Arts office to boost neighborhood activations and reallocate funds to Dallas Black Dance Theater
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The Office of Arts and Culture told the Quality of Life committee April 21 it will reallocate $248,000 for the Dallas Black Dance Theater and add funding to a community activation grant that will increase programming in libraries and rec centers across council districts.
The Office of Arts and Culture on April 21 briefed the committee on several upcoming agenda memos, including a proposed reallocation of $248,000 to the Dallas Black Dance Theater and an expansion of a Culture of Value grant program that places arts activations in libraries and recreation centers.
Glenn Ayres, assistant director of the Office of Arts and Culture, said the reallocation supplements the Culture of Value grant program and will add roughly 50 percent to that program's budget. The program partners with recreation centers and libraries to provide two activations per council district; the added funds will allow additional activations in those city facilities.
"This will essentially add another 50% to that budget," Ayres said, describing the program's success and the department's plan to expand activations across the city.
The committee also reviewed other memos including a Singing Hills public‑art project and a proposed amendment to the lease at the Cleida Humphreys Theatre to freeze (hold steady) base rental rates for nonprofit renters at current fiscal‑year 2025 levels. Committee members asked staff how the Culture of Value activations would work at rec centers and libraries and asked for implementation details; staff said programming will partner with local centers and provide district‑level activations.
Ending: Items will appear on upcoming council agenda packets as memos; staff will provide implementation details and continue coordination with district offices and partner facilities.