HomeMy WebLinkAboutJPAC November 13, 2023 JEFFERSONVII . F DATE: 11/13/2023
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CALL TO ORDER
• Chairperson Callahan welcomed everyone to the meeting and called the
meeting to order at 5:36 p.m.
• The meeting was held in person at Jeffersonville City Hall, 500
Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130.
ATTENDEES
• Arts Administrator
o Kathleen (Kat) Wang (Zoom)
• Chairperson
o Rosy Callahan
• Commissioners
o Susan Harrison
o Denise Freville
o Sarah Young
o Kofi Darku
o Teah Hampton-Williams
• Secretary
o Joanna Peyron
ABSENT
• Commissioners
o Dustin White
o Abigail Richmer
o John Edwards
GUEST ATTENDEES
• Andy Crouch (City Engineer)
OLD BUSINESS
• Approve minutes from October 9, 2023 meeting
o Commissioner Young motioned to approve the minutes.
o Commissioner Hampton-Williams seconded.
o Motion passed unanimously.
• Falls Landing Ribbon Cutting, October 21
o Mr. Crouch shared video of event
o Parks Department had someone to take video/photo/drone shots as
part of Depot Days
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o Great day/event - cool & fun day
o JPAC paid for Depot Days ($4,500 approx.)
o Ribbon cutting went well.
o Administrator Wang meeting with Amber Powell to discuss events
planning with Parks.
o Administrator Wang also scheduled meetings with other City
departments to see how we can collaborate going forward.
• Story Trail Update (Mr. Crouch)
o Action: Chairperson Callahan to resend email with updated dates.
o Commissioner Young tg mentioned need to get Call to Artists out
ASAP and push as part of the lesson plan for next semester.
o No updates from past winner.
o Mr. Crouch found extra quotes.
• The canvases that go with quotes are faded.
• We'll need to reprint or go with something different.
• Discussion in meeting leaned toward going with something
different.
• Paste Up Mural Project (Mr. Crouch)
o Located on outside of Maker Building on side of green lot.
o Mr. Crouch shared view of murals.
o Need a dedication/ribbon cutting in the near future.
o Really pop when you drive by
• Holiday Market Update, November 18 (Administrator Wang/Commissioner
Young)
o We have 35 vendors including artists in residence.
o 19 in NoCo Entertainment Center (NEC) and 10 in Maker's Space
o Jazz Band at NEC
o Currently working on layout and check-in instructions.
o Art Mobile will be available to advertise upcoming programs.
o Could also pull-out Maker Van for additional promotion.
o Volunteers (Commissioner Young)
• Heaviest need is in the morning (Chairperson Callahan,
Commissioner Freville)
• Light in the evening (Administrator Wang, Commissioner
Young & Mr. Crouch + Commissioner Harrison) (5:00 — 8:00
p.m. for tear down)
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• Vendors will start unloading around 9:30 - 10 a.m.
• Will need volunteers 1/2 hour prior.
• Shifts will be 3 hours.
• Commissioner Young/Administrator Wang to email shift
assignments.
• Commissioner Darku is available from 1:00 -4:00 p.m.
• Commissioner Hampton-Williams is available from 5:00 -
8:00 p.m.
• Secretary Peyron can help where needed.
• Action: Please like/share the Facebook post
• Coloring Book (Mr. Crouch)
o Commissioner Freville can do 2K for -$3 per book.
o Approx. 250 units per box; down to 1 box
o More programming = more opportunity to distribute
o Easy and quick to order.
o Do we need to update any pieces/parts or the map in center?
• Commissioner Freville to take new photos and note which to
keep/remove.
• Commissioner Young suggested a Call for Artists for graphic
designers/illustrators to update images within the book.
NEW BUSINESS
• Welcome Kathleen (Kat) Wang as new Arts Administrator
• Light up Jeff, November 26 (Administrator Wang)
Parade starts at 6:30 p.m.
• The Art Mobile will be decorated, lit-up and will participate in
the parade.
• Line up at 5:00 p.m. at The Overlook.
• We will need volunteers to walk in the parade (arts
educators & those who have volunteered).
c North Pole Party - 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
• Amber from Parks asked if we could have craft station during
the North Pole Party.
• We could set up a couple of tables with goodie bag,
stickers, ads for Art Mobile.
• Administrator Wang sent ideas to Amber including
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wooden ornaments to color, holiday bags, etc.
• Location: Warder Park
• Will need no less than 3 volunteers.
• May need to continue project past the North Pole
Party.
• Falls Landing Sculpture Call for Artists (Mr. Crouch)
o Call is currently out.
o No applications yet.
o Did receive an email for details regarding the pedestal in order to
make a model of the submission.
o Submissions:
• Due December 4
• Notify by December 30
• Installation May
• More pushes on socials after current events
• Action: Commissioner Young to talk with Administrator
Wang regarding marketing
o Mr. Crouch talked with LVAA to include the notice on their weekly
email/newsletter but hasn't seen it listed yet.
• Sculptural Walking Trail / City Pride Call to Artists (Administrator Wang)
o Mr. Crouch noted bicycles have all been pulled.
• They're being updated by vehicle maintenance (painted red)
• Parks will put them back as ready.
