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Metro Arts staff recommends $15,000 Thrive cap; public art projects' status debated and fiscal-sponsor fee changes explored
Summary
At the May 19 meeting staff proposed setting the Thrive maximum request at $15,000 for FY26, asked whether public art projects (murals and large-scale public works) should remain in Thrive, and said the office is exploring a standard flat fiscal-sponsor administrative fee to remove uneven negotiation between artists and hosts.
Staff told the Grants & Funding Committee that one option for the FY26 Thrive program is to set the maximum request at $15,000. Batchelder said that the committee's January policy to fund awards at 75% of the maximum request effectively created a $15,000 award when the previous maximum request had been $20,000, and staff recommended $15,000 as the maximum request for the coming cycle to reduce confusion.
"We are bringing for discussion the recommendation for, yeah, dollars 15,000 maximum request," Batchelder said.
The committee spent substantial time discussing whether public art projects — murals, sculptures and…
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