| May
1997 |
San José
City Council approves the “20/21 Regional Cultural Plan”
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| Jan. 1998 |
Arts and Cultural Education Task Force
convenes. Forty educators, funders, arts professionals and civic leaders
take part in designing a comprehensive arts education program. |
| July
1998 |
Cultural Initiatives
files Articles of Incorporation with State of California Arts and
Cultural Education Task Force presents their first report |
| Feb. 1999 |
Cultural Initiatives receives its
501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Cultural Initiatives forms Arts and Cultural Education Pilot Implementation
Committee to implement task force recommendations |
| April
1999 |
Creative Education
Program awards $90,000 in recognition grants to 15 schools and two
public agencies for outstanding arts and cultural education programs
— reaching over 30,000 children |
| May 1999 |
Cultural Initiatives announces Creative
Education Initiative, seeks letters of intent for full proposals |
| June
1999 |
San José
Museum of Art hosts press event to announce formal launch of Cultural
Initiatives Silicon Valley, with Dr. Harry J. Saal as Board President
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| Oct. 1999 |
Creative Education Program awards
first round of school grants to 15 sites in Santa Clara County, totaling
$400,837 |
| Jan.
2000 |
Cultural Initiatives
names John Kreidler, formerly of the San Francisco Foundation, Executive
Director |
| Feb. 2000 |
Cultural Initiatives forms Community
& Neighborhood Arts Program, beginning with study of indicators
of cultural and creative activity in Silicon Valley on behalf of the
Knight Foundation |
| Oct. 2000 |
Cultural Initiatives
launches is.C3, an interactive cultural simulation game on CD-ROM,
at a special preview event at McKinsey and Company. |
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With the Smithsonian Institute, the
Creative Education Program sponsors a one-day conference for K-12
teachers and arts providers to explore cultural collaboration opportunities,
raising awareness for teachers on available arts resources |
| Jan. 2001 |
Collaborative Economics publishes
the Creative Communities paper, commissioned by Cultural Initiatives
and guided by cultural and creativity indicators advisors. |
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| March 2001 |
Cultural Initiatives announces landmark
partnership with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; receives
first year grant of $2.1M. |
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| June 2001 |
Creative Education Program announces
second round of schools grants totaling $770,000. |
| Aug. 2001 |
The Creative Education Program partners with the
Bay Area California Arts Project to offer the "Summer Arts Intensive"
providing elementary teachers with hands-on arts experiences and training
in standards-based lesson design. |
| Oct. 2001 |
Cultural Initiatives launches the
da Vinci Forums, a quarterly series featuring thought-provoking artists,
authors, and opinion-leaders leading discussions about the nature
of art, culture and community. Co-sponsored by the Tech Museum of
Innovation and the Community Foundation Silicon Valley, the inaugural
Forum features Sir Peter Hall, renowned urban historian and author
of Cities in Civilization. |
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| Nov. 2001 |
Cultural Initiatives adds Kim Polese,
Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Marimba Corporation, to the
Board of Directors.
Creative Education Program launches a series of symposia to exchange
current research, best practices, and viable models for in-school
arts education. The first symposium features renowned arts education
researcher James Catterall. |
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| February 2002 |
Cultural Initiatives continues the
da Vinci Forums with former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. Twenty-five
business and community leaders were riveted by his discussion of poetry
and its broad appeal and meaning and its ability to build social bonds
across divided communities. |
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| March 2002 |
The Creative Education Program hosts a symposium
on School-Based Arts Education Initiatives; features a panel of presenting
organizations that include the East Bay Community Foundation, the
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, and the Cultural Education
Collaborative of North Carolina. |
| May 2002 |
The Creative Education program hosts the "Arts
Integration Success Stories & Arts Provider Expo" symposium
for school grant sites and arts and cultural education organizations.
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| July 2002 |
Cultural Initiatives releases the results of a
ground-breaking survey on the health of the arts and cultural sector
of Silicon Valley. Commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation, the "Creative Community Index" is released at
a public event at the Tech Museum of Innovation, featuring a keynote
address by Carnegie Mellon Professor Richard Florida. |
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| Aug. 2002 |
The Creative Education Program offers the second
annual Summer Arts Intensive series, continuing its collaboration
with the Bay Area California Arts Project. |
| Sep. 2002 |
Cultural Initiatives adds four new Board members:
Todd flynn, CEO, Bluebridge Corporation; Ann Gralnek, independent
consultant in philanthropy; Christine Harris, Co-Chair, Connections
Beyond the Classroom; and Kim Walesh, Principal and Founder, Collaborative
Economics. |
| Nov. 2002 |
Renowned film, Broadway and television actor Giancarlo
Esposito is the guest speaker at the da Vinci Forums. |
| Jan. 2003 |
Cultural Initiatives adds Laura Jason as the new
Associate Director. |
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