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Docket #0713 – Grant of Three Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Dollars ($332,330.00). the grant will fund Boston Artists in Residence programming throughout the City.
Docket #0714 – Grant of Two Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Eleven Dollars ($235,011.00) The grant will fund the Boston Cultural Council grants to individual artists.
Docket #0715 – Grant of One Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Eleven Dollars ($132,011.00). The grant will fund the Boston Artist Resource Manager as a single point of contact for creative people seeking information about issues that include permitting, licensing, affordable housing, and financial literacy
A
And
broadcast
on
channels,
Comcast,
8,
RC
and
82
Verizon
1964
and
you
can
also
watch
live
by
going
to
the
city's
website,
also
want
to
remind
folks
to
silence
your
cell
phones
and
other
devices.
We
will
take
public
testimony
if
anyone
wants
to
testify
they
can
sign
in.
If
you
do
want
to
testify,
please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
and
your
residence.
Today's
hearing
is
on
three
dockets
docket:
zero:
zero,
seven
one:
three
zero:
seven,
one:
four
and
zero
seven
one
five!
A
These
matters
are
sponsored
by
the
mayor
and
they
were
referred
to
the
Committee
on
arts,
culture
and
special
events
on
May
9th
I'm,
going
to
read
the
dockets
into
the
record.
So
a
message
and
orders
authorizing
the
office
of
arts
and
culture
to
accept
and
expend
grants
from
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
docket
0,
7,
1,
3,
grant
of
three
hundred
and
thirty
two
thousand
three
hundred
and
thirty
dollars.
The
grant
will
fund
Boston
artists
and
residents
programming
throughout
the
city
docket.
Seven
one
four
is
a
grant
for
two
hundred
thirty
five
thousand
eleven
dollars.
A
So,
just
as
a
brief
statement
before
we
begin
and
I
expect
that
this
hearing
will
move
quickly,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you
for
your
work.
Julie.
It's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
you,
even
though
it's
been
a
a
short
period
of
time.
Certainly
wish
you
well.
Thank
you
for
bringing
your
team
here.
I
know
that
the
work
will
continue,
because
you've
got
good
folks
on
your
team.
A
B
B
All
focused
in
implementing
the
Boston
creates
cultural
plan
which
I'm
sure
you're
familiar
with
I
just
brought
a
copy
as
a
reference,
and
in
that
plan
people
talked
about
the
desire
to
support
the
work
of
artists
to
help
everyone
equitably
participate
in
arts
and
culture,
and
we
also
heard
acutely
that
there
was
a
need
to
help
creative
people
better,
navigate,
City,
Hall
and
navigate
approval
processes.
So
we
actually
began
many
of
these
programs.
B
Who,
at
this
point,
has
served
over
a
thousand
artists
held
workshops
really
helping
respond
directly
to
the
needs
of
artists.
Whatever
those
needs
might
be,
whether
it's
information
about
housing
more
space,
how
to
find
grants
how
to
do
they
need
an
approval
from
the
city.
How
can
they
connect
with
other
artists
and
we're
very,
very
proud
of
the
work
that
we've
been
able
to
do
because
of
these
investments?
B
C
You
counsel,
Janie,
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue
and
as
a
new
counselor
I
learned
a
lot
about
arts
and
culture
from
from
you,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you
too
Julie.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
our
city.
I
know.
People
have
great
respect
in
a
matter.
Admiration
for
you
and
the
work
you've
done
want
to
welcome
the
panelists
that
are
here
as
well.
C
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
mayor
for
submitting
this
approval
order
for
the
city
to
accept
these
grants
to
fund
individual
artists
in
the
Boston
Arts
in
residence
program
programming.
It
is
so
essential
to
keep
artists
in
the
city.
I
am
proud
of
the
artist
community,
especially
in
in
my
district
Fort
Point
South
Boston,
a
vibrant
South
End
arts
community
as
well,
including
Villa,
Victoria,
strong
puerto
rican
presence.
I
talked
to
Vanessa
Calderon,
frequently
about
how
we
can
improve
the
arts
and
in
the
villa
victoria
power.
Oh
Art
Center
in
Chinatown
is
vibrant.
C
It's
doing
well,
but
through
grants
like
these,
we
were
able
to
ensure
artists
stay
here
and
continue
to
enrich
our
diverse
in
vibrant
city
and
I'm
happy
to
support
these
grants.
I'm
excited
to
see
what
comes
from
these
local
artists
and
I
just
want
to
welcome
everybody
and
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
work
here
in
the
city,
Thank.
A
So
before
I
get
into
questions,
just
kind
of
want
to
echo
some
of
that
I
believe
it.
The
last
time
I
held
a
hearing
on
this
topic
in
terms
of
art.
Just
really
wanted
to
commend.
I
did
then
and
want
to
do
again
what
has
happened
in
this
administration
in
terms
of
really
moving
and
supporting
the
Arts?
You
can
see
it
just
in
this
building.
You
can
see
it
on
the
plaza.
