Twenty two years of CRD Arts & Culture (timeline)

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timeline of CRD Arts & Culture over the past 22 years, having been formed in 2001 until present day- Shows growth from 6 participating municipalities to 9 and major marking points. in first half (pre-formation to 2009) includes funding reaching $1.78 million in 2005, the launch of a publicly available website of public art in 2007, as well as milestones from the arts community, such as the founding of the Ska and Reggae festival in 2000 and the first SKAMpede in 2009second half of timeline from 2010 to 2023. CRD milestones include the pilot of the IDEA Grant in 2011, which expanding arts funding to non-arts organizations, as well as the development of the current mission 'to support, promote and celebrate the arts and vision, which is now 'art is central to life in the region, the first arts champions summit in 2016, the introduction of incubator and Equity grants in 2018, the development of an 'equity lens' in 2021, and then the development of a new strategic plan in 2023. Regional arts milestones include the launch of intrepid theatre's outstages and the opening of Pacific Opera victoria's Baumann Centre - both in 2015, and the first Active/Passive festival in 2020.


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