Culture, Arts & Pride Commission

CULTURE, ARTS & PRIDE COMMISSION Wednesday, September 15, 2021 12:00 PM Municipal Complex, Committee Meeting Room (3300) 100 Ann Edwards Lane Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 MINUTES Members Present: Brad Dunnells, Vice-Chair; Ann McGahey, Bren Romano Monteiro, Nicole Thomas Members Absent: Corey Alston, Courtney Sarre, Kathryn Whitaker Staff Present: Nicole Harvey Mr. Dunnells called the meeting to order at 12:09 a.m. and welcomed Ms. Nicole Thomas to the Commission. Ms. Thomas gave a summary about herself and her interest in being a part of the Commission. 1. Approval of Minutes from the August 11, 2021 meeting Ms. McGahey made a motion to approve the August 11, 2021 minutes. Ms. Monteiro seconded the motion. All were in favor. 2. Public Comments None 3. Budget Review Ms. Harvey reviewed the budget and discussed the amounts allocated for various Culture, Arts & Pride projects. She discussed combining some subcommittees into other ones. 4. Subcommittee Assignments Review Ms. Harvey reviewed and discussed the subcommittee assignments. Ms. Thomas volunteered to serve on the Student Art Subcommittee and volunteered to chair Paint the Town. 5. Report from Subcommittees  Culture, Arts & Pride September 15, 2021 Page 2 of 3 a. Arts & Humanities Award Mr. Dunnells said October was Arts and Humanities Month and the Culture, Arts & Pride Commission awards an individual or profit/non- profit business with the Arts and Humanities Award. He said that person must demonstrate that they have added to the culture, arts, or pride of our community. Ms. Harvey reviewed a list of the previous winners. She asked everyone to email any suggestions. b. Sculpture Ms. McGahey said she had reached out to College of Charleston Sculpture Department to determine when they could go to the college to view the student’s model sculptures. She will let everyone know when a date is set. c. Performing Arts Mr. Dunnells said this was a new subcommittee and they are struggling to find their focus. He said they were looking to enhance ArtFest with local or regional professional talent to raise the level of talent at that event. Ms. Harvey said the Town Hall concerts that have been held have been well received and it had a built-in "stage". She said they could do a different type of event there also. d. Unincorporated Areas Mr. Dunnells said they had cleaned up and revamped six sweetgrass basket stands. He said they will need to decide on a date for completing some more stands. Ms. Harvey said she would send an email to get feedback from everyone on availability. e. Culture Mr. Dunnells said Ms. Whitaker and Mr. Alston were not present to comment. f. Student Art Ms. McGahey said she was chairing Student Art but felt that Ms. Grace Rogers had been the liaison on this. Ms. Harvey said Ms. Rogers had reached out to all the school’s art teachers for ideas. She said she also talked about having Telephone (843) 884-8517 - Fax (843) 856-2180 www.tompsc.com  Culture, Arts & Pride September 15, 2021 Page 3 of 3 students paint water drains with environmental messaging. She said when she can hire Ms. Rogers’ replacement, they will reach out again to the art teachers. g. Marketing Ms. Harvey shared an article on the sweetgrass basket stands in the Charleston Regional Business Journal. She also shared an article in the South Carolina Recreation and Parks magazine. The Committee also discussed that there was a newspaper article and television coverage on the Liberty Hill fence murals. The Committee discussed the shopping bag initiative. h. Town Hall Art Ms. Harvey reminded everyone of the new art at Town Hall. She said the next reception will be in December. 6. New Business None 7. Adjourn There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:17 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Karen Bedenbaugh, 9/15/21 Telephone (843) 884-8517 - Fax (843) 856-2180 www.tompsc.com