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The Art of Living a Plan for Securing the Future of Arts and Heritage in the City of Edmonton 2008-2018 THE ART OF LIVING A PLAN FOR SECURING THE FUTURE OF ARTS AND HERITAGE IN THE CITY OF EDMONTON 2008-2018 Edmonton Arts Council 2008 THE ART OF LIVING A PLAN FOR SECURING THE FUTURE OF ARTS AND HERITAGE IN THE CITY OF EDMONTON 2008-2018 Edmonton Arts Council 2008 2 Marc Chalifoux Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . .p.4 Points of View • Why Mentors Matter PREAMBLE: The Art of Living . .p.7 Greg Hollingshead . .p.39 THE EDMONTON STORY . .p.8 • Steering the Flagships Tony Luppino . .p.41 VISION AND VALUES . .p.11 • Rx: Arts in Healthcare, Is Art Good For You? Susan Pointe . .p.47 FOREWORD: The Intersection • The Nature of a Festival City of Talent and Planning Terry Wickham . .p.53 Michael Phair . .p.13 • Profiting From the Artist as Prophet Ken Chapman . .p.59 SECTION ONE: CONTEXT . .p.16 1. The Cultural Plan’s Prevalent Themes . .p.16 SECTION THREE: HERITAGE 2. Accountability Statement . .p.19 Focal Points and Heritage Recommendations . .p.62 Points of View 1. Heritage Climate and Development . .p.65 • The Values of Arts and Culture in 2. Preservation . .p.69 Our Society Jeanne Lougheed . .p.17 3. Interpretation . .p.74 • Boom, Bust Todd Babiak . .p.23 4. Museum Advancement . .p.77 • Our Generous Spirit—An Insider’s Perspective on Edmonton Marty Chan . .p.25 Points of View • A Great Arts Scene: Hype and/or • Forever Tomorrow Country Reality? Catrin Owen . .p.29 Catherine C. Cole . .p.63 • Edmonton Exists—An Outsider’s • Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now? Perspective Ian McGillis . .p.35 Lori Gawryliuk . .p.67 • Aboriginal Arts and the Civic Citizen SECTION TWO: ARTS Marilyn Dumont . .p.71 Focal Points and Arts Recommendations .p.23 • Public Libraries—Enriching People’s 1. Space . .p.24 Lives Linda Cook . .p.77 2. Education, Training and Mentoring . .p.29 • Walking the Line Caterina Edwards . .p.82 3. Grants and the Economics of Culture . .p.36 4. Recognition . .p.44 CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .p.86 5. Integration and Arts Climate Development . .p.51 APPENDICES . .p.87 3 According to the terms of reference approved by Council, the cultural plan will describe a unified vision for the arts and culture in the Edmonton region over the next ten years and make recom- mendations in a range of areas that will help to realize the vision. Marc Chalifoux Marc xecutive There was a discussion of the scope of the cul- E tural plan, and it was agreed that it: Summary • would be a document with many voices—it would be developed in conjunction with The need for a cultural plan for the City of extensive community and stakeholder input Edmonton was first discussed at Edmonton City • would focus on arts and heritage with an Council in December 2005 during the debate expectation that the Edmonton Arts Council and approval of the 2006 City of Edmonton would develop effective partnerships and operating budget. sources of expertise in the heritage This need for a unified and wide-ranging cultur- community in order to identify and address al plan for the City was spurred by: heritage issues in the plan • an ever-increasing realization of the • will become a benchmark for future studies importance of arts, heritage and culture into the arts and heritage in Edmonton and to the city provide an analysis of the current state of • an acceptance that the City has key affairs in arts and heritage in Edmonton responsibilities in arts, heritage and culture • would be both visionary and pragmatic, • an appreciation that the sector is becoming describing overriding principles and increasingly complex strategic objectives but also making • an awareness that the current economic specific recommendations for action, boom in Alberta has increased the pace of including a cost estimate and identification development in Edmonton and emphasized of key organizations and City departments the need to be proactive in many areas, that would need to implement or guide the including arts, heritage and culture. implementation of each recommendation. At the 2006 budget debate and in a subsequent The plan would not, however, describe detailed City Council meeting held in April 2006, funds action or production plans for each recommen- were allocated to the Edmonton Arts Council to dation. Action plans will be built after City develop a cultural plan for the City of Council has approved the plan and its recom- Edmonton. mendations. 