Cultural Arts Commission

MINUTES OF THE GALVESTON CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022, 2:00 PM HYBRID MEETING IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM I. DECLARATION OF QUORUM AND CALL MEETING TO ORDER a. With a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 2:03 PM by Chair Kathleen DiNatale. Present: Pat Jakobi, Sherrill Hilton, Nick Barbee, Jan Collier, Ken Shelton, Mary Longoria, Michael Woody. Absent: Trey Click, For the City: Megan Pierce, Barbara Sanderson, Legal. Guests: Elizabeth Brown, Justin Roykovich, Devin Cleary, Nicholas McIntyre, Koby Brown. b. Review of Minutes: Minutes for April regular meeting were reviewed. Michael moved they be approved; Nick seconded. Approval was unanimous. Minutes for the workshop of May 3 were reviewed. Nick moved they be approved; Michael seconded. They were approved with Jan abstaining because she wasn’ t present. c. Word on the Street: Eepi Chaad’ s Flower Garden Banks exhibit funded by the 2021-2022 Public Art Grant can now be seen at Seawolf Park. The Southwest Plein Art competition is taking place this week on the island, with over 40 artists painting around town. A free exhibit of their work will be at Aston Villa on Saturday, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The second week of the GHF Homes Tour is coming up this weekend and volunteers are needed. Yaga’ s Wild Game and BBQ Cookoff is also this coming weekend. Proceeds benefit the Yaga’ s Children’ s Fund. There’ s a Fatherhood Event at Menard park the next weekend benefitting the Family Service Center. That same weekend, the Boys and Girls Club will have a fundraiser next to their building, the Island Market is on Saturday, and the Artists Boat is having a fundraiser. d. Public Comments: Guests associated with the upcoming discussion of the 2022- 2023 Public Art Grants were told that they could provide comments under that agenda item if they desired. There were no other public comments.. II. REPORTS a. Chair’ s Update: Kathleen reiterated the news about Eepi Chaad’ s exhibit at Seawolf Park. Kathleen, Nick, and members of the Park Board and NOAA were at the installation. III. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS a. Presentation, Discussion, and Consideration for Action of 2022 Public Art Proposals.  i. Reginald Adams: Garden Gnome Trail in partnership with Galveston Own Farmers Market Young Gardeners’ Program. He is asking for $5,000. Commission had asked for additional letter of support from GISD and it has been submitted. Nick said that he would like to see the number of gnomes doubled in the same sites and he would like to approach them with this after the current application is voted on. Nick moved that the proposal be approved as submitted; Michael seconded. Approval was unanimous. ii. Koby Brown: Archive of Photographs of 10 Historic Homes. He is requesting $ 5,000. Koby was present and presented an overview of his application. Finished plates will be on display at Rosenberg Library. Nick moved we approve the proposal; Michael seconded. Approval was unanimous. iii. Devin Cleary: Murals on Three School Garden Sheds. She has submitted a revised budget showing the addition of UV protection for the sheds and has increased the original budget of $3,245 to $3,475. She has also acquired additional letters of support as requested. She was present on Zoom and presented an overview of her application. Commission members expressed concern that her budget may not reflect the rapid increase in prices and proposed increasing it to $5,000. Sherrill so moved; Mary seconded. Approval was unanimous. iv. Carol Evaul: Seawall Mural Project at Babe’ s Beach. She has asked for 4,500. She was present on Zoom and presented an overview of her application and of her problems in identifying permissions needed for project. Michael confirmed she needed a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers and well as city and county letters of support. He suggested she obtains those and bring project back in future. The application was tabled and will not be sent forward to the Council. v. Doug Hiser: Mural at Sunshine Center. He is asking for $3,950. Nick said that he had talked with the artist and affirmed that the artist would clear coat the mural to increase resistance to elements if the grant was raised to $5,000. The commission also discussed whether the $300 allocated for paint would be sufficient and recommended that any additional costs should come from the artist’ s fee rather than request more funds from the city. Nick moved that proposal be accepted for $5,000 on that condition and the AV coating. Michael seconded. Approval was unanimous.  vi. Doug Hiser: Mural on Water Tower at Airport. He is asking for $5,000. There was concern about the absence of letters of support. The proposal was tabled for additional information and clarification from the artist. vii. Justin Lopez: Mural on Side of Hall’ s Liquor Store, 2121 45th Street. He is asking for $5,000. Kathleen has spoken with Justin about commission’ s concern over right of access and advertising on the mural. He confirmed that he has permission to use the ground in front of the mural for his equipment and that would be no signage on the mural advertising the liquor store. Nick moved we accept proposal as written; Sherrill seconded. It was approved by all except Michael, who is opposed to the presence of children in the mural on the side of a liquor store. viii. Catherine Stroud, Chris Shinn, and Nick McIntyre: Promoting Empathy through an App and Installation. They are asking for $5,000. Nick McIntyre was present on Zoom and presented an overview of their application. There was concern that participants would have to print out the design, but Nick McIntyre said that the project budget could be changed to allow for preprinted copies to be available. Questions were raised about park renovations interfering, but the project can be moved as necessary. Nick moved to accept proposal as written; Mary seconded. Approval was unanimous. ix. Amy Owens: Sidewalk Project in Partnership with GISD and Ball High. She is asking for $4,985.88. Michael moved that the application be approved as written except for increasing to $5,000; Sherrill seconded. Approval was unanimous. x. Justin Roykovich: He is asking for $4,985. Justin was present on Zoom and presented an overview of his application. Nick moved that the application be approved as written except for increasing to $5,000; Michael seconded. Approval was unanimous. xi. Jean Shon: Comparison of Old and New Photographs on Galveston. She is asking for $7,300. There were concerns expressed at workshop about whether she can get permissions from all the various components in her application, especially in reference to the diptychs on location and their security. Nike moved to table application until June when artist is able to join and respond to questions; Sherrill seconded. The motion was approved with Pat objecting because commission has passed over other incomplete applications and that delaying action on this one leads to inconsistency. Megan suggested the same offer should be made to Doug Hiser for his second proposal. It was decided that both would be invited to the June meeting if they get the necessary approvals.  b. Nick moved that we double the size of Reginald Adams’ project. There was discussion over this motion and there was no second. c. Nick moved and Michael seconded that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was accepted unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 3:22. IV. MEETING ADJOURNED Minutes approved June 14th, 2022 CAC chair Kathleen DiNatale