2012-04-04 - Arts Commission - Minutes Board or Commission: ❑Arts commission
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Meeting ate: 04/04/2012
Type of Meeting: ❑ Rescheduled Regular Meeting
MEETING MINUTES
Rescheduled Regular Meeting
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Village Hall, EOC. 7:15 p.m.
Present:
Linda Rosen, Chairperson
Marilyn Alaynick
Laura Ander
Sharon Borstein
Steve Bulmash
Shari Ginsberg
Bonnie Gold
Sandy Greenberg
Barbara Herman
Lori Lapping
Fran Sachs
Lynne Schneider
Fred Weissman
Absent:
Mark Andrews
Chris Gibson
Gayle Pervos
Staff Liaison
Carol Berman - Present
Trustee Liaisons
Trustee Steve Trilling
Trustee Les Ottenheimer
Guests
Welcome
The meeting was called to order at 7.23 PM.
Approval of Minutes
A motion was made by Barbara Herman to approve the minutes of the March 14, 2012,
minutes. The motion was seconded by Steve Bulmash. The motion was unanimously
approved.
Chair Report
Linda noted that there are a number of exciting events coming up for the commission:
the Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band Concert, the Buffalo Grove Fine Arts Festival and
another show by the Buffalo Grove Artists' League.
Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band
The 2012 Spring Concert is scheduled for Saturday, April 21St at Stevenson High School
at 7:OOPM. Volunteers for the April 21 St concert are Lynne Schneider, Fred Weissman,
Steve Bulmash, Sharon Borstein, Shari Ginsberg, Linda Rosen and Bonnie Gold.
In addition, there is a small ensemble concert at Village Hall on June 10t", the annual
July 4t" concert at Rotary Green, another scheduled at Rotary Green on July 20t" as a
preview to the Fine Arts Festival, and July 24t" at Willow Stream Park.
At this time we do not have a staff liaison to the Symphonic Band. Lynne suggested
that someone from the Band Board attend our meeting or send us minutes of their
meetings.
Artists' League
The March 22nd meeting featured Andy Nathan, a social media expert, who gave a
wonderful program on using Facebook, Linkedln and other sites to help promote the
members' work.
The April 23rd meeting will be held in the EOC at Village Hall at 7:OOPM. At that meeting
the members will be asked to bring samples of their current work for discussion.
The Artists' League is proposing a new magazine that will be designed and published by
one of the members. The magazine will feature works by members of the Artists'
League and it would be published every few months. The magazine would be
distributed to members of the league and those participating can then send it on to their
friends and clients. The magazine would be able to feature up to 20 artists in each
edition. A motion was made by Fred Weissman to approve this program and was
seconded by Lori Lapping. The motion passed unanimously.
The group is also proposing an exhibit at the Town Center in coordination with the Art
Festival. Artists would display pieces in the empty storefronts beginning in June. Town
Center management has approved this concept. We are waiting for approval of the
waiver the artists' will be asked to sign by our village attorney.
Carol mention that she received a call from a woman who is involved in an art festival in
the Lakeview area of Chicago. She had heard about our commission, the painted
buffalos project and was seeking information on some of our activities. Word is
definitely spreading about our Arts Commission.
Art Festival
The volunteer meeting for the festival will be held on Wednesday, June 6th at 6:OOPM at
Village Hall.
The OVM staff is working on getting donors for the bottled water. The Family Art Tent
will feature paper bag puppets as the featured event. The commission is requested to
seek sponsors for the event.
Linda and Laura discussed an art festival they attended in Scottsdale which included a
wine tasting. Anyone could by a glass for $10 which also included some tickets for
wine. As they went along they could sample various vendors' spirits. The question
came up about insurance and licenses. A suggestion was made that Binny's may want
to sponsor this event. Carol Berman will check with village staff to see if this is possible.
Public Art 2013
Lori Lapping, Laura Ander and Sharon Borstein will develop a business plan for the "S"
shaped fiberglass benches to present to the Arts Commission and then the Village
Board for approval.
Old Business
Sculpture Garden
Linda spoke about the artist that she and Laura saw at a Scottsdale art festival.
The pieces were affordable and cost less than $10,000. We have approximately $5,650
in the fund. The committee asked if all the funds from the Art Purchase program at the
Art Festival could be used to purchase a piece of art. Carol will check with Ghida on
this issue.
Tribute Cards
No report at this meeting.
Film Festival
Sharon Borstein and Mark Andrew are working on this project for the winter of 2013.
The Buffalo Grove Theater is interested in hosting this event. The concept is to start
small and then build on this over time. More research is needed and Sharon and Mark
will provide more information at the next meeting.
New Business
Picture Donations
Sharon Borstein discussed the concept of the donated pictures by celebrities that was
presented at the March meeting. After consideration of the project she thought it would
be better to have the 6" x 6" picture size as originally discussed. More information on
this project will be presented at a later date.
Guests
At our next meeting we will have two (2) guest speakers. Ira Sapir, the sculptor who did
the piece at Fisher Container will be our first speaker. Jackie Matthews from Rainbow
Hospice will talk about their program for outdoor art. We will put them at the top of our
agenda for our next meeting.
Village Report
Carol congratulated Lynne Schneider and the Chamber on their 40t" anniversary. She
also wished the BG Singers, many who are members of the Arts Commission, good
luck on their upcoming concert.
Adjourn
The next meeting is scheduled for May 9, 2012 at 7:OOpm.
The motion to adjourn was made by Lori Lapping and seconded by Shari Ginsberg. It
was unanimously approved. Meeting adjourned at 8.45PM
Sincerely,
Carol Berman
Staff Liaison
cc: Steve Trilling, Trustee Liaison
Les Ottenheimer, Trustee Liaison
Ghida Neukirch, Deputy Village Manager