2010-03-10 - Arts Commission - Minutes Board or Commission: ❑Arts commission
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Meeting ate: 03/10/2010
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
ARTS COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7:00 p.m., Village Hall, Lower Level Conference Room
Present:
Linda Rosen, Chairperson
Marilyn Alaynick
Laura Ander
Steve Bulmash
Chris Gibson
Sandy Greenberg
Lori Lapping
Gayle Pervos
Lynne Schneider
Fran Sachs
Fred Weissman
Absent:
Bonnie Gold
Barbara Herman
Guests:
Keith Sonne — BGRA
Mike Katz— BGRA
Staff Liaison
Carol Berman - Present
Trustee Liaisons
Trustee Steve Trilling
Trustee Lisa Stone
Welcome
The meeting was called to order at 7.06 PM.
Approval of Minutes
A motion was made to approve the minutes from the February 10th meeting by Marilyn
Alaynick and seconded by Laura Ander. The motion was unanimously approved.
Chair Report
Linda introduced Keith Sonne and Mike Katz from the BGRA. Mike is the chairperson
for the Buddy Baseball Program. Sandy Greenberg introduced the Bloomin' Buffalo
Grove program and explained to Mr. Sonne and Mr. Katz that the Arts Commission
wanted to share the profits from this program with Buddy Baseball. Currently there are
50 adults/children in the program. Their season begins on May 1St at Miracle Field.
Some of the suggestions made by Mr. Katz and Mr. Stone were to support social events
of the teams or scholarships for participants who need assistance in paying their
registration fees. Mr. Sonne offered to advertise our program on their website. They
thanked the Arts Commission for selecting Buddy Baseball as a beneficiary of this
event.
Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Art Festival — July 17t" and 18t"
The volunteer meeting will be held on June 9th at 6:OOPM. Our regular meeting will be held
immediately after this meeting.
The Buffalo Grove Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the Celebrate Art party on
Thursday, July 15t" at the Indeck Building. Jan Obrand will chair this event for the
Chamber. Several local artists were contacted to exhibit that evening.
On Friday, July 16t" the BG Jazz Band will perform at Rotary Green. It was suggested
that the committee contact Big Sherm's or Jimmy John's, restaurants in the Town
Center, to make available for purchase picnic dinners for the exhibitors. The committee
wanted to be sure the Amdur Productions makes the exhibitors aware of this event and
the availability of the picnic dinners.
Family Art Tent — Laura Ander stated that the projects for the Family Art Tent will be
"paint a bird house" and string necklaces with fruit loops and red licorice. It was
suggested that we place a donation box in the Family Art Tent to help defray the cost of
the supplies. A balloon artist, Jason Giolli, has agreed to be part of the Family Art Tent
and only work for tips. Laura Ander and Lori Lapping, chairs of this event, will provide a
list of needs such as wipes, wash stations, etc. so that Amdur will be aware of their
needs.
Unique Expressions — There will be ten (10) tables that will be used for handicap artists.
This group will be coordinated with the Citizens with Disability Committee.
Youth Artists — This program will be repeated this year with ten (10) tables available for
youth artists.
The committee would also like to continue with the Sunday morning breakfast keeping it
light with Danishes, bagels and fruit. Possible locations would be Giordano's, India
House or eSkape.
The Buffalo Grove Jazz Band will perform on the center stage along with some of the
Limelight performers.
The committee suggested that in lieu of hats, lanyards, or other items to identify
volunteers the committee should explore purchasing new shirts for the volunteers. It
was also suggested that we might find a local business to pay for the shirts and have
their logo on the back.
Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band
Bonnie Gold and Sandy Greenberg continue to serve as liaisons from the Arts
Commission to the Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band Board meetings which are held
every month. The board realizes that the Village will request a survey of the members
after the spring concert. It appears that this is not something that is anticipated by the
board members.
The spring 2010 concert will be held at Stevenson High School on Saturday, April 24t"
The theme of this year's concert is 'Blue on Blue" and will consist of pieces that
exemplify "blue," either in style or by theme. Lynne Schneider has volunteered to do the
introduction at the event. Volunteers for the event are Lynne Schneider, Sandy
Greenberg, Fred Weissman, Steve Bulmash, Gayle Pervos, Chris Gibson and Marilyn
Alaynick. The committee requested that the band check with Stevenson High School to
make sure the side doors to the auditorium are open that evening for use by handicap
individuals. The Arts Commission will have volunteers at the doors to accept tickets
and hand out programs.
Upcoming events include the June 15th performance of the Jazz Band at Willow Stream
Park, at the Art Festival and Buffalo Grove Days. In addition, the band will play on July
4th at Rotary Green. The date for the fall concert has not been established
Limelight Cafe
The date of April 30th has been established for this event at eSkape. Currently there is
only one participant signed up to perform. There was a flyer posted for Limelight Cafe at
Buffalo Grove High School and we are waiting on approval to put the flyer up at
Stevenson High School. These are only informational flyers--all sign-up is now online or
by phone to Susie Levy. We will wait until the April AC meeting to determine the status
of the project.
Little Limelight
The committee decided not to hold this event this year due to decreased participation
this past event. This event will be reviewed again for the 2011 program year.
Bloomin' Buffalo Grove — May 22nd
Sandy Greenberg reported on the committee's activities. All of the 60 bird houses have
been committed to local artists. We continue to collect pieces from artists to be sold at
the event. The most recent was a hand painted antique window by Marla Fry of
Valparaiso, Indiana. Cookies, suckers and other items that fall within the theme will be
sold at the event. Three baskets filled with items related to flowers, plants, etc. will be
raffled that day.
The event will be held in the Council Chambers of Village Hall from 1:OOPM-4:OOPM.
The committee is working on publicity which will include print media, Channel 6, website
posting, Village Newsletter and posters. In addition, we will announce the event at the
Symphonic Band performance.
The committee decided that they wanted the portion of the profits that were to go to the
Buddy Baseball program earmarked for scholarships for those participants whose
families had difficulty paying the registration fee.
New Business
None
Old Business
None
Village Report
None
Adjourn
The next meeting is scheduled for April 14th.
The meeting concluded at 8.10 PM.
The motion was made by Marilyn Alaynick and seconded by Lori Lapping. The motion
was unanimously approved.
Sincerely,
Carol Berman
Staff Liaison
cc: Steve Trilling, Trustee Liaison
Lisa Stone, Trustee Liaison
Ghida Neukirch, Deputy Village Manager