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, and Tim Murphy Staff Assistant, Chris Lee,286-2232, Fax: 286-3456, clee@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liaison: Amy Hefter, 286-2290, ahefte@milwaukee.gov Staff to Arts Board, Sally Witte, 286-5794, Sally.Witte@milwaukee.gov Tuesday, February 10, 2015 4:00 PM Room 303, City Hall Present 14 - Murphy, Cubias, DeLind, McSweeney, Morris, VACANCY, Flores, Kosarzycki, Murphy, Kovac, Harpole, Klose, Layden and Balistreri Excused 3 - Kingsbury, Hill and Garcia 1. Roll Call and Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Meeting convened at 4:04 PM Ms. Morris moved, seconded by Mr. Murphy, approval of the previous meeting minutes. 2. Public Art Subcommittee Report Ms. Morris stated that the Public Art Subcommittee is recommending that $10,000 be funded to the Westown Association for their Conservation Fund request related to the Court of Honor project. It is an important site and several other organizations will contribute to funding the project. Ms. Layden moved, seconded by Ms. Cubias, approval of the recommendation. There were no objections. Ms. Morris stated two New Work Fund applications had been submitted. The subcommittee determined that the Alive MKE project did not fall into the scope of the New Work Fund. Ms. Witte will speak with them about other potential funding. The second proposal is from Temporary Resurfacing 2015 and they will be asked to present information in March. The New Work Funding will be kept open. 3. Confirm process for Friends of the Arts nominations and selection Ms. Witte presented information on the Friends of the Arts Award. Award winners will be honored at the meeting in June. Nominations can be submitted until April 1st. There could be presentations and a vote during the April meeting. City of Milwaukee Page 1 MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD Meeting Minutes February 10, 2015 4. Presentation and update on Kresge Foundation grant by Sara Daleiden Ms. Daleidan gave a presentation from the Greater Milwaukee Committee on the Kresge Foundation grant and creative placemaking. The organization will be issuing a white paper entitled "The Milwaukee Method of Creative Placemaking." The Milwaukee Method uses a national framework for creative placemaking and addtionally includes several local core values. The GMC will be focusing on three areas this year including West Wisconsin Avenue, The Artery/Beerline Trail, and Walker's Point. They work with local neighborhood groups in each area. The Kresge grant started in January and goes through December 16th. Additional funding has also been obtained. Ald. Murphy asked what the budget towards artists is. Ms. Daleidan stated 25% goes to the artist. Ald. Murphy suggested there might also be opportunities for public art projects and funding on playgrounds. Ms. Daleidan stated any feedback from the Arts Board is appreciated. Meeting adjourned at 4:39 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