HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ARTAB_10.16.2018• Minutes of the meeting of the
Arts and Culture Board
City of Georgetown, Texas
October 16, 2018
The Arts and Culture Board met on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. in the Small Conference Room of
Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8t' Street, Georgetown, TX.
PRESENT: Jane Estes, Susie Flatau, Tim Fleming, Laura Sewell, Carol Watson, and Linda Wilde.
STAFF PRESENT: Sarah Jane Blankenship -Arts and Culture Coordinator, Eric Lashley — Library Services
Director, Lawren Weiss -Administrative Assistant
ABSENT: Sharon Snuffer
Call to order at 4:31 pm
A. Citizens wishing to address the Board. — Jane Estes, Board Chair. None were present. No action
required.
B. Announcements regarding arts and culture. -Jane Estes, Board Chair. Updates from City staff and
board members on the following topics:
• Georgetown ISD-Fall concerts and UIL contest
• Georgetown Art Works/Georgetown Art Center- studio space rentals, Bubbles & Brews
• fundraiser, Small Works exhibit (art purchased during this exhibit will stay displayed until end of
exhibit), 2020 exhibits call for entry, GISD AP student exhibit.
• City of Georgetown -October 23 at 3 p.m., Lashley and Blankenship will update council on arts
and culture projects from the 17-18 fiscal year, along with plans for this year's projects. They will
end the presentation with a request for council to allot 1% of new construction budgets to be
spent on public art. Staff will also relay outcome of the City Hall/Municipal Court proposal voting.
Board members are encouraged to attend this workshop.
• Southwestern University- Grammy award winning opera singer Laura Claycomb and world -
class violinist Jue Yao visit in November. Sideways Stories play will be held in November and
consists of five free performances to area elementary schools starting with Georgetown ISD.
• Fleming will serve on the Georgetown Symphony Society board.
• Texans for the Arts- Organizational and individual memberships available. Texans for the Arts
received a grant for $185,000 to develop a Hotel Occupancy Tax tool kit. The kit will help cities
receive a more consistent percentage of Hotel Occupancy Tax funds to be spent on the arts.
C. Consideration of minutes from the September 18 and October 3 Arts and Culture Board meetings —
Jane Estes, Board Chair. Motion by Wilde; second by Sewell to approve the September 18 and
October 3 minutes. Approved 6-0 (Snuffer absent).
D. Review of the Arts and Culture Coordinator's report. —Sarah Blankenship, Arts and Culture Coordinator.
Blankenship reviewed her monthly report (attached) with the board and discussed the following topics:
• Sculpture Tour removal November 13-15, interactive map and discussion on potential future
pad sites at Garey Park, Southwestern University and GISD offices on Williams Drive.
• Municipal Court/City Hall visits by board members
• Sale of Thor's Hammer to Sage Development, LLC
• • Interactive art piece for 2011 anniversary of Red Poppy Festival
• Georgetown Art Works monthly report
E. Consideration and possible action to select art for three areas in the new City Hall and Municipal Court
buildings. — Sarah Blankenship, Arts and Culture Coordinator. Artists submitted proposals for three
areas in new City buildings: the rotunda in City Hall, above the transaction window and on the lobby
wall in the Municipal Court building. During the special meeting held October 3, board members
reviewed and discussed 95 proposals for the three spaces. Following the meeting, Board members
independently ranked & provided feedback on each proposal. Staff are requesting the board make a
selection for each area during this meeting.
After much discussion, the board voted as follows to install art in the new City buildings:
• Motion by Sewell; second by Flatau to select Jonathan Muzacz's mosaic titled Lake
Georgetown for the Municipal Court/Council Chambers lobby wall. Approved 6-0 (Snuffer
absent).
• Motion by Watson; second by Sewell to select Kevin Greer to create an original piece of art
or digitize some of his art to be used above the transaction window in the Municipal
Court/Council Chambers lobby. Approved 6-0 (Snuffer absent).
• Motion by Wilde; second by Flatau to select Rosa Cruglez's Flying Over Wonderland for the
rotunda of the new City Hall building. Approved 6-0 (Snuffer absent).
Board members expressed interest in using some of the student entries for other City projects, such as
the future utility box art projects. Lashley will place this on November's meeting agenda for the board to
• consider.
F. Consideration of future meeting dates. —Jane Estes, Chair. The next meeting will be postponed one
week to Tuesday, November 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Chair Estes adjourned the meeting at 6:48 p.m.
Carol Watson, Secretary Jane Estes, Chair
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0 Staff Monthly Report Items October 2018 Meeting
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Major Project 1: City Hall Call for Art
a. Total of 95 entries
b. Followed up with several of the artists with questions
c. Arranged for four of the board members to tour the
new buildings with Eric Johnson.
d. Emailed and spoke with the architect for the building,
Earl Swisher
Major Project 2: Sculpture Tour
a. All artists have been contacted and given a time slot to
install or remove their sculpture On November 13tn 14tn
and 15th
b. Purchase ofThor's Hammer is scheduled for November 13tn
c. Working on contracts for 2018-2019 Sculpture Tour -getting some back.
d. Pre -tour installation meeting on 10/15 rescheduled to 10/22 because of the rain
e. Meeting with Holly Pryor 10/18 to discuss getting the Sculpture Tour on GIS interactive
map.
3. Red Poppy 20tn Anniversary Art: Collaboration with CVB and Main Street
a. Been working with a kaleidoscope sculpture artist on sketches: Mary Elizabeth Phillips of
Lil' Blue Goat
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0 4. Council Workshop 10/23 on Arts & Culture Activities: Presentation with Eric Lashley