Estacada Arts Commission
Minutes

March 6, 2002

Attending; Jane Reid, Katinka Bryk, Norma Piper, Barbara Mattson, Gloria Polzin, Karen Veselik
Guests: Jane Troeh, Gary Guttridge, Sherrill Pratt, Barbara Montgomery, Teri Hansen

Due to lack of a quorum last meeting there were no February minutes to approve.
Barbara  Mattson was elected Vice-Chair through a motion made by Katinka and seconded by Karen. Unanimous vote.
Secretary position will remain rotating, and on this schedule: April/May=Norma, June/July=Gloria, August/September=Karen, October/November=Barbara, December/January=Katinka.

Ms. Pratt, Montgomery and Hansen exhibited their oil and acrylic paintings. They were unanimously approved by the commission for inclusion in the artists roster.

Gary Guttridge gave update on Lewis and Clark Pageant. They have decided not to have their event in conjunction with the Summer Celebration. He said they would rather enjoy the weekend of fun the commission is putting on, and then have their event in mid August.

Jane R reviewed the budget. There is approximately $100 available, but we are showing an increased financial history by the grants that are passing through- looking good for future grant writing. Jane T suggested potential fundraising idea of the Estacada Tea Ladies having a tea with the proceeds going to the commission. Jane R mentioned that The Chair Wasn’t There production was interested in turning over their donations to the commission. Other ideas were an art raffle at the Summer Celebration. Gloria said we made $14 in donations at our last event.

Old Business:
Banners: Jane R reported that things are perking along, but it is more complicated than had been expected.
Artists Repertory Theater Estacada Project: Moving along well, all participants are excited, performances are on March 16 at 7pm and March 17 at 3pm. Great job!
Tourism Development Council: Katinka reported meeting with Linda Bell who is encouraging the Commission to proceed with the mural curriculum guide idea. Linda suggested a project grant for it, as it could be marketed as a manual for tour bus guides.
Spring Arts and Lecture Series: Artis rep was great, 35-40 people attended- positive feedback, success! Barbara will send thank you cards. Thank you Thank you Thank you Barbara for all the thank you cards you have sent in the past, all the thank you cards you will send this week, and all the thank you cards you will send in the future! We Thank you! And a big Thank you to Jane Troeh for her volunteer work with us on the Spring Arts and Lecture Series- THANK YOU!
Estacada Summer Celebration: Jane T reported that the city council reviewed our stage waiver and said they would approve if or the basic stage, but the extended stage requires a $125 fee for transportation and set-up. Jane R said she would ask Brent D if the choirs need a bigger stage and if so if he would pay the fee.
Norma has been busy getting donations (yea Norma! You rock!). Eagle Foundry has promised $50 but is seriously considering $500, Les Schwab has promised $500. She is on the trail of PGE, and will check on the status of our letters sent to Hi-School Pharmacy and Bank of the West. Great job!
Estacada Arts Commission brochure: Katinka will attempt this project soon. Deadline end of May.

New business:
Public art policy: Katinka has been in contact with Metro Murals ( www.metromurals.org if any one is interested) and has received numerous contracts from other mural communities. She is attending the next Artback meeting on Sunday March 10, and will report back on the ‘ownership’ issue after that.
Art jurying standards: Gloria will pursue existing standards from other organizations and the commission will develop a written policy regarding this.

RACC: Jane, Norma and Katinka will attend workshop “Leadership from the Ground Up" on Saturday March 9. Exciting!
CCN: Jane suggested idea of newspaper insert about artists similar to the recent one on women in business.

Next meeting April 3, 2002 7 pm

That’s it! We work hard, we do awesome things and WE ALL ROCK!!!