The following is a letter I wrote to thank and support our county supervisors who are moving forward in supporting the arts with a designated staff and office for arts and culture when the June county budget is passed. Feel free to copy this and send it to your own district supervisor who are all holding information meetings about the upcoming budget. (see below for dates)
Dear County Supervisor Lawson-Remer, Fletcher, Vargas, Desmond and Anderson,
We would like to thank you each and your fellow county
supervisors for the unanimous support you are giving the arts and culture
community in San Diego. We truly appreciate the efforts of Supervisor Fletcher
and Vargas in championing the move to allocating funds for building an
administrative structure on a county wide basis.
At this time, we want to confirm that we are in support of
the 2022 budget including the new Office of Economic Development and Government
Affairs (EDGA) to coordinate regional efforts through the creation of a
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). We are particularly happy that
the Office of Arts and Culture and
its staff are ideally placed in the new Economic Development and
Prosperity division of EDGA which will be implementing the county wide
coordination and arts and culture initiatives.
We are looking forward to seeing details of these
strategies and the posting of these vital staff positions which need
professional art experience at this high level.
These positions as well as the arts and culture commissioners need to be
equitably available and filled. We applaud your effort to make this a vital
part of your mission enabling diversity to flourish.
We are here to support you and the county in approving this budget and we are here to play any role in aiding or advising you through future white papers about this office by calling on the expertise of our many colleagues.
With kindest regards,
Patricia Frischer
Founder/Coordinator, San Diego
Visual Arts Network
A database of 2500 visual arts resources and calendar, reports and support
information produced to improve the clarity, accuracy and sophistication of
discourse about San Diego's artistic and cultural life, dedicated to the idea
that the Visual arts are a vital part of the health of our county.
Monday May 23: District 3 Lawson Remer
REGISTRATION
LINK
Tuesday May 31:District 4 Fletcher
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INFORMATION
Thursday, June 2 District 1 Vargas
REGISTRATION
LINK
Monday June 6, District 5, Desmond
MORE INFORMATION
Wednesday, June 8 District 2, Anderson
MORE INFORMATION
Thanx to the County Supervisors for budgeting for Arts and Culture for San Diego County! Your vision for a better quality of life for us all begins with the creativity that is sparked by arts and culture and the enrichment that is generated by making these opportunities available throughout our region.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marti, well said!
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