Certainly
the
district
that
I
represent.
You
know.
A
A
While
you
were
here,
I
wonder
if
we
just
start
with
duck
at
zero,
seven
one
five-
and
this
is
the
docket
that
is
supporting
or
the
grant
that's
supporting
a
position,
and
it's
grant-funded
so
I'm
just
wondering
about
the
the
long-term
plans
and
goals
for
this
position
and
are
we?
Is
it
going
to
be
at
the
whim
of
grants
or
we
trying
to
build
that
in
to
the
budget?
Can
you
speak
to
that
yeah.
B
A
That's
important,
and
so
it's
to
help
with
permitting
and
licensing
and
just
as
the
councilor
know,
how
challenging
that
can
be
for
folks
trying
to
navigate
different
processes
on
a
number
of
issues
here
in
this
building
and
so
I
think
having
a
point
person
is
important.
Can
you
talk
about
the
timeline
actually.
B
D
A
Okay,
so
is
the
strategy
to
one
continue
to
seek
funding
for
the
position,
but
also
to
build
it
and
do
the
overall
so
yeah,
it's
the
city's
budget?
Yes,
okay,
wonderful,
that's
good
to
know,
because
I
think
it
is
an
important
position
just
trying
to
navigate
with
I'm,
so
I'm
just
gonna
go
backwards
since
I
started
to
check
with
zero
seven
one
five,
so
with
zero,
seven
one
four.
This
is
the
235
thousand
eleven
dollar
grant
for
individual
artists
through
the
boss
and
cultural
council.
A
B
We've
done
grant
application
workshops
in
a
variety
of
neighborhoods
with
cultural
partners
to
make
sure
that
we
are
getting
applications
from
all
over
the
city.
We
have
a
pretty
extensive
email
list
of
our
own
and
then
a
separate
list
for
artists.
We
are
in
the
process.
We
had
fliers
that
we
made
and
brought
them
to
events
and
have
asked
all
of
our
partners
to
help
us
get.
The
word
out.
The
fellowship
grant
was
translated
actually
into
five
different
languages,
and
we
did
accept
applications
from
people.
B
B
So
we
thought
we'll
just
let
people
speak
and
tell
us
about
their
work,
and
so
we
were
happy
to
get
applications
in
other
languages
for
the
fellowship
grant
in
particular,
and
then
we
also
tightened
our
guidelines
after
the
first
pilot
year
of
the
opportunity
fund
to
have
geographic
focus
in
areas
that
were
had
less
access
to
the
art
and
were
less
less
invested
in
from
an
arts
perspective.
Had
less
arts
offerings
which.
B
B
So
while
we
we
tightened
the
geographic
focus,
we
didn't,
we
didn't
prohibit
applications
from
anywhere,
but
we
made
a
higher
priority
in
the
scoring
rubric
for
things
we
received
from
those
neighborhoods
and
then
we
also
put
in
an
income
restriction
for
the
individual
artists.
We
said
after
that,
first
pilot
year,
what
we
really
want
to
do
is
help
fund
individual
artists
of
limited
means,
and
so
we
asked
them
to
just
certify.
They
don't
have
to
file
official
proof
but
to
certify
that
they're
under
sixty
five
percent
of
the
area
median
income.
B
So
we
really
wanted
to
focus
our
efforts
on
ours
who
needed
the
funding
the
most
and,
at
the
same
time,
that
we
made
those
guidelines
more
clear
to
have
a
greater
impact.
We
also
widened
what
we
would
fund
sort
of
from
an
eligibility
perspective.
Community
arts
experiences,
artists,
career
development
events,
we
matched
the
mcc
festival.
Grant
open
studios
are
eligible,
so
we
sort
of
widened
what
what
we
would
fund
from
a
from
a
sort
of
subject
matter
perspective.
How.
B
B
A
B
B
B
A
A
E
First
year
we
started
with
a
cohort
of
10
artists
and
ended
up
being
able
to
fund
three
that
was
funded
through
the
NEA
the
second
year.
We
expanded
the
program
to
ten
artists
and,
frankly,
was
a
little
bit
much
to
manage,
and
so
we
scaled
down
to
seven
this
year,
which
still
gives
us
a
really
nice
cohort
of
artists
who
are
able
to
form
relationships
and
support
each
other
in
their
processes.
But
it.
But
it's
a
bit
more
reasonable
on
on
the
end
of
connecting
and
management,
and
it.
A
E
This
case
we're
looking
for
sort
of
a
diverse
cohort
of
artists,
we're
not
looking
so
much
at
their
income.
They
are
each
being
paid
a
stipend
of
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
for
the
year,
so
that's
a
full
calendar
year
and
they
have
ten
thousand
dollars
of
materials
and
we're
also
supporting
them
through
some
educational
opportunities,
sort
of
technical
assistance,
but
also
some
training
in
social
practice
of
a
practice.
