City of Santa Fe Arts and Culture Department Seeks Arts Commissioners Dedicated to Cultural Equity and Inclusion

The Santa Fe Arts Commission is a nine-member volunteer advisory board of the City Council which advises the Council on such issues as contract recommendations, public art projects, and the arts in Santa Fe. The Cultural Investment Funding Program (grants for arts non-profits), Community Gallery, Mayor’s Recognition Awards for Excellence in the Arts, Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate Programs, Youth Summer Passport, and the City Historian are also programs of the Commission.

The Commission is composed of individuals from the community who have demonstrated arts and culture expertise and involvement, whether it be through avocation or employment, and who actively strive for cultural equity throughout the City. Knowledge of Santa Fe’s various artists and arts organizations is vital, as is experience with financial planning and fundraising for the arts.

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Arts Commission is having to pause and re-tool, resulting in experimentation, innovation, and no small degree of sacrifice – the Arts and Culture Department budget was reduced by over 50% due to the loss of revenue to the City. As the Arts Commission moves forward, the Culture Connect lens of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access is integral to how the arts advance and re-imagine the new normal. Together we will continue to re-imagine a true “City Different” – a city that celebrates the role of culture in tourism and the wider economy. In that context, this disruption of our “typical” approaches to arts and culture has created opportunity for change.

Legal residence in Santa Fe County is required.

Apply by January 13, 2021, 5 p.m. MST.

Learn more about requirements on the Arts & Culture web page (bit.ly/artcommissionsf), then proceed to: surveymonkey.com/r/R59GJRM.