Thank you! This is helpful!

Beth

From: public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com [mailto:public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of James Martin
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 10:48 AM
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Subject: Re: Equity and Inclusivity ad hoc advisors?

Beth, I have some related experience to offer from my years as a corporate curator. From 2001-2008 I was the curator of the Sprint Art Collection. When I joined Sprint, there was already a small acquisitions committee (about 8 people) that included an individual from Sprint's supply chain management group whose job was to focus on supplier diversity and inclusion. Later during my tenure, a very high-level Office of Diversity and Inclusion was established that reported directly to the CEO. In other words, diversity and inclusion was extremely important to the corporate culture as a whole, so we made it a priority with the art collection. (It's also important to me personally, so that made that part of the job very gratifying).

In terms of your situation, I recommend that someone from the ad-hoc committee be made a full voting member of the appointed arts commission.

If I were to do it all over again, I would focus on relationships more than numbers. I was able to build great relationships with KC-area artists, but relationships with internal employee groups could have been better.

In any case, we had a lot of success in terms of numbers. The full-time art registrar was able to track gender and ethnicity for about 85% of the collection. Of the works tracked, 62% were made by a female or minority artist.

I hope that helps!

James Martin

http://artinkc.biz

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Beth Tobey <btobey@cityofsantacruz.com> wrote:

We are considering forming some kind of ad hoc advisory committee to review projects through the lens of Equity & Inclusivity. I’m wondering if any of you have done something like this and if so, how did they interact with the appointed Arts Commission? Any words of advice or cautionary tales? While I do often try and recruit a diverse selection/review panel for specific projects, this ad hoc group would advise the Arts Commission both specifically and generally.

Thanks,

Beth Tobey

Arts Program Manager

City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office

(831) 420-5154 | btobey@cityofsantacruz.com
www.SantaCruzCityArts.com

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