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Welcome to Richardson Arts Online. Richardson's residents and businesses are provided with many opportunities for enjoyment of our local performing arts. The City of Richardson is committed to maintaining a superb quality of life for it's residents.
The City strongly supports cultural arts within the community by providing Financial Assistance to local arts groups through an arts grant program. Richardson has its own Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Community Band, Theatre Centre, Repertory Company Theatre, Chamber Music Society, Visual Art Society and a number of Ballet troupes and other Dance Groups. Explore Richardson Arts today!
Richardson Arts Groups
A page filled with useful links to different groups in Richardson.
Arts Commission Agendas
Agenda for the Richardson Cultural Arts Commission.
Arts Funding & Grants
The City of Richardson provides funding grants for local cultural arts. Arts Group Funding Grants are part of a group's yearly budget and support regular/ongoing productions.
Please contact artsgroups@cor.gov, if you need any additional information.
Richardson Cultural Arts Commission
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:
- Sandy Palisch, Chair
- Elizabeth Gonzalez, Vice-Chair
- Cynthia Roldan
- Ted Kollaja
- Amy Taylor
- Kevin Todora
- Brian Bentley
Meetings:
Meetings occur at 6:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month at the Temporary City Hall, Campbell Creek Room, 2360 Campbell Creek Blvd, Richardson, Texas, 75082. Agendas are available prior to each meeting.
Staff Liaison:
Please contact artsgroups@cor.gov, if you need any additional information.
Richardson Cultural Arts Website
The City of Richardson launched a new website April 1, 2014 that serves as a one-stop shop for information on local arts groups and events. ArtsinRichardson.com features calendar listings, links to local arts groups and the option to search for a particular type of event. The website is updated by the City and the 29 groups that receive grants through the Richardson Cultural Arts Commission. It also contains information from the City’s partner organizations, such as Richardson ISD, Plano ISD and UT Dallas.
The website is one of the first projects originating out of the strategies identified in the Cultural Arts Master Plan, developed by the City and Lord Cultural Resources in 2013. The master plan is designed to serve as a guide to help strengthen the arts community in Richardson by building synergies among the various performance arts groups and enhancing existing arts in the area.
The Cultural Arts Master Plan is a long-term planning document that provide conceptual layout to guide the future growth and development for the City of Richardson. The plan is created from findings from a broad and inclusive public engagement process.
Master planning is about making connections with the community, evaluating the buildings, social settings, surrounding environments, and gathering information from organizations and arts groups. The goal is to create clear and obtainable goals and objectives to help the city grow and develop.
Please contact artsgroups@cor.gov, if you need any additional information.
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.
| View the Plan |
View June 2014 Workshop Results |
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.
| Public Artwalk Richardson Map |
Traffic Signal Box Art Contest
The City of Richardson invites artists to compete for a public art commission to create art on a traffic signal box located throughout the community. This project will brighten city streetscapes, enhance community pride and create new opportunities for Richardson artists.
| View Contest Information |