Arts and Humanities Council of Falls Church

Arts and Humanities Council of Falls Church Meeting March 16, 2017 Dogwood Room City Hall Minutes / Notes Members Present: Barb Cram, Ellen Gross, Isabella Flora, Sallie Cole, Corey Jannicelli, Laura Hull, Marybeth Connelly, Letty Hardi Also Present: Debbie Hiscott, Falls Church Education Foundation The meeting was called to order by Chair Barb Cram at 9:40 am. No meeting minutes were available to share from the previous month’s meeting Falls Church Education Foundation: Debbie Hiscott offered an overview of the Education Foundation and its role in the community. She also answered questions around the upcoming Garden Tour and Derby Days. Action Plan Review: Logo  Question was raised around when the CATCH Foundation Logo verse the Arts and Humanities Logo should be used o CATCH Foundation logo should be on promotional material surrounding grant funding o Arts & Humanities Logo on website and general publications  Barb will resend logos to everyone and asks that the file is saved for future use Fundraising  Laura Hull shared her opinion that space is the #1 issue in Falls Church for Arts Org. but PR/branding to get the word out was also a big need  Group expressed a need for a brainstorming time to decide what we would apply to use the money for.  Recommendation to shorten the next A&H Council meeting and use the second ½ hour to focus on brainstorming grant funding needs Marketing  Marybeth expressed a need for group marketing, perhaps on a monthly basis  Would like to see someone in a role like Ingrid’s to take on this responsibility Visioning 2040:  Barb Cram expressed concern around the limited amount of language in the final document surrounding the arts and humanities.  Deadline for comments is the end of the week Arts and Humanities Website:  Corey asked for an update on thelittlecity.org website which has been down for several weeks.  Barb wrote a quick email to Nick Gatz to address the issue. 1  Public Art:  Barb is working on a formal Public Art Policy  Letty expressed an interest in seeing more public art in the community, specifically the type of chalk art done for the Watch Night logo.  Barb shared that chalk art takes a lot of time and chalk  Letty asked if there were artist in the community who could do more chalk art murals Announcements  Marybeth announced the upcoming Women’s History March and help promoting the event on facebook and brainstorming past women leaders in the community. Submitted: By Corey Jannicelli 2