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Strategy 1.1.2 Once the Suffolk Center opens, the Suffolk Arts Council
will establish an office and pay rent to that organization for the space.
Implementation: The association will be formed by the Suffolk Center within two
months and will initially meet in the Suffolk Museum. The director of the Suffolk Center
will serve as the president of the Suffolk Arts Council for the first year. Following the
first year, elections will be held among the organization members.
Strategy 1.1.3 The Suffolk Arts Council will also contain a sub-committee
comprised of seven to eleven local residents. This portion of the council will be a cross
section of the community, where representations of all demographics such as age and
race should be included. The closer this organization can come to matching the existing
demographics, the better the council can serve the public. This committee will serve in an
advisory capacity to the Suffolk Arts Council.
Implementation: Within nine months, the City Manager will appoint members to
this sub-committee.
Objective 1.2 Develop a web site devoted to Arts, Entertainment, and Culture to serve all
local artists and entertainers.
Strategy 1.2.1 Like many communities around the country, the Suffolk Arts
Council will maintain a web page to serve both the supply and demand side for the city’s
arts and entertainment needs. Local artists and entertainers will be charged an annual fee
for membership to the site. The site will serve the community by providing information
to the public for all local artists and entertainers and contain the following items:
• For a small annual fee, artists can register with the Suffolk Arts Council. The fee
will provide access to the site for artists to create their own web page containing
contact information, artist biography and description of work, upcoming events in
and around Suffolk, a space to display their work, and any links to their own
WebPages. It is recommended that visual artists and craftsmen can have up to
seven slides of their work on a page. Musicians can have up to three songs or
QuickTime movies. Actors and Dancers can include their headshot with their
appropriate resume.
• Either artists or other residents can opt into a list serve informing readers of
upcoming arts industry related information, such as audition or work call notices,
grant information or other funding information, upcoming master classes, and