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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ARTAB_07.15.2009Minutes of the Meeting of the Arts and Culture Board City of Georgetown, Texas Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Members Present: Charles Aguillon, Jane Paden, Penny Plueckhahn, Melanie Dunham, Mandy Solin, and Georgene Richaud Members Absent: Steve Proesel Staff Present: Eric P. Lashley, Library Director Others Present: Chris Dyer — Chair, Main Street Advisory Board and Director of the Williamson Museum; Cari Miller — Director of the Convention and Visitor's Bureau; Lynette Wallace and Ashley Duffy. A. Call to order — Chair Charles Aguillon called the meeting to order at 3:03 p.m. B. Announcements from the Chair and Board Members — None C. Citizens wishing to address the Board - None D. Consideration and approval of the minutes of the last meeting — Georgene moved and Mandy seconded the motion to accept the minutes of the June 17, 2009 as distributed and the motion passed unanimously. E. Consideration of and possible action on 1. Presentation by Chris Dyer, Williamson Museum director, regarding visual arts component of 2009 Up the Chisholm Trail event - Eric Lashley. — Chris introduced himself to the Board as the Chair of the Main Street Advisory Board and Director of the Williamson Museum. He announced that the Up the Chisholm Trail event will have a western art component in San Gabriel Park. He asked members of the Board to spread the word to their contacts that artists can have a booth for $60.00. Penny suggested an. organization of Texas artists that specialized in western art. Chris also stated he hopes the Main Street Advisory Board and Arts and Culture Board could work together on future projects. Chris announced Dr. Gary Gibbs, Executive Director of the Texas Commission on the Arts, will be speaking at the Williamson Museum s Salon at Wildfire on Wednesday, August 12 at 6:30 PM. Eric mentioned that the Texas Commission on the Arts has started a Cultural District Designation (CDD) pilot program Eric has requested additional information concerning this designation. 2. Presentation by Lynette Wallace regarding Fine Arts Festival on the Square, October 17 & 18 — Charles Aguillon. Charles announced the Festival of the Arts had decided not to have the Art in the Park event this year. Charles wanted to be sure the event continued and contacted Lynette Wallace to see if the event could continue if it was moved to the Square. After speaking with Cari Miller, Councilmember Patty Eason, and Paul Brandenburg, the City has decided to consider the Art on the Square event to be a City -sponsored event. Charles introduced Lynette and her assistant, Ashley Duffy Lynette explained that over half of the artists that participated in last year's event had reapplied for this year's event. After it was announced on July 1, 2009 that the event was moving to the Square, Lynette has received confirmation from 85 artists. Artists have until the first week of August to apply. This year's event will not be gated and will be free to the public. The City will be responsible for food and drink vendors. Lynette will be donating $2,500.00 to the Arts and Culture Board. Lynette also infoiuned the Board that each member of Congress has been given $10,000 from the NEA to distribute any way they see fit. Enc saidhe would. contact Congressman John Carter to determine if those funds have been distributed. Chris Dyer announced that the Williamson Museum and Georgetown ArtWorks will be hosting a reception for the artists on October 16 at the museum. 3. Meeting with Paul Brandenburg — Charles Aguillon. Charles announced he met with Paul Brandenburg regarding the Art on the Square event, but did not have a formal meeting to discuss the future of the Board. He spoke briefly about the Arts and Culture Board's goals, but hopes to have a more formal meeting with Paul in the future. 4. Sculpture pad options — Eric Lashley, Georgene Richaud. Georgene announced she had met with Cobra Stone and had gotten pricing for sandstone and limestone pads. She distributed photos of sample slabs. She reported that if you ordered over 10 tons, dehvery would be free. After much discussion, it was determined. that Georgene and Penny will. tour Marble Falls to see other options and Eric will contact Dar Richardsonto get input from members of the Society of Sculptors. He also will contact Randy Morrow or Kimberly Garrett to determine their ideas on locations of the pads. Charles will continue to pursue getting local stone merchants to donate some of the pads. Penny, Charles, and Georgene will tour San Gabriel Park to identify possible pad locations. 5. Additional lighting for library's art display areas — Melanie Dunham. After examining the library's art display areas, Melanie determined that the most cost effective and simplest solution would be to replace the canned lighting fixtures with directional canned lighting. She distributed a sheet with examples and cost estimates ranging from $28.99 to $38.54 per light fixture. 6. Purchase of piece of sculpture from TSOS show — Judy Fabry. In Judy's absence, Eric reminded the Board they had budgeted up to $3,000.00 to purchase a piece from the Texas Society of Sculptors show. After much discussion, the Board decided to have each member of the Board look at the show and the Board would decide at the August meeting on purchasing a piece. 7. Art Works banner project — Charles Aguillon. Charles did not have news to announce. Eric did announce that he would be the City's representative on the judging panel for the banners. 8. Plaque for Mules sculpture — Judy Fabry. In Judy s absence Eric notified the Board the contract with Bob Coffee specified a plaque would be placed on the sculpture. After a brief discussion, Enc announced staff would draft an inscription and would e-mail a draft to the Board for their approval as well as state the type of material used in the making of the plaque. 9. Items for August agenda — Judy Fabry. a. Sculpture pads - location b. Sculpture purchase c. Meeting with Paul Brandenburg The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m. Respec Gee7,Tene Richaud Charles Aguillon Secretary Chair