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HomeMy WebLinkAboutArts Commission - 01/11/2010 APPROVED MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION MONDAY,JANUARY 11, 2010 7:00 P.M. PRAIRIE ROOM Eden Prairie City Center, 8080 Mitchell Road ARTS COMMISSION MEMBERS: Ann Rorem, Chair; Farida Kathawalla, Vice Chair; Ana Armstrong, Steve Mosow, Heather Olson, Elizabeth Petry-Lee, Julia Ramos ARTS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES: Renee Roden CITY STAFF: Lindsey Danhauser, Recreation Coordinator—Arts Nicole White, Therapeutic Recreation Coordinator RECORDING SECRETARY: Katie Hood I. ROLL CALL Rorem called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. Rorem will contact Roden, about continuing on the Commission as a Student Representative, to inform her she may continue as a student representative. II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Mosow moved to approve, the Agenda, seconded by Petry-Lee. Motion carried 6-0. Ramos arrived at 7:08 pm. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 9, 2009 AND DECEMBER 14, 2009 MEETINGS • The meet and greet attendee's names were added to V. Art Center B. Meet and Greet with Representatives from Bloomington and Edina. • In VIII. New Business, A. 2010 Work Plan, in the last paragraph, "establishment of art."Was changed to "proposed public art." MOTION: Olson moved to approve, the November 9, 2009 minutes as corrected, seconded by Kathawalla. Motion carried 7-0. MOTION: Olson moved to approve, the December 14, 2009 minutes as corrected, seconded by Armstrong. Motion carried 7-0. IV. EDEN PRAIRIE PLAYERS AND COMMUNITY BAND Danhauser said there have been 68 submissions for the Last Acts. The summer play dates are in the process of being booked. ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION MINUTES January 10, 2010 Page 2 FYI: Winter Theatre—Mousetrap —February 12 & 13 and February 19-21 Obiazor said the flyer turned out really nice. It will be helpful to track who uses the flyer as a coupon. Ramos said it would be helpful if there were a family rate. Danhauser said she could send out an e-blast with a coupon or discount fee for families. Obiazor said it is very helpful to find the right price point for events. The pizza and bingo night was priced just right. 50 people showed up and only 25 were expected. V. ART CENTER A. 2009 Year End Budget Obiazor said the 2009 proposed budget was based on information about other art facilities budgets, the outdoor center's budget and its budget when started. Danhauser said the revenue for the 2009 budget was based on the Art Center opening in January 2009, but the Art Center didn't open until April 2009. The membership was about$1,000 lower than expected. Obiazor said the membership fees of$100 were started based on other area art centers. The members get a discount and can support the arts in their community. Class participants are now being targeted for memberships. The Art Center programming is where the majority of the money is coming in. Danhauser said the facility rental line is going to change to birthday parties. There are five birthday parties in January. Obiazor said birthday parties help bring people, who may not have been participants in the past, into the Art Center. Danhauser said a little more was spent initially because there wasn't a separate start up budget. Mosow said thank you to everyone who helped the start up of the Art Center. Armstrong asked if grants can be applied for the second year the Art Center is open. Danhauser said some of the grants can't even be applied for until the facility is established and stable. There are still fundraising needs because there are still items wanted and needed. Ramos said there are still many people who don't know the Art Center is in the community. Danhauser said a sign can't be put on Valley View Road because it's a county road. Obiazor said little signs may be able to be placed by Home Depot and PDQ for directions. Businesses on the corner of Equitable Drive could also be talked to about putting up a sign on the business' property. Ramos said with the Eden Prairie High School four hour period, it is very hard to fit in art classes. There could be classes at the Art Center. Transportation could even be provided. The classes would need to be quality services and could be similar to high school classes. Danhauser said the classes could be called 5tn period. ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION MINUTES January 10, 2010 Page 3 VI. