Strengthening our Creative Community CREATE THE
VOTE CANDIDATE SURVEY 2014
Candidate Name: Tricia Braun
Ward/At-Large: Ward 3
1. DC is home to over 300 non-profit and for-profit arts organizations
(music, theater, dance, etc.) that provide access to the arts
and support quality of life in every corner of this city. While
providing over 112,000 jobs, arts organizations with the
creative economy industries, make up $14.1 billion to the
District Gross State Product (GSP) and an estimated $200
million to the District’s tax base annually. Question: Is there a
specific arts organization/s in your part of the state that you or
your family particularly enjoy? Organization name: Fillmore
Center for the Arts, Kennedy Center for the Arts, Smithsonian
Museums, The National Gallery, Capital Hill Arts Workshop ,
And Many More
2.Many arts organizations – big and small – provide the foundation
for arts education in DC’s public schools. The arts are an
important priority for the Chancellor and we know from
longitudinal studies, that children who are exposed to the arts
and who practice and participate in the arts have an academic
advantage. Question: Do you support the sustained presence of
arts education in our schools? Agree
3. While DC is known for its politics, monuments and museums, the
city has yet to fully leverage the strength of our arts, culture and
creative community as a means for tourism and branding. Tourists
are a strong source of revenue to DC. Yet, it seems that many still do
not take advantage of activities "beyond the Mall."
Question: Will you take steps to both support and use the creative
community to attract tourists to diverse neighborhoods across the city?
Enthusiastically Support
4. Some in the creative community1 are concerned about the city’s
administrative capacity to program, support, and promote activities.
Describe how you will address these concerns in the following
areas:
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What revenue sources will you support or create or
use to increase the city’s financial investment in the creative
community? I support public funding of the arts, private
funding ofhte arts and public/private partnership funding of
the arts
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Do you believe the city’s current administrative
structure should grow to support the creative community by
adding a cabinet level art and cultural leader? Yes
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What are your arts program priorities and where will
the funds be allocated? 1 For purposes of this question, Creative
Community is defined as artists and non-profit arts organizations that are
funded by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities (DCCAH).
As a State Board of Education Member, I would strongly
support Arts Education in our schools.
ArtsActionDC.org artsactiondc@gmail.com
Strengthening our Creative Community
CREATE THE VOTE CANDIDATE SURVEY
2014
Comments: We welcome any additional comments you would
like to make with regards to the arts in DC. Please use additional
pages as necessary. (Up to 3 sentences of all candidates responding to
this questionnaire will be published our websites, which represents over
thirty arts advocates and their patrons citywide. We will also post
longer comments on our web page at artsactiondc.org).
Arts education and exposure to the arts is an integral part of a rich,
well-rounded curriculum. Not all of our children are exposed to
the arts at home, and so it is particularly important that schools
provide that enrichment. All of DC’s public school students benefit
from arts education, which fosters creativity, makes history come
alive, connects us to our common culture, and exposes us to diverse
cultures.