Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission
Minutes of April 8, 2009
Commission Room, City Hall
Present: Susan Craig, Christie Dobson, Grant Fitch, Donna Griffin, John Reeves, Amy Kelly, Dave Loewenstein, Kathy Porsch, Jane Pennington, Joanne Renfro
Absent: Matthew Herren
City Staff: Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager
A. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chair Amy Kelly.
B. The Minutes of the March meeting were reviewed and approved, with the correction that both works of art at the depot are noted for the public art navigator tour.
C. New Business
1. 2010 Budget: Commissioner Kelly discussed the budget request for the City’s 2010 budget. After discussion, there was consensus to request $31,050, which was the amount requested originally for 2009. There was brief discussion about a strategic plan question on the budget request submittal. It was requested that strategic plan information be forwarded to Cultural Arts Commissioners.
2. Mural Request: Background regarding a mural request submitted by Heather Reynolds-Nance was discussed, along with the mural review criteria. It was asked if the mural review criteria is on the website. Questions of clarification were asked of Ms. Reynolds-Nance. A motion was made by Commissioner Craig, seconded by Commissioner Loewenstein, to recommend approval of the mural to the City Commission. The motion passed unanimously.
D. Unfinished Business
Public Art Navigator: After discussion, Diane Stoddard indicated that she would forward the arts pieces to the coordinators of the public art navigator tour as directed.
E. Regular Agenda Items
1. Announcements from the Chair
No report.
2. Subcommittee Reports
A. ODSE: Commissioner Griffin reported that approximately 6 of the 8 sculptors have renewed, except Apparatus and Retraction, which were located at the Library and the Carnegie building. Commission Griffin also discussed Jan Gaumnitz’s request to have her new piece on display at the Arts Center. Ms. Stoddard added that Matt Moyer also offered a new piece for the $300 honorarium, and that George Paley had offered a piece for no cost. After discussion, there was a consensus that the artists be thanked, but that filling in these sites with un-juried pieces would not be pursued. It was suggested that it be determined what sculptures the City owned that were not on display. Ms. Stoddard was asked to contact the artists who offered their works, and also to contact the Library and Arts Center about the status of the exhibit this year.
B. Phoenix Awards: Commissioner Pennington verified that there would be budget available for the Phoenix Awards this year.
C. Website: Commissioner Herren was absent, no report. However, it was asked if Andrea should be paid since the website was operational. Also, it was discussed that Trent would still be doing website maintenance.
D. Fund-raising and Grants: No report.
E. Grants: No report.
F. Roundtable: Commissioner Pennington attended the Roundtable meeting earlier today and circulated flyers about upcoming events. She reported on an idea for a vanity license plate that was shared.
F. Commissioner Items
Commissioner Loewenstein reported that on April 21 at 7 pm, Arlene Goldbard will speak at Lawrence Arts Center about community arts non-profits. He indicated he would attend.
G: Staff Liaison Items
Ms. Stoddard passed along some correspondence and distributed copies of the adopted Administrative Policy Manual, as approved by the City Commission on March 24, 2009.
2009 Grant Applications:
There was significant discussion on the 25 grant applications that were received. It is noted that Commissioner Reeves and Commissioner Loewenstein indicated that they had a conflict of interest with the application submitted by Lawrence Corporation for the Advancement of the Visual Arts and did not participate in consideration of that application. After discussion, Commissioner Griffin moved to award the grants as shown below, in the amount of $7,260. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Pennington. The motion passed unanimously.
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Project Title Organization / contact |
Amount |
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$500 |
|
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Youth & Family Programming- Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships- |
$510 |
|
Functional Art Bike Rack for Lawrence Arts Center - Lawrence Central Rotary |
$500 |
|
High School Musical –Lawrence Community Theatre |
$1000 |
|
Out of Thin Air - Lawrence Corporation for the Advancement of the Visual Arts |
$1000 |
|
Iron Pour - Ministry of Sculpture |
$500 |
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Theater in the Park - Roger Hill Volunteer Center and Lawrence Youth Ensemble |
$1000 |
|
Baby Blues - Thunderbird Theatre Club Haskell |
$1000 |
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Creation/Imagination based drop in childcare - Trinity In-Home Care |
$500 |
|
Growing New Community Dance Series - Uptown Hoedown |
$750 |
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Total |
$7260 |
After motion by Commissioner Porsch, seconded by Commissioner Griffin, Meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Stoddard, Staff Liaison