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATION None. VII. OLD BUSINESS A. Review Proposed 2010 Commission Work Plan MOTION: Ramos moved to approve, the Arts and Culture Commission 2010 work plan, seconded by Mosow. Motion carried 6-0. B. Develop Susmested Criteria for Public Art Danhauser said she met with Janet Jeremiah and January 2010 is too soon to have her come to the Commission meeting. It would be helpful for the Commission to discuss what the Eden Prairie art policy would look like before inviting Janet Jeremiah to a meeting. The policy could start with having a prioritized wish list and what art would be nice to have around the City. The Commission could establish a list of suggestions for art at the future light rail stations. There will be five light rail stations in Eden Prairie. The possibility of public art replacing some of the landscaping around the city could be suggested. There could be a motion for public art replacing a percentage of landscaping. There is an opportunity for the Commission to be a sounding board for art being placed around the community. The Commission could submit an official statement to the City Council stating the desire to help with the quality and type of art being placed in the City. St. Louis Park, Minneapolis, and Bloomington may be resources with previously established criteria. Obiazor said the Commission should be able to do research about the Commissions role in art around the community. Danhauser said the wish list could be looked at in February and then the wish list could be taken to the City Council. Danhauser said the light rail stations funding would come from the City. The Commission's role would be for esthetic direction for the rail stations. Kathawalla said advertising rights could be sold for each rail station and it could be a money maker. Ramos said for the same price something beautiful could be created or something ordinary could be created. Obiazor said funding or grants could be applied for to help with the rail stations. C. Artist Network Meeting Rescheduled for Tuesday,January 12 at 7 pm—Art Center Danhauser said there will be the same agenda items as previously decided. The meeting may be moved into one of the classrooms, due to classes in the Art Center. There should be at least eight or nine people at the Artist Network Meeting. D. Schedule 2010 Ouarterly Meeting Dates for Artist Network The 2010 Artist Network meeting dates will be April 13 at 7:00 p.m., September 14, and December 7. ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION MINUTES January 10, 2010 Page 4 VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. 2010 Commission Appointments Obiazor said Olson and Mosow's terms expire in 2010. If they would like to reapply and there are other applicants, there would need to be a unanimous vote from City Council for Olson and Mosow to be on the Commission. Olson said she will not be applying for a position on the Commission. Mosow said he is unsure about reapplying for the Commission. IX. REPORTS OF STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS A. Egyptian Water-Lily Fountain Update Danhauser said the Egyptian Water-Lily Fountain did not get funded through MRAC. Danhauser said she will be on the MRAC review board and will be able to learn a lot about how the application review process works. The MP3 recording of the grant application review can be listened to and Danhauser said she will listen to it next week. Danhauser said she isn't sure why it wasn't approved. Maybe the written application didn't come across as it should have, maybe it didn't score as high as other applications, or maybe they ran out of money before they could fund the Egyptian Water-Lily project. Petry-Lee suggested talking with Bachman's for funding. B. Art on City Walls Update Danhauser said the Eden Prairie Art Center and Eden Prairie staff's art is displayed this month. This includes the art of Ramos and Rorem. Petry-Lee suggested a marketing idea for the Art Center to help increase visibility. There could be a bump into art bumper sticker. They could be printed each year with a contest winner's art. When people take a class or have a birthday party, participants would receive a bumper sticker. The winner, who has their art placed on the bumper sticker, could receive a free membership or something else. Rorem said it is a great idea,but suggested having the art be placed on a window cling for cars instead of a bumper sticker. Petry-Lee said even if the idea breaks even, it is still a good idea. Ramos said there could be t-shirts and other items marketing the Art Center. Petry-Lee said these items could be part of a birthday bag to be given out at birthday parties. Ramos said the marketing ideas could be very inexpensive at Vista Print. Mosow suggested using empty business windows for advertising the Art Center. Ramos said in New York they are doing actual art shows in the empty retail space. There is no charge for this, since it was serving the interest of both the store and the community. Petry-Lee suggested advertising on grocery store carts. Ramos suggested talking with Kowalski's and the possibility of participating in the receipt for schools and collect receipts for the Art Center. Rorem said the Friends of Eden Prairie will have an event in April at the Pairings restaurant. The event will be pairings beyond cheese. Tickets will be sold for ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION MINUTES January 10, 2010 Page 5 entry. There will be art available in a silent auction. The wine being tasted will be for sale. The price for the event is still being determined. X. NEXT MEETING Next Meeting —Monday, February 8, Art Center at 7 p.m. XI. ADJOURNMERNT MOTION: Petry-Lee moved, seconded by Mosow to adjourn the meeting. Rorem adjourned the meeting at 8:29 p.m.