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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Arts And Cultural Commission - 02/10/2015 ARTS & CULTURAL COMMISSION Regular Meeting, February 10, 2015, 4:00 p.m. Parks & Recreation Conference Room, City Hall, 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, Texas MEMBERS P A MEMBERS P A STAFF 1. Duke,Paul X 6. Reinhardt-Mondragon, X Reba George Patricia 2. Gardiner, CarlaX 7. Rybak,Stephen X Tess Allan 3. Harrison, Cathy X 8. Schenk,Joe X ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4. Kisner,BradX 9. Sherman,Dianna X ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5. Mintz,Sean X Total: 6 3 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... I. CALL TO ORDER-The regular meeting of the Arts and Cultural Commission was called to order at 4:05 p.m. by Brad Kisner. II. ROLL CALL-The recording secretary called roll, announced quorum. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Regular Meeting, January 13, 2015 — Joe Schenk moved to approve the minutes as submitted. Stephen Rybak seconded. Minutes were unanimously approved. IV. PUBLIC COMMENT— None V. OLD BUSINESS Public Art Projects, Administration and Conservation Reba George gave a brief update for several ongoing projects. The Orion's Belt restoration is complete and the artist, Robert Perless, is very pleased with the work. The lighting at both the Selena Memorial and Orion's Belt is being replaced. And, contact was made with James Surls about his piece Six or Seven Flowers but there has been no response yet. K Space Murals After some discussion regarding the Dia de los Muertos mural and the Swimmers mural and recognizing the original intent of both of these murals to be temporary works of art Joe Schenk moved to have both the Dia de los Muertos mural and the Swimmers mural remain in the spirit originally presented to the Commission and not add them to the Permanent Art Collection. Stephen Rybak seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. VI. NEW BUSINESS Big Check Ceremony The Big Check presentation to the 2015 Arts Grant recipients will be on Tuesday, Feb 17th before the City Council meeting. Arrive at the City Council Chambers by 11:15. 2015 Arts Forum Brad Kisner led discussion regarding the 2015 Arts Forum. The date will be September 10, 2015 from 4 to 6 pm. Joe Schenk offered to host it at the Art Museum. Dianna Sherman will collect a sampling of local artists for the Commissioners to review for possible 2015 Star awards. City Staff will request Jim Bob McMillan from the Texas Commission on the Arts to come and give a brief presentation on Cultural Districts. There will be an announcement about the Arts Grants at the Forum. Information about the Forum will go out to local arts organizations in May. Collier Pool Reba George led discussion about the upcoming percent for art project at Collier Pool. The architect has set aside a wall for an easy to maintain mosaic. Reba has begun putting together a selection panel. Geocaching Patricia began discussion on possibly setting up a Geo tour of the Public Art Collection. City Staff will meet with Patricia to discuss a plan. 1 VII. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA Permanent Art Trust Fund Changes James Surls—Six or Seven Flowers Arts Forum Collier Pool VIII. ADJOURN Stephen Rybak moved to adjourn. Dianna Sherman seconded. Motion passed. Brad Kisner adjourned meeting at 5:08 p.m. Tess Allan, Recording Secretary 2