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Lewisville staff propose tighter arts-grant scoring, $20,000 cap and several public-art commissions
Summary
City staff presented proposed changes to Lewisville's arts-support grant evaluation, including new questions to boost tourism impact, a suggested maximum award of $20,000 per grantee, and an update on eight public-art installations tied to city capital projects.
Denise Helbing, the city staff member leading Lewisville’s arts program, told the City Council at a workshop session that the city plans to revise evaluation questions and scoring for the art support grants and highlighted eight public-art projects tied to parks and capital improvements.
Helbing said the art-support grants—funded from the city’s hotel-occupancy-tax (HOT) allocation—total $125,000 this cycle and are restricted by state law that allows up to 15% of HOT revenue to be used for arts and tourism purposes. She said the arts board is proposing four new application questions aimed at measuring how programs will highlight Lewisville as an arts and cultural destination, attract new audiences, and measure tourism and community impact.
The arts board also recommended changing the grant scoring weights: increasing “community impact” from 40% to 60%, keeping “capability” at 20%, and reducing “artistic quality” from 40% to 20% so evaluation favors tourism-related community outcomes. The board proposed a…
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