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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ARTAB_06.15.2010Minutes of the Meeting of the Arts and Culture Board Of Georgetown, Texas Tuesday, June 15, 2010 MEMBERS IN ATTENDENCE: Charles Aguillon, Philip Baker, Steve Proesel, Dar Richardson, Mandy Solin, Kaki Bassi, and Karen Lange. ABSENT: None STAFF IN ATTENDENCE: Eric Lashley, Library Director OTHERS IN ATTENDENCE: None 7"T V 911 �1 A. The meeting was called to order by Chair Charles Aguillon at 4:34 PM. B. Charles thanked the Board members that attended the Festival of the Arts concert in the park. C. There were no citizens wishing to address the Board. D. Dar moved to accept the minutes of the May 2010 meeting as distributed and Philip seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. E. CONSIDERATION OF AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING: 1. Report on promotion of Sculpture Tour at Festival of the Arts Concert — Eric Lashley. Eric reported that all of the brochures were distributed at the concert. Eric noted he spoke to a number of concert goers that were curious about the sculptures and overheard numerous people discussing the works. 2. Cooperative sculpture proiect with Southwestern University/Ben Pierce/3M grant — Eric Lashley. Eric reported he had not heard back from Ben Pierce in regards to the 3M grant project. Eric e-mailed Ben a number of times and has not received a reply. 3. Report on budqet request to Paul Brandenburq — Charles Aguillon. Charles referred to his letter to City Manager, Paul Brandenburg, regarding the Board's budget request for next fiscal year. Charles noted he had not received a response from Paul. However, Eric heard during a meeting of City managers, Paul announced he would not be recommending funding for the Arts and Culture Board next fiscal year. Eric noted that Paul's budget was not final and that City Council ultimately approved the City's budget. Charles announced he would contact City Councilmembers to relay his concerns with regards to next year's budget. He will encourage grant recipients to sign up to speak at the June 29, 2010 Council meeting to inform Council how grant funds were spent and Charles would also have an agenda item to give Council an official report on all Arts and Culture Board expenditures and activities. 4. Joint meeting with Main Street and CVB Boards on June 24 — Eric Lashley Eric reported he met with Shelly Hargrove (Main Street Director), Connie Watson (Main Street Board Chair), Cari Miller (CVB Director), and Ty Gibson (CVB Board Chair) to discuss ways in which the three boards could work together in the future. Both CVB and Main Street would like to focus tourism efforts towards arts and culture in the downtown area. The City's Downtown Master Plan calls for the downtown to be the cultural center of the City. To start the process of the boards working together, members of the three boards will be getting together at the Wildfire Restaurant at 4:30 PM on June 24. 5. Application for Cultural District Designation — Charles Aquillon. Charles announced there were no new developments to report. The meeting was adjourned at 5:27 PM. Respectfully submitted, Steve Proe el, Secretary Charles Aguillon, Chair EST. 1848 C GEORGETOWN TEXAS CITY HALL CITY OF GEORGETOWN ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD May —17,20 10 Dear Mr. Brand.enberg, Thank you once again for taking time to meet with Eric Lashley and myself regarding future funding of the Arts and Culture Board. 1. know how busy you are and really appreciated your interest in what we are working on to better our COMM till Ity. As You mentioned in our conversation, I and forwarding you the official request on behalf of the Arts and Culture Board for consideration of funding for the next fiscal year begriming October 1, 2010. I will be outlaying two proposals in this letter for your consldel'al orl. Version ��A" OUtI1neS the request t0 COnilllLlC the work- l'C have been d0lrlg in regards to providing event sponsorship grants and general support for ail projects that benefit Georgetown. This request takes into consideration the number of grant requests we received and were unable to fund due to the grant window not being based on a full year. Since we anticipate a full year grant window, we would propose $100,000 for event sponsorship grants since we received requests of almost $90,000 on a shorter calendar windo,w and some events (lid not qualify due to not being in that time frame. In addition, to continue developing projects such as the new Georgetown Sculpture Tour in San Gabriel Park, we propose all additional $30,000 for continuation of various projects and collaborations. Version "A" total budget request is $ 1 30,000. C' Version "B" is based upon the possibility of ]Roving into the direction of a city owned arts center. While this is exciting, it will require sonic planning to be successful. fn addition to the amount of.'$ 1 -10,000 in Version "A," we would request consideration for the following: 1. Creation of a staff position to be the Arts & Culture Board contact for the city 2. $50,000 to develop a feasibility study which will assist with the overall planning of future arts related buildings in Georgetown. We recor7vilend that if the city go into a direction of looking at an arts related center, it will be necessary for a full time staff position to be created to begin planning. Personally, having managed arts facilities for GISD, I have conveyed to the board that staff is key in running arts Centeu ;S successfully. Please let rile know if you need any additional information. Again, I appreciate your time and interest in the Arts and Culture Board. Si ICCIVIN, yc.)urS, Charles C. 