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February 2025 Minute Monday, February 10 1 6:30pm ORANGE COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION The ArtsCenter Online Attendees: Crystal Wu, Chair, Wendy Smith (acting Sec.), Katie Murray, Celia Gibbs,John Claude Bemis, Denise Duffy, vice chair, Heather Washburn,Alexa Velez Absent:Josh Rosenstein, Renee Hayes, Saba Jordan, Lindsay Metivier, Gideon Young Meeting Location: Online 1) Call to Order at 6:34 by Crystal. 2) Denise moved to approve the January 2025 Board Minutes, and Heather seconded.All approved. 3) Board updates a) Francesca Talenti - Nomination will go to the BOCC on 2/20. March will be her first meeting with us. Saba first term is over at end of March. Hasn't committed to a second term. Lots of conflicts with work and kids. b) UNC Student Liaison selection process. Currently the current student in this position is in charge of picking next liason.The theory is that engaged, high achieving students recruit the same type.This has been the process for about six years. Last year, Lindsey brought up the idea of having a true process. Pros and cons of both. We should have a longer discussion next month when Lindsey can be part of it. Celia pointed out that, with the current process, the new liaison could end up a friend or a creative liaison of the current person. Having an application process would be helpful. Denise brought up the concern that the academic year seems so tight. Will we run into time crunches with an application process? Is it all worthwhile? Katie brought up that it's another thing to manage and run. She is not sure if she has the capacity to add this now. Other concerns brought up were, it feels like we are just getting to know them as they are rolling off. Does the current process make it more likely that it always stays in the same genre? Historically, it has changed up. Celia has noticed that a lot of creative writers are also visual artists. Heather pointed out that if it is a longer term,the connections for the liaison might grow and they may have a more diverse pool to choose from. Celia suggested marketing the position as a way to grow your network. Katie agreed that this is good for a resume. Katie will look into how much work it is to change it for the clerk's office. In the meantime, Celia is already considering the next person. 4) Director's Report: Katie Murray a) Joint board retreat with Katie Weeks(Armstrong McGuire): Katie M.will be meeting with Katie W. next week to figure out some potential dates. Will do a doodle poll for both boards. Katie M. is very excited for this! Past due for both boards. b) Arts Educator Grant Program - open March 1 $500 grants for artistic and professional development c) Uproar 2.0:Aug 1-23 The call for art went live last Monday. Please share. Need a good applicant pool. Everyone will get a $1000 honorarium.The call will close on 3/17 at 11:59 pm. Looking for volunteers: leading up, leadership positions- community outreach to help brainstorm ways to get the word out on a grassroots level.Working with Andrea Griffith Cash and Laurie Paolicelli at a higher level. Katie feels like we missed the grassroots levels last time. We also need lead installers. We need three, one for each town. Mike Waller will do Hillsborough. Need someone for Carrboro and someone for Chapel Hill.These are paid position with the flat rate of $5000.The work is concentrated around install and deinstall. These people need experience handling large scale artwork.They need to be super handy, easy to work with, and have a good personality.They will be doing a lot of face to face interaction with artists.This is a big deal. d) Impact of feds: