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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-13-2015 FAC reg mtg minutesJ FINE ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015 In Attendance: Mark Persico, Director of Community Development Steven Graham, City Attorney's Office Gigi Hanna, City Clerk Monica Lagos, City Manager's Office Erika Murphy, Mayor's Office Thomas McGovern Furmin Newby, Untapped Hip Hop Justin Valdivia, Untapped Hip Hop David Williams, Untapped Hip Hop Commissioners: Dorothy Garcia, Chairperson Barbara Babcock Deborah Bunger Ruben Chavez Donna Howard Lynette Kaplan Michael Segura Bronica Taylor Absent: Olena Ohiy Meeting called to order by Chairperson Garcia on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 4:06 p.m. in the MIC Conference Room, 6th Floor of City Hall. COMMISSIONER/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS Chairperson Garcia reported that Norton Space and Aeronautics Academy presented a Certificate of Appreciation and thank you letters to the Fine Arts Commision at the Council Meeting of September 21, 2015. She stated that Sinfonia Mexicana also sent a thank you letter to the commission for their grant. Chairperson Garcia announced the opening of the Arts Center on 11 th and "E" Street on November 14, 2015. She stated that there would be an art exhibit featuring middle school and high school art students and the theme was "What I like about San Bernardino ". Fine Arts Commission — October 15, 2015 Page Two Chairperson Garcia stated that the Art Connection Conference was excellent and they had a good turnout. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Commissioner Babcock to approve the Minutes of August 11, 2015 and September 15, 2015. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Kaplan. Motion passed. GUEST SPEAKERS Thomas McGovern, grant recipient, thanked the Fine Arts Commission for the grant and spoke about the Windows on 5th Street Art project. He distributed copies of the project's budget to the commissioners. Mr. McGovern stated he was willing to lend out some of his art pieces to display in the Council Chambers. Mark Persico, Director of Community Development, spoke about his meeting with Yolanda Macias, a recent high school graduate who presented a PowerPoint idea for an Art Walk. After that meeting he contacted Dale Marsden from the San Bernardino City Unified School District, Dave Johnson from Cal State University, and a representative from San Bernardino Valley College to discuss Ms. Macias' concept and the possibility of broadening it out to the local art schools so that the City and the School District weren't the only participants. He stated that he and Gigi attended an organized meeting on September 23, 2015 at the School District offices. He said that they discussed having the Art Fest downtown in the Lobby of City Hall with participation from the Mexican Consulate, the Guatemala Consulate, The Sun Newspaper, and Court Street Square. He said that they would also have food trucks available. Mr. Persico stated that the School District would be getting word out to all of the art teachers and this event would be aimed at Middle and High Schools within the district, as well as students from Cal State University and Valley College. He stated that they set three dates for the Art Fest, which was April 21, 2015, May 19, 2015, and June 16, 2015. He suggested that a representative of the Fine Arts Commission attend the next organized meeting of October 28, 2015. Chairperson Garcia agreed to represent the Fine Arts Commission at the upcoming Art Fest meetings of April 21, 2015, May 19, 2015, and June 16, 2015. NEW BUSINESS Untapped Hip Hop Grant Proposal — David Williams Furmin Newby gave a presentation of the Untapped Hip Hop grant proposal and answered commissioners' questions. A motion was made by Commissioner Taylor to offer a letter of support for the concept of Hip Hop Street Art Competition once Untapped Hip Hop has received a letter of support from the Arts Institute. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Babcock. Motion passed. Fine Arts Commission — October 15, 2015 Page Three National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Grant Application Chairperson Garcia said that she had been meeting with a group of individuals from the College of Arts and Letters at Cal State University San Bernardino who had talked about cooperating in some kind of a grant application that would be for the City. She said it was submitted to the National Endowment of the Arts for their "our town" project. She stated that the first phase would be for cultural mapping. Mayor R. Carey Davis wrote a letter of support indicating that the Fine Arts Commission would be working with the university on this project and that the City's role would be collaboration with the Fine Arts Commission, participation, planning, and possibly some staff. There would be no financial support from the Fine Arts Commission. Disabled Veterans Request for Mural at Speicher Park No action taken. OLD BUSINESS Grants Application Revision — Update of Timeline It was agreed that a special meeting be set for this item only. Chairperson Garcia would contact commissioner to set up a convenient date for all. Art Acquisition Policy Steven Graham, Deputy City Attorney, stated that in terms of the language he basically took it from the proposed mural ordinance. Commissioners discussed the Art Acquisition Policy which was provided by Steven Graham and made additions and changes. October Arts Calendar The calendar was distributed to commissioners. Art Walk Discussion was made by guest speaker, Mark Persico, Director of Community Development. Update on Multicultural Festival (Bronica Taylor) Commissioner Taylor spoke about some of the activities that were going to take place at the festival. Commissioner Taylor announced that the next subcommittee meeting would be held on November 5, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the MIC Room. She stated that if any Fine Arts Commissioners had any suggestions to please contact her directly. Utility Boxes — Ruben Chavez No action taken. Fine Arts Commission — October 15, 2015 Page Four PUBLIC COMMENTS None ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned October 13, 2015 at 6:17 p.m. The next Fine Arts Commission meeting will be on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 4:00 p.m., in the MIC Room, Sixth Floor of San Bernardino City Hall. Respectfully submitted, Valerie R. Montoya Deputy City Clerk