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ALL RIGHT. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 19, 2024. THE TIME IS 6:03 P.M. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE WILEY PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TO ORDER, MADAM CHAIR OR NOT, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL? ON I'M HERE. ESTHER PRESENT. STEVE. PRESENT.
MENASHE. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND REVIEW OF 2024. WAF VENDOR APPLICATIONS AND UPDATES ON THE EVENT. WE HAVE 154 BOOTHS THAT ARE ASSIGNED, I THINK WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 184. SO WE ARE GETTING CLOSE AND WE HAVE ANOTHER 50 TO REVIEW TONIGHT. YES. AND WE HAVE, SPONSORSHIPS FROM METHODIST HOSPITAL, C.W.D. HOME REMODELING AND ENCORE. SO FAR. THAT'S ALL DISCUSSION. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS DISCUSSION REGARDING PHASE TWO WALKING TRAILS. THE YOSHI. RIGHT. UPDATE I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITH THE FIRST ONE ESTIMATED AROUND THE END OF SEPTEMBER. MAYBE THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO IN OCTOBER. AND THEN HE WILL START ON THE SECOND ONE. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE DECEMBER BEFORE HE COMES TO INSTALL, BUT THAT'S JUST A GUESS, BUT HE IS WORKING ON THEM AND HE SHOULD BE JUST ABOUT THROUGH WITH SACRED FIRE. I CAN'T WAIT. DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER THREE. DISCUSSION UPDATE REGARDING PHASE THREE WALKING TRAILS. I SPOKE WITH TESS. SONNY'S BETTER HALF, AND SHE SAID THAT HE STARTED WORKING ON THE MAQUETTE ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. WHENEVER I SENT YOU THE EMAIL. OR MAYBE I DIDN'T SEND IT. NO, I DIDN'T. I WAS JUST GOING TO REPORT IT. SO HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, 1ST OF OCTOBER, AND THEN HE WILL SEND US A PHOTO AND SEND IT TO THE SOUTH AFRICA. TO BE TO GET AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. AND THEN HE'LL GET BACK WITH US AND LET US KNOW. AND THAT WILL ALSO BE WITH THE EXTENDED BASE AS WELL. SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YEAH. NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO. OKAY. OKAY DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CALL FOR ARTIST PHASE THREE, YOU WILL NOTICE IN YOUR PACKET THAT YOU HAVE A TIMELINE AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE DAY BEFORE THE DEADLINE, WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 19 SUBMISSIONS. AND THE LAST TIME WE DID A CALL, WE HAD 63. SO I WANTED TO GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME. IT'S RIGHT UP ABOVE YOUR AGENDA.
YEAH OKAY. I WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE CALL. AND SO SOME OF THE DATES HAVE BEEN REVISED, YOU WILL SEE THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. SOME OF THOSE YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN. FOR INSTANCE, THE ARTIST MEET WITH PANEL AND THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE FINAL ARTIST AND ALSO, THAT WILL BE WHEN THE MARKETS COME IN AND, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND, YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF MEETINGS FOR YOU ALL, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL FOR THE JURORS, AND WE DO HAVE FULL JURORS. AND MR. DAHMER WITH THE LOCAL ART, WHAT IS IT CALLED? ALREADY BEEN CHEWED? ABC ALREADY BEEN CHEWED. HAS AGREED TO, TO BE OUR SECOND ARTIST, THERE WERE THERE WAS A MEETING, TUESDAY FOR THE ARTISTS TO TEACH THEM HOW TO
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DO THE CAFE. WE DID HAVE FOUR THAT CAME. NO, THREE, AND THE OTHER FOUR WERE EITHER OUT OF TOWN, JEREMY COULDN'T COME, BUT HE'S USED TO THE SYSTEM, SO HE WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM. AND I'VE SENT OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM CAFE ON HOW THEY LOG IN. THEY'VE THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR PASSWORDS, SO THEY'LL BE READY TO GO ON THE 30TH WHEN WE CLOSE THE CALL. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED TO LESS PEOPLE RESPONDING THIS TIME? PARDON? WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED TO LESS ARTISTS RESPONDING, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THE CALL THAT WE DID THE LAST TIME WAS FOR 80,000, BUT THAT WAS FOR TWO PIECES. SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE 40,000 A PIECE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S MORE STONE AND OTHER MEDIUMS BESIDES BRONZE OR METAL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY KIND OF REQUESTING. THIS THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE RESPONSE WAS LOWER. SO WHAT ARE THE MEDIUMS WHERE YOU ARE POSTING THIS INFORMATION, WHETHER IT IS SOCIAL MEDIA OR IT IS NEWS CHANNELS, HOW WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE ARTISTS. YOU MEAN HOW DID WE POST IT ON CALL? YEAH, YEAH, WE POSTED IT AS METAL. IT COULD EITHER BE BRONZE, BRONZE RELIEF OR METAL. