Exit Lenox Cultural Council Community Input Survey The Lenox Cultural Council is collecting opinions to help us set our funding priorities over the next few years. Please take a moment to complete this confidential survey no later than June 15, 2024. Question Title * 1. Were you aware that individual artists, schools and community groups can apply for grants from the Lenox Cultural Council? Yes No Question Title * 2. What do you think should be the most important priorities the Lenox Cultural Council considers when awarding funds? Community-wide gatherings: festivals, concerts, plays Nature, science and environmental education projects Projects celebrating local history Projects celebrating cultural diversity Stand-alone concerts in various locations Supporting local theater groups Arts education in the schools Field trips for students to museums or performances Local cable programming Professional development of local artists through community projects Other Question Title * 3. Is there a particular population segment we should try to reach through public funding of cultural projects? Please check up to 3 preferences. Families Low Income Teens Seniors Immigrant communities Communities of color People with disabilities Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. This year, we have awarded grants to the following organizations and activities. Please put a check mark by those you have attended in the past or anticipate attending in the future. Arts in Recovery for Youth Berkshire Bach Society's Messiah Sing! Berkshire Concert Choir's The Sounds of Music Berkshire Music School's Lenox Loves Music Berkshire Pulse, Inc. Berkshire South Regional Community Center's Ukulele Band & Berkshire Sings! Birch Festival's Spring Festival 2024 Cantilena Chamber Choir's Martin Luther King Celebration Center for Peace through Culture Festival Latino of the Berkshires Great Barrington Public Theater's Berkshire Voices 2024 Reading Series Greenagers, Inc. IS183's Berkshire Artist Residency at Ventfort Hall Lenox Chamber of Commerce's Musid in the Market (Farmer's Market) Lenox Library Association's Gaia Roots World Music Ensemble Performance Jay Mankita's Maker Space Build-Along David Neill's Jazz Bones Music Concert Nutshell Playhouse at the Lenox Library Olga Dunn Dance Company Sunhwa Reiner's Pop-Up Choir Berkshires Shakespeare & Company's 2024 Fall Festival of Shakespeare Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center The Stockbridge Sinfonia Lara Tupper's Scarlet Letters: Writing Prompts from Berkshire Writers Natalie Tyler's Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood WAM Theatre Question Title * 5. What additional arts, cultural, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs or services are you aware of and feel are important to encourage and support? Question Title * 6. What do you consider to be important issues relating to culture in our community? (e.g., neighborhood revitalization, artists' living and working spaces, special population group needs, school system needs, etc.)? Question Title * 7. If affiliated with a cultural organization, what are the most significant challenges you or your organization expect to be facing in the next two years? Question Title * 8. Other comments/suggestions Done