Minutes
Commissioners Present:
Gloria Polzin, Jami Berry, Jane Reid, Mauragrace Healey,
and Angel Austin
Commissioners Absent: Lesley Atlansky
Guests Present:
Steven Amick, Lisa Galluzzo, Paula Nelson, Nina Hamilton, and Irene
Adams
The meeting was called to order at 7:06 pm.
The September and October minutes were read and approved
with a few small corrections. Jami will
see that Traci receives the updated versions of both.
Steven Amick read a proposal for the commission to help sponsor an art project he is heading up called “Art for All.” This project will provide works of art and/or art supplies to people who might otherwise not be able to afford them. These gifts would be included with this years Adopt-A-Family program through the Estacada Resource Center. The commission agreed to help sponsor this wonderful project in any capacity it could.
Paula Nelson and Lisa Galluzzo from the Estacada
Development Association (EDA) shared the landscape design for the East End
Project (the “Goodwill truck” area of Estacada). The design showed a parking lot, sidewalks,
greenways, rock walls with benches, a large gazebo/pavilion and a kiosk. The kiosk will be a showcase for listing
local businesses. The EDA would like
assistance from the commission in getting art created and displayed – primarily
regarding pavilion. Ideas ranged from
the actual creating of the pavilion by hand-carved timbers or having art
incorporated into an already-built pavilion.
The EDA also wants a large “Welcome to Estacada” sign to be
created. The commission suggested the
EDA outline exactly what they would like to have with a budget and then create
RFPs for this project. It was agreed
that the commission would help however possible and be a liaison with the art
community. Jane said she’d be on the
lookout for any possible grants.
Angel stated that there was not a lot of new information to
report. It was still planned to release
a new RFP and Jami will email to all local artists.
Jami stated that the Chautauqua Series, “The Witch’s
Garden,” was set for April 14 in the Community Room at the Whispering
Pines. The Springwater Grange was
secured for Writer’s Night on April 28th, but she was still waiting
to hear back from Stevan Allred. She sent
in a usage application for the Auditorium for “Vortex” on January 20 and
is still waiting to hear back although she doesn’t anticipate any
problems. Steven Amick stated the Matt
Love (author of the book “Vortex”) and Lee Meyer, Chief Organizer and Media
Liaison for Vortex, would both be attending the event for
questions/answers. The following events
will all take place at the Auditorium: PAGE will hold a film festival on Dec.
17, Misty River will perform Feb. 10, PAGE will perform their One Acts on Feb.
24 – 26, and DoJump will perform on March 17.
Estacada Tourism Meeting: Mauragrace attended the Estacada Tourism
meeting and reported that there were two ongoing projects at present. The first is the Kiosk near the water treatment
area. They will be updating this with
new information and she will try to get the mural information included. Also the 3-panel signage near the Timber Park
restrooms has one panel empty and she feels our information would be great to
have displayed there as well. Mauragrace
will also be working on getting $1K of the tourism monies for the printing of
the mural brochures and volunteering herself.
Thank you, Mauragrace!
Art & Cultural Exchange: Jane reminded us about the countywide Arts
& Cultural Exchange put on by the Arts Action Alliance of Clackamas County
is to be held Tuesday Nov. 15 at the Museum of the Oregon Territory from 8:30
to 2:30 pm. Mayor Austin has been
invited to be part of the opening panel, which is addressing how the arts are
affecting change in our communities. Another major focus of the day will be
“creative spaces” in our communities – identifying existing facilities that can
be used for the arts across Clackamas County.
Jane, Jami, Gloria and Mauragrace all plan on attending and Jane will be
speaking as well.
Mural Art Walk: Jane also reported that Mary
Cooper is very interested in being involved in the commission’s “Mural Art
Walk” for local area students. This art
walk idea evolved from a recent commission retreat meeting. The idea is to have local students, teachers,
and parents, walk to perhaps 4 of the murals and the commission would have Mary
Cooper, a local arts educator, create a curriculum involving the murals and
have the students participate. Mary
would like one of the artists involved, Kolieha Bush, to assist. Kolieha has happily agreed to help. The next step is to have Jane, Angel, Mary
and Kolieha meet to work on getting this started.
Oregon Education Act of the 21st Century: Jane reported that the Oregon Legislature and
Board of Education is reviewing the Oregon Education Act for the 21st
Century. Currently, diploma requirement in Oregon’s public schools require only
one credit in the fine or applied arts (which includes woodworking, welding,
etc) or foreign language. They
are taking public comments at this time (until Dec. 16) and the Oregon Alliance
for Arts Education is asking that the arts community take action to make
meaningful changes. Go to the survey posted on the Board of Ed’s site (http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=144)
and in the comment section, request that two credits in Fine Arts be required
of all students receiving an Oregon diploma. (Fine arts consists of music,
visual arts, theatre, dance and moving image arts.)
Mauragrace made up a chart explaining the differences
between the Arts Commission, the Summer Celebration, the Artback, and the
Spiral Gallery Cooperative. The commission
has been aware of the public’s confusion as to who is who and what they each do
for some time now. To address this
issue, Jami gave Steven Amick the chart and asked him if he would be interested
in writing an article for the local paper incorporating the chart to clarify
“Who’s Who in the Arts in Estacada.”
Tabled due to time constraints.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 pm.
The next meeting will be held December 7th, 2005.
Respectfully submitted,
Jami Berry, Secretary