Arts Commission

MINUTES OF THE NORTHBROOK ARTS COMMISSION VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK November 6, 2014 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Julia Miller at 7:00 p.m. at the Northbrook Village Hall in the Development & Planning Conference Room (DPS). Commissioners present: Chairman Miller, Commissioners Jerry Block, Elsa Fischer, Steve Gianni, Marilyn Jamora, Christopher Laughlin, Sharon Moyer, Cherie Natenberg and Liaison Emma Trausch. Commissioners Excused: Maureen Fallows Commissioners Absent: None Guests: Mr. James Karagianis, Northbrook Village Trustee and the Vice President of the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra and Mr. David Rubens, North Shore Chamber Arts Ensemble. NORTHSHORE CHAMBER ARTS ENSEMBLE Mr. David Rubens was presenting the Ensemble to the Arts Commission. Mr. Rubens passed out a packet for review by the commissioners of upcoming events. You can find more information at Chamber-arts-ensemble.org. They are exploring new venues in Northbrook and have asked the Commission for ideas. They are currently playing in Glencoe at the North Shore United Methodist Church. The commission suggested contacting Our Lady of the Brook and the Village Presbyterian Church. They currently have four concerts a year and would like to expand to five concerts a year. They are also looking for donors so eventually all the concerts would be free. NORTHBROOK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Mr. Jim Karagianis would like the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra to be more involved with the Arts Commission. He announced their next concert will be on November 16, 2014 with a Violinist. The Holiday Concert is December 7, 2014 at Techny Towers. This year the hours will be different with the earlier concert from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. with the second concert from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. This would allow people to have dinner after 5:00 p.m. or around 8:30 p.m. in Northbrook. The Music Institute of Chicago will be joining the Symphony Orchestra this year. They are also looking at doing a concert at the Chicago Botanic Garden this year. In conjunction with the Music Institute of Chicago this year they will be doing an additional concert in Evanston. The thrust at the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra is to provide a venue for young professional musicians to start to build their resume. The quality is outstanding. Last year they won a First Place programming award for symphonies. They are looking for ideas to integrate with the Arts Commission. The commissioners thanked both gentlemen for attending the meeting. MINUTES: Chairman Julia Miller asked for a motion to approve the minutes as amended from the October 9, 2014 meeting. Commissioner Laughlin called for the motion and Commissioner Fischer seconded. All in favor as amended. HERE FROM THE AUDIENCE: None present. ART IN THE PARK 2015 On October 31st nine people met and discussed the following major areas:  Artists and fees – To increase booth fees up to $300.00 Jury Fee’s will stay the same Sponsors – Will be paid advertising sponsors only Children’s Activities – Commissioner Natenberg is going to do it again, the same as last year Music – To continue the same music Food – Little Louie’s Silent Auction – Commissioners discussed this and decided to not have a silent auction Will continue Zumba and Pilate’s The commission was asked to vote on the committee’s recommendations as is or individually. The commission agreed to vote as a whole as listed above. MOTION: Commissioner Laughlin motioned to approve all recommendations as listed above and Commissioner Gianni seconded the motion. All are in favor. REVIEW OF WEB SITE REDESIGN PROPOSAL Chairman Miller received a proposal for the website redesign from the person Erin Melloy uses for the Art Fairs. She will use “Word Press” which is a program the commission can maintain themselves and it is user friendly. She proposes the cost of $1,500.00 for redesign with a few minor revisions and training two commission members. This would be a onetime charge. After this is completed she would charge $50.00/hour if we needed her assistance. Currently the commission is paying a $250.00 fee for a host site and Word Press charges $199.00 to $200.00 so it is comparable. Chairman Miller is asking the commission if $1,500.00 can be approved for spending on a website redesign. MOTION: Commissioner Moyer motioned to approve up to $1,500.00 for the redesign of the website and Commissioner Fischer seconded the motion. All are in favor. The final design will have to be approved by the Village of Northbrook. UPDATE SPRING WORKSHOPS: Commissioner Jamora reported they will have two workshops. Chairman Miller and Commissioner Jamora sent out an E-Blast regarding the upcoming workshops. Emails and applications are already being sent for the workshops. To break even we will need 12 for one and 6 for the other. The dates are reserved. The pricing for Peggi Habets will be $175.00 and for Gordon France is will be $150.00. With a 20% discount to Northbrook residents and if anyone signs up for both workshops, they will receive a $25.00 discount per workshop. These workshops profited $1,600.00 last year for the Friends of the Arts. The Northbrook Park District donates the space for the workshops. This is the first year we are offering two watercolor workshops. This is the most popular workshop so the commission has decided to have two this year. ROCK THE GREEN Commissioner Laughlin will be submitting a letter to the commission for funds for the June 5th event. MOTION: Commissioner Laughlin motioned to approve $2,000.00 for Rock the Green and Commissioner Block seconded the motion. All are in favor. MOTION: Commissioner Fischer motioned to approve $1,000.00 for the Concerts on Three at the Northbrook Public Library and Commissioner Laughlin seconded the motion. All are in favor. OLD BUSINESS: None. NEW BUSINESS: None. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Commissioner Gianni of the Northbrook Public Library announced on November 14th they will be having a show called Pip Squeak with music and approximately 50 pieces of art. ADJOURN Commissioner Fischer made a motion to adjourn and Commissioner Natenberg seconded. On voice vote, the motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m. Respectfully submitted, /s/Susan Kinney Recorder