Roswell Museum Board of Trustees

MINUTES OF THE ACQUISITON COMMITTEE Monday December 15, 2014 REGULAR MEETING AT 4:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Acquisition Committee Meeting was called to order by Chairman Tom Tutor at 4:15 p.m. ROLL CALL Those present: Tom Tutor, De Angela Velasquez, Peggy Krantz, Miranda Howe, A quorum was established. Staff Coordinator: Michael Hall, Museum Director Staff present: Olga McGuire, Membership, Sara Woodbury Members absent: None Others present: Joyce Tucker, Larry Connelly APPROVAL OF AGENDA 1. Member Tom Tutor motioned to approve the agenda as presented. Member Miranda Howe was the second. A voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed. PRESIDENT’S REMARKS 2. Member Tom Tutor remarked on the discussion of the Committee’s to meet on considering the donation of piece: Central Valley by Artist –in-Residence, David Hines. The said recommendations will be presented to the Museum’s Board of Trustees for future action. 3. One Object: proposed donation to the Roswell Museum and Art Center by David Hines, Artist-in-residence. A. Central Valley painting by David Hines; Central Valley is oil on linen painting that was executed in 2000 and measures 27” x 50”. In an email to the curator, Mr. Hines provides the following information about the work: The painting was done from photos taken on a county road in Tulare County, just north and east of the town of Tulare, CA, in the Central Valley of California. Tulare is on state highway 99, the major highway running through the fertile Central Valley from Bakersfield to Sacramento. B. Mr. Hines states “I have done a lot of paintings in this area, both plein air and from photos. In this painting, I was trying to reduce the composition to the typical bare minimal agricultural environment that most characterizes this part of the central valley, which I have been drawn to (and still am!) over the past 20 years or so  working there. I worked rather energetically on the roadside of this painting, freely putting in the dirt and vegetation with a palette knife as much as with a brush, an unusual practice with me. I believe I did the roadside from another photo from another site, if I remember. The sky of course is a typical bright dry summer California sky.” JUSTIFICATION: 4. Presented by Sara Woodbury, Curator of Collections: individual discussion on the recommended acquisition of the aforementioned works. A justification why each work would enhance the RMAC’s collection was provided. COMMITTEE VOTE: 5. Item 1. Miranda Howe moved to recommend the proposal to accept the offer of said work for the collection: DeAngela was the second; a voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed. ADJOURNMENT: 6. Tom Tutor motioned to adjourn. Member Krantz was the second. A voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m. Respectfully Submitted Olga McGuire, Membership Coordinator, RMAC