As Duval County’s local arts agency, the Cultural Council also operates as the designated agent of the City of Jacksonville for the purposes of determining and authorizing the allocation of Cultural Service Grant Program (CSGP) funding to Duval County arts and cultural organizations.
A volunteer Cultural Service Grant Program Committee reviews and evaluates grant applications based on established criteria, conducts on-site visits of applicant agencies, holds public hearings, and makes award recommendations to the Cultural Council Board of Directors, which has final approval for the grant awards.
The CSGP Committee is comprised of a cross-section of members from Jacksonville’s diverse communities representing racial/ethnic, gender, geographic and age diversity, who express an interest in the impact of culture in the community and a willingness to participate fully in the grantmaking process.
Committee members, who are confirmed by the City Council, include a chair, three Cultural Council board members and seven community representatives. CSGP Committee members serve up to two, three-year terms.
As specified by City Ordinance, the volunteer Art in Public Places Committee, which is appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council, are responsible for receiving, reviewing, and acting upon the recommendations of each City funded public Art Selection Panel (ASP), and ensuring ordinance compliance which requires 15% of city funded public art projects be commissioned by Northeast Florida artists.
Member seats are grouped into three categories:
architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning, or art historian.
Each reside within a different planning district whose interests, professions, and community activities reflect the diversity of the Jacksonville arts community and of the community at large.
An in person quorum of 50% +1 of APPC membership must be established in person to advance any public art projects forward. As such, meetings are conducted when there are items of vote, which is usually every other month. Meetings are publicly noticed in advance to confirm its occurrence, and are held at the Jessie Ball duPont Center at 40 E. Adams in Downtown Jacksonville on the 1st Wednesday of the month at 1PM. The public is encouraged to attend and provide public comment.
Interested in serving on one of these committees or learning more about other volunteer opportunities to become more involved? Please visit our volunteer page.
