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HomeMy WebLinkAboutArts Commission - 11/14/2011 APPROVED MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011 7:00 P.M. CITY CENTER—Prairie Room 8080 Mitchell Road, Eden Prairie COMMISSION MEMBERS: Farida Kathawalla, Chair; Tonja Bivins, Vice Chair; Lee Elliott-Stoering, Gina King, Cynthia Paulson, Julia Ramos, Ann Rorem STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES: Roseann Awad, Jamie Bernard, Nafisa Mahamud CITY STAFF: Laurie Obiazor, Recreation Services Manager Lindsey Danhauser, Recreation Coordinator—Arts RECORDING SECRETARY: Katie Hood I. ROLL CALL Kathawalla called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Lee Elliott-Stoering, Cynthia Paulson, and Ann Rorem were absent. Bivins called into the meeting. Mahamud arrived at 7:10 p.m. Paulson arrived at 7:25 p.m. II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA A. Resignation — Lee Elliott—Stoering was added to VL Petitions, Requests and Communication MOTION: Ramos moved to approve the Agenda, seconded by Bivins. Motion carried 4-0. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES —SEPTEMBER 12 AND OCTOBER 10, 2011 MOTION: Ramos moved to approve the September 12, 2011 minutes, seconded by Kathawalla. Motion carried 4-0. Mahamud arrived at 7:10 pm. MOTION: Ramos moved to approve the October 10, 2011 minutes, seconded by King. Motion carried 4-0. IV. EDEN PRAIRIE PLAYERS AND COMMUNITY BAND A. Collection of One Acts Recap Danhauser said 307 people attended the Collection of One Acts compared with 296 people attended last year. ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION MINUTES November 14, 2011 Page 2 B. EP Players MRAC Consultant Update Danhauser said there is a planning session to be held on November 28. Danhauser will bring an update to the next Commission meeting. Kathawalla suggested sending an email to the members of the EP Players to inquire if there is any interested in one of the members serving on the Arts & Culture Commission. C. Share the Warmth Concert—December 18 at 2 pm, EPHS Danhauser said there will be holiday music and canned goods will be collected for PROP. V. ART CENTER A. Fall Programming Update—Adult Classes Danhauser said there will be one to two time workshops with a theme: a valentine theme and sushi plate making. Danhauser said in the fall of 2010 there were 169 participates and in the fall of 2011 there were 190 participants. Paulson arrived at 7:25 pm. B. Facility Improvement Updates Danhauser said new blinds were installed in the Art Center. There was new cement poured at the front entrance of the Art Center. The cement was replaced due to settling. In addition, some of the cement was removed. New storage was installed in the back classrooms. The new storage will help store some of the art supplies. VI. PETITIONS, REOUETS AND COMMUNICATION A. Resignation—Lee Elliott-Stoering Lee Elliott-Stoering has resigned from the commission. There will be a search for someone to fill the position. VII. OLD BUSINESS A. Art Crawl Recap The staff is in support of signage for the Art Crawl. They are trying to not have to re- ammend the ordinance and to not have to make exceptions with the ordinance. There should be an answer in the next meeting or two. ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION MINUTES November 14, 2011 Page 3 B. Public Art MRAC Consultant Grant Update Danhauser, Rorem, King, Kathawalla, and Paulson will be meeting about the public art MRAC Consultant Grant. There will be a kick off meeting and they will get buy- in from everyone. C. Promotion & Marketing Update Danhauser said there was good success with having the adult classes listed separately on a flyer and on a page on the website. The flyers are really helpful and can be passed out at events. VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. New Programming Partnerships —Weavers Guild Danhauser said there is a new partnership with the Weavers Guild. Danhauser believes this is a good partnership. There will be weekend workshops with instructors from Weavers Guild. Danhauser said she will then determine if there is interest to continue it. Danhauser said purchasing equipment will be looked at depending on the participation in the classes. IX. REPORTS OF STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS A. Big Stone Mini Golf Danhauser said Big Stone Mini Golf is near Minnetrista. It is a mini golf course with art integrated into the course. Pictures of the art were shown to the Commission. B. Upcoming Artist Network Meeting The next Artist Network Meeting on January 23. The following meeting will be in April. The focus of the January meeting will be how to get other artists involved. C. RFQ; Request for Qualifications for EPCC Wall Art Danhauser said in the Eden Prairie Community Center, the decal was removed from the wall going into the ice rinks and the wall was painted blue. There is a request for qualification form for potential artists to fill out. A few artists will be selected from all of the candidates. Then the few artists selected will be brought to the Art& Culture Commission for review. The Eden Prairie Communication Department is designing the qualification form and will publish. There is a desire for as many qualified candidates as possible. Ramos said mosaic is more durable but it depends if the budget is high enough to cover the costs of mosaic. The wall is in a high use area, so the medium will be most ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION MINUTES November 14, 2011 Page 4 critical. Kathawalla suggested using stainless steel or aluminum for a metal art piece on the wall. D. Eden Prairie Community Foundation Grant Application—Open Air Movie Screen Danhauser said there was a grant application submitted to purchase an open air movie screen. The screen would be used at Staring Lake and Riley. The movie screen is a blow up movie screen and it is portable. The screen costs $6000 and is 12 feet by 7 feet with the total height of 19 feet. X. NEXT MEETING MOTION: The Arts & Culture Commission will not meet in December and will resume in January. Kathawalla moved to approve the Agenda, seconded by Paulson. Motion carried 4-0. Next Meeting: Monday, December 12 at 7 pm, Prairie Room XI. ADJOURNMERNT Kathawalla adjourned the meeting at 7:55 p.m.