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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Boulder Arts Commission - 07/18/2012 o CITY OF BOULDER Boards and Commissions Minutes NAME OF COMMISSION: Boulder Arts Commission DATE OF MEETING: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 NAME/EXTENSION OF PERSON PREPARING SUMMARY: Gregory Ravenwood (x4113) MEMBERS: Ann Moss, Brandy LeMae, Anna Salim, Linda Haertling, Richard Turbiak STAFF: Greg Ravenwood, Valerie Maginnis, Maly Wohl Haan, Jason Fell COMMUNITY MEMBERS: Deana Miller TYPE OF MEETING: REGULAR SUMMATION: Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 5:40 p.m. Minutes The June 20 meeting minutes were approved as received. Public Art - Broadway Euclid Project Jason Fell reviewed the public art tiles implemented to the west of the new underpass which was created in a collaboration between CU artist Adriana Santiago and Uni Hill art teacher Mary Powell and her fifth grade students. Information and Discussion Items The Commission agreed to reschedule the November, 2012, Arts Commission meeting to Wednesday, November 28. GO Grants The Commission agreed to implement the digital grants for the October round "as is," and to allow feedback from applicants and also the results of the Arts Assessment to inform the need for changes to the application questions and process. The Commission also reviewed the evaluation matrix documents for the Major Grants, Arts in Education Grants and Mini-Grants developing the criteria and scoring schema. Report for Scholarship: SBDC Leading Edge Entrepreneurship Series or Growth Venture Series The Commissioners reviewed the questions presented for the final report. All were in agreement that this report document should be implemented. BAC Local Artist Series Application The Commissioners reviewed the draft application, and accepted Ravenwood's recommendations for the form. Open House for Cultural Master Plan Turbiak provided an update on the open house which took place in June. Junction Place Bridge at Goose Creek Public Art Selection Moss gave a brief update on the selection of Karen Yank for the project. Grant Budget Report Timeline Update Kate Lesta's grant budget report for the Major Grant project Communikey Festival was noted as delinquent and the Commission alneed to withdraw remainder funds for the project. Arts Assessment Miller distributed a project framework brief, and gave an overview of the survey work and interviews that would take place with the commissioners and the community. Americans for the Arts Convention Scholarship Reports The BAC approved reports received from Mary Fowler, Jane Saltzman and Amanda Berg Wilson. Grant Budget Reports The commission approved reports for Boulder Chorale's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, Boulder Children's Chorale Outreach Program; Boulder Ensemble Theater Company's 2012 Major Grant project, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde; OpenArt's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, El Malificio de la Mariposa (The Butterfly's Evil Spell); Parlando School for the Arts 2012 Theater Rental Grant project, Oliver!; September High School's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, After Hours Arts; Bekah Smith's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, Boulder YEP Program; Betsy Tobin's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, Expanding Horizons Onstage and Off; and Amanda Berg Wilson's (The Catamounts) 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, Songs of China. Adiournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 .m. TIME AND LOCATION OF ANY NEXT MEETINGS: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 15, 2012, Boulder Creek Meeting Room, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302 DRAFT Boulder Arts Commission July 18, 2012 Boulder Public Library Commission Members Present Ann Moss, Brandy LeMae, Linda Haertling, Richard Turbiak Staff Present Greg Ravenwood, Valerie Maginnis, Mary Wohl Haan, Jason Fell Others Present Deana Miller Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 5:40 p.m. Minutes The June 20 meeting minutes were reviewed. Haertling motioned to approve; LeMae seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Public Art Broadway Euclid Project Jason Fell described the property easement from University Hill Elementary School that allowed for the approach to the Broadway underpass at the west side of this intersection. Proposals for functional public art were received from students of the University of Colorado. The selection panel chose the proposal of Adriana Santiago who collaborated with Uni Hill art teacher Mary Powell and her fifth grade students. Tile art was created by the students based on a jointly-created educational curriculum which included a field trip to the Boulder Natural History Museum. The tiles created through the program have been installed on a retaining wall on the west side of Broadway. Information and Discussion Items The Commission agreed to reschedule the November, 2012, Arts Commission meeting to Wednesday, November 28 in the main library's North Meeting Room. GO Grants Turbiak recommended implementing the digital grants for the October round "as is," and to allow feedback from applicants and also the results of the Arts Assessment to inform the need for changes to the application questions and process. The Commission was generally in agreement with his recommendation. Turbiak reviewed the evaluation matrix documents for the Major Grants, Arts in Education Grants and Mini-Grants, The Commissioners reviewed the documents and made suggestions to the criteria and weighting. Turbiak and Ravenwood agreed to follow up with WESTAF to implement the scoring schema. Report for Scholarship: SBDC Leading Edge Entrepreneurship Series or Growth Venture Series The Commissioners reviewed the questions presented for the final report. All were in agreement that this report document should be implemented. BAC Local Artist Series Application The Commissioners reviewed the draft application, and accepted Ravenwood's recommendations for the form. Open House for Cultural Master Plan Turbiak provided an update on the open house which took place in June. Haertling requested that the response form be emailed to Commissioners so that they could share it with others for additional feedback. Junction Place Bridge at Goose Creek Public Art Selection Moss gave a brief update on the selection of Karen Yank for the project. The design is still evolving and the project coordinators will provide a presentation at a future meeting. Grant Budget Report Timeline Update Kate Lesta's grant budget report for the Major Grant project Communikey Festival was noted as having been due on May 30. The Commission decided that the 20% remainder funds of the project award would no longer be available, and that Lesta and Communikey would not be eligible for future grant awards until the report was turned in and approved. Arts Assessment AMPA's Deana Miller distributed a project framework brief for the Arts Assessment, and gave an overview of the survey work and interviews that would take place with the commissioners and the community. The Commission agreed to begin its September meeting at 4:30 to accommodate a report from AMPA. Americans for the Arts Convention Scholarship Reports Haertling motioned to approve the reports received from Mary Fowler, Jane Saltzman and Amanda Berg Wilson; Moss seconded, and all were approved. The Commission asked that the reports be shared with AMPA for the Arts Assessment. Grant Budget Reports The report for Boulder Chorale's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, Boulder Children's Chorale Outreach Program, was reviewed. The report for Boulder Ensemble Theater Company's 2012 Major Grant project, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, was reviewed. The report for OpenArt's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, El Malificio de la Mariposa (The Butterfly's Evil Spell), was reviewed. The report for Parlando School for the Arts 2012 Theater Rental Grant project, Oliver!, was reviewed. The report for September High School's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, After Hours Arts, was reviewed. The report for Bekah Smith's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, Boulder YEP Program, was reviewed. The report for Betsy Tobin's 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, Expanding Horizons Onstage and off, was reviewed. The report for Amanda Berg Wilson's (The Catamounts) 2011 Arts in Education Grant project, Songs of China, was reviewed. Haertling motioned to approve all of the grant budget reports. LeMae seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Adiournment The meeting was adjourned at 735 p.m. f r Signature Date