City of Culver City, California
Agenda Item Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council and Successor Agency Board (1) consider the
amount of in-kind financial assistance for and potential City sponsorship of the Los
Angeles Antiques Art + Design Show; and (2) approve a related license agreement.
BACKGROUND:
The Los Angeles Antiques Art + Design Show (“Event”) is an annual event founded
and organized by the Antiques Dealers Association of California (ADAC) and
produced by Rosemary Krieger and Gordon Merkle of Dolphin Promotions. The
Event provides a forum for up to 50 curated exhibitors from across the world to
showcase to the public rare and collectible furniture, decorative, and fine arts. Many
of the items on display are offered for sale. After being held for the last 17 years in
Santa Monica, the Event has found a new home with logistical upgrades at the
3Labs space in the Hayden Tract at 8461 Warner Avenue.
The Event begins with an opening night party on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 to
benefit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), where up to 750 guests,
including high-end art/furniture collectors, experts, celebrities, and benefactors will
enjoy a preview of the show. From October 10-13, 2013, the Event will be open to
the public during the day with an entry fee of $20, and there will be additional
ancillary events on certain evenings. The public days have attracted about 500
people per day in the past and expected attendance is approximately 3,000
attendees throughout the entire event (See Attachment 1 for the event details.).
Meeting Date: 08/26/2013 Item Number: J-1
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD AGENDA ITEM: (1)
Consideration of the Amount of In-Kind Assistance for and Possible City
Sponsorship of the Los Angeles Antiques Art + Design Show Event; and (2) (If
Desired) Approval of a Related License Agreement for the Event.
Contact Person/Dept.:
Jeremy Green/City Clerk’s Office
Phone Number:
(310) 253-5859
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [ ] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [ ] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification: LA Antiques Art + Design Show Producers (08/20/13); Meetings and
Agendas – City Council (08/20/13).
Department Approval:
Martin R. Cole (08/19/13)
City Attorney Approval:
Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (08/19/13)
Chief Financial Officer Approval:
Jeff Muir (by N. Kimball) (08/20/13)
City Manager Approval:
John M. Nachbar (08/20/13) City of Culver City, California
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DISCUSSION:
Having worked successfully with the City of Palm Springs for over 14 years on their
Modernism show and Santa Monica for 17 years for prior Antiques Art + Design
Shows, Dolphin Promotions is aware of how important it is to develop mutually
beneficial partnerships. They plan to work with Culver City staff, as well as Cultural
Affairs Commission and Cultural Affairs Foundation Board Members, to promote
Culver City as a Cultural City and to help contribute to that moniker.
The event planners will partner in many ways with the City of Culver City and have
agreed to provide:
• A special offer for free entry to Culver City Residents, when they show their
I.D. (and a method to track how many residents and non-residents attend.)
• A donation of $1 for every paid entry to the Cultural Affairs Foundation to help
provide funding for cultural affairs programs. (Average paid attendance in
past years reached approximately 2,000.)
• Invitation to the Culver City arts community (Architects, Designers, Art Gallery
Owners, Design Students, City Council, Cultural Affairs Commission, and
Cultural Affairs Foundation Board members) to the Friday night 1
st
Dibs Panel
discussion and networking reception.
They have also reached out to private Culver City organizations (with plans for more
partnerships to come) as follows:
• Creating at least one event with the Willows School at the Event’s location.
• Culver Hotel is the official hotel of the Event and already has reservations
confirmed for many of the international exhibitors that will stay in Culver City
for the entire week.
The Event planners are aware of the need to find sufficient parking and are working
on several solutions, including potential use of the parking lot immediately adjacent
to the 3Labs building at 8461 Warner Avenue for the opening fundraiser, use of
Culver City-owned parking areas (the downtown structures as well as at Parcel B on
the 3 days that it is available) and utilizing a private shuttle service for exhibitors
and/or attendees. This will all be finalized through the special event permit process.
Financial Assistance
On March 26, 2012, the City Council approved methods of assistance that could be
provided to events, with limited impacts on the General Fund:
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• Waiver of property rental fees
• Provision of in-kind equipment rental
• In-kind staff services during regular business hours
Staff recommends that the Successor Agency Board consider waiving property
rental fees in the amount of $500.00 for use of Parcel B on October 10, 11, 13
(October 12
th
is potentially unavailable because of the proposed Dogtown Crossfit
Crush Cancer event) and $150 for 25 vehicles at $6/vehicle at the Ince Parking
Structure for one day and provide in-kind staff time valued at $1,250 to the event.
Dolphin Promotions will be required to pay any hard costs for City staff for hours
outside of normal business hours, as well as for permit fees for the event. (Please
see Attachment 2 for expected City costs for the Event.)
