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Dallas Office of Arts and Culture reports progress on 31-strategy cultural plan; committee urges clearer measurables

2762851 · March 25, 2025
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Office of Arts and Culture staff briefed the Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee on progress implementing the Dallas Cultural Plan, emphasizing equity targets, public art maintenance, and planning for a next-phase update; committee members asked for clearer metrics and suggested broader inclusion of hip hop and district-level strategies.

The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture (OAC) told the Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee on March 25 that it has implemented parts of the Dallas Cultural Plan adopted Nov. 8, 2018, and is preparing community engagement for a next-phase update.

Martine Philippe, director of the Office of Arts and Culture, said the 2018 Dallas Cultural Plan (DCP) was drafted through a yearlong process that engaged nearly 9,000 Dallas residents and is organized around six priorities and 31 strategies. “Our position is that we have accomplished what folks set out to accomplish when this plan became a policy in 2018,” Philippe said, and staff are preparing for a new iteration of the…

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