Oakville Arts Council Presentation to Budget Committee February 15, 2011 Victoria Behune
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Oakville Arts Council Presentation to Budget Committee
February 15, 2011
Victoria BehunePresident
Prepared by: Megan WhittingtonExecutive Director
Who is the Oakville Arts Council?
The Oakville Arts Council is a not-for-profit charitable organization that was formed in November 1978. We are a strong member-driven multidisciplinary community arts council that has our roots in the community’s history of collaboratively creating and supporting a strong desire for arts and culture in Oakville. An early step occurred in 1973 when a collaboration of seven local performing arts groups came together to create a representative committee, the Performing Arts Development Group. By 1978 the need became clear for an effective umbrella organization to enable not only the performing arts but also a wider array of creative artists including writing and publishing, visual arts, cultural and heritage groups.
VisionOakville has a vibrant artistic community and the Oakville Arts Council
leads our cultural growth.
MissionThe Oakville Arts Council sustains and fosters the community’s engagement
in the arts and champions artistic development.
Context Setting
“The Town has recognized the importance of arts and culture by making it a core service and through initiatives such as
establishment of an Arts Council and a Cultural Advisory Committee”
Parks, Recreation, Culture & Library (PRCL) Master Plan
“The town, in partnership with the OAC, is providing the volunteers with training in areas they have self-identified as necessary for
the sustainability and the success of their organizations.”Enabling Culture to Thrive in Oakville – Oakville’s Strategic Directions for
Culture
The Oakville Arts Council will “utilize new cultural facilities, such as Queen Elizabeth Park, to support local arts events, initiatives,
and understanding of the arts.”
Oakville Arts Council’s 2010-2013 Strategic Plan
To provide, through the Oakville Arts Council, a non-partisan, arms-length service that advocates, communicates, enables, and sustains
the arts for the community of Oakville.Memorandum of Understanding between Oakville Arts Council and The
Corporation of the Town of Oakville for Fiscal Years 2010, 2011, 2012
SAY “NO” to Elimination of Grants & Subsidies
Program Description Financial Impact 2011
Infrastructure Planning
Eliminate Municipal Grants for BIA Special Events
$ (21,500)
Culture Galleries - Eliminate Secondary School Programs
$ (5,600)
Culture Galleries - Eliminate Elementary School Programs
$ (8,500)
Recreation Services
Eliminate Oakville Arts Council Grant
$ (75,000)
Culture Removal of the Cultural Grants Program
$ (98,000)
Recreation Services
Removal of Sport Development Grant
$ (25,000)
Recreation Services
Elimination of Fee Waiver $ (16,500)
Culture Phase Out Galleries over 3 years
$ (380,400)
Total $ (630,500)
* Grants would be funded from the tax stabilization reserve in 2011 and eliminated in 2012
The development of Queen Elizabeth Park will continue to have a significant focus,
as will capacity building efforts of the not-for-profit groups at QEP.
Ontario’s Community Arts Councils
8 councils had budgets between $225,000 and $450,000 7 councils had budgets between $100,000 and $225,000 Municipal Funding (15 respondents)2 councils received municipal funding between $300,000 and $400,0003 councils received municipal funding between $100,000 and $150,0003 councils received municipal funding between $40,000 and $100,0007 councils received municipal funding between $10,000 and $35,000 Municipal Funding as a Percentage of Community Arts Council’s Budget (15 respondents)2 councils received 95 per cent or more of their budgets from municipal funding2 councils received between 45 and 65 per cent of their budgets from municipal funding3 councils received between 30 and 40 per cent of their budgets from municipal funding4 councils received between 15 and 25 per cent of their budgets from municipal funding4 councils received between 8 and 12 per cent of their budgets from municipal funding
Using the Guelph Arts Council’s 2009 Survey of Ontario Community Arts Councils (of the listed Ontario Arts Councils) the following information was gathered:
Oakville Arts Council receives $75,500 from the Town of Oakville
Current Impact of Town’s Investment
OperatingGrant
$75,500
2011 Town Funding
Community Arts Investment
Generates a 150% return
to the community
MoreThan
$202,000
OAC Services
and Support$189,227
Using Ontario ’s Tourism Regional Economic Impact Model (TREIM)
Representing $58,900, once rent and OCPA fees have been paid to Town
$113,727 invested by other arts funders
+$70,000 equivalent
of Board / volunteers hours =
1,400 x $50
+Plus more than $35,000 of
in-kind donations in advertising, event support, and other.
