Arts Advisory Committee

MINUTES HOT SPRINGS ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE March 12, 2024 12:00 PM 111 Opera Street, Suite A 1. Roll Call of Committee Members Committee Members present: June Simmons, Kara Gunter, Karen Wiley, and Eli Vega. Absent: Dale Blackwelder. Vacant Positions: 2. Staff: Anthony Whittington and Kathleen Fason. 2. Approval of the Agenda Eli made a motion to approve the March 12, 2024 agenda. June seconded the motion to approve the agenda with the addition. Motion passed. 3. Approval of the Minutes Eli made a motion to approve the February 13, 2024 minutes. June seconded. Motion passed. 4. Introduction of Guests Tom Bolton and Liz Colgrove 5. OLD BUSINESS: A. Café Artis Round 1 Discussion: Kathleen reviewed the proposals submitted by our top three artists out of the Café Round 1. After review, a motion was made to accept Michael Warrick’s proposal. Motion passed unanimously. B. Equator Sculpture Discussion: Dale is excused from the meeting with his wife in hospital. He was unable to get Anthony an answer on reattaching and securing the sculpture. The greenway in that area is a bit of a wind tunnel and the piece continues to break. Anthony said he would continue researching answers for a solution. C. Car Plinth: Kathleen showed the committee photos of the design provided by Lee Fields, owner of Tri-Lakes Ornamental. It utilizes a checkered stand and railroad tie for the plinth and the car sits atop. He is generously offering to donate his work and materials to the city at no cost. After viewing and discussing, the committee decided that a solid color for the stand would be better in the setting it will be placed (Tranquility Garden). Anthony will speak with Lee about the change. D. Eclipse Sculpture Tours Discussion: Kathleen inquired if any committee members were still interested in hosting a sculpture tour along the greenway trail on or around the day of the eclipse. It had been discussed at an earlier meeting but not discussed since then. Eli offered to do the tour and offered to send Kathleen a PowerPoint presentation of art in Hot Springs that he had created recently when he presented a talk to a local group. Kathleen said she would be happy to look at it and possibly use it for the tour handout. 6. Arts Advisory Committee comments: 7. Parks & Trails Director comments: Next meeting will be pushed one week due to the eclipse. 8. Adjournment: 12:40 pm The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 12:00 P.M., Parks Conference Room, 111 Opera Street, Suite A. ATTEST: __________________________ APPROVAL: _________________________ Anthony Whittington, Director Dale Blackwelder, Chairman Parks & Trails Department Arts Advisory Committee