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Museums and arts programs outline capital needs, staffing and grant cuts in budget hearings
Summary
Representatives from the Asian Art Museum, Arts Commission, Fine Arts Museums and cultural centers presented budgets and warned of attrition-driven staffing risks, deferred maintenance needs (Bayview Opera House) and reductions to the Cultural Equity Grants program.
City cultural institutions told the Budget & Finance Committee that, while many have restructured or raised private funds, they face continuing operating and capital challenges in the proposed 2011-12 budget.
Asian Art Museum: museum leadership described a recent debt restructuring and a strategic plan to increase earned and philanthropic revenue. COO Mark MacCachlan said the museum—s combined budget typically runs $17—19 million; staffing is roughly 150 employees, 54 of whom are city employees. The museum disputed a budget-analyst attrition…
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