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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes Arts And Cultural Commission - 08/14/2008 Z ��n t516 n-,., ARTS & CULTURAL COMMISSION ^,.(1/ Regular 4779, 9c Regular Meeting, Thursday, August 14, 2008,4:30 p.m. t,. 00 Sixth Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christ*,Texan 2008 a AlL R� -- MEMBERS I -P-....L...-- -!— __ ...... MEMBERS .... — �....._._....P ._.. A — cCsTAFF • I A, 1 �r Lii�r-Gti_i 4:, 1. Berlanga, David (2) ❑ E 10. Prewitt,Judith, Dr ❑ ® Chri�' mtner OFFICE ',,��' ----i— 11) ._-_.... �. .� 2. Bilaye-Benibo, Gloria ® I [] 11. Pena, Joe ® El Karen Dawson -- ,, _(1) i...._.. 3. Frederick, Kim(3) _® n 12. Pena, Kristi (3) ❑ I ® I Wes Vardeman ®— 4. Garcia, Beto 13. Schenk,Joe I. 5. Grove, Ed (1) 4.1E 1 0 1 14. Stewart, Anne(2) . Z. ❑ 1 ' 6. Hilliard, Joe 2 i 0 i 15.Trimble, Frank 1 • I I- 7. Hovda Heidi ; 16. Vacant 1 • 8. Jones, Lynda ® i El L17.Vacant El . —...._.._ E 9. LaBarrett, Joye ! ® I ❑ i Total: 11 6 • I. CALL TO ORDER -The Regular Meeting of the Arts and Cultural Commission was called to order at 4:43 p.m. by Chair, Ed Grove. II. ROLL CALL -The recording secretary called roll, announced quorum. III. HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC - none IV. ACT ON ABSENCES Lynda Jones made a motion to excuse Beto Garcia's absence for this meeting, July 10'h. Frank Trimble seconded. Motion passed. V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Regular Meeting, July 10 Kim Fredrick made a motion to accept the July l0"' minutes as submitted. Joe Schenk seconded. Motion passed. VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS a. Performing Arts-Joye LaBarrett - Did not meet. Letter from Art Center director, Bob Baker concerning the 2008 Festival of the Arts location. The Festival events may extend for one month. Sister City Committee is wanting to be involved. Need funding to replace the withdrawn Parks and Recreation funding. Volunteers needed. b. Visual Arts - Lynda Jones—Committee elected officers. Discussed Art Center request, three galleries have been identified for the Festival. Committee recommends putting Michael Manjaris recognition plaque at the American Bank Center for complete project management of the Arena Art. Also recommend recognizing Mariposa with a plaque for their$50,000 donation if proper proof is submitted. She noted that the Vandable controversy was continuing. She stated that James Hetherington was close to Council approval as the artist for Fire Station 17 art work. She passed out additional Public Art piece condition reports and asked for help with inspections. Ms. Jones said that the artist was contracted concerning the Selena statue repair. She also passed along her opinion that the Jimenez piece at the Convention Center patio needs to have a barrier around it. c. Cultural Enrichment-Joe Hilliard — No report d. Youth Arts Development-Ed Grove — No Report e. Subgrant-Joye LaBarrett—The scores of all the subgrant applications was passed around. The corrected amount of eligible project applications was $67,920. Ad Hoc Committees f. Arts Incubator- Ed Grove reported that Patrick Richards does incubator work now and he could be used as a resource. Ms. LaBarrett said that she has discussed an ACC presence at Heritage Park with city staff. VII. NEW BUSINESS (DISCUSSION / POSSIBLE ACTION) NEW BUSINESS (DISCUSSION I POSSIBLE ACTION) a. Election of Officers—Chair: Lynda Jones was nominated by Joe Hilliard, seconded by Joe Schenk and elected. Vice-Chair: Heidi Hovda was nominated by Joe Schenk, seconded by Joe Hilliard and elected. Performing Arts Committee Chair: Kim Fredericks was nominated by Joe Schenk, seconded by Joe r.,.,ard and elected. Visual Arts Committee C,._ Joe Pena was nominated by Joe Schenk, seconded by Joe Hilliard, and elected. Cultural Enrichment Committee Chair: Joe Hilliard was nominated by Heidi Hovda, seconded by Joe Schenk and elected. Youth Arts Development Chair: Gloria Bilaya-Benibo was nominated by Joe Hilliard, seconded by Joe Pena however she declined and the election was deferred. Subgrant Chair: Joye LaBarrett was nominated by Joe Schenk, seconded by Lynda Jones and elected. The Arts Incubator Ad Hoc Chair election was deferred. b. Will ACC produce the 2009 Festival of the Arts? Heidi Hovda made a motion to hold the festival the last weekend of March, Joe Hilliard seconded. The motion passed with Lynda Jones opposed. c. Plan for 2009 Festival of the Arts. The Art Center formally notified the Commission that it wanted to have the Festival of the Arts held at its facility. Heidi Hovda made motion to hold the Festival of the Arts at the Art Center of Corpus Christi, Joe Hilliard seconded and the motion passed. d. ACC Budget. The amount reflected in the awards amount on the sheet that was passed out to the Commission was$70,530 for the sub-grants, upon review an error was found in the Coastal Bend Wildlife final score. It reflected $2,900 when it should have been $290. This changed caused the total to be reduced to $67,920. Joe Schenk raised questions about the ACC budget, which reflected resources in HOT funds of$73,433.27. An additional question was raised about the budget expenditure amount for sub-granting that was listed as$94,404 and why we were only granting $67,920. Both the initial total and the revised amount represent significantly less grant support than was awarded in 2007. Schenk asked whether or not City staff could use the Sub- grant Committee's scoring percentages to allocate the budgeted grant amounts in the same proportion and Chris Semtner stated that this could be done. Lynda Jones made a motion to award $67,920 to groups requesting sub-grants, Joe Pena seconded and the motion passed. Joye LaBarrett asked for more details on the Commission budgets. Chris Semtner said that he would bring additional information to the next meeting. e. Placement of Males painting and Reuter/Gron sculpture. Joe Schenk made a motion to place the brown Deborah Males painting of the Art Center and the Reuter/Gron artwork at the Art Center for permanent display, Joe Pena seconded and the motion passed. f. Commissioner Categories/ Realignment of current member categories. Commissioners requested the City Council to change their categories as follows: Beto Garcia to Music, Kristi Pena to Marketing, and Lynda Jones to Public Art/Public Spaces. g. Filling of Vacancies. Heidi Hovda nominated Ericha Kemm to fill the vacancy in Public Art/Public Spaces, Joe Pena seconded and the motion passed. Joe Pena nominated Amorette Garcia to fill the Del Mar vacancy, Joe Schenk seconded and the motion passed. Joye LaBarrett nominated Dr. Lari Young to fill the Education/Youth vacancy, Heidi Hovda seconded and the motion passed. Heidi Hovda nominated Paul Bissell to fill the Economic Development vacancy, Kim Fredericks seconded and the motion passed. h. Michael Manjaris request to add his name on ABC plaque. Lynda Jones reported that the Visual Arts Committee recommended that Michael Manjaris' name be put on a plaque as the curator of the Arena Art Project. Heidi Hovda made the motion to accept the Committee's recommendation, Gloria Bilaya-Benibo seconded and the motion passed. i. Michael Manjaris request to put partial funding by Mariposa Foundation on Mel Chin piece. Lynda Jones reported that the Visual Arts Committee recommended that Mariposa Foundation be recognized for a monetary contribution to the Mel Chin art project on a plaque as long as positive physical proof is provided to support the claim by Michael Manjaris. Heidi Hovda made the motion to accept the Committee's recommendation, Gloria Bilaya-Benibo seconded and the motion passed. j. Subgrant Presentations VIII. STAFF REPORT— No report IX. CURRENT CONCERNS: Joye LaBarrett asked for a report on the ACC PALS budget balance as well as additional details on the ACC activity budgets. Gloria Bilaya-Benibo requested that her absence be changed from unexcused to excused due to illness. Joe Pena made the motion. Lynda Jones seconded and the motion passed. Joe Pena notified the group about an art exhibition at the Islander Art Gallery of Macedonia Arts. Heidi Hovda notified the commission about the CC7D film project that had recently closed. X. ADJOURN As there was no further business Heidi Hovda made a motioned to adjourn. Joe Schenk seconded. The motion passed. Chair, Ed Grove adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m. 0,4t‘4r-7L,6. - Christopher B. Semtner, Tourist Superintendent Cultural Services, Parks & Recreation Department