Who are our members?
Businesses
Groups???
???
Over ???
artists andstudents
of all ages fromour
community
Plus more than 40 regular volunteers (on board, committees, and in administration support).
Businesses 50
NFP arts groups
56
Individuals (friends and artists), 155
Free Informational
237
New membership
category as of July 2010
NFParts groups
alone representmore than
3,000 people
Thousands of arts
interestedcommunitymembers
Membership Trends
In 2007-2008, the Oakville Arts Council lost individual members, due to their affiliations with past OAC programs (i.e. Artworks, Monday Night @ the Movies, Poetry Café and World of Threads). This represented approximately 28 people. In 2008-2009, we continue to see a drop in individual membership (approximately 21 people), but a significant increase in businesses and non-profit group support. We also moved the “friend members” (non artists) out of our membership line and into donors – this represents another $2,500 in revenue. From 2009 to 2010 we experienced a slight dip in arts business members – this represents 5 businesses (due to business closures or change in membership category).
Oakville Arts Council Paid Membership
$-
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
$6,000
$7,000
$8,000
2007 2008 2009 2010
Senior Artist
Artist
Arts Business
NFP Arts Group
What do we do?
We also produce the Arts About Town magazine - 3 issues / year (15,000 distribution)
The Oakville Arts Council website is the conduit to information on the arts in Oakville. Our Highlight features are:
The arts directory of member artists, NFP arts groups and arts businesses – the directory includes a search/sort function, automatic links and the opportunity to add artwork.
The arts and cultural calendar - now open to anyone to post arts and cultural activity happening in Oakville.
Arts Space listing (e.g. to find a place to hold your CD launch).
www.oakvilleart.com
Website
Our electronic In-the-arts promotion disseminates information to the membership on subjects ranging from Cultural Grants funding and
deadlines, QEP, Cultural Planning, Town’s Spirit Awards, Oakville Arts Council fundraising events, Arts About Town ads and more. Since August
2010, we have had 160 new Informational Members.
Resource and Referral
In partnership with the Town, the Oakville Arts Council’s workshops and forums offer artists and arts organizations support in their professional development. In 2009-2010, we held the following workshops: Get that Grant (August 2009); Incorporating Your Non Profit (March 2010): PRIZM (Environics Software) - Who's Your Audience (April 2010); Know Your Funders (August 2010); and Design and Layout (October 2010).
We hold the annual Cogeco Stars Among Us red carpet, arts recognition award gala (mid May) at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts.
This event shines a spotlight on local talent to help foster creativity, encourage emerging artists and highlight the excellence of the arts in our community.
The event celebrates, entertains and awards local artists in the disciplines of: Literary Arts; New Media; Performing Arts; Visual Arts; and a Young Artist Award (multi-disciplinary).
Local artists win $500 in each category and an opportunity to be recognized on stage in front of their peers, civic and business leaders in our community.
Main Event
Important Milestones Ongoing - Participation on the QEP Community Centre working group
Ongoing – Partnership in the Town’s Cultural Portal Project (Oakville Arts Council’s centralized calendar)
Ongoing - Participation with the Oakville Tourism Partnership
Ongoing – Participation with the Arts Council Network
Secured 2-year Ontario Trillium Foundation funding to enhance organizational capacity – October 2010
The Oakville Arts Council’s 2010-2013 Strategic Plan, November 2010
Arts Vote Oakville, October 2010
The Future for Arts And Culture in Oakville with MPP Kevin Flynn – October 2010
Participation and contribution to The Partnership Project with the Honourable Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Helen Burstyn, Chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation – August 2010
Contribution to and support in the creation of Oakville Public Art Policy, October 2008 to February 2009
Contribution to and support for the Town’s Cultural Plan, October 2007 to June 2008
Increased funding to Cultural Grants program (from $0.48/capita to $0.60/capita), March 2008
Created 3-year Memorandum of Understanding with the Town of Oakville, November 2007
Secured 3-year Ontario Trillium Foundation funding “Communications Hub“, July 2007
Revamped the Cultural Grants process, June 2007
Contribution to and support for the PRCL Master Plan, June 2006
Phase I of Cultural Economic Impact Study, September 2005
Feasibility study for community arts cultural centre, 2004