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Minutes - Arts Commission - 07/18/2001 Approve 8/15/01 Boulder Arts Commission July 18, 2001 Boulder Public Library Meeting Room Members Present Also Present: Don Berlin Donna Gartenmann Patti Bruck Tina Walker Erich Hill Maria Antonia Colon Jude Landsman Ramon Diaz Toby Hankin Frances Higgins Nicole Jeffers Caryl Kassoy Tom Morgan Sheldon Sands Julia Schwab Robert Sher-Machherndl Steve Weinstein Jeane Woods The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. Minutes of the June 20, 2001 meeting were approved as received. Alternate Transportation Publicity Proposal: Berlin will continue discussions with KGNU about an audio arts magazine for the Hop and Skip. The Commission will hear an update at the August meeting. Approval of final reports for Sojourner School and Lemon Sponge Cake were approved as received. Rob McWilliams requested a change in date for his Shadow Circus production. The performance will take place in December at the Dairy Center for the Arts. MINI-GRANTS Municipal Channel 8: Jeane Woods requested funds to produce ahalf--hour magazine style television program for children ages three to eight. "Please, Don't Eat the Crayons" focuses on art, music, dance, children's literature and cultural topics. Berlin moved to fund Channel 8 $400.00. Hill seconded. The motion was unanimous. Toby Hankins Hankin submitted amini-grant for "Only Solos", a performance project in collaboration with seven professional choreographers. Each choreographer will submit a piece to Hankin and will be performed at the Charlotte York Irey theater. Hill made a motion to award Hankin $400.00 with Bruck seconding. The motion passed unanimously. Guenter Engling: Rocky Mountain Revels asked for funds for a theatrical celebration of the winter solstice based on ancient traditions marking the passing of the shortest day of the year. Singers, mummers, dancers and musicians combine their talents to bring holiday joy while reforging links to our spiritual past. The Revels will be held at the University Theater. Berlin moved to award the Revels $400.00. Bruck seconded. The motion carried unanimously. Danai Shanti: The Commission explained to Shanti that grant applicants are required to live within the city limits of Boulder. The grant submitted also did not meet Commission requirements for applications to be typed or computer generated. Members had numerous questions about the overall project. The Commission did not approve the request. SummerStage Theater Company: On Golden Pond will be performed at the Nomad Theater beginning August 17. Funds are requsted to defer the cost of production. The address of the applicant is not within the city limits. Other members of the company are Boulder residents and the production is happening within the city limits. Berlin made a motion to allow Summerstage to change the address on the grant application to that of another company member. Hill seconded. The vote was unanimous. Bruck moved to award SummerStage $400.00 with Hill seconding. The motion was unanimous. Boulder Pride: Ramon Diaz presented a grant requesting funds for an audience award for the 2001 Boulder Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The Festival is developing a board and looking at ways to further promote the project. Diaz would like to establish funding towards an annual Audience Award as part of the Festival in order to promote audience particiption as well as encourage filmmakers in their craft. Bruck suggested charging an entry fee to participants to help subsidize the award in future years. The Commission prefers to fund the art directly but to help establish the award, Berlin made a motion to award Boulder Pride $400.00. Hill seconded. The motion carried unanimously. Colorado Music Festival: CMF representative, Caryl Kassoy, asked for funds to give participants of the Music and Science project free tickets to attend a Colorado Music Festival concert. The proposal failed for lack of a motion. Robert Sher-MachherndL• The request submitted asked for funds to support the dance performance "Point", to be held at the Dairy Center for the Arts in October. The dance will demonstrate the most technical aspects of both classical ballet and moden dance forms. Hill moved to award Machherndl $400.00 with Berlin seconding. The motion passed unanimously. Maria Antonia Colon: Colon is proposing a visual narrative that explores the inner turmoil experienced by a rejected lover. The project, "No Te Pones Dura", consists of 25-30 black and white infrared photos printed on various specialty papers to aid viewers understanding of intent. The exhibit will be held at the Workspace Gallery in September. Hill made a motion to award Colon $400.00. Bruck seconded. The vote was unanimous. Julia Schwab: Funds were requested for the "Art Triumphs Over Domestic Violence" exhibit at the Boulder Public Library. Through an open juried show, Schwab and the Boulder County Safehouse aim to demonstrate how art and creative expression simultaneously provide us with ways to confront, understand, and heal from violence we have experience. Berlin made a motion to award Schwab $400.00. Hill seconded. The motion was unanimous. Ars Nova: Tom Morgan asked for funding for Music on the Edge: A Colorado Christmas. The performance wil be held at St. John' Episcopal Church on December 13. Berlin moved to award Ars Nova $400.00 with Hill seconding. The vote was 4-0. Sheldon Sands: Israel's foremost world music group will present a conceptual music performance from the Middle East to the Indian Ocean on a route of peace. "The Perfume Road" will be performed by Yair Dalal at the First Baptist Church on August 30. Building Bridges for Peace will provide information in the lobby. Berlin made a motion to award Sands $400.00. Bruck seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.