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Review a request from the Clearwater Arts Alliance (CAA) for support in the amount of $8,000 annually for a period of two years from August 5, 2016 through October 31, 2017 to provide assistance for the development and staffing of the Executive Director position.
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SUMMARY:
The Clearwater Arts Alliance (CAA) is the city-specific arts advocacy agency. Members of the volunteer board serve on the North Pinellas Cultural Alliance and Creative Pinellas advocacy groups. The CAA is seeking city support for the development and staffing of the organization’s Executive Director.
The Executive Director is responsible for the organization’s 501c3 compliance; financial and legal documents; fundraising and stewardship; website and social media; and day-to-day management.
The CAA has developed a five-year, multi-stage plan to increase arts and cultural offerings to Clearwater’s citizens and visitors.
The overall goal of this plan is to return to the priorities set in the 2002 Clearwater Cultural Plan, developed by the CAA (formerly Clearwater Arts Foundation) during which numerous community input sessions and steering committee meetings prioritized six goals for developing arts and cultural offerings in the City of Clearwater.
Deliverables for year one of support include: a Private Development Public Art brochure; workshops for public art education (50 attendees annually); coordination of 6 arts advocacy events per year; completion of the traffic signal box program.
Funds amounting $8,000 will be provided for two years to equate to a total not to exceed $16,000 to the CAA, with the first payment to occur in August 2016, the second and final payment to occur in October 2017.