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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-08-11; Arts Commission; MinutesMINUTES Meeting of: Time of Meeting: Date of Meeting: Place of Meeting: ARTS COMMISSION 8:30 a.m. August 11, 1989 City CounciI Conference Room COMMISSIONERS CALL TO ORDER; Chairman Bear ca!led the Meeting to order at 8:33 a.m. ROLL CALL; Present - Chairman Bear, Commissioners Jersey, Ladouceur, Mikhaet and Straub. Absent - Commissioners Bischoff and Meilach. Staff Members Present: Connie Beards ley, Manager, Arts Office Clifford Lange, Library Director APPROVAL OF MINUTES; Minutes of the Regular Meeting held July 13, 1989, were tabled due to a lack of quorum of Members present. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT; Chairman Bear reported on the dedication of the art work at Stagecoach Park and commented on the successful dedication program and the fact that this was just the beginning of a long and successful art program. ARTS MANAGER'S REPORT; Connie Beardsley announced that Mary Rice has resigned, and temporary people will be brought in to help with her duties until a permanent employee can be hired. She expressed regret at Ms. Rice's resignation and asked the Commissioners for assistance until a new employee can be h i red. Ms. Beardsley distributed copies of the Carlsbad Unified School District K-12 Curriculum Instructional and Support Services Priorities 1989-90, and called attention to the increase in the arts education programs to $28,000. Ms. Beardsley stated that Commission help will be needed the last week in November to find homes and transportation for the artist in the community, and suggested that perhaps a Hospitality Committee be formed. She asked the Commissioners to think of names of volunteers for that. OLD BUSINESS; ACQUISITIONS' POLICY. Chairman Bear stated that this Commission wanted to draft a policy for City Council to consider dealing with acquisition of art contributed by individuals or groups. It was felt the City needed a policy in order to ensure that the City receive quality artwork. MINUTES August 11, 1989 ARTS COMMISSION Page 2 COMMISSIONERS OLD BUSINESS: (Continued) Chairman Bear said that Connie Beardsley had drafted a policy, and that was sent to the other Commissions and Departments that might be Involved. The only comment received was from the Historic Preservation Commission, and they asked to include in the policy that they be consulted if there is anything that relates to historic preservation. Ms. Beardsley will now go forward with the revision and submit this to every Department before taking it to City Council. KIOSK - Committee Report - Commissioners Ladouceur and Jersey. Commissioner Ladouceur reported about the progress on this project and showed sketches Nan Robertson had made for the kiosk. Marjorie Howard-Jones of the Arts Associates reported that the Associates would like this item to be placed on hold for the time being. She also requested that the Library Board not discuss this at their August meeting, as the design Is not at a point to be evaluated as It Is at the present time. Chairman Bear stated that the Committee needs to meet with Nan Robertson and then report back to this Commission at the next meeting. NEW BUSINESS; Connie Beardsley Introduced Kim Mikhael, the new Arts Commissioner. FORMATION OF PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE. Connie Beardsley stated that the Arts Commission appoints panels to select artists for the public art program. However, those panels do not deal with issues that arise from Individual proposals that are brought to the Arts Commission. She stated that she proposed creating a standing Public Art Committee, to deal with individual requests regarding public art, so the people making the requests could go to that Committee with their Ideas and projects. Ms. Beardsley suggested that the Committee consist of an Arts Commissioner, three artists/arts professionals and a community member. She added that this might preclude the artists serving on the committee from submitting art for consideration on a specific proposal. The Commission discussed this, with Chairman Bear stating that he felt this would have to be the policy to avoid any undue Influence on the process. It was felt that people will seize on anything to object to the selection of something that they personally do not like. The suggestion was made to rotate the artists on the Committee, with no specific term for their serving on the Committee. Connie Beardsley reminded the Commission that this Committee would not be considering art—but would talk about policies and consider individual requests. MINUTES August 11, 1989 ARTS COMMISSION Page 3 COMMISSIONERS NEW BUSINESS; (Continued) Chairman Bear commented that a volunteer from this Commission for that Committee should be prepared to spend a fair amount of time educating themselves in pub Iic art. Commissioner Straub felt the Committee Members should be from North County. Commissioners Jersey and Mikhael volunteered to share the membership on this Committee. The Arts Commission adopted the proposal to form a Public Arts Committee. SEAWALL MURAL - Carol Denenberg Connie Beardsley presented this proposal from Carol Denenberg and Sibyl Rubottom to involve volunteers from the community }n painting a mural on the seawall to control the graffiti. She added that there is no money in the budget for such a project, and secondly, any such project would have to go through the entire process of the City, and could not be accepted as presented. The comment was made that most of the graffiti is on the west side of the seawall, and there is nothing that could withstand the winter storms. Commissioner Jersey commented that he felt this did not fit with the image of Carlsbad. Commissioner Straub felt this was an interesting concept and that there were places in the City where the City could use murals—with a master plan. Connie Beardsley will explain to Carol Denenberg and Sfbyl Rubottom the comments of the Commission and the existing process for selecting artwork. MEETING TIME. The new meeting time for the Arts Commission will be the first Thursday of the month, 4:00 p.m., at either the Conference Room or Council Chambers. ADJOURNMENT; By proper motion, the Meeting of August 11, 1989, was adjourned at 9;30 a.m. Respectfully submitted, CONNIE BEARDSLEY fl Arts Manager Harriett Babbitt Minutes Clerk Bear Jersey Ladouceur Mikhael Straub