Orange County
Arts & Cultural Affairs
May 13, 2014

To elevate the status of
Central Florida’s arts and culture to that befitting a world class community
.

• State of the Arts
• Proposed FY15 Arts
Budget
• FY 14 Cultural Facilities
Recommendations

Central Florida Trends
(In millions)
Annual economic impact of $264M
($181M in Orange County)
*Source: Central Florida Foundation and Americans for the Arts

Creative Industry Businesses
Source: Americans for the Arts

Recognition

Anniversaries
• 20 th – Orlando Philharmonic
• 25th – ZORA! Fest & Orlando
Shakespeare Theater
• 90 th – Orlando Museum of Art

Capital Campaigns
• Significant Future Funding Needs
• Currently there are 18 open or planned campaigns for $473M (plus
$87M for the Dr. Phillips Center)
*Source: Central Florida Foundation

County-Wide Collaborations
• Kristallnacht
• 75 th Anniversary: “The Night of
Broken Glass”
• 12+ arts and cultural organizations
• What the Dickens
• Year-long celebration of Charles
Dickens
• Three dozen organizations in Orange
County

Public Art
• Public Art Review Board
• Temporary Sculpture Exhibition
• New CIP projects

FL Cities with temporary
Sculpture Loan Programs
• Boynton Beach
• Clearwater
• Coral Springs
• Deland
• Gainesville
• Kissimmee
• Ocala
• Safety Harbor
• Sarasota
• Winter Haven
• Winter Park

Examples

Orange County
Administration Building
What a sculpture loan program could look like...

Upcoming County CIP
Public Art Projects
• John Young Park
• Young Pine Park
• Holden Heights Community Center
• Orange County Convention Center

Arts & Cultural Affairs
Advisory Council Members
Becky Roper (Chair)
Cristina Calvet-Harrold
Sherry Paramore
Jennifer Quigley
The Hon. Ted Edwards
Hal Kantor
Tiffany Lamb (Vice Chair) Palmira Ubinas
Edgar Lopez Beverly Winesburgh
Evelyn Martinez
Dr. Rick Schell
Sara Segal

Funding Sources
General
Fund
TDT Funds
Operational
Support
60+ Organizations
Cultural
Tourism
Cultural
Facilities
Other Eligible
Orgs & Programs

Projected Funding
Total Funding
Other
TDT General Fund
$3,890,306 $681,925
$558,286
Program
Cultural Tourism
Cultural Facilities
Operational Support through UA
Fiscal & Grants Management
Community-Wide Marketing
Blockbuster Fund
$1,900,000
$1,478,539
$521,053
$199,000
$100,000
$250,000
TOTAL $4,448,592
$681,925
$681,925

FY14 Cultural Facilities
Recommendations

Cultural Facilities Funding
• For equipping, renovating, maintaining, constructing, and acquiring
• Governed by Florida Statute
• Open to nonprofit museum or government-owned auditorium venue

Cultural Facilities Funding
• Funded 6 of the years since 2001
• $6,999,358 Total Investments
• 26 Projects

Cultural Facilities Review Panel
Advisory Council:
Sherry Paramore, Chair
Hal Kantor
Edgar Lopez
Dr. Rick Schell
Sara Segal
Subject Matter Experts:
Tony Aguerrevere –
Former O.C. CIP
Jeffrey Ault –
Facility Designer
Vicki Landon -
Previous CF Recipient-Project
Coordination
Brian J. Morris
–
Construction Management

2014 Cultural Facilities Funding
Recommendations
Organization
Albin Polasek Museum &
Sculpture Gardens
Garden Theatre
Lake Eola Park
Orlando Museum of Art
Orlando Science Center
Winter Garden Heritage
Foundation
Project Amount
Restoring the Capen-Showalter House and Kalmanson Garden
The Garden GreenLight Project
$114,000
$45,000
Lake Eola Amphitheater Sound Board $25,000
90 th Anniversary Renovation Project to
Improve the Visitor Experience
Center for Early Childhood Expansion:
Phase 2 Entrance Renovation
$35,300
$187,338
History Research and Education Center $250,000

Albin Polasek Museum &
Sculpture Gardens
Save, restore and reuse the historic
Capen-Showalter house
Phase 1 of 1
TDT Funds $114,000
Total Project Cost $239,400

Phase 1 of 1
Garden Theatre
GreenLight Project – Energy
Saving
Upgrade theatrical stage lighting
Hardware/Software upgrades
TDT Funds $45,000
Total Project Cost $90,000

Phase 1 of 1
Lake Eola Park
Replace Amphitheater
Sound Board
Upgrade outdated “prosumer” mixer to a professional console
TDT Funds $25,000
Total Project Cost $52,500

Phase 1 of 1
Orlando Museum of Art
Renovation/revitalization
-Refurbish marble floor
-Transform former gallery
(used for storage) into exhibition space
TDT Funds $35,300
Total Project Cost $74,124

Orlando Science Center
Expand, update, and renovate Center for Early Childhood
Increase floorspace 2,000 sq. ft.
TDT Funds $187,338
Total Project Cost $1,117,344
Phase 2 of 3

Winter Garden
Heritage Foundation
Construction of permanent home for historic collection
Phase 2 of 2
Will accommodate history/art exhibitions education programming/ events, and Visitor Information Center
TDT Funds $250,000
Total Project Cost $1,112,527

2014 Cultural Facilities Funding
Approval of proposed Cultural Facilities project grants as recommended by the Arts & Cultural Affairs Advisory Council in the amount of $656,638 allocated as follows:
• Albin Polasek Museum
• Lake Eola Park -
$114,000
$25,000
• Garden Theatre
• Orlando Museum of Art
• Orlando Science Center
• Winter Garden Heritage Foundation -
-
-
$45,000
$35,300
$187,338
$250,000