Arts Commission

AGENDA Thursday, April 11, 2019 6:00 p.m. Room B-19, Municipal Building 245 deKoven Drive Poet Laureate Subcommittee Attendees: Franca Biales, Cheryl Hale, Crystal Laffan 1) Call to Order: Meeting called at 6:09pm 2) No members of the public in attendance 3) Future Projects: Hale reported about her experiences with recent poetry events she’s attended. She also discussed her ideas for future poetry plans in Middletown, including wanting to work with Middletown schools to do readings, and eventually collaborate with educators on poetry programs. Biales and Laffan offered suggestion on school personnel for Hale to reach out to going forward. Hale mentioned potential future events also at Russel Library, as another opportunity to connect the Middletown community with poetry programming. 4) Other: none. 5) Adjournment: 7:22pm Submitted respectfully by Crystal Laffan cc: Town Clerk