MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD PUBLIC ART SUBCOMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · April 10, 2018
Minutes
200 E. Wells Street
City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202
Meeting Minutes
MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD PUBLIC ART SUBCOMMITTEE
POLLY MORRIS, CHAIR
Tina Klose, Emilia Layden, Sandra McSweeney, and Tim
Murphy
Staff Assistant, Molly Kuether-Steele, 286-2775
Fax: 286-3456, molly.kuether-steele@milwaukee.gov
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 3:00 PM Room 303, City Hall
1. Roll Call
The meeting convened at 3:03 PM
Individual also present:
Sally Witte, DCD
Present 5 - McSweeney, Morris, Murphy, Klose and Layden
2. Review and Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
Ms. Layden moved approval, seconded by Ms. McSweeney. There were no objections.
3. New Work Fund
Application Review & Presentations:
- Black Cat Alley
Ms. Morris stated Black Cat Alley will not available to present today and will ask them
to come to the next meeting.
- Designing Equity: Lexicon
Dr. Kathrine Wilson of Greater Together and the Zeidler Center explained the Lexicon
project. She stated the in kind match from Greater Together and MKE-LAX is already
in place.
Monica Miller, Artist, stated they're looking into securing funding from the Greater
Milwaukee Foundation in September and the Wisconsin Arts Board in June or July.
Fonde Bridges, Creative Writer, stated positive vocabulary is sometimes unavailable to
kids and he wants to produce something new by creating a new lexicon.
Ms. Morris moved to hold for further information. There were no objections.
- Peacemaking at Tiefenthaler Park
Muneer Bahauddeen, Artist, stated he is collaboration with Tiefenthaler Park to make
peace posts with art generated from the community. He asks participants to write what
they want for themselves and their community and insets that into the posts. This
project is for 5 posts with 10 ceramic tiles per post. The project would take place on
June 16th with installation on July 14th.
Rodney Sanchez, Lake Valley Camp stated the work with youth from the 53205/08
zipcodes that are part of Midtown. Currently they serve 575 kids from 1st grade through
high school seniors. He added Julily Kohler, Ald. Stamper, and Supervisor Omokunde
are involved in the project as well.
Ms. Morris moved to fund the project at $5,000, seconded by Ms. Layden. There were
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no objections.
4. Conservation Fund
There were no project updates.
5. New Business
- State Office Building Mosaics
Ms. Morris stated this mural was created by a woman artist and is still alive. She
suggested a warning system for when public art is in danger of being destroyed. Ms.
Witte stated many emails were received from the public wanting to save the mural.
6. Old Business
There was no old business.
7. Announcements
There were no announcements.
The meeting adjourned at 4:06 PM.
Molly Kuether-Steele
Staff Assistant
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200 E. Wells Street
City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202
Meeting Agenda
MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD PUBLIC ART SUBCOMMITTEE
POLLY MORRIS, CHAIR
Tina Klose, Emilia Layden, Sandra McSweeney, and Tim Murphy
Staff Assistant, Molly Kuether-Steele, 286-2775
Fax: 286-3456, molly.kuether-steele@milwaukee.gov
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 3:00 PM Room 303, City Hall
1. Roll Call
2. Review and Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
3. New Work Fund
Application Review & Presentations:
- Black Cat Alley
- Designing Equity: Lexicon
- Peacemaking at Tiefenthaler Park
4. Conservation Fund
- Updates on Projects
5. New Business
- State Office Building Mosaics
6. Old Business
7. Announcements
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