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, Donald Fraker, Marcela Garcia, Mildred Harpole, Vedale Hill, Anne Kingsbury, Tina Klose, Diane Kosarzycki, Emilia Layden, Sandra McSweeney, Polly Morris, and Tim Murphy Staff Assistant, Molly Kuether, 286-2775 Fax: 286-3456, Molly.Kuether@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liaison: Amy Hefter, 286-2290, ahefte@milwaukee.gov Staff to Arts Board, Sally Witte, 286-5794, Sally.Witte@milwaukee.gov Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:00 PM Room 303, City Hall 1. Roll Call The meeting was called to order at 4:04 PM Individual also present: Sally Witte, Department of City Development Present 12 - Murphy, Cubias, McSweeney, Morris, Flores, Fraker, Kosarzycki, Murphy, Harpole, Klose, Balistreri and Hill Excused 5 - DeLind, Kingsbury, Kovac, Layden and Garcia 2. Review and Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Mr. Flores moved approval of the minutes from the meeting of March 8, 2016, seconded by Ms. Cubias. There were no objections. 3. Public Art Subcommittee Report Ms. Morris gave the report of the Public Art Subcommittee. The Subcommittee recommends funding the following projects $11,000 for the Haggerty project, $7,500 for the friends of Hank Aaron State Trail, and $3,750 for the Black Cat Alley project for the Milwaukee artists. Ms. Morris moved to fund the aforementioned projects, seconded by Ms. Harpole. There were no objections. She added Churchill Caruthers from the 5 Points Neighborhood Association gave a presentation regarding making a public space for items from the Artery and neighborhood architecture from razed buildings. Ms. Morris moved that the Walker's Point Center for the Arts is now the fiscal receiver for the Temporary Resurfacing project that was awarded $2,500 from the New Work Fund. There were no objections. 4. Presentation: "Art Barge" by Antonio Furguiele The presentation did not take place. City of Milwaukee Page 1 MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD Meeting Minutes April 12, 2016 5. Grants Update Sally Witte stated 50 grant applications were received, with 47 eligible. The orientation was held April 7th and the public review will be held May 5th. The review committee contains members from the Arts Board and the public. 6. Vote on Artist of the Year Award Rule: Mr. Flores moved to create the rule that Artist of the Year nominees must be residents of the City of Milwaukee, seconded by Ms. Balestreri. There were no objections. 7. Vote on 2016 Friends of the Arts Award Mr. Flores nominated Thallis Hoyt Drake, a violinist who founded Early Music Now concert series in 1986. She served as it's Executive director until 2001 and was the Executive Administrator of the Civic Music Association for almost 20 years. She has also served on the boards of numerous arts organizations. Ms. Morris nominated Andy Nunemaker, the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, as well as a board member of the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He has also served on the boards of the Milwaukee Film Festival, the Haggerty Museum of Art, the Wisconsin Center District, and the Contemporary Art Society. Each nominee received 12 votes. The 2016 Friends of the Arts are Thallis Hoyt Drake and Andy Nunemaker. 8. Old Business There was no old business. 9. Announcements There were no announcements. The meeting adjourned at 4:25 PM. Molly Kuether Staff Assistant City of Milwaukee Page 2