4 The process began with the formation of a steer- • recognition ing committee whose 10 members (listed in • integration of the arts further into the Appendix 1) were representative of a range of civic fabric. perspectives relevant to arts and heritage in Edmonton. Edmonton Arts Council Executive While all of these categories are important, Director John Mahon was appointed to lead the space is the most urgent. The plan calls for the development of the plan. support of an organization dedicated to finding, developing and managing space for the arts in This was followed by public and stakeholder Edmonton. In addition, the plan recommends a consultations, a review of comparable cultural review and revision of all civic bylaws and reg- plans and surveys of Edmonton artists and her- ulations that inhibit the responsible develop- itage practitioners. The process is described in ment of arts space. Appendix 1. Education recommendations address the need to This cultural plan builds on strengths, which are re-examine the teaching of fine arts in schools, a many including: review of post-secondary training in the arts in • Edmontonians value arts and heritage Edmonton, the value of connecting with interna- • Edmonton has an impressive collection of tionally acclaimed arts mentor/artists and the arts and heritage institutions and programs need to keep “elder” artists active and engaged • Edmonton is home to numerous as mentors. accomplished individuals who work in arts or heritage Grant recommendations include an analysis of • The City has been an active and insightful the complexities of arts grants from all levels of supporter of the arts over the past decade government as well as private sources. The plan and in particular over the past four years. recommends increases to City grants for estab- lished arts and festival organizations, sustained The plan makes 17 recommendations for action support for all individual artists in Edmonton in the arts and 11 in heritage. In general, her- and increased support for community arts proj- itage needs to build more infrastructure and the ects. The plan recommends strategic support of arts are building on the work done by the cultural industries, including direct investment Edmonton Arts Council over the past 12 years. in film and video production and a considera- The 17 recommendations in the arts fall into five tion of the creation of live music zones in the general categories: city. • space • education and mentoring Recognition recommendations include stabiliz- • grants and other sources of revenue ing City award programs, increasing the value 5 and range of City prizes in the arts, more nam- There are three key issues in preservation: arti- ing recognition of artists on city streets and facts, archives and built heritage. The plan rec- parks, the creation of a biennial festival of ommends immediately giving attention to the Alberta artists highlighting Edmonton as the cap- state of the City Artifacts Centre and taking care ital city of the province and exclusive use of of this valuable collection. The City Archives Edmonton-made cultural products for City gifts. need additional resources especially if it is to Integration and climate is about imbedding arts fulfill its mandate of archiving community further into the community and creating a records as well as City of Edmonton records. The healthy self-perpetuating environment for the plan supports the work done by the Department arts. Recommendations include stabilization of of Planning and Development on the City’s Built the poet laureate position in the City and the Heritage Management Plan. creation of a Cultural Cabinet that would include the poet laureate, writer-in-exile and The plan recommends the creation of an others; artist residencies in City departments and Edmonton historian in residence as well as the development of community sites for arts per- establishment of consistent and professional formances and exhibits throughout the city. interpretation standards for city heritage sites. The 11 recommendations in heritage fall into Finally, the plan recommends taking action on four categories: the development of a city museum and develop- • heritage climate and development ing an overall museum strategy (including oper- • preservation ating grants for museums). • interpretation • museum advancement. This plan reflects the optimism, adventurous- ness, creativity, caution and concerns of To develop heritage to a state comparable to the Edmonton’s arts and heritage communities in arts, the plan recommends the formation of an 2008. During the discussions and dialogue at Edmonton heritage council that would have a the heart of this plan, it was noted many times structure and resources similar to the Edmonton how stimulating and productive it is to talk Arts Council. about the arts and heritage in our city and about The plan recommends inclusion of existing her- how important it is to plan. itage awards into higher-profile events and the initiation of a structured dialogue with the The City of Edmonton and the people of Province of Alberta around heritage issues Edmonton must be thanked, not only for their including the Alberta Historic Resources Act, the support of this cultural plan, but for their support Royal Alberta Museum and the Provincial of the arts and heritage in general. Archives of Alberta. 6 Preamble: of the one million inhabitants of the region, Edmonton is also a city with a distinctive feel to its arts, culture and heritage scene.
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