Top 10 Priorities

The Cultural Arts Plan provides 94 different Action Item Recommendations that the City, the Cultural Arts Commission, and other partners can use to plot out the future of cultural arts activities in the City. The following “Top 10” list represents a priority list of activities that the City and partners can take action on now in order to lay the groundwork for short- and long-term success. These action items will set the stage for the next act of cultural arts in Garland.

1. Establish a Public Art Policy for the City of Garland (Action Item 6.1.2)

2. Adopt a Percent for Art Program (Action Item 6.1.1)

3. Develop a plan and secure funding for non-rental programming at

City of Garland performing arts facilities and other locations (Action

Item 1.2.2 and the “Performing Arts Facilities Approach” in the plan)

4. Develop Downtown Square programming (Action Item 1.2.1)

5. Expand opportunities for neighborhood and downtown murals, including participatory murals (Action Item 1.1.3)

ABOVE: Local artist and artisan Scott Miller paints Adirondack chairs in the downtown square.

6. Establish a staff Cultural Arts working group of 5-6 people from different departments to inform and coordinate on all cultural arts activities that are happening between departments, foster interdepartmental coordination, and share resources (Action Item 6.2.1)

7. Secure a State of Texas Cultural District Designation for Downtown

Garland (Action Item 4.3.1)

8. Create Mobile Cultural Arts Activations (Action Item 1.1.9)

9. Develop more pop-up galleries and activities (Action Item 1.3.2)

10. Continue to develop the GISD/GCAC/PRCD relationship and partnerships (Action Items 2.2.1, 2.2.2, and 2.2.3)