Focus Group Schedule

City, county, and other funding agencies distribute arts dollars in a variety of ways. Your input will help inform how financial and other resources can be equitably allocated to ensure accountability and high levels of public participation.

Providing adequate spaces where artists can create and invite audiences to engage with the visual, performing, and literary arts is an expressed high-level need in Durham.  Let’s discuss your ideas realistically and consider how the city and county might address your concerns. 

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We’d like to hear your thoughts about arts learning and understand how you define the arts as they intersect with knowledge building across the lifespan.  Let’s focus on the role of teaching artists and consider neighborhood locations where arts, crafts, and cultural traditions can be accessible to the public.

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This session focuses on both the story and storytellers.  We would like to hear your thoughts on how you and your neighbors engage with various methods for documenting and sharing your stories of heritage, values, and the preservation of Durham’s tangible and intangible legacies.

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The arts sector requires a knowledgeable workforce to steward its growth and prosperity.  Let’s discuss how the Cultural Roadmap Cultural Plan can address the need to strengthen the pool of current and future arts leaders. 

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The city and county will need to establish guidelines to support the cultural sector.  Your input is necessary to help frame those guidelines.  Join us for a conversation about possibilities and opportunities to increase support for the arts in Durham City and Durham County.

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