Title
Review and Provide Guidance on the Music Out Loud Proposal
Recommended Action
General Government Committee Recommendation:
* Support the Music Out Loud proposal, criteria, tasks, and budget as recommended by the Arts Commission (detailed below).
City Manager Recommendation:
* Provide guidance on whether to move forward with all or a portion of the proposal.
* Do not change the Ordinance to allow use of the Fund for performance art, which would potentially create an on-going operating use of the Fund.
Report
Issue:
Should the Music Out Loud concept and associated amendment to OMC 2.100 be approved?
Staff Contact:
Stephanie Johnson, Arts & Events Program Manager, Parks, Arts & Recreation, 360.709.2678
Presenter(s):
Stephanie Johnson, Olympia Parks, Arts & Recreation
Marygrace Jennings, Chair, Olympia Arts Commission
Trent Hart, Olympia Arts Commission
In attendance -
Danielle Westbrook, Olympia Arts Commission
Michael Olson, Olympia Arts Commission
Background and Analysis:
Arts Commission Recommendation -
Honoring past musicians and celebrating today's music, Music Out Loud pairs artistic elements incorporated into sidewalks with a summer series of music performances. The sidewalk areas are intended to honor musicians posthumously who significantly contributed to music growth in the area. The Commission proposes three sidewalk sites in downtown Olympia:
* The corner of 5th and Capitol Way.
* To the south of the Washington Center entrance.
* The sidewalk in front of the Market Center
As part of their planning process, members of the Arts Commission have:
* Held preliminary meetings with business owners adjacent to each art site.
* Met with representatives from the Olympia Police Department, Olympia Fire Department, Public Works Transportation and Community Planning and Development to discuss pedestrian safety and egress for the Music Out Loud performances, where the audience is expected to remain for th...
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