City Sponsorship
If the Event were to be specifically designated as a City-sponsored event, the
organization would be allowed to post banners in the public right-of-way. The Event
will also place banners in the City of Los Angeles and other locations to promote the
Culver City event.
To be categorized as a “sponsored” event by the City, an event must meet with
criteria set forth in Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC) Section 17.330.040.B.7.b.ii.,
confirming that the City is (a) participating in an official capacity in the planning,
preparation or promotion of the event or activity; and (b) contributing 25% of the total
estimated costs of the civic event or activity or at least $1,000, whichever is less.
This contribution may take the form of funds, labor, staff time, materials, a waiver of
fees, or any combination thereof. If approved by the City Council, the City would be
contributing at least $1,000 in waivers to the event.
The CCMC requires both (a) AND (b) conditions be satisfied. Additionally, in order
for an event to be considered City-sponsored, the City Council must determine, by
specific action, that the above criteria have been met.
Should the Event be designated a sponsored event and the organizers elected to
have banners installed, Dolphin Promotions will be responsible for the costs of
production of any banners and for the installation and removal fees by The Amgraph
Group, the City’s approved contractor. In addition, the Event organizer will be
required to prominently display Culver City’s logo and indicate that it is a City-
sponsored event.
The 50 light pole banner trial locations, approved by City Council in 2010 are located
in Downtown Culver City. IndieCade occurs the week before this event and Dogtown
Crossfit’s Crush Cancer event is proposed to occur at the same time. All three City of Culver City, California
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events want to be approved to place banners in Downtown. City staff will work to
determine the best layout of those banner locations, but final decisions are based
upon whoever submits their applications and payments first. Staff recommends that,
because the event takes place in the Hayden Tract, that the City Council also allow
the Event to place banners along Washington Boulevard to Helms Avenue, east of
downtown toward La Cienega Boulevard and/or along National Boulevards (for a
total of 80 banners throughout the City). There are past precedents for use of those
banner locations for City and City-sponsored events and programs, including Pacific
Standard Time, along east Washington Boulevard locations and the recently
approved Arts District Banner locations. Placement of these banners would not
interfere with the Culver City Arts District banners recently approved by the City
Council as part of the City’s official recognition of the Arts District.
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
Dedication of in-kind staff time to the event would mean a reduced availability of staff
time for other City efforts but would otherwise not cause an impact to the General
Fund.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Event Information
2. City Fees and costs for the event
MOTION:
That the City Council:
1. Determine what level of in-kind financial assistance to provide to Dolphin Promotions
related to the 2013 Los Angeles Antiques Art + Design Show Event in an amount of
$ or $________ (some other amount determined by the City Council); and,
2. (In the case such in-kind financial assistance is determined to be at least
$1,000), consider designating the 2013 Los Angeles Antiques Art + Design Show
Event as a City Sponsored Event; and,
That the Successor Agency Board:
3. Approve a License Agreement between the Successor Agency and Dolphin
Promotions for the use of Successor Agency properties including the waiver of
the customary rental fees (if desired); and, City of Culver City, California
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4. Authorize the Successor Agency General Counsel to review/prepare the
necessary documents; and
5. Authorize the Executive Director to execute such documents on behalf of the
Successor Agency.
MEETING DATE: August 26, 2013
AGENDA ITEM: (1) Consideration of the Amount of In-Kind Assistance for
and Possible City Sponsorship of the Los Angeles
Antiques Art + Design Show Event; and (2) (If Desired)
Approval of a Related License Agreement for the Event.
ATTACHMENTS
Pages
1. Event Information 1-11
2. City Fees and costs for the event 12
Opening Night Party
Wednesday Oct 9, 2013
benefiting the Decorative Arts
and Design Council of the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
3Labs
8461 Warner Drive
Culver City, California
losangelesantiqueshow.com
Oct 9-13, 2013
18TH ANNUAL
MISSION STATEMENT
LOS ANGELES ANTIQUES ART +
DESIGN SHOW
TThe Los Angeles Antiques Art + Design Show
(LAAADS) will be held October 9-13, 2013 at the recently
refurbished 3Labs Studios in the Hayden Tract of Culver
City. After having been held for the past 17 years at the
Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, the move to this dynamic
new venue is an exciting turn for the venerable event.
LAAADS is Southern California’s premier antiques
event and one of the most important and anticipated
shows of the year for both dealers and collectors. With
45 participating exhibitors from across the United
States, Canada, France, Denmark and England, the show
draws thousands of design patrons including serious
collectors, museum curators, dealers, decorators, and
students, from both Southern California and the world.
