Cultural Arts Commission

CITY OF EVERETT CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES December 11, 2018 – 5 pm Downtown Library, 2702 Hoyt Avenue Main floor activity room Commissioners Present: Alison Musch, Elizabeth Person, Rosemary Jones, Maren Oates, Deb Fox, Diane Wright, Kristen Keenan, Hugh Denny Commissioners Absent: Yasmin Wisecarver-Baron, Cat Snapp, Jason Grim, Cheryl Davis, Kati Nickerson Guests: Hadassah Jones Staff: Carol Thomas, Lisa Newland, Kimberly Shelton Acceptance of November Minutes: Maren Oates made a motion to accept the November Minutes. Diane Wright seconded. All in favor. None opposed. Election of Board Chair and Vice Chair, effective Jan 1 2019 – Dec 31 2019 Deb Fox was nominated for the position of Board Chair and Kristen Keenan was nominated for position of Vice Chair. All were in favor. Review of cultural arts commission grants and grant award recommendations by commissioners: PROGRAMMING REQUESTS Commission Recommendatio Name of Organization Project Title Project Cost Request n Ready....Set....Action 3,700.0 All Aboard of America 1 ! 2019 10,450.00 0 1,000.00 Season Concerts for 5,740.0 Everett Chorale Association 2019 39,616.00 0 2,000.00 Japanese Anime and Manga Arts Festival 3,500.0 Everett Community College Foundation 2019 13,900.00 0 1,000.00 2,000.0 Everett Film Festival Everett Film Festival 10,000.00 0 1,000.00 Listener's Choice Concert - May 5, 5,000.0 Everett Philharmonic Orchestra 2019 31,300.00 0 2,000.00 Free Concert Series 2,000.0 Evergreen Community Orchestra 2019 17,700.00 0 1,000.00 Seattle Men's Chorus Dec. 2019 Everett Holiday 2,000.0 Flying House Productions Concert 34,040.00 0 500.00 Guest Performers 7,000.0 Imagine Children's Museum Series 14,519.00 0 3,000.00  4,500.0 Jackson Elementary School PTA My Piece Matters 6,911.40 0 1,500.00 Mari's Place for the Arts Original Plays 3,000.0 Mari's Place for the Arts and More 9,750.00 0 2,000.00 Olympic Ballet Theatre 2019 5,000.0 Olympic Ballet Theatre programs at EPAC 117,059.00 0 2,000.00 Project to Program Five Chamber Music Concerts in Everett 5,000.0 Pacifica Chamber Orchestra WA in 2019 25,000.00 0 2,000.00 2019 Regional Scholastic Art 1,000.0 Schack Art Center Awards 25,000.00 0 1,000.00 STEAM: Tranforming STEM with Art + 5,000.0 Schack Art Center Design Exhibit 49,200.00 0 3,000.00 2019 Year End 5,000.0 The Dance School Performance 15,000.00 0 0.00 5,000.0 The Dance School 2019 Nutcracker 11,950.00 0 500.00 Village Theatre KIDSTAGE Pay- What-You-Can 5,000.0 Village Theatre KIDSTAGE SummerStock Performance 102,200.00 0 1,500.00 Village Theatre KIDSTAGE Village Theatre KIDSTAGE Wintertide Wintertide 5,000.0 Performance Performances 20,376.00 0 5,000.00 FREE Pied Piper Sensory-Friendly 5,000.0 Village Theatre Pied Piper Performances 16,370.00 0 2,000.00 CAPITAL REQUESTS Schack Art Center Hot Shop Furnace $75,707 $10,000 Replacement $4,000 Everett Museum of History Building a Future for $ $10,000 Our Past 5,000,000.00 $4,000 Olympic Ballet Theatre Olympic Ballet $27,128 $13,564 Theatre: Stage Lighting Upgrade $0 40,000.00 Follow up questions:  Schack- is the glassblowing furnace available to underserved youth at no cost or low cost?  Seattle Men’s Chorus holiday concert- how many free tickets are they giving out in Everett and to whom?   Does OBT offer discount tickets – what is their outreach to underserved communities  How does TDS engage with underserved youth? How many scholarships do they offer?  Imagine Children’s Museum- guest artist performer series- are those events ever offered on free days? Revising the 2020 application – Cultural Arts Commissioners will revise next year’s grant application to reflect the commission’s core value: engaging underserved youth and community, cost per person served, greatest impact for grants funded, etc. Commission will establish a sub-committee to draft the questions. Citizen Comments none Adjourn 7:50 pm Next Meeting: January 8, 2019, 5 pm Van Valey House