MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD PUBLIC ART SUBCOMMITTEE

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, Yadira Melendez-Hagedorn, 286-2775 Fax: 286-3456, Y.Melendez-Hagedorn@milwaukee.gov Tuesday, January 11, 2022 3:00 PM Virtual 1 Roll Call The meeting convened at 3:04 pm Present: Ms. Morris, Tina Klose, Sandra McSweeney and Tim Murphy. Also present: Sally Svetic and Terri Grote from CDC. Emilia Layden joined the meeting at 3:10 pm 2 Review and Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Ms. McSweeney moved approval of the minutes seconded by Ms. Klose. There were no objections. 3 New Work Fund a) Discuss possible artist in residency program Ms. Morris said that made a lot of progress this week for the Artist Residency Program: Sally, Terri, Vanessa and herself had a very productive meeting; and that Emilia, Tina and herself were able to compare the work from the New York and L.A. County Residency Programs and that they are trying to put together a strategy to move forward with a one page draft. Also said that there is about $90,000 dollars including the $25,000 dollars of this year on the public art fund because during the pandemic the board was not moving a lot of projects and that money will be taken back at certain point. Added that this money will fund the fist 18 months of the project and probably move to a 50-50 structure or 50-40-10 structure and that Ms. Klose found out that some federal grants from ARPA and DCD are circulating that might be accessed as a match. Also said that 2 competitions can be run: one for the agencies and one for the artists. Ms. Morris said that it would be ideal to have the subcommittee feedback before the next meeting to put it on the one page draft. Ms. Svetic said that things went well and that she will follow up with Ms. Koster to get another meeting date. Ms. Morris said that she expects to launch the program in June. 4 Conservation Fund a) Updates – no applications Ms. Morris said that no applications have been received yet but she is aware about one coming up soon. City of Milwaukee Page 1 MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD PUBLIC Meeting Minutes January 11, 2022 ART SUBCOMMITTEE Terri Grote said that the press release is waiting to be updated with the new chair and vice-chair information to be published immediately (tomorrow). Sally Svetic said that Karleen Cortes handles the postings in social media and that she will make sure to update that information to get it out as well. Ms. Klose said that the project could be featured on the City of Milwaukee homepage. Ms. Sweeney said that there is Wahl bust that will be returned to Lake Park and that we might hear from them. Ms. Morris said that she welcomes all ideas to have the word out for this matter. 5 New Business No new business were discussed. 6 Old Business a) Art Collection No old business were discussed but Ms. Morris mentioned that Derrick called her to let her know that he is moving forward with the sale of two lots on Vliet St. and that he has updated his business plan to put up a tent (temporarily) on the corner to get started and that he asked her to share this information with the board. In reference to the Wahl bust that will be moved back to Lake Park, Ms. Klose brought up the sculpture in front of the City Hall. Ms. Sweeney said that needs a cleaning and the lights are not good for it besides being a distraction for the building. Ms. Morris said that the subcommittee was not consulted about placing the sculpture there but that she has gotten a lot of emails with complaints. Ms. Klose asked Mrs. Morris if she has advised to clean it. Ms. Morris said no and that the location is not good (heavy traffic) for the sculpture and asked Sally Svetic if she can have someone from DPW to talk about the sculpture maintenance. Sally Svetic said that she will look into it. The meeting adjourned at 3:37 pm Yadira Melendez- H Staff Assistant. City of Milwaukee Page 2