E
Work,
they're
attending
meetings
and
conversations
at
the
city
really
trying
to
understand
the
way
that
the
city
itself
functions
and
the
ways
that
they
can
sort
of
form
relationships
and
help
I
hope
to
understand
what
our
policies
and
initiatives
are
and
how
their
artwork
can
interplay
with
that
and
with
each
of
them.
It's
it's
really
different.
So
it
sounded
very
prescriptive
programs
each,
since
each
artist
would
be
connecting
very
differently
and.
A
B
This
was
a
grant
from
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority,
and
it
was
last
year
we
got
funding
to
start
to
implement
the
cultural
plan
to
pilot
projects,
test
ideas,
build
them
into
our
work,
and
we
know
that
grant
funding
isn't
necessarily
sustainable,
so
we're
trying
to
really
show
our
impact
by
building
professional
evaluation
into
our
programs
and
really
showing
what
our
impact
is.
So,
for
example,
for
Boston
ere.
We
have
a
scope
of
work
for
an
evaluator
and
we've
actually
applied
for
funding
from
the
Bloomberg
foundation
to
do
a
fourth
round
of
Boston
air.
B
So
we'd
like
to
carry
the
work
forward
in
a
variety
of
ways.
The
Boston
Cultural
Council
does
have
some
funding
where
we
would
be
able
to
kind
of
be
careful
with
our
resources
and
continue
forward
with
some
of
those
grants
with
especially
the
fellowship
grant.
Some
of
the
matching
from
that
the
Opportunity
Fund
is
doing.
A
E
C
E
B
So
the
residency's-
if
I
can
just
also
add
the
residences,
are
designed
actually
to
be
deeply
engaged
with
community
and
informed
by
a
community
so
that
the
residency
is
social
practice
where
the
artists
artwork
is
about
the
engagement
with
the
community
and
about
the
investigation
of
a
policy
issue,
and
it's
it's
a
very
innovative
and
almost
I
would
I
would
argue
experimental
approach
to
a
residency
another.
One
of
the
artists
is
in
growth,
Hall
working
with
seniors
and
her
focus
is
taiko
drumming
and
her
whole
vision
is
older
and
folders.
B
So
she's
really
engaging
people
deeply
in
creative
expression
where
they
might
not
have
had
the
opportunity
to
do
this
kind
of
work,
taiko
drumming,
which
is
very
powerful
and
loud
and
forceful,
and
sort
of
combats
those
stereotypes
of
older
people
being
invisible
and
quiet
and
sort
of
fading
away.
So
it's
incredibly
powerful
work
and
we've
discovered
that
having
a
whole
year
for
them
to
be
in
residence
gives
them
the
time
and
the
resources
and
the
latitude
to
engage
with
community
members
over
a
long
haul,
not
just
a
one-and-done
and
helps
them
build.
B
Their
practice
helps
the
city
understand.
How
are
we
moving
forward
in
an
innovative
way
and
all
of
these
various
policy
areas,
whether
its
climate
change
or
the
aging?
You
know
creative
aging
or
perhaps
how
we're
speaking
our
narratives
lifting
up
voices
that
aren't
typically
heard
in
our
inner
sort
of
creative
landscape
and.
B
Thank
you.
That's
a
great
suggestion.
It's
actually
something.
That's
in
the
Boston
creates
cultural
plan
that
we
would
seek
out
dedicated
artists
units
in
Boston,
Housing,
Authority
developments
when
they
add
a
significant
number
of
units
that
we
would
seek
out
dedicated
artist
units.
So
that's
something
that
we
would
love
to
work
with
the
council
on
moving
forward
into
the
future.
A
You
so
much
councillor
Flynn
and
that's
it
for
me
in
terms
of
questions.
I
just
want
to
once
again
just
extend
my
gratitude,
certainly
to
the
mayor
in
his
administration
around
really
prioritizing
the
arts
overall
I
see
the
investment
and
I
think
it's
certainly
worthwhile
certainly
want
to
again
say
thank
you
to
you,
chief
Burroughs,
just
for
your
work
in
your
leadership.
A
While
you
were
here
with
the
city,
thank
you
for
bringing
your
team
and
for
the
work
that
you
continue
to
do
each
and
every
day,
I
think
it's
really
important,
just
to
kind
of
highlight
some
of
the
things
that
you
said
earlier
around
the
racial
and
cultural
equity
being
an
important
driver
in
all
of
this
work,
which
I
concur
and
believed
in
deeply.
So
I
really
appreciate
that
as
well.
So
thank
you
all.
Unless
there's
any
parting
words
for
us,
yeah.
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
your
support.
The
mayor's
leadership
on
expanding
the
Arts
in
Boston
has
just
been
really
unprecedented
here
and
I.
Think
we're
after
you
know
three
and
a
half
years
really
starting
to
see
the
fruits
of
our
labor
start
to
blossom
in
the
city,
and
my
my
team
will
look
forward
to
your
continued
support
and
partnership
and
leadership
just
to
build
on
what
we've
put
into
place.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
all
your
support.
Thank.