Arts and Humanities Council of Falls Church

Arts and Humanities Council of Falls Church Meeting March 15, 2018 Falls Church Arts Minutes Members Present: Corey Jannicelli, Laura Hull, Ellen Gross, Letty Hardi, Sally Cole, Ed Henderson, Barb Cram, Rosemary Ziskind Guests: Keith Thurston, The meeting was called to order by Barb Cram at 9:45 am. Minutes: Meeting minutes from January and February 2018 were approved. TLCCF Report:  The CATCH website no longer has capacity issues since the change to site ground as it’s platform.  TLCCF is updating to a new calendar system o Anyone can add items to the calendar. Contact Keith about setting up at password  Laura offered to share a master list of all the calendars Creative Cauldron post events on. Monthly Action Plans:  Grant Funding o Laura suggests targeting PNC and Washington Gas grants as sources of funding  Meeting/Storage/Archival Space o The following groups were identified as still needing space  Tinner Hill, VPIS, & Chambers  Who should get the next priority space?  Artists need low-income housing space  Laura suggested making this a bigger conversation at a later meeting  Joint Marketing Plan o How is the public accessing the press releases that the A&H Council is creating? o Suggestion made that the next press release could focus on Springtime/ Memorial Day o Another suggestion was made to create an annual booklet of programs 1  o Locations for distributing information included local hotels, the Tysons-Fairfax County Visitors Association, lobbies of multi-use buildings o Suggestion made that a marketing intern could spend time connecting with hotels, apartments, etc Planning and Development Update:  Falls Church Arts Café opens in May from 7 am to 3pm with rental space in the evenings. Old Business:  Arts & Cultural Map o Recommendation to merge small area plans for the Arts & Cultural Map  Public Art on Utility Boxes o Letty spoke with Michael Whitfield about the initiative and the city can support the project if the CATCH Foundation can support the funding. o Suggestion was made to create a budget for the project New Business:  American Evolution 2019 o Eden Center is listed on the Virginia Trails App o American Evolution Marketing Grant Program deadline is March 22  Falls Church Women’s Walk planned for March 18 at 4pm with a rolling start Adjourn Meeting was adjourned by at 10:56 Next Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 19 at 9:30 am at Falls Church Arts Gallery Submitted: By Corey Jannicelli 2