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Austin launches Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment to centralize city arts programs
Summary
Director Angela Means told the Tourism Commission that the city created the new office in February to consolidate arts, cultural facilities, music and event functions across five departments, reevaluate grant guidelines, and produce a strategic plan and community engagement process.
Angela Means, director of Austin’s newly formed Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME), briefed the Tourism Commission on March 12 about the office’s mission, staffing and near‑term workplan.
Why it matters: The office consolidates city staff and programs that previously sat in five separate departments (economic development arts programs, parks and recreation cultural facilities, development services events teams, Austin Public Library heritage programs, and aviation music/art services). City leaders say the move is intended to streamline funding, programming and community engagement for arts and cultural sectors that contribute to Austin’s tourism brand.
Means, who said the office was created in February, told commissioners ACME will prioritize a comprehensive strategic plan and a community engagement program. "This new office represents the realization of a key…
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