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Home My WebLink About07-20-2023 MinutesCreative & Cultural Council Minutes - July 2023 The Paducah Creative and Cultural Council convened for a meeting on July 20, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. at 200 Kentucky Avenue. Upon call of the roll, the following answered to their names: Cindy Ragland, Basil Drossos, Chad Clark, Steven Page, Todd Birdsong and April Cochran. Ashley McMillan, Morgan Walker, and Nic Hutchison were absent. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Council member Clark offered the motion, seconded by Council member Page to approve the Minutes for the June 15 meeting of the Council. All in favor. ART POLICY UPDATE Council member Ragland reported that she and Council members Clark and Hutchison met with Michelle Smollen regarding our proposed Public Art policy. She will present it to the City manager and come back to us with any questions. WEBSITE UPDATE Council member Birdsong reported that he has spoken with Rebecca Denﬂip about updating our website. She has experience with Word Press and is willing to add the artists who have submitted for inclusion to our site plus revise/add our board members bios and photos for $350. Council member Drossos offered the motion to authorize Birdsong to ﬁnalize arrangements with Denﬂip to pay $350 to update our website. Council member Ragland seconded, motion carried. Birdsong will see what she requires as a monthly stipend to keep site up to date. REVISED BUDGET Due to absence of Council member Hutchison, discussion of budget was tabled to our next meeting. Council member Cochran was concerned that any budget we request not take away from the established arts organizations requests, noting that their grant requests were funded at lower levels this year and hoped there was not a connection. The Council concurred. POTENTIAL SOUTHSIDE SITE FOR CCC PROJECT Tabled for next month discussion LOWERTOWN ARTS MEETING Council members Ragland, Hutchison and Clark attended a meeting of the Lowertown Neighborhood assn designed to bring mutual awareness of C&CC and Lowertown goals and missions. Fruitful discussion. NEEDLE SCULPTURE DISCUSSION Council member Clark brought the Council up to date on the needle sculpture issues, which include Paducah Power concerns about safety, costs and the need for insulation, liability issues as the sculpture is partly on Cappock property and party on city property. Much discussion ensued. The takeaway is there is no city jurisdiction as we have no public art ordinance and this makes the case for the need for one. POTENTIAL MURALS ON AMERISOURCE BLDG Discussion tabled. POTENTIAL MURALS ON TRAIN OVERPASS - DRY GROUND/JEFFERSON & BROADWAY Council member Ragland reported that Todd Tabor approached the Mayor about exploring having murals on the train overpass. Council member Page indicated he has previously explored this potential project and said the railroads were not responsive. Page will forward to Ragland his correspondence from 2018 regarding this. There is a meeting July 26 at noon at the Coke plant with Tabor which Page will try to attend. Ragland invited Council members. CCC MAILING LIST Council member Ragland reported that the Council purchased the Chamber’s mailing list. We now have a base of 200-300 from the CSI event invites as a basis to form our own mailing list. WASTELANDERS IN LEXINGTON Council member Clark will be attending the opening of the Wastelanders Art Collective show in Lexington. CCC paid for the printing of their event program. AIRPORT RECEPTION Building on the success of the CSI event, we’d like to explore a reception event at Barkley Regional airport to showcase the new public art, hopefully with the artists in attendance. Council member Drossos suggested using the CSI Evite list. Ragland will check with the airport for potential dates. It was agreed that a date sooner than later would be most beneﬁcial. Drossos suggested that any event ticket proceeds go to Barkley Blue Skies Alliance, a 501C3 whose purpose is to recruit an additional carrier. It was requested that Council member Ragland email the ﬁscal accounting of the CSI event to Council member Cochran for inclusion into the minutes. GUY KEMPER LECTURE Council member Ragland reported Guy Kemper may give a lecture at the PSAD OTHER BUSINESS -Council member Cochran reported that C & CC meetings will be held in Market House Theatre’s Classroom B, adjacent to MHT’s Courtyard lobby. -Council member Page updated the Council on the progress of the proposed UNESCO choir program next summer and wondered how we can encourage the city to jumpstart the process. PSO or Paducah Singers will be the agency who accepts the funding for the project. It was suggested to approach both the City and the County ﬁscal court for ﬁscal support. Additional potential sources of funding were also discussed. -Council member Clark made the motion to appoint Cochran as the Council’s secretary. Council member Drossos second, motion carried. -Council member Drossos moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:14. Fiscal Info of the CSI event addendum: Sponsors/Income: Paducah Ford - $1500.00 Cappock Family- 150.00 Steve and Nancy Powless - 200.00 Ashlea McMillan 239.00 Admission Proceeds 2,175.00 TOTAL INCOME: $4,264.00 Expenditures: Walker Hall (Food)- $2,931.00 J T Crawford (Photography)- 200.00 Guitarist - 150.00 Evites - 89.00 TOTAL EXPENSE: $3,370.00 Net Proﬁt: $894.00