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City reminds councilors of $10,000 arts-and-culture allotment per district
Summary
Santa Fe Arts & Culture Director Chelsea Johnson briefed the Quality of Life Committee on a recurring $10,000-per-council-district fund for local arts projects, application logistics and examples of eligible uses before the fiscal year ends.
Arts and Culture Director Chelsea Johnson told the Quality of Life Committee that each Santa Fe City Council district has $10,000 reserved annually for arts and culture programming and that the funds must be spent by the end of the fiscal year.
Johnson said the dollars can be pooled between adjacent councilors or spent separately and listed example uses including murals, creative placemaking, trail and pathway beautification, cultural storytelling projects, poet- or historian-led programming, performances, community gatherings and UNESCO-related events tied to Santa Fe’s designation for crafts and folk art. “We have $10,000 reserved every year for each city council district to dedicate to artistic and cultural programming,” Johnson said.
Johnson said Arts & Culture staff can assist with event planning and will process funding requests but cannot execute events on the councilors’ behalf. She also said program funding requires lead time because processing takes time and that staff will share a JotForm application and the presentation slides with councilors and Civic Clerk for public access.
Councilors asked staff to confirm the fiscal year in which prior district funds were spent and to resend the application link and presentation. Councilor Castro requested an email update on her district’s prior funding; Johnson said she would provide it.
The briefing was informational; no formal action was taken.
