Welcome to the Santa Monica Art Palette for the weekend of June 23. The goal of the Art Palette, created by City Hall’s cultural affairs division and published in the Daily Press every Friday, is to showcase the many eclectic arts and cultural opportunities available in Santa Monica every week, highlighting one or more of the many happenings within our borders. This issue of the palette is dedicated to City Hall’s Cultural Affairs Division and the cultural plan-ning process currently underway, “Creative Capital.” Santa Monica has been a destination and a haven for creative individuals since its inception. Santa Monica’s cultural community is central to the city’s identity, contributing to the economy, the environment and the overall quality of life of this unique beach city. But before we move on, last week there was an error regarding Juneteenth. The actual date when General Gordon declared the end of slavery in Galveston, Tex. was on June 19, 1865. For more information about this historic event, go to www.juneteenth.com.
Join us on Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to gather public input for Creative Capital. The city is preparing a master plan to guide the continued development of the community’s cultural resources. The goal of the plan-ning process is to forge a common vision for the future of arts and culture in Santa Monica. The plan will identify community priorities and articulate the policies and strategies that will be required to achieve those priorities and make Santa Monica an even better environment for creativity in all forms.
The planning process will offer many different opportunities for participation in addition to Saturday’s community meeting, including a broad array of workshops, focus groups and a phone survey. City Hall also will be developing an on-line directory of the many creative people who live and work in Santa Monica.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 23, 2006. Read the original PDF.