Boise City Arts Commission
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the Boise City Arts Commission's actions and activities, including its administration, finances, events, and public art projects. The records include correspondence, meeting minutes, governing documents, newspaper articles, plans and drawings, reports, surveys, promotional material, and budgets. The collection also contains photographic documentation of events, performing arts organizations, and public artworks.
Dates
- 1978-2008
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Biographical / Historical
The Boise City Arts Commission was established through Ordinance No. 4272 by the Boise City Council on August 14, 1978. The commission comprised 15 members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council; the 1999 by-laws allowed one member to be under 21 years old. The commission met monthly to advise and assist the city council with developing, coordinating, and promoting all forms of the arts.
The Boise City Arts Commission’s vision was to forge bold partnerships that energize the city’s artistic life—making art, in all its variations, an integral part of everyday experience and a vivid expression of Boise’s diversity, depth, and dreams. The commission’s mission was to enhance the culture of the Boise community by providing leadership, advocacy, and support for the arts.
Coinciding with the establishment of the Department of Arts & History, the commission was renamed the Boise City Arts & History Commission in March 2008.
Extent
5.5 Cubic Feet (19 archival boxes, 4 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in four series. The series arrangement of the records is as follows:
Series 1: Events and Projects
Series 2: Administrative
Series 3: Public Art
Series 4: Images
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Boise Banner Project Invitation (1994) on 3 ½ inch floppy disk. Fettuccine Forum and Art and Roadways presentations on CD in Microsoft PowerPoint. Arts for Kids: Collister Neighborhood is stored on CD as jpegs.
Physical Location
Materials are stored offsite; advance notice is required.
Custodial History
Created or compiled by Boise City Arts Commission staff. The Boise City Department of Arts & History maintained the records after the department’s establishment in 2008.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing Information
Arrangement scheme imposed during processing in the absence of usable original order. Folder titles were maintained when available, otherwise, titles were devised by the archivist.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Annie Schmid
- Date
- 2024-10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Collections Repository