Cultural Arts Commission

MINUTES OF THE GALVESTON CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2022, 2:00 PM VIRTUAL MEETING VIA ZOOM I. DECLARATION OF QUORUM AND CALL MEETING TO ORDER a. With a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 2:02 PM by Chair Kathleen DiNatale. Present:, Pat Jakobi, Sherrill Hilton, Trey Click, Nick Barbee, Jan Collier, Mary Longoria, Michael Woody. Absent: Ken Shelton. For the City: Megan Pierce, Barbara Sanderson, Marissa Barnett. Guest: Thomas Singleton from Vision Galveston. b. Review of Minutes: Minutes for January regular meeting were reviewed. Trey moved they be accepted and approved, Nick seconded; approval was unanimous. c. Word on the Street: Trey Click gave an update on the work that has been done to repair and relight the downtown Mardi Gras arch. He reported that the Rosenberg Library will be holding an exhibit of the original sketches and models for the arches at some time in the future. Pat Jakobi announced that the Galveston Art League’ s Winter Juried Show is on exhibit through the month and that the Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council is holding an art and writing competition associated with their annual FeatherFest for students grades 1-8 with a theme of “Welcome to Bird City.” Sherrill Hilton announced that there will be a one-day Galveston Island Film Festival of the selected films from 2020 and 2021 at Moody Gardens on April 9 and that submissions are being accepted until June for the 2022 two-day festival that will return in October. d. There were no public comments. II. REPORTS a. Chair’ s Update: The Z Krewe’ s application for their Mardi Gras street art was approved at the January 27th City Council meeting. The Red Light Roasters has submitted an application for a fence and sidewalk mural. The application was unanimously approved and will be sent to the City Council for their February 24 meeting. Megan shared a copy of the new permit which has been issued to the Z Krewe and there was a general discussion of the permitting process. b. Marissa Barnett gave an update on outreach efforts to date for the current request for proposals to the Arts Grant Program. A film video about the program is anticipated to be up on the City website later this week. She also went over planned activities for the future prior to the deadline on March 31 and asked for suggestions of completed public art from other locations to use as examples.  Nick will provide information on the small public art grants program in Houston. He and Michael Woody will work on a guest column that incorporates examples of current Galveston recipients. Michael also suggested that he and Nick work with Vision Galveston on a series of blogs highlighting current public art activities. III. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS a. Thomas Singleton discussed ways that he and Vision Galveston could work with the Commission in promoting public arts in the city. He focused on plans for creative placemaking,” specifically as relates to adding art to the redesign of Jones Park (71st and Avenue S). Nick expressed his desire to create art that engages with the community that the park serves. b. Trey suggested that the Commission should consider asking the City for more money for cultural arts to move such suggestions forward. He also gave a thank you to Barbara Sanderson for her work in improving the 25th Street medium. IV. Adjournment at 2:46 PM: Nick Barbee moved to adjourn the meeting; Trey Click seconded the motion; vote was unanimous. Minutes approved March 8th, 2022 CAC Chair Kathleen DiNatale