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Austin creates Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment to centralize cultural programs
Summary
The city announced a new Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME), effective Feb. 24, consolidating arts and cultural functions from five departments and launching a review of grant guidelines, Art in Public Places and facility assets.
Angela Means, director of the newly formed Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME), briefed the Economic Opportunity Committee on March 21 on the office’s structure and early priorities after the office’s formal establishment Feb. 24.
Means said ACME centralizes arts, cultural, music and entertainment functions previously dispersed across five departments — Economic Development, Parks and Recreation, Development Services, Austin Public Library and Aviation — to create a single…
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