The Cultural Arts Commission serves an advisory board to the City Council involving the promotion of the arts in Richardson. The Cultural Arts Commission is responsible for:

• Providing and assisting in the development of the arts by providing a biennial “state of the arts” assessment to the City Council;
• Making recommendations to the City Council relative to expenditure of city funds for promotion and sustaining of the arts;
• Serving as a review board for the funding of proposed programs within the community from the hotel/motel occupancy tax;
• Making recommendations to the City Council relative to expenditure of city funds for historical preservations and/or restoration from the hotel/motel occupancy tax;
• Reviewing the annual public art work plan and reviewing and recommending public art concept proposals to the City Council.

Commission Members:

• Catherine Burdette, Chair
• Kimberly Quirk, Vice-Chair
• Elizabeth Gonzalez
• Sandy Palisch
• Anthony Pampillonia
• Amy Taylor
• Kevin Todora

Meetings:

Meetings occur at 6:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month at the Richardson City Hall, City Manager’s Conference Room, 411 W. Arapaho Road, Richardson, TX 75080. Agendas are available prior to each meeting.

Staff Liaison:

Shanna Sims-Bradish, Assistant City Manager, serves as staff liaison to the Cultural Arts Commission. You can contact Shanna at 972-744-4210 or at shanna.sims@cor.gov.

The City of Richardson recently adopted a Public Art Master Plan.

Key recommendations of the plan include:

• Carefully selecting public art projects that: reinforce the city’s design character, express the identity of Richardson’s neighborhoods, embrace the city’s diversification, engage people and display Richardson’s history.
• Identifying public art opportunities that speak to local identity and the city’s image
• The need for diversified funding sources for public art
• Input and involvement by the City Council, Cultural Arts Commission and key stakeholders in selecting future public art projects
• The importance of administrative guidelines to make sure that public art is representative of the community and continues to be conserved and maintained.

Public Artwalk Richardson

Public ArtWalk Richardson is a 2.8 mile walk that provides opportunities for those walking to discover public art works by notable Texas artists including Jim Cinquemani, Joseph Havel and Tom Orr and others. Green spaces and parks include Spring Creek Trail and Galatyn Woodland Preserve. The Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts anchors the south end of the walk, with shops and restaurants at City Line providing the northernmost point. Please click here to view a map of Public ArtWalk Richardson.