National and international exhibitors in the show
present an extraordinary collection of rare and beautiful
antique furniture, decorative and fine arts that reflect all
periods from ancient to the twenty-first century. The
event provides a timeline of design history, not limited to but possibly including 15th century B.C. Bronze Age
artifacts, 3rd century B.C. Greek and Roman vessels and coins, 14th century Japanese porcelain, and 18th century
French and English furniture. LAAADS has recently expanded its range to include 20th and 21st century design,
including Art Deco and mid-century modern, to works by cutting-edge contemporary artists and designers,
which provides a provocative insight into how modern designers are inspired by traditional design.
The opening night party, which benefits the Decorative Arts and Design Council of the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, brings together VIPs and celebrities from the worlds of design, fashion, art, entertainment and
culture for a special preview and early-buying opportunity. Over 750 guests mingle at one of the top art and design
events in the country, enjoying cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and music while previewing the room-setting vignettes of
some of the most respected dealers in the world.
On opening night, world-renowned photographer Tim Street Porter and his wife, noted author Annie Kelly,
will be presented the prestigious annual LACMA design leadership award. Additional art and design-focused
presentations are being organized now and will be announced soon.
LAAADS also presents a rich educational opportunity through its lectures and design discussions which are
targeted toward design professionals but also open to the general public. For the fifth year, premier national sponsor
1stdibs will host an event on Friday evening entitled DESIGN LA which invites Southern California architects,
interior designers, and design students to attend a cocktail reception and panel discussion moderated by founder
and president Michael Bruno. This event has attracted over 150 attendees annually for the past several years and is
also open to all show attendees.
ATTACHMENT 1
1Besides its significant economic impact benefiting
hotels, restaurants, galleries, museums, shopping
and other spending by the many affluent collectors
and dealers it will bring to Culver City, LAAADS’
offers the city a new and significant major cultural
event which is well known nationally and interna-
tionally in the art and design world, ranking it
among other world-class art destinations including
New York, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, London,
Basel, Paris and Hong Kong.
Corporate sponsorship for LAAADS will be
provided by 1stdibs, Donghia, and the Hearst
Design Group, which includes the prominent
design publications Elle Décor, House Beautiful,
and Veranda. The event is organized by the
Antiques Dealers Association of California, and
managed by Dolphin Promotions.
The Los Angeles Antiques Art + Design Show
looks forward to a long and rewarding relationship
with the City of Culver City, and appreciates the
enthusiasm the city staff has shown thus far towards
our bringing this event to Culver City.
Additional proposed benefits of LAAADS to the City of Culver City:
• Partnership with the Culver Hotel as the official hotel of LAAADS. Several national and international
exhibitors have already made reservations under the LAAADS room block for event.
• Partnership with the Willows School to provide arts enrichment for students and their families, including a
scavenger hunt for students within the event, and an outing with world-renowned photographer Tim Street-
Porter leading students on a photo shoot in the neighborhood.
• A special day offering free show admission for Culver City residents to be publicized on the City’s website and
cable channel.
• A special invitation offering complimentary admission to the Culver City arts community, including
architects, artists, designers, gallery owners, and city council members, including the Design LA reception
and panel discussion hosted by 1stdibs at LAAADS on Friday evening, October 11.
• LAAADS will donate $1 of each general admission ticket sold to the Culver City Cultural Affairs Foundation.
2Fifty prestigious national and international
exhibitors presenting an extraordinary
collection of rare and beautiful antique
furniture, decorative, and fine arts that
reflect all periods from ancient times to the
twenty-first century.
OCTOBER 9-13, 2013
Opening Night Preview Party
W ednesday October 9, 2013
benefiting the Decorative Arts and Design Council
of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
3T
he Los Angeles Antiques, Art + Design Show is an
annual art and design event founded and organized
by the Antique Dealers Association of California
(ADAC), and produced by Dolphin Promotions. Held at
3LABS Studios in Culver City, the weekend-long event show-
cases an international collection of fine art and significant eigh-
teenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century antiques and design
from the world’s most renowned dealers, while welcoming 300
leading design professionals and their clients, important collec-
tors, and well-established representatives from the design and
lifestyle media. Formerly known as the Los Angeles Antiques
Show, the fair was renamed the Los Angeles Antiques, Art +
Design Show in 2012 in order to better reflect the diversity of the
Los Angeles creative community and, for the first time, incorpo-
rate dealers of both contemporary art and twenty-first-century
design.
To achieve the goal of emphasizing only the “best” in each re-
spective field, presenting antiquarians and art dealers are hand-
picked and invited only after a comprehensive review of his or
her unique inventory. The qualifying pieces are authenticated by
several vetting committees comprised of accomplished and
venerated experts in their respective fields.
