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HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
MEETING DATE: September 13, 2012
SUBJECT: New Literary Arts Program
Report Prepared by Ann Motto/a, Heritage and Cultural Arts
Manger
ATTACHMENTS: None
RECOMMENDATION: Receive Report
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: The following report is a summary of "re-CREATE History,"
the new Literary Arts Program to be implemented during the hiatus of the Poet Laureate
Program. This program was developed to engage the community in the literary arts until such a
time that the advancement of the literary arts in Dublin generates enough interest to reestablish
the Poet Laureate program.
The three primary goals of this program are to:
• Develop appreciation and advancement for the literary and visual arts in the City of Dublin.
• Create a vehicle to engage the community in the literary and visual arts.
• Use the literary and visual arts as a bridge between Dublin's historic past and dynamic
present.
The program will be introduced to the public through a variety of media outlets and community
facilities as a "call for entries" for inclusion in a culminating exhibit. In the "call for entries," Staff
will pair several photos juxtaposing images of historic Dublin and relevant contemporary culture
of the City. Staff will publish these photos online and in the Winter Parks and Recreation Activity
Guide, and present them without explanation or context. The challenge would be to
°reCREATE...History."
The City will invite residents to artistically recreate one of the images through one of two
methods:
1. Create a work of literary art (prose or poetry) telling the story (factually or fictitiously), of what
they observe in the image; or
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2. Create a visual artwork (of a specified limited format/size) that recreates or re-interprets the
image.
Fact or fiction; poetry or prose; or photograph or work of visual art; there would be no limit to the
imagination or expression — only the size of the entry. All entries will be submitted in the same
size format for efficiency of installation and optimal impact of the exhibit that will display all the
entries in April 2013.
This will be a juried competition with separate best of show awards for literary and visual arts.
Participation by Middle School and High School students will be encouraged by creating a youth
division for entries. Outreach will be performed specifically to the youth audience.
At the opening reception in April 2013, the City Historian will be invited to provide an accurate
historic summary of the photos that will also be revealed at the time of the exhibit's opening
reception.
The benefits of this program are to stimulate the creative culture of the community and present a
highly accessible and non-intimidating vehicle for residents to participate in the arts.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Heritage and Cultural Arts
Commission receive the report.
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