2012-02Richfield Arts Commission Meeting Minutes
Fireside Room, Richfield Community Center
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 7pm
Attendance
RAC Members Attending: Judy Goebel, Ellen Stinger, Ron Wilson, Claire Plank Gahler,
Jackie Mihalik, Debra Caserotti, Pete Dysart, Tomaz Majewski
Absent: Kevin Klos (excused), Marilyn Anderson, Willie Falwell, Briana Eicheldinger
Visitors: Community Services Commission liaison Michele Thompson
City Staff: Mary Kay Champa
Call to Order: 7:03 pm
The Secretary was absent, Ellen Stinger took notes.
January Minutes: Approved.
RAC Membership Introduction
New member : (Tom) Tomaz Majewski
City Staff report Mary Kay Champa
Auction summary - Photos of articles purchased at Abdel's auction, were passed
around & discussed. We need to send a Thank you -&/or schedule a special day
in recognition of him.
Art Center open house events during the Richfield Farmers Market will be on the
second Saturday of each month as follows:
May 12, June 9, July 14, Aug 11, Sept. 8, Oct 13
Any information of coming arts events & the Richfield Public Art tour brochure
will be available to visitors.
Teen Art Show- art work that is not on display in the Community Center or Municipal
Center, needs to be picked up by the student artistss or their teachers. MK has it in her
office.
Adventure Gardens City council approved request made by Adventure Gardens
Miniature Golf to make changes of the building it shares with the Richfield Art Center.
These changes will include building and landscaping new patios on the outside of the
building and making renovations inside to create a malt or coffee shop. Arts
Commission members raised issues about the security of the Art Center due to the
ease of breaking in by climbing over the wall and opening the door from the inside.
MK will make other city staff aware of our security issue and try to get some sort of
barrier built between the top of the wall and the cathedral ceiling.
Dance There are 128 children registered for classes through the Recreation Department.
Purposed new Bandshell in Veterans Park- MK will bring info about this to the
next meeting.
Music in the Park MK will find out planned concert dates from Kelly.
Election of Officers approved
Co chair (s) : Judy Goebel and Debra Caserotti
Secretary: Kevin Klos
The Arts Commission expects to lose some of its most active members nest year due
to term limits imposed by City Council. We should investigate the City's requirements
for limiting terms of membership and plan to recruit new members.
Phone/email/address information of commission members was collected-
MK will adjust our membership list and bring this to the next meeting.
Arts Center Judy Goebel & Ellen Stinger
Selling artwork at the Art Center was discussed. We would like to rent space- tables etc. for
a minimal fee to artists that they can use to sell their work during Farmers Market. This
might happen every week or only certain weeks of the month. The artists renting space
would be responsible for making their own sales, and it was proposed that there not be a
commission taken on work sold because it would have to be on the honor system and
would require quite a bit of calculation and documentation from the artists. MK will look
into the requirements from the City regarding this. Also- we will need a time
commitment from members of the Commission to make this happen- if we want to offer
this service on a weekly basis. It would provide fund raising for us.
Community Center/Library Art Displays Ron Wilson
April - May 2012 - acrylic painter
Ellen will ask her students about exhibiting June - Aug.
City hall art display Debra Caserotti
Mar- June on display: Mary Best/jewelry artist, Ann Somers/fabric artist,
Fern Oreck/ felted purses &hats, Ginny Carroll + one more(Debra will check her notes)
Tom will make a new sign to put into the display case indicating that it is presented by the
Arts Commission.
Debra & MK will purchase fabric for the bottom of the display case. Debra had photos
from a catalog of display fixtures and card holders -that need to be purchased to enhance
the attractiveness of items displayed.
Community Services Commission liaison Michele Thompson
Adventure Gardens. Michele showed us a print copy of the PowerPoint that was
presented to City Council showing proposed changes to the building before the City
Council approved them. We discussed how it would affect the Art Center.
Sun Current Newspaper Michele brought a copy of a recent issue of the Sun
Current newspaper- where an article about the Arts Commission Public Art Brochure
was prominently featured.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Ellen Stinger substitute secretary
Next meeting March 1, 2012