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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-05-24 ACC MinutesDraft Minutes® Approved Minutes0 Approved Date: Click here to enter a date. Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Arts & Culture Commission Edina Art Center Thursday, May 24, 2018 4:30 p.m. I. Call To Order Chair Rubin called the meeting to order at 4:32 p.m. 11. Roll Call Commissioners Present: Susan Chandler, Cheryl Gunness, Douglas Hegley, Heather Isaacs, Hannah Klein, Anne Miller, Michelle Morgan-Nelsen and Russ Rubin Commissioners Absent: Steven Suckow Student Commissioner Present: Brooke Sheehy Student Commissioner Absent: Jane Howe Staff Present: Staff Liaison Susan Faus III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion made by Miller to approve the meeting agenda. Motion seconded by Chandler. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion made by Chandler to approve the March 22, 2018 minutes. Motion seconded by Hegley. Motion carried. Motion made by Miller to approve the April 26, 2018 minutes. Motion seconded by Klein. Motion carried. V. Community Comment None VI. Reports/Recommendations A. Public Art Edina Commissioner Gunness reviewed and gave an update on the student sculpture competition. She indicated they went through I 50 maquettes and it was very hard to narrow it down to a few finalists. Commissioner Gunness proposed because the Public Art Working Group has decided to not do their adult rotating sculpture competition this year that they use some of that money to get more of the student sculptures built. Commissioner Gunness showed the top nine student sculptures. Commission Gunness indicated there have probably been three to four artists who are interested in trying to help them out with the student sculptures. In addition they have also Draft MinutesM Approved Minutes0 Approved Date: Click here to enter a date. reached out to an administrator of a community workshop at the Community Center and two of those guys have already offered to build two of them. She thinks they will be able to get a lot of them made if not all nine of them. Commissioner Gunness explained she hasn't met with the Public Art Working Group since the May meeting when they were on hold. She stated since the Arts & Culture Commission needs to spend $10,000 on public art she asked the commission to think about how they would like to prioritize spending the money. Part of the money has already been committed to pay the artists to keep their pieces of art one more year until it is figured out what will be done next year in addition to not having an empty space there all year. The commissioners asked questions and had a discussion regarding the student art and prioritizing the $8,000 left in the fund. Motion made by Hegley to accept the recommendation from Public Art to allocate the funds to three different categories one is sustaining works already in place for another year for $2,000, two is to negotiate with artists to produce as many of the nine f►nalists artworks from the school programs as submitted and judged and if any funds remain utilize those in the highest priority of conservation. Motion seconded by Chandler. Motion carried. There was a discussion on the importance of Public Art and the working group that managed the process. Commissioner Gunness gave a briefing and there was a discussion of what is best for the ongoing activities. Motion made by Rubin to disband the Public Art Working Group but the commitment to Public Art activities will continue as part of the Arts & Culture Commission. Motion seconded by Chandler. Motion carried. It was made very clear that the role for Public Art would not be diminished by this move. Commissioner Morgan Nelson offered to draft a letter to the Public Art Working Group letting them know the working group has been disbanded. The commission thanked Commissioner Gunness for all of her hard work with the Public Art Working Group. VII. Chair and Member Comments Chair Rubin informed the commission there was a Comprehensive Plan half-way check-in on May 3 that was hosted by the Planning Commission and City Council. They were asked to present a three minute summary of the work they have done without repeating what the Comprehensive Plan is. He noted it was very well accepted as well as they received some very nice comments from the Planning Commission and City Council members who were there. Draft Minutes® Approved MinutesEl Approved Date: Click here to enter a date. VIII.Staff Comments Staff Liaison Faus gave the following updates: • The city is hoping to make an offer tomorrow on the new General Manager of the Art Center; she hopes the announcement will be made in the next couple of days. • The Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) met this morning regarding Grandview and decided to continue and extend their contract with Frauenshuh for another 30 days. • The Art Center will be starting their summer camps the first week in June for kids ages 5 to 14. • The Minnesota Mosaic Guild Exhibit will open on June 7 and runs through June 29; there is a reception for it upstairs in the Gallery on June 7 and everyone is welcome to attend and check it out. IX. Adjournment Motion made by Miller to adjourn the May 24, 2018 meeting at 5:25 p.m. Motion seconded by Morgan Nelson. Motion carried.