Welcome to your first newsletter from Arts, Culture and Tourism! We are a thriving City and our cultural landscape is filled with opportunities for individuals of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and histories. We envision this monthly newsletter as your gateway to engage in accessible, diverse, and inclusive arts experiences. To increase our reach, please consider sharing this newsletter far and wide within your own circles. | |
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Public meetings and community input are the foundation of why St. Pete shines so bright! The public is invited to attend the following Arts, Culture & Tourism meetings!
- April 26, 2024 – Arts Advisory Committee meeting at 10am at City Hall
- May 6, 2024 – Public Arts Commission meeting at 3pm at City Hall
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ART IMPACTS YOUTH EDUCATION! | |
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Our first newsletter focuses on one of the Mayor Ken Welch’s Pillars for Progress – Education & Youth Opportunities and what better way to do that than to focus on the summer arts camps offered by the museums, galleries, and arts organizations in St. Petersburg!
Right now, is a great time for parents to plan!
> The City offers a wide variety of youth classes, programs and events to elementary school students in the community with several options to stay active while out of school, including seasonal camps and classes offered at recreation centers throughout the city.
> The St. Pete Arts Alliance has a list of St. Pete Summer Arts Camps for you to browse as well as a student award program.
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Did you know that the Arts improve academic performance? Students engaged in arts learning have higher GPAs, standardized test scores, and college-going rates as well as lower drop-out rates. 91% of Americans believe that arts are part of a well-rounded K-12 education. -AEP6 | |
THE CITY IMPACTS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS! | |
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Applications for the FY25 Arts & Culture Grants are now open!
Are you a nonprofit 501C3 that:
- Is registered with the Florida Secretary of State as a non-profit organization?
- Has a mission of arts or culture programming?
- Has been in existence and providing services to the residents of the City for at least one year?
- Provides more than 50% of its programming and attendance within St. Pete?
- Has no outstanding debts to the City of St Petersburg?
- Presents arts/cultural programming, performances, or exhibitions primarily for the benefit of St. Pete residents and its visitors on an ongoing basis for at least a year prior?
- Has at least one full-time paid staff member and operations in excess of $100,000 for the most recently completed fiscal year at the time of the application?
If so, find out more here! Deadline to apply is June 13, 2024.
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PUBLIC ART IMPACTS TOURISM! | |
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According to AEP6, 72% of American’s believe, “The arts provide shared experiences with people of difference races, ethnicities, ages, beliefs, and identities (gender, political, national origin),” and 73% agree that arts “helps me understand other cultures better.”
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Public Art is a great “shared experience” and an example of that is “Morning Stars” at the St. Pete Pier. “Morning Stars” is a mosaic approximately 23 feet wide and 7-and-a-half feet high and consists of several crocheted geometric configurations called mandalas — in different sizes, shapes, and colors created by Artist Xenobia Bailey. Bailey's artist’s statement says that “she researches, honors and continues the history of African Americans using imagination to create something out of nothing to express identity and survive.” | |
ART EVENTS IMPACT COMMUNITY! | |
THE ARTS IMPACT THE ECONOMY! | |
Did you know that the arts industry generated $132,530,557 in economic activity in 2022, according to the newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6)? This economic activity is comprised of $61,607,918 in spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and $70,922,639 in event-related spending by their audiences; it also supported 2,121 jobs and generated $26,529,721 in local, state, and federal government revenue. | |
YOU'RE INVITED TO IMPACT THE ARTS IN ST. PETE! | |
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Do you have a public service announcement or upcoming event? Radio St. Pete can air public service announcements for 501c3 nonprofits in the arts and other community organizations as well as promote upcoming events! Just record a voice memo on your phone’s voice memo app and submit it to info@radiostpete.com. Email them for specific instructions!
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"The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create."
- Barack Obama, Former President of the United States of America
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