Culture, Arts & Pride Commission

CULTURE, ARTS & PRIDE COMMISSION Wednesday, July 8, 2020 12:00 noon Municipal Complex, Committee Meeting Room (3300) 100 Ann Edwards Lane Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 MINUTES Members Present: Bren Romano Monteiro, Chair; Brad Dunnells, Ann McGahey, Frank Sonntag, Kathryn Whitaker Members Absent: Corey Alston, Kelly Trager Staff Present: Nicole Harvey Ms. Monteiro called the meeting to order at 12:07 p.m. 1. Approval of Minutes from the June 10, 2020 meeting Ms. McGahey made a motion to approve the June 10, 2020 minutes. Mr. Sonntag seconded the motion. All were in favor. 2. Public Comments None 3. Report from Subcommittees a. Town Hall Art Ms. Monteiro said they were allowing artists who currently have art hung at Town Hall to bring more pictures to swap them out. Ms. Harvey said Mr. Konstantin Voronin, Mr. Dave Harrison, and Ms. Vanessa Grebe were bringing in more pictures. b. Sculpture Ms. Harvey said this was on hold with the College of Charleston and they hope to have an update in August or September. c. Art on the Half Shell  Culture, Arts & Pride July 8, 2020 Page 2 of 3 Ms. Harvey said there is a Culture, Arts & Pride (CAP) Facebook post with pictures of the painted shells. She said Ms. Cecilia Brown with The Moultrie News was doing a story on the oysters. d. Traffic Box Art Ms. Harvey said they would be accepting submissions and would select those in September. e. Paint the Town Ms. Harvey said the new mural was completed at Bowman Place and she was working on a press release to put out. f. It’s Raining Art Mr. Sonntag said they worked on installing some poems, but the effect was not good. Ms. Harvey said Belle Hall Shopping Center expressed some interest via the Facebook page in doing some. g. Marketing Ms. Harvey said they have 275 Instagram followers and 525 Facebook followers. She said they have had great media and print coverage lately. h. Emerging Arts Ms. Monteiro said they met with Lucy Beckham’s principal, Ms. Anna Dassing, along with Ms. Marie Claire (Alex) Valdez and Mr. Eric Henson, two art teachers. She shared a presentation with some great ideas, and they wanted projects to be student lead. Ms. Monteiro said if they could give Lucy Beckham High some sort of budget, they would be able to do more with it and money for something towards performing arts. Ms. Harvey said it was the beginning of a new fiscal year. She reviewed the budget and said that she would email it to them so they could make adjustments. The Commission discussed the Civic Pride Award that they need to award soon. Telephone (843) 884-8517 - Fax (843) 856-2180 www.tompsc.com  Culture, Arts & Pride July 8, 2020 Page 3 of 3 Mr. Dunnells asked with regard to the budget if they would have to think about what a dollar amount would be for a performing arts component and would readjust those accordingly. Ms. Monteiro answered in the affirmative. i. Culture The Commission discussed their previous conversations about a performing arts center at Rifle Range Road along with donations and fundraising. They also discussed a documentary and possibly having money in the budget. 4. New Business Mr. Dunnells said he would like to join Emerging Arts and Culture subcommittees. 5. Adjourn There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12:52 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Karen Bedenbaugh, 7/8/20 Telephone (843) 884-8517 - Fax (843) 856-2180 www.tompsc.com