Ogden City Arts Advisory Committee

•• MEETING MINUTES Ogden City Arts Advisory Committee Regular Meeting 2549 Washington Blvd. Room 310 Ogden UT 84401 801-629-8718 In Attendance: Jake Mcintire, Russ Adams, Sandy Havas, Scott Patna, Wes Whitby, Susan Campbell, Kase Johnston, Brandon Long, Brandi Bosworth, Mike Palumbo Excused Debra Muller, Ahc1a Washington, DeJa Mitchell, Shane Osguthorpe Absent. Jane Font, Teri Zenger Staff Present: Lorie Buckley Tuesday, August 08, 2017,- 8:30AM Welcome and Call to Order- Brandon Long a Approval of July mmutes 1 Motton to Approve July mmutes- Brandt Bosworth n 2nd- Russ Adams m All m favor, July mmutes approved 2 Guest- Amtr Jackson a Amtr vtstted the commtttee to gam postttve and negative feedback on the Arts Festtval What can he do to Improve tt? What can he do to get members of the commtttee to attend tt? b The festtval had 9600 attendees thts year, 56 vendors, 12 art act1Vlttes,.l8 hve arttsts/mustc acts Vendors were charged $125-$200 dependmg on where thetr booth was located Arts Festival was $5 to enter, 18 and under were free c It was suggested'that he move out of the amphitheater for better vtsuals from dnve by traffic Amtr satd 1t IS thetr vtston to take over the Mum block, but they are trymg to build m measured steps d Quahty of booths needs to be developed, diVers tty of audtence ages needs work e Suggested that he do a Fnday mght pre-event to bolster attendance and or ratse funds Featured author readmg, film festival m amphitheater, plated dmner, etc f Please ematl Amtr at amirjackson@nurturethecreativemind com wtth any further tdeas or suggestiOns 3 Mayor's Awards- Lone a Still need nommatlons, they close on August 25 111 Please share wtth your contacts  b Need to create new O's for this year's awards Jake suggested James Argo, Russ suggested Mike Hurst (glass artist) We will look mto the cost of both 4 Fust Fnday- everyone a Stroll was well attended despite the heat Pandemomum Gifts and Gallery had their grand openmg with the new owners Mike said there were many people there b Art Gallenes are not puttmg out their flags m the mommg, and are takmg them down early Lone will email them with a remmder of the flag rules Flags must be up by 1Oam on First Fnday, and stay up until 9pm when stroll ends c Ongm-Alley Art Gallery had a DJ playmg m It, lots of people stopped by to see It 5 Marketmg Sub Committee Update- Brandon a FFAS flyer and posters are almost ready for pnnt,Just need two more Items and we will send to prmter b Russ hve streamed our meetmg on Facebook so the pubhc could watch It was fun' c Try to use hashtags #FF AS #ogdenarts or #firstfndayartstroll on your social media posts 6 Creative Distnct- Jake a Creative Distnct group toured Regent Street m SLC With one of the designers that worked With the City to create and build the proJect Regent Street IS JUSt hke our Kiesel Ave lt connects City Creek and the Galhvan Plaza and Sits behmd the Eccles Theater, JUSt as Kiesel connects the JunctiOn to the Amphitheater and Sits behmd the Egyptian The Creative plannmg group can use the Ideas that SLC used to plan their proJect up here mOgden 7 Blog- Kase a Kase brought us Ann Elise's answers to our questiOns about the Blog Lone will forward them to the committee electromcally b We should be back on track now, we missed a few articles from committee members, and the Standard skipped a few as well c Try to limit your word count to 600-700 for sizmg It will be easier to place for the Standard d Send landscapelhonzontal photos for onhne postmg, portrait/vertical for pnnt 8 Arts Summit- Lone a The next Arts Summit will be held on August 17111 at Umon StatiOn m Gallery 51 from 6- 7 30pm It will focus on marketmg strategies for artists and art orgamzatwns b Please share this mformatwn w1th anyone that might be mterested m attendmg 9 B1ke Homecommg- Lone a Ogden Arts has teamed up With Ogden Bicycle Collective to put on a Bike Homecommg on September 1st b Free commumty bike nde from Umon StatiOn around downtown Ogden that will end at the amphitheater where tickets will be need to enter the dance c There will be free bike valet at the amphitheater d More mfo at bicyclecollective org/ogden I0 Committee news and updates - a Mike- Chamber Orchestra's first concert will be held on September 241h at the Egyptian b Jake- Argo House on 2th Street IS lookmg for Creative Tenants to rent space m the house If you know anyone lookmg for a space, contact Jake Professional Development Senes  that he has been workmg on has been named Art + Actton and Jake ts workmg on the schedule now c Scott- Calhgraffittt show at Platforms wtll run ttll the end of August Ogden I st ts holdmg a feedback sessiOn at Weber Commons tomorrow mght about Platforms 6pm for the commumty, 7pm for local artists Scott also remmded the commtttee that Good Company Theatre's In-The Hetghts starts thts Fnday August 11 1h Get your ttckets d Russ- ts headmg to Dallas thts weekend for Comtc Con e Wes- Treehouse had 6000 Kmdergarten roundup attendees last weekend Many local teachers came and volunteered at the event f Brandon- Dtd a podcast wtth Kase where he mtervtewed Amtr Jackson Also dtd a podcast w1th Matthew from Explore Somethmg 11 Pubhc attendance- Andrew from OSBA-- OSBA will be domg a storytellmg event on Sept 16th, and an Author lecture on the 21st at the Utah Book Festtval OSBA's Gala will be held September 29th at Umon StatiOn They are also workmg on the Ogden Bach Fest for next May that wdl feature a progressive organ musical concert m local churches m Ogden • Adjourn • Mot10n to Adjourn - Scott Patrta • 2nd - Sandy Havas • 10 10 am - meetmg adjourned NEXT REGULAR OGDEN CITY ARTS COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY, September 12th, 2017 AT 8 30 AM OGDEN MUNIClPAL BUILDING ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Minutes approved by Date 1/t'lr!fl- rr