MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD ALD. MILELE COGGS, CHAIR Polly Morris, Interm Vice-Chair William DeLind, David Flores, Donald Fraker, Marcela Garcia, April Heding, Tina Klose, Diane Kosarzycki, Emilia Layden, Sandra McSweeney, Tim Murphy, Paula Phillips, Kantara Souffrant, and Oscar Tovar Staff Assistant, Yadira Melendez, 286-2775 Fax: 286-3456, Yadira.Melendez@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liason: Chris Hillard, 286-2170, christopher.hillard@milwaukee.gov Staff to Arts Board: Sally Svetic, ssveti@milwaukee.gov Tuesday, March 14, 2023 4:00 PM Virtual 1. Roll call The meeting was called to order at 4:11 pm. Members present: Morris, DeLind, Flores, Fraker, Heding, Klose, Kosarzycki, Layden, McSweeney, Murphy, Phillips, Souffrant and Tovar. Members excused: Garcia Ms. Svetic was present as well. Ald. Coggs joined the meeting at 4:39 pm 2. Review and Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Mr. DeLind moved approval of the meeting minutes from February 14, 2023. The motion was seconded by Ms. McSweeney. There were no objections. 3. Public Art Subcommittee Report Public Artist in Residence (PAIR) Program Milwaukee.gov/PAIR Ms. Morris said that the artist and liaison still on the research phase and that the press release will come out soon. She also said that they had a presentation from the Wisconsin Center about the "M" sculpture to be placed outside of the convention center on Vel R. Phillips St. 4. Sustaining Grant Update Ms. Svetic said that the deadline was last night and that there are 67 completed applications. She also said that she will check that they all meet the eligibility requirements before they are shared with the panel for its review. 5. New Business a. Awards Process Updates City of Milwaukee Page 1 MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD Meeting Minutes March 14, 2023 a. Awards Process Updates Ms. Svetic said that at last month's meeting, she presented the draft form which received lots of feedback and that she made the adjustments based on the feedback. She asked if there are other suggestions as she presented the draft once more. Ms. Morris suggested to make zip code a mandatory form of nominator. Ms. Phillips agreed (per chat). Mr. Flores said that the zip code will tell us the city and state that the nominators are coming from and asked to remove those boxes. Ms. Morris suggested to include under the guidelines section the following: "must show evidence of being active as an artist in MKE in the last 24 months". Ms. Morris asked what's the process to release it. Ms. Svetic said that she is working on the press release and that after this is approved, she will meet with the public information office to make the release and, that it will be published on the Arts Board website. Ms. Morris asked if there are any questions or concerns. Ms. Flores moved approval, seconded by Mr. Murphy. There were no objections. 6. Old Business a. Vote on Bylaws Mr. Hillard asked if everyone had the chance to review the final draft that was shared before the meeting and explained that there was a small change on article 7 section 3. He also said that the changes requested at the last meeting are highlighted and shared his screen and walked the members through the document. Ms. McSweeney made the motion to approve the changes for passage. Ms. Morris seconded the motion. There were no objections. 7. Announcements No announcements were made. The meeting adjourned at 4:44 pm Yadira Melendez Staff Assistant. City of Milwaukee Page 2