To be introduced by Richard Harding, General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture.
Purpose: To recommend Council approval of the 2021 Resilience Grants to address the needs of Nanaimo’s arts and culture community in response to emerging opportunities, pressures and changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recommendation:
That the Finance & Audit Committee recommend that Council:
a) approve the 2021 Resilience Grant funding recommendations to allocate existing funds of $28,559 as follows:
- Project: Weaving Nature Ceremony and Ancestors
- Applicant Name: Dave Bodaly
- Recommend: $4,500
- Project: Musicians Forum
- Applicant Name: Elise Boulanger
- Recommend: $4,379
- Project: Riverbed Programs
- Applicant Name: Heather Kai-Smith
- Recommend: $4,500
- Project: Digital Issue of Sad Girl Review
- Applicant Name: Amber R. Morrison
- Recommend: $3,730
- Project: EMPATHY: Care for Collective
- Applicant Name: Sara Robichaud
- Recommend: $4,400
- Project: Apples: A Very Gustatory and Cultural Review
- Applicant Name: Rachelle Stein-Wotton
- Recommend: $3,300
- Project: Hul’q’umi’num Course
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- Applicant Name: Eliot White-Hill
- Recommend: $3,750
b) approve the recommended reallocation of additional unclaimed funds from the 2021 Downtown Event Revitalization Fund and the 2021 Culture and Heritage Project grants to support the 2021 Resilience Grant recommendations of $22,987 as follows:
- Project: Digital Music Video Creation
- Applicant Name: Nicole Arendt
- Recommend: $3,800
- Project: The Sun and the Moon – Online Dance
- Applicant Name: Holly Bright
- Recommend: $3,800
- Project: Nanaimo Mastering Service
- Applicant Name: Arlen Thompson
- Recommend: $3,800
- Project: Visual Arts Workshops
- Applicant Name: Yvonne Vander Kooi
- Recommend: $3,750
- Project: Forum Theatre Workshops
- Applicant Name: Pacific Coast Stage Company
- Recommend: $4,000
- Project: Digital Theatre Initiative
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- Applicant Name: Western Edge Theatre
- Recommend: $3,837
and;
c) direct Staff to return to the Finance & Audit Committee to report on recommendations for additional 2021 Resilience Grants funding, should further money be returned to the City or unclaimed from the 2021 Downtown Event Revitalization Fund and/or 2021 Culture and Heritage Project grants.