ABOUT THE
LOS ANGELES ANTIQUES,
ART + DESIGN SHOW
4Founded in 1924, ADAC is a group of knowledgeable dealers
pledged to integrity and fair dealing in the buying and selling
of antiques. Members are experts in their fields, with invento-
ries ranging from seventeenth-century baroque to Americana,
from eighteenth-century ceramics to fine rugs and textiles,
from fine art to Asian antiquities, and the additions in twenty-
first-century design. ADAC is committed to constantly
evolving the show’s inventory to address the sophisticated and
discerning tastes of this unique and changing marketplace.
Dolphin Promotions’ antiques and modernism shows are
among the leading venues for antiques and twentieth-century
decorative and fine arts in North America, including the New
Y ork 20th Century Art and Design Fair (NYC20), San Fran-
cisco 20th Century Art and Design Fair (SF20), Palm Springs
Modernism Show, Los Angeles Modernism Show, Miami
National Antiques Show, and the Palm Beach Winter
Antiques Show.
ABOUT ADAC
ABOUT DOLPHIN
PROMOTIONS
5E
stablished in 1975, the Decorative Arts and Design Council (DADC) is a support
group for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Decorative Arts and Design
Department. Council membership contributions and proceeds from council fund-
raisers help the department to acquire significant works of art for LACMA’s permanent
collection, support related special exhibitions, and fund other departmental priorities.
Since the department does not have an endowment fund, profits garnered from the DADC’s
fundraising efforts are essential to enhancing and expanding the museum’s decorative arts
and design collection. DADC members receive invitations to thought-provoking lectures,
curator-led tours of special exhibitions, private studio visits, tours of collectors’ homes,
organized trips, and special exhibition preview receptions.
ABOUT THE DECORA TIVE ARTS AND DESIGN COUNCIL
OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
6PROMOTION & EXPOSURE
Magazine Ads
Street Banners
Website
Signage Opportunities
Red Carpet
716th Annual Los Angeles Antique Show
People.com - Stylewatch
April 14, 2011
APRIL 13-17 2011
LOS ANGELES
Antiques Show
For four days, start-
ing April 13, Barker
Hangar, at the Santa
Monica Airport, will
be transformed into a
giant showroom fea-
turing antique ?x-
tures and furniture
from around the
world. Look forward
to the annual Los
Angeles Antiques
Show.
This celebrity studded event kicks off with a Gala on Wednesday ,
April 13th, and continues through Sunday . The dealers will be with
their exhibits, so there is expert advice available for interior design
projects. This Expo is the highlight of the season, and it just keeps
getting better and better.
Go to losangelesantiqueshow.com for all the information on the Expo
and the planned activities.
BARKER HANGAR AT THE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT
IN HOLLYWOOD MAGAZINE 52
The event kicks off with a Gala
Opening on Wednesday night.
Barker Hangar will be
decorated to the nines for the
Los Angeles Antiques Show,
April 13 - 17. It will be four
days of shopping, buying and
decorating. Intermingle with
celebrities, stars, architects,
and designers. Get ideas for
you own project. Eveyone who
is anyone will be there. Don’t
miss this show.
Tickets are available online or
at the door.
by Jon Bogart
PAST PRESS
8Heidi Klum
Kelly Wearstler
Lynda Resnick
Justin Chambers
Steven Gambrel
Courteney Cox Maria Arena Bell and
Blythe Danner
Marcia Cross
Jane Seymour
Lily Collins
Molly Sims
Barclay Butera and
Kathryn Ireland
Dita Von Teese
Chris Klein
Barbra Streisand
PAST ATTENDEES
9PAST SPONSORS
10Joshua Carmichael Fearnley
josh@periodmedia.com
Matt Walker
matt@periodmedia.com
310.275.0070
www.periodmedia.com
Gordon Merkle
gordon@dolphinfairs.com
954.563.6747
www.dolphinfairs.com
CONTACT
SPONSORSHIP CONTACT
Matt Walker
matt@periodmedia.com
310.275.0070
SHOW INFORMATION
PRESS CONTACT
11LOS ANGELES ANTIQUES, ART + DESIGN SHOW COSTS
COSTS RECOMMENDED FOR WAIVER
Property Rental Fees
Parcel B (per week) $500.00
25 Parking spaces for vendors for one day x $6) 150.00
In-Kind Staff Costs
Staff Time (In Kind Cost for coordination, PW, and PRCS staff) 1,250.00
TOTAL WAIVED COSTS $1,900.00
HARD COSTS (To be paid for by Producer)
Staff Time (During Event)
TBD TBD
Permit Fees
Business Tax Certificate and Vendor Permit fees $156.00
Special event permit fee 150.00
Vendor fees TBD
Recycle/Waste Permit fee 125.00
Banner permit fee 117.00
Banner 4% surcharge for permit/install 46.68
TOTAL HARD COSTS $594.68
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