Arts & Culture staff reported the CAP (Community Arts Program) funding allocation for the current cycle is exhausted and the office is not reviewing new CAP applications until contracts for funded programs are complete.

Staff reviewed recent events supported by CAP: a well-attended square dance and the Fayetteville Film Fest’s Fast and Frantic Film Festival, which produced seven short films. Staff said the upcoming Gully Park Art Market will include 27 vendors and that the Weekend Starts chamber ensembles collaboration with the Ozark Music Festival runs Fridays 5:30–7:30 p.m. through June 30.

Staff also listed upcoming CAP-related events: a Nikky Toth photography program on July 17, Caitlin Plant’s Wild Lines Poetry in August, and additional dates proposed by the Arkansas Jazz Society in July and August. Staff said they are building a CAP webpage to catalog past programs, attendance figures and photographs; video archiving is not currently part of routine documentation.

Council members asked whether the photo exhibition for construction fencing (the Ramble) remained open for submissions; staff said the southern fence remains in place and the call will likely reopen in the next month. Staff confirmed the first round of CAP funding is complete and the office will continue contracting and event delivery for approved programs before reopening applications when additional funds or a new cycle becomes available.