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The quartet travels across the state and country to expose young students to the history anu sound of the saxophone. Below, Robert Medina of the E.S.0 blares it out during the Georgetown Symphony Society's musical enrichment program for fourth- and fifth - graders Tuesday morning. Photos by Bryce Harper By RACHEL SLADE he music of Latin America, Ireland, France, China, the Deep South — and Mario —echoed through the Klett Center for the Per- forming Arts Tuesday morning as hundreds of area fourth- and fifth - graders learned the his- tory and sounds of the saxophone. The two presentations by the Elision Saxo- phone Quartet, spon- sored by the George- town Symphony Society through an event spon- sorship grant made possible by the City of Georgetown and its Arts & Culture Board, were meant to inspire a love of music in elementary students as part of the Society's loth, twice. annual musical enrich- ment program. "I was thoroughly de- lighted with the perfor- mance and how well the musicians engaged the students in their pre- sentation," said Cindy Thompson, president of the Friends of the Georgetown Symphony Society. "I absolutely think this is critical, that the students have exposure to different types of music and different instruments so that they can begin thinking about their musical involvement; hopefully we will be able to touch their lives ... before their chance to choose music in middle school — especially as our district gets more diverse and we have more students who do not have that exposure at home." The Central Texas group of musicians and Instructors who believe "the saxophone can do it all" has performed across the globe since its debut in 1990, of- fering the sounds of a variety of cultures and genres to audiences of all sizes, ages and skill levels. Ms. Thompson said they were picked for the symphony society's stage at the recommendation of the Texas Commission on the Arts, and were a perfect follow-up to the fall's musical enrich- ment program featuring world-renowned pianist Jan Jiracek. More than 1,350 area students drawn from George- town ISD, surrounding private schools and the home schooling'network agreed. "Some of them were clapping and some of them were snapping their fingers," Ms. Thompson said. "It was a great balance." The next program, scheduled for October of this year, will also be made possible through a Georgetown Arts & Culture Board grant. Ms. Thompson said the partnership between the city, schools and nonprofit was a perfect example of what makes Georgetown a special place to live. "I'm always just so impressed by this city and the way it supports the arts," she said. "We're so lucky." Slade©wikosun.com ation Center. $5. A battle of the bands. Snacks and drinks provided. 930-3596. WILDFIRE RESTAURANT 8:30-11:30 p.m., features the • Permanent Transients, playing acoustic country and folk. Wildfire Restaurant, 812 S. Austin Ave. 869-3473. • ALDERSGATE CELEBRATION 9 a.m., Lois Perkins Chapel. Observes the 272nd an- niversary of John Wesley's experience at Aldersgate St. in London, which became the basis of the Methodist faith. Buffet lunch available, $6.75. All welcome. Visit, sualumni. net/AldersgateDay_2010, call 800-960-6363. VVP_d., M a v 26 BINGO 5 p.m., Sun City Ballroom, 2 Texas Dr. Cash prizes. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus 12522. Fri, May ?100 SPECIAL NEEDS FIESTA PARTY 6-8 p.m., Georgetown Com- munity Center. For individuals with special needs, ages 15 and up. Dancing, prizes, food and photos. $5. Caregiver/family member with participant is free. To volunteer or for more infor- mation, call Heather Schwan, 931-7655. As he is peeled from the sheets, he moans quietly. He is placed in his new wheelchair and taken outside. He looks to the sky, lets out a gasp and fills his lungs with fresh air. A few weeks ago, I was supposed to be in class finishing up my degree. Instead, I found myself in the Dominican Republic, distributing wheelchairs to Haitian earthquake survivors who desperately needed them. My parents invited me on this humanitarian trip that was a joint project of Rotary International and The Wheelchair Founda- tion. Our mission was simple: eradicate immobility. Our nine - member group, accompanied by three Dominican relief workers, spent three days delivering 70 wheelchairs, free of charge, to earthquake victims in villages, hospitals and clinics throughout the Dominican Republic. We all take our legs, our mobility, for granted. But for people without the use of their legs, wheelchairs have an enormous impact on their lives; it gives people back their independence. Children can go back to school, adults can go to work, and the el- derly can get out of their homes and have some social interaction. It also alleviates the burden on family members who otherwise would have to carry the person around. For perspective's sake, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake tore through Port -au -Price, Haiti, on January 12. It killed 250,000 people, injured countless thousands and left about 1.5 million homeless. Some of the catastrophic damage can be blamed on poor or nonexistent Judges choose'Jonathan' Bryce Harper 'SNOW WHITE' I Georgetown artist Don Snell was awarded first place Sunday after- 7 p.m. Friday, May 28; 2 p.m. noon in the Texas Society of Sculptors show now on display in the and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 29, Georgetown Public Library. Georgetown Church of the Nazarene, 4051 E. University Ave. Performed "I was overwhelmed; I couldn't believe it," Mr. Snell said this week. "I don't see myself as a sculptor as much as a by Arts Avenue for Kids. $6, $4 children ages painter." The honor — and the $1,000 reward he jokes was already spent to 3-10.299-5402. pay off his Visa bill — came for Jonathan, a bronze statue on sale for $3,200. Mr. Snell was particularly pleased at the results, he said, JOSEPH' because he didn't know any of the three jurors before the show and "when 7:30 p.m., Joseph and the you get three people to say 'yes' to anything, you've done a big Amazing Technicolor Dream- thing." coat, The Palace Theatre. www.thegeorgetownpalace.org. • The exhibit will be up in the library, showcasing more than 60 pieces by 25 society members, through Friday, July 9. r� Martha An can hospi with Hait Austin-; Georgetoc Purchase I They are This i Willia who h realm just P, ing to a glim sugges com. I at This is fifth yE I wa jor for and re, in a sn then w at art a um for guided places; one is E