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ASC President Krista Terrell to step down by year's end thecharlottepost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thecharlottepost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Controversy still dogs Charlotte arts funding plan, as private companies pledge $7M Catherine Muccigrosso, The Charlotte Observer May 3 The controversial Charlotte city arts funding plan has received an initial boost of over $7 million in pledges for matching funds from private companies, even as a group of local artists continue to demand that city leaders include them in the process. Popular Searches Breaking from decades of past practice, Charlotte no longer plans to channel its arts funding through the Arts & Science Council, although Mecklenburg County still intends to work through the ASC. The city move has generated concern from some arts organizations that they do not have a voice in the major funding change. ....
Charlotte corporate sector nearly halfway to goal for arts funding campaign as part of city-led overhaul of cultural sector bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is among the organizations that receives funding from ASC. The city of Charlotte is considering shutting off its annual $3.2 million allocations to the Arts & Science Council. Instead, the city would distribute the money in another way, possibly on its own. Under the proposal, the city would increase its allocation to the arts from $3.2 million to $4 million. The money would be targeted to art institutions that operate in city-owned buildings like the Mint Museum, the Blumenthal Performing Arts and the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+ Culture. At-large council member Julie Eiselt, who chairs an ad hoc committee on the arts, said she wants to make sure those city buildings are being most effectively used. ....
/ A Charlotte City Council committee Wednesday approved a plan to hire a new Arts and Cultural Commissioner and create an advisory board to determine how city money for the arts is spent. If the full council approves the plan, the city would no longer depend on the Arts & Science Council to determine how arts dollars are spent. An ad hoc Charlotte City Council arts committee Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to give the city control as to how its arts money is spent rather than routing the money through the Arts & Science Council. Under the plan, the city would increase its annual arts contribution from $3.2 million to $4 million. It would hire a new staff member an arts and culture commissioner and also create a new arts advisory board that would determine how the money is spent. ....