HomeMy WebLinkAboutJPAC February 10, 2020 JEFFERSONVILLE PUBLIC ARC co MISSION
Jeffersonville Public Art Commission
Mayor's Conference Room
February 10, 2020
John McCarthy called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m.
Attendees:
Dawn Spyker
John McCarthy
Denise Freville
Kofi Darku
Leslie Lewis-Sheets
Rosy Callahan
Teah Williams-Hampton
Guests:
Richard Eklund, Robin Harrington,Abigail Richmer,Heather Rapp
Old Business:
Approve Minutes from JPAC Meeting—January 13,2020 & Sign In-Bill Burns makes motion to approve
minutes, seconded by Denise Freville. Motion carried unanimously.
Review N.A.C.(NoCo Art Center)submission adjudication Highlights—John McCarthy
Theme for the night"Back at the NAC. Lol." We had 16 submissions for 7 spots. 8 from Jeffersonville,4
from New Albany, 1 from Sellersburg,2 from Charlestown,and 1 from Kentucky.
9 artists are Female, 7 applicants Male.
Age range of artists: 6 ages 25-34,5 ages 35-44, 3 ages 45-54,2 ages 55-64.
All artists selected have been notified and all have accepted.
All Artists will pay a monthly rental fee to the Arts Commission this will be$1,125.00 a month of revenue
coming in to help with future projects.
N.A.C. Artist Move-In Assistance— •
Move In will be February 17, 2020 10:00 a.m.to 7:00 p.m. We will also have our next JPAC meeting at the
NAC on March 9 at 5:30 p.m. so we can do an artist Meet and Greet that night as well. And we can all bring
pack a snack for the NAC.
Bill asked how the building is going to be secured. Dawn stated each artist will have keys to their studio space
but to get into the building they will have a code. Security Pros will be installing a key pad at entry door so all
artists and commissioners are able to get in and out anytime. And it is more cost effective than keys.
Comedy By The Bridge—
1 st show is Saturday,February 29 2020 at 8:00 p.m. doors open at 7:00 p.m. Each month beginning in April
there will be 2 shows a month. All shows are 18 and over. There will be a bar set up and working on having
food trucks available as well. New light poles have been installed and every other one has electrical outlets on
them for generators. This will allow food trucks to be able to be in that area for events.
Bill said he didn't think City ordinances are very friendly to food truck vendors, so we would need to check into
that prior to saying food trucks could set up. Dawn said she has spoken with Chad in the Planning&Zoning
department and he said if it is City function food trucks are allowed. But Dawn is to follow up on this to verify.
Gene Stotz Exhibit—
Event will be,Friday,March 6, 6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m., Saturday,March 7, 12:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.,and Sunday,
March 8,2:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m. On Tuesday,March 3 Dawn needs as much help as possible to set up there are
approximately 600 art pieces that will need to be hung, should only take a couple of hours if we get a lot of
help.
New Business:
Ivy Tech partnering with City—Robin Harrington
Robin stated her job is to promote community partnerships with art. She has put together Taste of Diversity for
2020 which will be held on April 15,2020. I know this year is probably out of the question but would like to
start working with JPAC to partnership to have art help with getting voices back into the community. Art helps
people heal,it can settle an anxious mind,and can also heal a broken mind.
Also,art can help with age diversity. All generations can learn from each other through art.
So tonight I am here to just ask what we can do together to become a partnership.
John asked if she had any approximate number of students at Ivy Tech from Jeffersonville. She said
approximately 4000 traditional but dual credit she isn't sure.
Vote on design for shipping containers for pop-up market
3 containers next to water tank. Dawn has been in contact with Wilford Zieg, original artist for water tower and
he would love to paint the containers as well. Will be painting front and back of container but focus will be on
the front. We have 4 different designs and color pallets so each commissioner please vote on your choices.
After voting Commissioners chose design A with different color pallets for all three.
Pop-Up Market Discussion—layout and activities
1s`market with be in June so this is just a preview for now. But Dawn would like everyone to go home and
chew on it a bit,think about furniture,fixtures,devices, and layout of market and we will discuss more at March
meeting.
NAC Brochure—Draft only
Dawn will send out a link in the morning,go through this when you have time make sure you get a gist of what
is going on and make sure we hit high level key points of long range plan. We will discuss this more at March
meeting as well after you have some time to look through.
$5,000.00 Grant—Mobile Unite
Indiana Art Commission loved our presentation,however, 75 pages later they informed us we only had to
include a few things we had completed. But now they know everything.
March JPAC Meeting
Meeting will be March 9,2020 at 5:30 p.m. And reminder we will do the artist meet and greet as well. And
please do not forget to bring a snack to the NAC.
Commissioners Comments/Questions
Kofi: This is I believe my third year on this commission but this year is already so exciting. We have
addressed obstacles and overcome challenges and we are moving forward. I am very happy to be a part of
making all this happen.
Teah: I do not have a lot to say except I am impressed and happy to be part of the Art Commission.
Denise: I have to agree,everything is very exciting.
Rosy: Everything we are doing is very exciting for downtown Jeffersonville.
Leslie: We are making a difference in Jeffersonville,very exciting.
With nothing further to come before the board meeting adjourned at 7:06 p.m.
Minutes Submitted b • ir&Approved by: Al
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