MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD ALD. MICHAEL J. MURPHY, CHAIR Ald. Nik Kovac, Vice-Chair Rosemarie Balistreri, Daisy Cubias, William DeLind, David Flores, Marcela Garcia, Mildred Harpole, Vedale Hill, Anne Kingsbury, Tina Klose, Diane Kosarzycki, Emilia Layden, Sandra McSweeney, Polly Morris, Tim Murphy, and William Robison Staff Assistant, Jessica Celella, 286-2775 Fax: 286-3456, jlcelel@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liaison: Amy Hefter, 286-2290, ahefte@milwaukee.gov Staff to Arts Board, Sally Witte, 286-5794, Sally.Witte@milwaukee.gov Tuesday, November 11, 2014 4:00 PM Room 303, City Hall Present 13 - Murphy, Cubias, DeLind, McSweeney, Morris, Flores, Kosarzycki, Kovac, Robison, Klose, Layden, Balistreri and Garcia Excused 4 - Kingsbury, Murphy, Harpole and Hill 1. Roll call and approval of previous meeting minutes. Meeting convened at 4:08 PM Ald. Kovac moved, seconded by Ms. Morris, approval of the previous meeting minutes. There were no objections. 2. Introduction of new Milwaukee Arts Board members. The board welcomed Ms. Garcia. Mr. Hill is new to the board and will be attending the next meeting. 3. Public Art Subcommittee Report Ald. Murphy stated that Ms. Kingsbury is a Mary L Nohl fellowship winner. Sonia Thompson and Adam Carr from the Listening to Mitchell project attended the meeting to give a presentation. Two years of research and development were put in to the project, which was displayed for three months. Art populated seven blocks of the corridor. A phone number with a call to action was displayed for people to call in with stories. One portion of the project involved an 18 channel audio station in an empty storefront. Both open tours and private group tours were offered for the project. The project also included a two year artist residency at a local elementary school. The art from the project is currently being displayed in a local business on Mitchell Street. They are now trying to develop a plan for archiving the art. They will also be working with a library on a map database with temporary projects. City of Milwaukee Page 1 MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD Meeting Minutes November 11, 2014 Ald. Kovac stated that the East Library will re-open this weekend. Ms. Kosarzycki stated that the individual who created the Milwaukee mural website may request advice from the board. Ms. Morris stated that the Conservation and New Work Fund press releases will be in early December and applications will open January 1st. Meeting adjourned at 4:48 PM. Staff Assistant Jessica Celella Members of the Common Council and its standing committees who are not members of this committee may attend this meeting to participate or to gather information. Notice is given that this meeting may constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of its standing committees, although they will not take any formal action at this meeting. Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities through sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For additional information or to request this service, contact the City Clerk's Office ADA Coordinator at 286-2998, (FAX)286-3456, (TDD)286-2025 or by writing to the Coordinator at Room 205, City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Limited parking for persons attending meetings in City Hall is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit) at the Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of East Kilbourn and North Water Street. Parking tickets must be validated in the first floor Information Booth in City Hall. Persons engaged in lobbying as defined in s. 305-43-4 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances are required to register with the City Clerk's Office License Division. Registered lobbyists appearing before a Common Council committee are required to identify themselves as such. More information is available at www.milwaukee.gov/lobby. City of Milwaukee Page 2