Public Arts Advisory Committee - Regular Meeting
Regular MeetingTwentynine Palms, CA · October 18, 2023
Agenda
CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS
PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
City Hall
6136 Adobe Road,
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
www.29palms.org
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
AGENDA
5:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL:
CONSENT CALENDAR
1 Approval of the minutes of the PAAC meeting of September 20, 2023 3-5
Public Arts Advisory Committee - Regular Meeting - 20 Sep 2023 - Minutes - Pdf
PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time for the public to address the PAAC on any items not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to
three (3) minutes.
2 City Report
3 Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) Report
REPORTS OF MEETINGS ATTENDED
BUSINESS
4 FY 23-24 Budget Update
5 Confirmation of Workshop 29 additional hires
6 Purchase of hard drive for Workshop 29 materials
7 Reimbursement of purchase for workshop and art show materials
REPORTS, REQUESTS, AND COMMUNICATIONS
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8 Workshop 29 committees
General planning update
Welcome packet, IECC meetup.
9 Long-term planning update
10 Review of potential grants and deadlines
11 Update on PAAC member recruitment
12 Update on 29! sculpture
13 Visitor Center Gallery - Weed Show
14 PAAC events posted to City calendar.
15 Rebranding of PAAC - Logo and social media
16 PAAC page on City website
17 Discussion of painted signs, murals and statuaries
FUTURE ITEMS
18 National Park project on the Plaza
Creation of PAAC29 emails
Basecamp move to Asana in 2024
ADJOURNMENT:
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Public Arts Advisory Committee
Regular Meeting MINUTES
City Hall, 6136 Adobe Road, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
www.29palms.org
September 20, 2023
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 5:03 PM
ROLL CALL:
Kat Talley-Jones
Kate Short
Ryan Heffington
Anna Stump
CONSENT CALENDAR
Approval of the minutes from the August 30, 2023, meeting.
Kat Talley-Jones made a motion to approve the minutes and Kate Short seconded. 4-0 approved.
PUBLIC COMMENTS-NONE
1.City Report
Director Keith Gardner gives an update on the Tourism Business Improvement District. The TBID will continue to give a
place for the arts.
BUSINESS
2. FY 2023/2024 Budget Update
Stacy Solie gives a presentation about the new 23/24 budget update. No other expenses towards the budget were paid.
Solie states a breakdown of how the money has been spent; it is important to try to use the grant money to cover the cost.
The PAAC hasn't spent money from the City allocation and talks about when the mentorship program will start.
3. Confirmation of hire for Workshop 29 Ecologist for Dance workshop
Laura Rozzell has been hired for Workshop 29 Ecologist for Dance workshop 29. She is informed that she has been
picked and Ryan Heffington is excited and pleased to start working with her. Kat motioned and Kate seconded. 4-0
approved.
4. Confirmation of nine Workshop 29 mentees
The mentees that have been selected are as follows:
Dance and Ecology: Graham Kolbeins, Christie Walton, Benjamin Vital
Storytelling: Jonathan Andre Culliton and Katherine Roberts
Voter Activism: Brianna Dandurand and Carly Foulkes
Emotional Transformation: Brandon Bolds and Quisha Henderson
Videographer: Kimberly Murray
The alternates: Sophia Sanchez, Janelle Angeles, and Kristen Jean Wheatley
Talley-Jones motioned and Ryan Heffington seconded. 4-0 approved.
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REPORTS, REQUESTS, AND COMMUNICATIONS
5. 29! Sculpture update on bids for repair
Solie states that there are bids on the 29! sculpture. Robert Daugherty gives a presentation on what would be best to
restore the 29! sculpture. There were talks about moving the sculpture; if it were moved the painting and repair would
need to be fixed before the move.
6. Workshop 29 Committee updates:
General Planning Update: PR, Dance Workshop
September 27 Planning Meeting: The PAAC has the mentees and is working on the orientation; this will not be open to
the public.
Welcome Packet: The welcome packet is in the process of being made, it will need to be edited.
Hiring of mentees: Promotional material for hiring mentees and Ryan's dance workshop will need to be done.
Windows on Highway 62 for artist promotion: This project will not continue.
7. Long-term Planning update
Talley-Jones states that the PAAC did not receive the California Arts grant. She is hopeful and positive about applying for
grants in the future.
Waiting to hear back from the Arts and Cultural Barriers grant. Money has been set aside to hire a grant writer.
8. Review of potential grants
No grants are pending now.
10. Update on member recruitment
The advertisement has been sent out in the paper; it will be added onto platforms as well. There needs to be edits to the
PAAC webpage on the City site. A job description will need to be made for the position.
11. Visitor Center Gallery Report
The PAAC discusses the Weed show that will be happening October 6th. Around January - March there will be a
Groundworks Childrens Art show and April-June will be another Workshop 29.
12. PAAC Calendar update
Information is still being transferred from Basecamp onto the Google Calendar for Workshop 29. More information will be
provided to Director Gardner.
13. Report on City Council tours of Grantees spaces
This item has been tabled.
14. Update on rebranding of PAAC logo and social media
The discussion of past social media posts has been archived. LeeAnn suggested reaching out to the high school and
Copper Mountain Community College about getting Spanish translations for their posts.
15. PAAC page on City Website
Short discussed changes were made to the PAAC page on the City website. Hopefully wanting to update the page soon
with events.
16. Basecamp
The PAAC discussed moving from Basecamp to Asania.
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FUTURE ITEMS
Discussion of painted signs-more information and discussion on painted signs and more murals later.
TBID funding request for 29! Sculpture-LeeAnn discussed having the TBID view the sculpture.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 6:33 PM
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