HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ARTAB_11.14.2023Minutes of the
Arts and Culture Advisory Board
City of Georgetown, Texas
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
The Georgetown Arts and Culture Advisory Board met on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 4:30 PM at City
Hall, 808 Martin Luther King, Jr Street.
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This is the regular November meeting rescheduled due to the holidays.
The following Members were in attendance:
Present were: Timothy W Fleming, Norma J Clark, Karen E Turpin, David Valdez, Stacy M Reed, Jaheer
T Jones
1. Regular Session
1.A Call to order
Call to order - David Valdez, Board Chair
4:34pm
1.13 Arts & Culture Announcements
Announcements - David Valdez, Board Chair
• Homes Tour will be the first weekend in December.
• South Western's Jazz Band is having a concert on November 28th.
• Norma will be collaborating with another artist for a piece for Brookwood's Art
Auction in March of 2024.
• Opening of the Veteran's Portrait Show and reception.
• David visited the Buggy Barn Museum in Blanco where they have an old western
town and got to see some of the props they provide for the film industry.
• The Palace Theater will be presenting "A Christmas Carol" musical on their Main
Stage starting on November 24th and "Sorry Wrong Chimney" will be in the
Playhouse starting December 8th. Both productions will end on December 30th.
1.0 Approval of minutes
Consideration and approval of the revised August 15, 2023 and September 19, 2023
minutes - David Valdez - Board Chair
Moved by Norma J Clark; seconded by Stacy M Reed to Approve .
Motion Approved: 6- 0
Voting For: Timothy W Fleming, Norma J Clark, Karen E Turpin, David Valdez, Stacy M
Reed, Jaheer T Jones
Voting Against: None
1.D Coordinator report
Presentation of Arts & Culture Coordinator Report - Amanda Still, Arts & Culture
Program Manager
Upcoming Projects
• There will be a new mural on the Visitor Center and it will hopefully be installed
before the Lighting of the Square.
• In April the Georgetown Municipal building Earth Day Mural will be opened to a
Public Call for Art.
• In the spring the 4th installment of the GISD Mural will be created by an
Elementary Class. These will hoepfully be presented at the January Arts & Culture
meeting.
• In late 2024 there will be another Public Call for Art for a mural that will go on the
fencing of the City Center Project.
• Several murals will be designed for the futural Parking Garage, more information
to come on those as that project approaches.
• We did not receive funding for the Asphalt Art Work.
• The City's Arts & Culture Program has taken a more operational role for the Art
Center. And is working to come up with new partnership agreements with the
current nonprofit that is currently running the exhibit space.
• Georgetown Artworks has dissolved their program. The Exhibit Committee will
remain intact and work under the City's Arts & Culture Program.
• The Arts & Culture Grant application will be open for the month of December and
will be awarded in January.
• The first Arts & Culture Program Exhibit will be Print Austin the reception will be
on January 13th from 4-6pm.
• February will be when the Earth Day Murals will be score and the discussion for
the Spring Art Stroll will begin.
Adjournment
Moved by Norma J Clark; seconded by Stacy M Reed to Adjourn .
Motion Adjourn: 6 - 0
Voting For: Timothy W Fleming, Norma J Clark, Karen E Turpin, David Valdez, Stacy M
Reed, Jaheer T Jones
Voting Against: None
These minutes were approved at the meeting of