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2011-08-10 - Arts Commission - Minutes Board or Commission: ❑Arts commission Document Type: ❑A e g nda 0 Minutes Meeting ate: 08/10/2011 Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting MEETING MINUTES Regular Meeting Wednesday, August 10, 2011 7:00 p.m., Village Hall, Lower Level Conference Room Present: Linda Rosen, Chairperson Marilyn Alaynick Laura Ander Mark Andrews Sharon Borstein Chris Gibson Bonnie Gold Sandy Greenberg Barbara Herman Lori Lapping Gayle Pervos Lynne Schneider Absent: Steve Bulmash Fran Sachs Fred Weissman Staff Liaison Carol Berman - Present Trustee Liaisons Trustee Steve Trilling Trustee Les Ottenheimer - Present Welcome The meeting was called to order at 7.00 PM. Approval of Minutes Barbara Herman made a motion to correct the minutes to add "not" in the section on the Buffalo Grove Fine Arts Festival, first paragraph, last sentence, between would and be. Marilyn Alaynick seconded the change. A motion was made to approve the amended minutes from the June 8, 2011, meeting by Barbara Herman and seconded by Gayle Pervos. The motion was unanimously approved. Chair Report Linda welcomed Trustee Ottenheimer to the Arts Commission. She was so pleased that the Arts Commission sponsored so many wonderful events for the community this summer. First there was Symphonic Band Ensemble Concert Ensemble, then the Jazz Band performance on the Friday night before the Art Festival, the very successful Art Festival and the first exhibition from the Artists' League at Indian Trails Library. Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band Bonnie Gold reported that plans are underway for the 9/11 concert which is to be held at 3:OOPM at Buffalo Grove High School. President Jeff Braiman, along with our Fire Department, Police Department, local clergy and the military will be part of the program. In addition, A Lincoln Portrait, by Aaron Copland, will be narrated by Wayne Messmer. Volunteers for this event are Gayle Pervous, Chris Gibson and Carol Berman. The Fall Concert is scheduled for November 13t" at Buffalo Grove High School Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Art Festival Despite the heat, the Fine Arts Festival was very successful. The artists seemed pleased and the Village and Amdur Production staff worked well together. The commission members reviewed the 2011 Recap of the festival prepared by Ghida Neukirch. Additional comments that came from the group are: • Keep the show in July but avoid any conflict with the Ann Arbor festival. • Although the artists did not attend the Friday night concert at Rotary Green the commission members felt it was a nice touch and should be continued next year. • The general feeling was that the time the fest is opened, 10:OOam-5:OOpm, is good and should be continued. Having the fest later on Sunday would be a problem since many artists drive to home after the event. • Breakfast — the commission was disappointed that more people did not attend the breakfast, especially those that were receiving awards. It is the recommendation of the committee to not repeat this next year. It was suggested that we do get some bagels, donuts, coffee cakes, and fruit but just put them in the office for the artists • Children's Art Tent — Will consider face painting and tattoos for next year. Gayle Pervos stated that her husband would like to sponsor the event next year. It was suggested that this tent, plus the Youth/Unique Expressions tent should be in line with the others. • Youth Artists/Unique Expressions — greatly lower the cost from $50. They never seem to sell to a point that they recoup this fee. 0 It was suggested that we may want to consider three shifts of volunteers instead of two. Some volunteers could have options to work more than one but with the heat shorter shifts may make a difference to some of our older volunteers. • There were concerns about the number of volunteers that were a "no show." Maybe next year we should confirm with them via email or phone. • Shirts for next year — the committee requested sleeveless shirts with a lower neck. • Next year all water should be distribute in bottles. The village will have to seek additional sponsors to purchase more water than we had this year. • CERT should be more visible. • There was no cart available for emergency purposes. When one was needed our volunteers could not reach anyone to send one to the site. • Provide the AC volunteer space in the office a walkie talkie. • Amdur should concentrate on more variety of artists for next year. To our knowledge there were no water color artists and too many jewelers. • Mark Andrews said we could develop a Google voice number that would connect all volunteers, commissioners and staff. We will work with Mark to explore this option for next year. Artists' League Sharon Borstein reported on the June meeting of the Artists' League. It was held at the Arboretum Club and Pam Olin was the featured artist. The Artists' League is currently sponsoring its first all member show at the Indian Trails Library during the month of August. The opening reception, held on August 2nd, was a huge success. Although it was a very rainy day there were between 40-50 people attending this event. The Artists League was successful in getting very good publicity for this show. Refreshments were served and what was left at the end of the evening was donated to the Buffalo Grove Police Department. Sharon has been in contact with the artists' leagues in Palatine and Arlington Heights. There will possibly be a joint project in the future. The next meeting is scheduled for August 29t" at the Indian Trails Library. New Business None Old Business Public Art Project The commission is still seeking a public art project for 2012. Linda discussed Project Butterfly that was done by Highland Park, in their downtown area, this summer. Sharon mentioned that one of the Artists' League members discussed doing light sculptures in the winter. Laura Ander was going to research items that we can use for a public art project in 2012 and report back to the Arts Commission at the September meeting. Saving tiny Hearts Gala Sandy Greenberg mentioned that she had attended the annual gala and our boxes, mirrors and bird houses were up for sale. It was a lovely event and hopefully raised a lot of money for the organization. The Village of Buffalo Grove Arts Commission was given recognition in the program book for their donation to the organization from the Blooming Buffalo Grove project. Sculpture Garden Additional money was raised for this project from the Leonard Goldin Memorial Fund. The commission was asked to come up with ideas on where we should place the first sculpture. Carol mentioned that due to easements and underground electrical lines the Lake Cook frontage on the village campus would not be a good location. Currently we have about $7,000 saved for this project. Village Report Carol asked the membership if anyone was interested in joining the Barrington/Northwest Chapter of the Art Institute. Anyone interested should contact her directly. Adjourn The next meeting is scheduled for September 14, 2011. The motion to adjourn was made by Marilyn Alaynick and seconded by Lori Lapping. It was unanimously approved. Meeting adjourned at 8.10PM Sincerely, Carol Berman Staff Liaison cc: Steve Trilling, Trustee Liaison Les Ottenheimer, Trustee Liaison Ghida Neukirch, Deputy Village Manager