2. What is cultural planning?
A structured, community-wide fact-finding
and consensus building process
Identification of existing cultural resources and
community needs/opportunities
Planning actions and securing resources in
response
3. 5 steps to a cultural plan
1. Preplanning - evaluate
community readiness
2. Community Assessment -
Local Arts Index
3. Goal Setting - regional plan
based on assets and needs
4. Implementation
5. Monitoring and Evaluation
4. Community Readiness
checklist
Arts Community Support - Is there engagement from the community’s
arts and cultural leaders?
Political Support - will elected officials endorse the regional cultural plan and
formally support implementation?
Representation - will planning participants / plan reflect the community’s
diversity?
Financial Support - is there be funding available from local govt., business
and private sources to offset planning costs? Can funds be raised to implement
collaborative planning recommendations?
Administrative Support - Is there an organization with administrative
capacity to serve as facilitator of the planning process?
5. Why do Cultural Planning?
Find new answers to old problems Strengthen support for artists and
(detiorating downtowns, at-risk nonprofit cultural organizations
youth and inadequate arts in
education...)
Fully integrate arts into education
Tap the full economic development
Raise funds to support cultural
potential of local artists and
development
cultural organizations
Determine feasibility of establishing
Better anticipate problems or
a cultural district or cultural
opportunities that become evident
facilities
through community assessment
Enhance access to cultural
Spark renewed civic pride
programs for a broader base of
citizens
6. impact on community
More and improved arts programs Increased funding from public and private
sector, despite overall nationwide trend of
decreasing funding for the arts
Enhanced communication and cooperation
among community arts groups
“Since implementing our cultural plan, public
funding for the arts has quadrupled, private
Fuller integration of the arts in the community funding has doubled, audience have expanded.”
Increased visibility of artists and arts
organizations
Improved public access to the arts / increased
audience base
Enhanced community awareness of the
potential contributions of arts and culture to
community and eco devo
Increased cultural facilities (in some cities)
7. cultural plans involve:
Artists Cultural accessibility
Art audiences Performing arts
Arts education Public art
Arts facilities Revitalization
Community development Elected officials
Economic development Special public events
Festivals Tourism
Financial support for the arts Urban design
Historic preservation Visual arts
Multiculturism ??????????
