aware of this program. We plan to share details of this program individually and through channels like Asian Creatives of Greater Austin (ACGA) Artist Access Program Guidelines | AustinTexas.gov