Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-22-2021Creative & Cultural Council Minutes February 22, 2021 The Paducah Creative & Cultural Council convened for a Council meeting on February 22, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. via video and/or audio teleconference. Upon a call of the roll, the following answered to their names: April Cochran, Steven Page, Shand Stamper, Cindy Ragland, Ty Wilson, (5). Members Mary Katz, and Melanie Reason were in attendance. City Employees Lindsay Parish and Katie Axt, and guest working artist Andee Rudloff were also in attendance. In order to keep the Council and public safe in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and in accordance with Kentucky Executive Order 2020-243 and SB 150, all members of the Creative & Cultural Council participated using video and/or audio teleconferencing. The public was invited to view the meeting via the Zoom Virtual Meeting Link and call-in phone number. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Council Member Wilson offered the motion, seconded by Council Member Ragland to approve the Minutes for the Jan 21, 2021, meeting of the Creative & Cultural Council. All in favor. MEETING WITH GUEST, ARTIST ANDEE RUDLOFF Andee Rudloff addressed the council offering insight into organization, public art, and serving working artists. Highlights included: Insight into her work and service on different boards Kentucky Arts Week is THIS week. KY Arts Council’s facebook page has daily updates on arts advocacy This year’s Arts Advocacy day is Feb 24 Artist Thr!ve/ Emily Hull Tremain foundation will be the speaker @ 1pm on 2/24 (see fb page for link) Her talk will be about a new funding model; advocating for letting artists create the opportunity and matching the donor to the project proposed She then took questions from the group: From council member Page: Gave the example of Ft. Smith AK with a host of high impact murals. Asked: When a city has a multitude of murals - where does that process usually begin? City planner vs/ organic - both happen Established artists to student artists participate In Ft. Smith there was a city manager involved Impact study showed increase in tourism Intended to drive foot traffic and outdoor activity Nashville: Chaotic growth Miami: using murals to drive tourism and hide ugly/ making less attractive areas into hot spots Creative & Cultural Council Minutes February 22, 2021 Referred to Miami’s efforts as layered Murals correspond with annual event Public Arts Efforts Grand Rapids MI Art Prize Huge major public art invitational - such a huge tourism driver Public, private, grant funding https://artiststhrive.org/our-origins https://www.artprize.org/about#:~:text=September%2016%2DOctober%203%2C%202021 From Katie Axt: Can you talk about the balance between public driven public art and art driven by a “Master Plan”? There is room for both Chicago Piano Program (encouraging interaction across the city) Recommends RFQ (request for quote) allowing artists to provide examples of work Use an invitational to find artists Referenced Evansville IN call to artists to paint evey gas meter in the city EMPHATICALLY you MUST PAY ARTISTS Morgantown KY mural started the Monthly music at the mural, led to more murals, and an arts guild arts/tourism, art drives Recommends doing an exchange with sister cities Art = signs of life From council member Stamper: In dealing with organizations as an artist or with artists as an organization member, what do both sides need to do to meet? Where do we get it wrong and right? How can we do better? Listen to artists Recommends an artist advisory committee Insist on/ seek diversity in that committee Make serving exciting and infrequent Upon answering all questions Randee exited the zoom meeting. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT UPDATE Council Member Wilson spoke to the contact that he and council member Page made with Ms. Lynn at WKMS in Murray. She pointed them some names for potential hosts for podcast con. Creative & Cultural Council Minutes February 22, 2021 UPDATE ON PADUCAH PUBLIC ART PROJECT Lindsay Parish and Katie Axt offered updates on the public arts project idea April Cochran previously proposed. Paducah Power seemingly has no issue with use of the poles. There is support to use the banner infrastructure already in place. These are some tentative affirmative steps toward approval. PADUCAH COMMITTEE GENESIS QUESTIONS Council members Stamper and Reason preview the sample survey questions for the council to see. Big questions were discussed and it was decided that the group would work on a common document to make adjustments and discuss at the next meeting. It was stated that the development of the questionnaire and defining Paducah’s State of the Arts is central to the mission of the council and that it is reasonable to think that the City government will support our efforts through staff time and funding. ADJOURN Chairperson April Cochran offered motion, seconded by Council Member Ragland, to adjourn the meeting. All in favor.