Cultural Arts Commission

CITY OF EVERETT CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES May 14, 2019 – 5 pm Van Valey House 2130 Colby Avenue Acceptance of March Minutes: Motion to approve: Elizabeth Person; Seconded Rosemary Jones. All in favor. Commissioners Present: Kristen Boswell, Rosemary Jones, Jason Grim, Cat Snapp, Hugh Denny, Alison Musch, Cheryl Davis, Elizabeth Person, Deb Fox, Maren Oates Commissioners Absent: Kati Nickerson, Diane Wright, Jasmin Wisecarver-Baron Guests: David Lotz, Aimee Leggett, Bill Zama, Karen Erickson Council Liaision: Paul Roberts Staff: Carol Thomas Karen Erickson gave a history of the Everett Art Walk. Originally founded by Josey Wise, it was passed on to 3231 Creatives when Wise Designz closed. When 3231 Creative closed, they passed the Art Walk on to Karen Erickson and when Isabella Valencia opened the Black Lab gallery in 2016, the Everett Art Walk was revived. Everett Art Walk currently has 11 venues and about 30-50 people participate in each Art Walk. Karen currently is in charge of the website, interactive maps, e-blasts and Facebook page. Karen discussed the Everett Art Walk and ways that the Cultural Arts Commission could offer support:  Graphic design and printing of rack cards and posters  Assistance with Art Walk website, e-blasts, interactive map or Facebook page.  help with finding new venues willing to put up artwork and join the Art Walk  a liaison between artists interested in showing their artwork and the venues  wayfinding signage in front of venues hosting the Art Walk Will send out these requests to our cultural arts commissioners and they can offer their support if desired. Alison Musch gave an update on the Parking park-let- there will be a kickoff to the park-lets project on June 26th at Scuttlebutt’s. Proposal to have the September meeting of the cultural arts commission at the new Evergreen Branch Library. Once the opening date of the library is established, the commissioners would like to be involved in a dedication of the new artwork by Christine Clark. New Business: none Citizen Comments: none Adjourn: 6:30 p.m. Next Meeting: June 11, 2019 5 p.m. Everett Museum of History