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SCULPTURES THAT DO SCULPTING IN THOSE MEDIUMS. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY LIST OF ARTISTS SOMEWHERE OR MAIL ID OF ARTISTS THAT YOU ARE MAILING THEM OR HOW YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THEM? OH, WE USE A COMPANY THAT HAS OVER 30,000 ARTISTS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. YEAH. AND THIS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USING FOR THE CALL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION REGARDING PROMOTIONAL ITEMS FOR EVENTS AND COSTS. YOU'LL SEE THE NEW PACKET. I ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH VISTAPRINT AND ARRANGED THE ENTIRE OUTFIT FOR THE BANNERS, THE TABLE CLOTH AS WELL AS THE CANOPY TENT, YOU'LL SEE ALSO TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PACKET, THE NEW DESIGNS FOR THE TABLECLOTH AND FOR THE CANOPY TENT. ALL BASED ON THE BASE DESIGN. I DID FOR THE FEATHER FLAG, ONE UPDATE I JUST REALIZED THAT OR I JUST NOTICED THAT IN MY CART ON THE FLAG, IT SAYS QUANTITY ONE AT 104 339. WE NEED TO HAVE TWO, UNLESS WE JUST WANT TO GO WITH ONE, I WOULD, I THINK WE'D PROBABLY PREFER TO JUST FROM A VISUAL STANDPOINT. SO THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE TOTAL TO 1006, 84, 27, 1684 27. YES, MA'AM. SO, BASICALLY, I THINK AT THIS POINT, ALL WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS JUST EITHER AN APPROVAL OR SOMETHING ON THE TABLECLOTH AND THE CANOPY TENT DESIGNS, AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM WE CAN ROCK AND ROLL. ANYONE HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT? I HAVE, I LIKE THE DESIGN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO LIKE THE DESIGN. I'M GLAD THAT WE WENT WITH THIS ONE. AND, WE LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKED LIKE PAINT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF ARTSY AND JUST SUPER EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS AT THE NEXT EVENT I GOT, I GOT TO WORKING ON THE TABLECLOTH AND THE CANOPY, AND I STARTED LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE IT'S A REPETITIVE DESIG, RIGHT? THERE'S FOUR, YOU KNOW, FOUR AREAS ON THE TENT. AND I THOUGHT LOOKING AT IT, I WAS LIKE, THAT IS REALLY BUSY. BUT THEN THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION, RIGHT. WELL, YOU AIN'T GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT ANY MORE ATTENTION THAN THAT. SO I THINK FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT. BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER INPUT, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THEM TO CREATE THIS, WE IF WE'RE GOOD TO GO, THEN I CAN GET IT ORDERED. I THINK THEY SAID ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO 10 DAYS. WONDERFUL. SO IF WE WAITED TO TAKE OFFICIAL APPROVAL AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH THE COST INCLUDED, THEN WE COULD HAVE IT FOR THE ART FESTIVAL, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AWESOME. SO I. IT IS COVERED AND THE COST OF VENDOR.[00:10:09]
WE ARE CHARGING THEM FOR THIS. THIS ONE, THAT'S THE COLORS THAT IT WOULD BE. NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE COLOR. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE PRICE OF THESE. THESE ARE FOR THE BOOTHS, RIGHT? YEAH.YEAH IT'LL BE THE SAME SIZE AS THE BOOTHS. IT'S FOR JUST FOR A BOOTH FOR US. NOT FOR THE REST OF THE VENDORS, BUT ALL THE OTHER VENDORS ARE GOING TO BRING THEIR OWN. THIS IS JUST FOR OUR IDENTITY PURPOSES. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE CAN SIT THERE AND SAY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE DO. YEAH.
THE WHOLE PURPOSE. OKAY? OKAY TO FAST LEARNING. I'M LEARNING. YEAH. THE WHOLE PURPOSE BEHIND DOING THIS IS JUST TO THE ARTS BOARD CAN HAVE AN IDENTITY, A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THE CITY, A LOT OF THE CITIZENS CONSIDER WHAT WE DO. THEY THINK A LOT OF IT'S PAID FOR BY THEIR TAX MONEY. THIS IS KIND OF THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY ASPECTS AS TO WHY WE WANT TO EXPLAIN OR HAVE AN AVENUE TO EXPLAIN TO THE CITIZENS THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TAX MONEY. THIS IS ALL INDEPENDENTLY DONE. SO WE JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OUTLET TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. THAT MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING. STEVE. OH DEAR. YEAH, YOU'RE IN FOR IT NOW. THAT IS A REALLY GOOD POINT. AND IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF WE HAD LIKE, ONE OF THOSE FOAM BOARDS WITH LIKE A GRAPHIC THAT SAID, WHERE DOES THE WILY ARTS MONEY COME FROM? AND LIKE SHOWING ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DISPLAYED, THAT WOULD ADD TO THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE WERE HAVING IT THERE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY COULD, LIKE, VISUALLY SEE IT.
THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE REALLY COOL, LIKE ON A LITTLE TRIPOD OR EASEL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, I KNOW SPECIFICALLY WE WERE DOING WE WERE GOING TO HAVE LIKE WE HAVE THE BROCHURE, THE EIGHT AND A HALF BY 11 BROCHURE THAT'S OUT IN THE LOBBY AVAILABLE OUT THERE. WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TABLETOP, BUT THEN WE COULD ALSO PROVIDE AN EIGHT AND A HALF BY 11 SHEET BREAKDOWN FOR THAT, AS WELL AS HAVE A GRAPHIC BOARD, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD REFER TO. SO SHOULD SOMEONE ASK THE QUESTION AND WE'D BE LIKE, WELL, LET ME SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. WELL, THAT ALONE MIGHT GET THEM TO STOP AND COME ASK US QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE TO INVITE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE COULD ALSO PUT THINGS IN LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME BE PART OF THE ARTS BOARD. YOU CAN GET INVOLVED THIS WAY. YOU CAN BE ON COMMITTEES. YOU CAN BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST INVITING PEOPLE, OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED.
YES. AND I THINK THAT, THE BROCHURES HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM. SO WHAT WOULD BE NICE IS JUST TO HAVE WHERE DOES THE MONEY FOR ART COME FROM? AND THAT PULLS THEM OVER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. OH, HOW ABOUT IT? I LIKE IT ALL ABOUT IT. AND THEN CAROL, I STILL THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF WE HAD LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT KIND OF THING FOR KIDS, LIKE GO, GO FIND THESE, THESE, THIS ART AROUND THE CITY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK I STILL HAVE SOME OF THE DRAWINGS FROM THE MURAL THAT WE COULD HAND OUT TO COLOR. OH, THAT COULD BE COOL. SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR KIDS. I WISH WE STILL HAD THAT MURAL FOR ASSOCIATION. WHAT? JUST JUST SO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS. YEAH, THEY'LL COLOR THAT. THAT'S COOL. BUT THEN THEY'D BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT WHAT THEY'RE COLORING ON THE SIDE OF THAT BUILDING. YEAH. YEAH YEAH I WISH WE STILL HAD THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE WOULD BE COOL? I'M ON A ROLL NOW. THE MAQUETTES LIKE HAVING MAYBE SOME OF THOSE SITTING ON THE TABLE BECAUSE THEN THAT'S KIND OF A TANGIBLE THING THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE AND TALK ABOUT AND, AND LIKE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT KIDS COULD ENGAGE WITH TOO. NOW WE MIGHT NEED SOME HELP HAULING THEM OVER THERE, BUT WE'VE GOT THEM HERE UP IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND WE JUST BRING THEM BACK. SO SINCE THE WHOLE BOARD WILL BE THERE, IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO PUT A SUGGESTIONS AND FEEDBACK BOX THERE SO THAT WHETHER VENDORS OR PEOPLE CAN DONATE OR DONATE, ACTUALLY THEY CAN COMMENT ON THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS, WHETHER THEY WANT ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENT, KIND OF GIVE A COMMENT ON WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE ART. YEAH, I THINK AT THIS POINT, I THINK AT ONE POINT WE DID ALSO HAVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A DONATION BOX, WE DID. DO YOU STILL THROW THAT OUT THERE? YEAH AND MENASHE HAD A GOOD IDEA, TOO, YOU KNOW, JUST, LETTING CITIZENS MAKE COMMENTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ART? I THINK THAT COULD BE ALL, YOU KNOW, HAND IN HAND WITH THEIR ABILITY TO. I CALL HAND IN HAND WITH THEIR ABILITY TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND GIVE THEIR OPINIONS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND TALK TO THE KIDS ABOUT WHAT WE DO HERE AND LIKE INTO THE ART
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CLASSES AND LIKE INVITE THEM TO COME BE PART OF A MEETING LIKE THIS. AS A CLASS PROJECT, I NEED, I NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO DO. I'M GOING TO DO THAT. I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M THERE OKAY.IT'S TIME FOR A REGULAR AGENDA. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. MINUTES FROM 815 2024. I NEED A MOTION. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO PUT FORTH A MOTION TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. MINUTES FROM 815 2024. I SECOND THAT.
OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0, DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I SECOND. ME TOO. I SECOND. THE MOTION NOW. YES. WE TURN NOW. THE MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0.
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