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FROM: Orange County Arts Commission S.JBJECT: Monthly M eeting/,goring 2015 Grant Allocation DATE June 8,2015 LOCAl10N: OWASA Meet ing Fbom,Carrboro M EN BB:;SPRES NT. Lynne Albert, Ian Bowater, Doris Friend, Geoffrey Hathaway, Deb Hepp,Tim Hoke, Tinka Jordy, Bronwyn Merritt,Ashley Nissler, Kim Fbberts, .by Salyers, Devra Thomas, Scott Van Manen MENBB:;SABSENT: Kate Dickson, Brian Finch STAFF PRE NT. Martha Siannon Meeting called to order at 6:30 PM TopicA Discussion%r t: Fbview of May 2015 Minutes Decision/Vote(s): Discussion of minutes Action Item: May 2015 Minutes were approved. Topic B Discussion%nt: Director's Fbport Decision/Vote(s): OCAChas reserved a booth for Festifall (SAnday, October 4,2015). It is OKfor us to sell raffle tickets from our Festifall booth if we want to do so. Possible fundraising idea: Cedar Ridge High Spool woodturning students(Fall 2014 grantee)want to donate their handiwork to help raise funds for other arts projects for kids("kids helping kids").OCACcould raffle them to raise additional funds for our Arts in Education grants.We could sell raffle tickets at our Festifall booth,via silent auction at 301n Anniversary party(Thursday, September 3,2015 in Fbom 230 at the Whitted Bldg. in Hillsborough),etc. 2016 Emerging Artist workshop in Orange County will be on Tuesday,August 18,2015 from 6-7:30 pm in Meeting Fbom Aat the Chapel Hill Public Library. Staff requests input from OCACboard RE the pros and cons of sponsoring rotating art exhibits. Many OCACboard members have a great deal of experience running galleries and coordinating art exhibits.The County Manager did not include our$25,000 proposed public art request in her recommended FY16 budget.At the May 12,2015 meeting with the County Manager, Jiff Thompson(Director,Asset Management), Lauri Paolicelli (Director,Visitors Bureau), Steve Brantley(Director, Economic Development)and OCACstaff on"County Purchased Art Fblicy," there was no discussion on how to pay for future public art projects or how to pay for arts exhibits in various county buildings.The County Manager began by saying that we knew where she stood RE purchasing art. Instead,the discussion was about creating art exhibit areas in various county buildings, beginning with the Whitted Building.This iswhat the BOOCwants. Jiff Thompson will get this committee together soon to work on how best to do this, and will report back to the County Manager within 6 months. Staff emailed a link of art exhibit spaces in Orange County to the County Manager, Jiff Thompson, Laurie Paolicelli and Steve Brantley so they could see the current opportunities artists have for exhibiting their artwork. Staff also suggested we take some"field trips" to see the differences between curated and non-curated art exhibits. If appointed again,Tony Kane will replace Devra Thomas on the OCACadvisory board. Staff will be attending the Americansfor the Arts(AFTA)annual conference in Chicago from June 11-14,2015.