This year we decided to take our annual report in a new direction — what does it take to make space for art? We want to empower you to make your mark, and if you need a little assistance, don’t forget to check out the services we may provide along the way. Read through the 2009 report and follow along below for extras.

Cultural Development Corporation Annual Report [PDF, 1.1 MB]

And as you dig into the details, please remember that CuDC is a non-profit organization. Your support makes all of this happen. Visit our support page to learn how you can help us continue to make space for art for you.

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brainstorm

• Extra pages! If you run out of room on the Spaces to Create form, find extra copies here.
• Download a mind-mapping program. Our favorite *free* (how we like it) program is FreeMind. Get a copy from the FreeMind wiki page.

plan your art space

• Extra pages! A copy of the Build an Art Space floorplan — Mather Studios’ first floor and home of Flashpoint’s Gallery, Mead Theatre Lab and Coors Dance Studio — may be found here.
• For the adventurous: Head over to Print Free Graph Paper to find the perfect tool to plot your own space.

close the deal

• Talk the talk — Check out our development terms primer to get started.
• Once the primer is old hat, visit:
  • Federal Trade Commission’s Real Estate Marketplace Glossary
  • Real Estate ABC
  • First American’s Real Estate Term Glossary

make space work — visual art

• Visit the Flashpoint Gallery page to find out more about the gallery and who is exhibiting in the space.

make space work — performing arts

• Visit the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint page to find out more about the performing arts program and what productions are in the space.
• Go to sourcedc.org to discover another model for performing arts space.

build creative infrastructure

• Source Festival is June 12 – July 3 this year, and with new Producer Jenny McConnell Frederick of Rorschach Theatre fame, this year’s event is not to be missed. Join our mailing list — and make sure you check the box to receive performing arts emails — to get the latest on the Festival.

create programming

• We provide a wide range of services to make space for art – everything from working on projects to house artists to providing grants to support the creation of new work. Explore what we do on our three websites: culturaldc.org, flashpointdc.org and sourcedc.org.

assemble an army

• It takes an army to make space for art. Find out more about the people who are working to make a viable creative economy in DC:
  • Meet the Board
  • Meet the Staff
  • Become a Volunteer

meet the artists

• Lorraine Ressegger of dog and pony dc
• Cory Oberndorfer of visual arts fame
• Photographers featured in the report:
  • Tom Kochel — Pics of the staff
  • Brandon Webster — Pics of installations in the Gallery
  • Colin Hovde of C. Stanley Photography — Pics of productions at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint and Source Festival