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Bangor Cultural Commission weighs changing grant cycle, pursues larger arts budget and public-art funding
Summary
The Bangor Cultural Commission discussed moving its two annual grant cycles to a single yearly deadline, reviewed $20,000 in city grant funds and potential budget increases, and discussed active public-art procurements including an RFP and advertising costs.
At a regular meeting of the Bangor Cultural Commission, members discussed whether the commission should move from two annual grant cycles to a single yearly deadline and considered asking the city for a larger annual grant allotment for cultural projects.
The commission’s grants committee chair, Holly Adams, said the commission currently has "$20,000 allocated from the city to disperse to applicants" and described two grant cycles with deadlines of April 1 and Nov. 1. Adams said the committee will discuss whether to consolidate the two cycles into one to avoid an imbalance that favors the fall cycle and to give all applicants an even comparison.
Commissioners said any change would likely take effect next year. Adams noted, “I think we'd have to say next November 1, it's gonna be the 1 of the year. Yep. And we want we'd obviously want all the institutions,…
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