Minutes
Commissioners Present:
Gloria Polzin, Jami Berry, Angel Austin, Jane Reid,
Mauragrace Healey and Lesley Atlansky
Guests
Present: Rochelle Shibahara and Nina Hamilton.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm.
The January minutes were read via email prior to the
meeting and approved. The December
Supplemental Meeting minutes were also reviewed and approved.
Lesley stated that there was nothing new to report – the
project is still in the works.
Jane reported that the commission received a grant from the
Clackamas County Cultural Coalition for $1,500 for the 2006 Summer Celebration
event. Norma Piper is currently seeking
sponsors and donations for the celebration.
Jane will reconnect with Pete Hamer regarding the music lineup before
the next meeting. She also suggested we
connect with Wong’s King about possibly having the Dragon Dancers perform.
Angel happily reported that the City Council passed the 1% for Art projects submitted at their last meeting. The surplus monies (approximately $7,000) would be put into a contingency fund. If not spent on these projects, we can commission artwork for the library. Mimi’s project is on track and she has met with the City regarding her contract and the Architect regarding the layout.
Jami reported that everything was going smoothly and that
the Vortex event was a success. The
evening netted the commission $184.02 through donations, raffle tickets and
candy/water sales. Jane asked for more
volunteers for Estacada Together’s Misty River event. Jami and Gloria both agreed to help.
Angel stated that she, Jane, Kolieha Bush, and Mary Cooper
had a very successful meeting regarding the creation of the mural
curriculum. They had a lot of good ideas
they’ll be working on including perhaps the creation of a video. Their next meeting will be March 4th.
Mauragrace reported that the Estacada Tourism Committee has
set aside $1,000 out of their $32,000 grant for new mural brochures. Jami agreed to be the liaison for
Artback.
Due to time constraints, this was tabled until next month.
Estacada Community Summit – Jane reported that although the
summit was smaller this year, it was very informative and the arts in general
were well represented.
Estacada Tourism Committee – Mauragrace reported that in
addition to the $1,000 for mural brochures, the committee also gave $1,000 to
Phillip Foster Farm for advertising. The
committee is also pursuing the purchase of 60-second radio advertisements on
KXL for five different Estacada events – one of which will be the Estacada
Summer Celebration.
Clackamas County Happenings – Jane reported that Artback
also received a $1,500 grant from the Clackamas County Cultural Coalition for
the 2006 mural. She also spoke about three
different free TDC workshops available this spring, and that RACC was doing an
Economic Impact Study on the Arts and wanted the commission to participate in a
survey regarding the 2006 Summer Celebration.
Parent University – Angel reported that this year the event
would be taking place on February 18 at Clackamas River Elementary. It was discussed whether the commission
should have a presence there. It was
decided that Jami and Lesley would create a tri-fold display to be exhibited
for the day.
Jami will once again remind Steven about writing an article
for this.
Sadly, after seven years, Jane Reid announced her
resignation from the Arts Commission.
Jane Reid helped create the commission and when anyone thinks of arts in
Estacada – Jane Reid always comes to mind.
We would like to formally thank Jane for her many years of very hard
work, dedication, and true inspiration.
Thank you, Jane, very sincerely!
You will be sorely missed.
The commission has received Rochelle Shibahara’s formal
statement of interest to be a commissioner and the commission has agreed she
would be a great fit. We will put
through her application to the City Council.
Jami reported that she and Rhonda Feagle spoke a few times and found a date for the Battle of the Bands in May. Jami formally applied for the use of the Jr. High Auditorium for that date but had not heard back. Everything is going forward as necessary.
Tabled due to time constraints.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 pm.
The next meeting will be held March 1, 2006.
Respectfully submitted,
Jami Berry, Secretary