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the Mill. Katie and staff are not taking on any large events and instead focusing on what we do currently. Katie and team want to focus on building the Mill up to be a meeting space for arts and art events. ii. BIPOC Artist-in-Residence-selected artist and had first opening—all going well. iii. Studio Updates—will have an opening for a studio at the front. Also, have studios in the back available. iv. We received a Triangle Community Foundation Grant for "Studio Be"serving marginalized youths.The current program is very successful. With community partners,we will be kicking off a 2-year program to use the studio space. v. Gallery Discussion: OCAG Donn Young, Coalesce What is the purpose of the Gallery at the Mill? Not a private Gallery. The goal is two phased: 1) provide a space for solo shows and for group shows and 2) host open call group shows. Currently, we give the OC Artist Guild 2 months of shows. First year, OCAG show was very good. However, participation has really declined. Katie wanted to get feedback on not continuing this approach in 2024. The Board thought it made sense to have the gallery space available for artists not represented by larger groups vs having two months with the OCAG. Also, suggested discussing with the Guild about the structure future shows to improve participation. Donn Young came to Katie with a proposal to do a show for very well-known photographers in our area and photographers in Louisiana. Katie is not sure if this show meets the goals of the Mill since there is no open call and Donn is not an Eno Mill studio member. She asked what the board thinks about this request. Katie offered that she would be behind it more if it had an open call and a more diverse juried panel.Anita suggested having a show with the professional artist being the jury panel. Crystal suggested we should stick with the qualifications as already created. It would be setting a new precedent if we didn't. The group suggested a photographic show that combined some of the elements of Donn's ideas with MITI requirements would be a good idea. Coalesce—Katie asked the Board if we thought the curators for this project should change in future shows?There is no representation of people of color in the curatorial process for the last two years. The board agreed with Katie there is space to increase participation and that is a conversation she should have. c. Last week Katie got approval from Travis to use existing funding in her budget for an OCAC Branding efforts.The board was excited to hear this plan. d. Katite is starting to put out feelers in the community about listening sessions for our grants process. She plans to meet with all organizations that have access to artists who could give us feedback about our program. She wants to determine how we can better engage with their participation. She asks the board to connect her with any organizations with which they are associated.