Staff Report - City of Alexandria

for films not submitted online have been scheduled at the Durant Arts Center through July 7.
More screenings will be scheduled through the end of July as more DVDs are received. More
volunteers are needed to populate the committees and we are in great need for someone to
lead the Marketing/PR Committee. The Sponsorship Committee anticipates the donor
solicitations to go out by the end of June.
Important Date: Next Meeting June 16, 7pm, Durant Arts Center
Youth Arts Festival
Team Lead: Cheryl Anne Colton
Status: No new information.
Important Date: Planning Meetings: Thursdays, June 16, June 30, July 14, and July 28; 10
am, Durant Arts Center; Youth Arts Festival Saturday, July 30, 2011, Buchanan Park,
located behind Jefferson Houston School for Arts and Academics.
CITY GALLERIES PROGRAM:
Call for Artists/Placements
Team Lead: Cheryl Anne Colton
Status: Sarah Applegate, summer intern, is working with artists to de-install and install exhibits
in July.
RESEARCH:
Local Arts Index
Team Leads: Alisa Carrel and Cheryl Anne Colton
The Arts Research Committee and staff finished gathering and formatting information for the
fourteen local arts indicators for the City of Alexandria. Staff submitted the indicators to
Americans for the Arts on June 10. On June 15-18, Cheryl Anne Colton will be attending the
special Local Arts Index preconference and main conference for the Americans for the Arts.
Arts and Economic Prosperity IV Study
Team Leads: Alisa Carrel and Cheryl Anne Colton
Status: One hundred sixty-five arts and cultural organizations in the City of Alexandria have
been identified for the 2011 Arts and Economic Prosperity IV Study. The deadline for submitting
the “on-line” organizational surveys is June 17. Arts and cultural organizations are continuing to
survey their audiences. Staff has sent 264 audience surveys to Americans for the Arts to date.
Submitted by Alisa Carrel and Cheryl Anne Colton
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