A DEPARTMENTIN ACTION

Chattanooga, Tennessee joins the ranks of progressive cities across the United States in having a Department of Education, Arts & Culture

EAC’s budget & what EAC provides citizens and out-of-town visitors:

$2.4 million pays for the operation and administration of two civic facilities, four civic and arts centers, and Education, Arts & Culture programs

In Chattanooga, Tennessee, the City Department of Education, Arts & Culture (EAC) serves over 300,000 clients in our community annually through over 2,800 unique programs and events

Civic Facilities and Film Commission

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium

Tivoli Theatre North River Civic Center Eastgate Senior Activity Center Heritage House Arts & Civic Center EAC Pottery Studio at John A. Patten

Recreation Center Chattanooga SE Tennessee Film

Commission

A Closer Look at the BudgetCIVIC FACILITIES 1,807,835 Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium Tivoli Theatre

CIVIC CENTERS 332,863 Eastgate Senior Activity Center Heritage House North River Civic Center EAC Pottery Studio

PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATION 453,391 Film Commission Literacy Outreach Connecting the Dots Summit School Workshops Marketing, Media, Event Promotions Student Media: blogs, newspapers, radio programs, and social media outreach Development (Grant-seeking, Sponsorship Presentations) EAC Administration: managing department, programs, and Film Commission Office

TOTAL FY13 BUDGET $ 2,594,089

How EAC saves taxpayer dollars and helps attract business & tourism

FILM=ECONOMIC IMPACTOver $20 million in local economic

impact from the Chattanooga SE Tennessee Film Commission—a division of EAC, recruiting major films, television, music videos, and commercials—more than pays the entire tab for the EAC budget in the last eight years.

GRAND TOTAL for EAC Economic Impact, Grants & Sponsorships

$27,194,904 TOTAL EAC Economic Impact, Grants & Sponsorships x 8 years

-$19,557,975 TOTAL EAC BUDGET to operate and administrate civic facilities x 8 years

$7,626,928 net impact (surplus)

NATIONAL RECOGNITION: EAC putting Chattanooga, Tennessee on the map NACOL Virtual Schools Symposium (Phoenix, AZ)

Connecting the Dots with Technology initiative addressing digital equity

Aging in Place Initiative (Washington, D.C.) report:"Building Partnerships: Creating a LivableChattanooga for All Ages“

National Education Association (Washington, D.C.)BULLY film screening and community-wide forum

Arts Education Partnership (Washington, D.C.)National Forum Plenary Session: What's Going On?Addressing Social Issues Like Bullying Through Arts & Literacy

Gandhi Worldwide Education InstituteGandhi Visits Chattanooga 2012 and first ever statewide “Season for Nonviolence: East Meets West” 2013

Historic Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium

Renovation and Revitalization Campaign for Chattanooga’s Veterans Memorial—Historic Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditoirum and Community Theatre

Annual FREE Veterans Day Concertin partnership with CSO.

Completion of ADA compliance and renovation of the Community Theatre.

Historic Tivoli Theatre

North River Civic Center

Art Classes , Dance Classes, and Digital Literacy Classes offered FREE or at low cost to the community.

FREE monthly Sunset Concert Series, made possible by corporate

sponsorships.

Eastgate Senior Activity Center

Aerobics and Exercise Classes, Dance Classes, Digital Literacy Classes , educational seminars and socials offered FREE or at low cost to the community.

AS SEEN ON CNN iREPORT:Cross-Generational Outreach with students from The Howard School

and senior residents at Mary Walker Towers

Heritage House Arts & Civic Center

Beautiful antebellum mansion available to rent for weddings, receptions, and parties. FREE art classes, songwriters open mic nights, film events, and annual partnership events like HubFest and Bark in the Park with Friends of East Brainerd & Parks and Recreation.

Hosted First Annual Gig City Film Festival, made possible by a grant

from the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music

Commission & Nashville Film Festival.

EAC Pottery Studio

OPEN STUDIO:Mondays, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmWednesdays, 3:00 pm - 9:00 pmSaturdays, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm$25 for 25 lbs. of clay, $10 per 3-hr. session$10 firing cost for one shelf

6-week courses “Beginning Thrown Pottery”

$200 for course, $25 for 25 lbs. of clay

Connecting the Dots with EAC… Programs, Partnerships, and Campaigns

Remember Your Dream signature addressing social issues through the arts

Connecting the Dots Summit exploring arts and social issues

Sisters Speak Out addressing domestic violence and prevention through arts

Boyz Inc. community-based male mentoring and tutoring

Connecting the Dots with Technology nationally recognized computer initiative

“What’s Going On?” literacy movement addressing social issues

ANTS celebrating Arts in Non-Traditional Spaces

Take the Lead Dance modeled after New York City program

Unbroken community building movement 

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

A Season for Nonviolence

Boyz Inc.

The Third Grade Challenge

A SEASON FOR NONVIOLENCE“A Season that Never Ends.”

Violence can happen anywhere… And it’s happening everywhere…

It’s up to us to stop it. It’s not any particular

neighborhood, school, or community because

where that bullet starts is not where that bullet

ends.

Someone gets hurt and we all pay the price.

Do you know how much a gunshot wound costs society?

As much as $38,000+ for the victim’sambulance and emergency room visit,

andpossibly surgery and hospital stay.

As much as an additional $38,000+ forincarceration of the shooter

TOTAL: Over $76,000+ per incident

What does a “Season for Nonviolence” look like in Chattanooga?

Recently Education, Arts & Culture invited Mahatma Gandhi’s

grandson to share his grandfather’s message of nonviolence

Across Chattanooga.

During Gandhi’s visit, our city officially proclaimed a “Season

For Nonviolence.”

“A Season for Nonviolence” East Meets West

East Meets West visit in partnership with Dr. Arun Gandhi, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN Dist. 9), and the National Civil Rights Museum, as well as Building Bridges students in Memphis and The Howard School Talented Tenth Class in Chattanooga.

The Howard School Talented Tenth Class visits City Council for “Season for Nonviolence”

East Meets West Kick-off

“Nobody fights with their thumbs out, take it to the top!”

Chattanooga and Memphis students create and agree on a state-wide, student led “Season for Nonviolence movement:

BOYZ INC.

Partnering on a national pilot for mentoring young men…

Homework Help Media Spotlights Service Learning Mentoring Role Model Moments with Mayors,

Judges, Inventors, Business Leaders Social Media

Boyz Inc. pilots

>>VOLUNTEER to become a Boyz Inc. mentor or “Role Model of the Week” at a location near you.

Pilot at the Downtown Library Branch included guest speaker Federal Court Judge Curtis Collier.

First Day at The Howard School with Role Model of the Week WRCB Channel 3’s Antwan Harris who led a workshop on “Communication Skills”

THE THIRD GRADE CHALLENGEAND COMING SOON…

Third Grade Literacy Rate…

We know prisons are built on the third gradeliteracy rate and we can change that.

Join the next phase of our “What’s Going On?”literacy movement with THE THIRD GRADECHALLENGE.

>>SPONSOR a book section for your local library branch,recreation center, community center or faith-basedpartner.

>>READ to kids afterschool, help them acquire the readingskills they need to be at grade level by THIRD GRADE.

***EAC has $40,000 in pending grant applications to fundThird Grade Challenge literacy outreach with books and iPads.

Education, Arts & CultureCreate. Connect. Collaborate. Communicate.

We’re connecting the dots, one artist, one social service agency, one community at a time—an Unbroken City of

Compassion.

Missy CrutchfieldAdministrator