• The city has received calls from neighborhoods about
"where's my bike'?" "When will it be back?"
o City Pride usually puts live flowers in baskets but they're difficult to
keep watered throughout the summer.
• idea to use "sculptural" flowers.
• Action: Administrator Wang to bring suggestion to City
Pride's regular meetings (1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month)
o Mr. Crouch hasn't sent out Call to Artists for walking trail pending
more information from City Pride on theme/expectation.
• Jeffery Maintenance (Mr. Crouch)
o Finding more pieces/parts
o TBD on how to tix and put back.
• 2024 Art Mobile Program Update (Administrator Wang)
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o Training:
• Administrator Wang attended training.
• Artists seem talented and excited.
• Developing good lessons to use for future events.
• 7 artists; good insights on how to serve the public.
o Commissioner Young mentioned that John McCarthy brought good
energy to the training sessions.
• Final lesson plans due by EOW.
• John will approve.
o Schedule:
• All public spaces are confirmed.
• Pending confirmation from the Farmer's Market.
• Community partners: confirmed participation but not dates.
• Commissioner Young plans to have 2-4 events posted on-
line for folks to start signing up and expects to have more
ready prior to upcoming events.
o Next steps:
• Follow-up meeting with artists in December.
• Review lessons plans.
• Assign dates.
• First class is scheduled for Wednesday, January 24.
• Rotating current Sculptures (Mr. Crouch)
o Mr. Crouch gave Administrator Wang a tour of the public sculptures.
o Talked about rotating around to freshen the pieces.
o They've been in place for approx. 3 years except for those in Shirley's
Arbor (connected, won't rotate).
o May impact map updates/coloring books.
o Need to determine which to put where.
• They'll look new when in new environment and get noticed more.
• This will extend the life of the collection as most are in good shape.
• Can create a celebration with the neighborhoods once sculptures
are relocated.
• Targeting: Spring
o City staff will move around - should be able to move all in a day.
• Programming for next year (Commissioners)
o Public Art (Commissioner Darku/Chairperson Callahan):
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o Onaoing public art
• Hub Caps:
• Work k is done and in art center.
• Project was completed by Franklin Square Elementary
students — painted the hubcaps to look like flowers with PVC
pipes for stems, leaves.
• There's no requirement with how/where displayed.
• They're big and not made to be stand-alone and need to be
fastened to something.
• Mr. Crouch shared idea mount onto boards and place in
parks/on chain-link fences.
• Idea to put on Riverside Drive where car shows are held —
creates some synergy.
• Once we decide where to locate them, we need to let
teachers know and to inform the students who created them.
• Jeffersonville Township Library sidewalk:
• Hasn't taken off.
• "Path of knowledge" from Franklin Square to library to NOCO
with wayfinding plaques along the way.
• The library was interested in leading but put the project back
on us.
• Next steps: think through the project, what it could look like
(books, things you use to learn, etc.) and the logistics and
resources needed.
o New ideation
• Photo ops/picture frames:
• Use "door frames" so people can "walk into" the picture.
• Place at the river and other locations — coordinate with Parks
Department.
• Include QR codes to post photos to JPAC site.
• This becomes a collective art project.
• Utilize a Call to Artists for individual door/photo frame.
• Next steps: determine locations be size (big enough to hold
more than 1 person, ideally a family) labeled with
"Jeffersonviile + location" so people know where they were
taken, send out Call to Artists.
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• Signage for highway system:
• Mr. Crouch pulled up the application.
• The questions are framed to venues with questions about
hours of operation, what to do, etc.
• NOCO wouldn't really pull people off the interstate since the
hours/events are consistent.
• There is an opportunity to focus more on local signage using
QR code with map to take people to various locations.
• Freak Alley (Boise, ID):
• Allowed graphic artists to secure a space on an alley for their
installation.
• We could use the back wall of NAC or the wall behind new
park/entry to arts district.
• Would need to insure there's good lighting for easy view.
• Community Art Show:
• Juried art show in NAC that's open to the public to view
pieces.
• Administrator Wang's Ideas:
• Shakespeare in the Park again.
• Cultural pass:
o For kids & families to do together and visit public arts
spaces (seek & find), library, steamboat museum, etc.
o Like Fund for the Arts program.
• Concerts:
o Riverstage.
o Summer concerts at NOCO to pull people into the
venue.
• More regular activities:
o 1st Saturday of the month (for example) = picnic,
concert.
o Different types of music, locations, plays.
o Kids in the rotunda - see plays, touch instruments,
deeper look into behind the scenes.
o Partner with Stage one, Louisville Orchestra, LPM,
CTC, Shakespeare in the Park.
o Teen arts council (Commissioner Hampton-Williams/ Commissioner
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Richmer)
o Have outlines and applications ready.
o Goal is to launch March 2024.
o Action: Commissioner Hampton-Williams to connect with Commissioner
Richmer
o Maintenance (Commissioner Harrison/Commissioner Freville)
o Tagged 57 pieces with breakdown of types.
o December report out on status of each piece with picture of those which
really need attention.
o Action: Share list of those which still need to be photographed so other
Commissioners can help.
o Events (Commissioner Edwards/Commissioner Young)
o Commissioner Edwards wanted to do an arts festival.
• There should be a copy of the proposal available.
o Commissioner Young would like to have 1 or 2 markets a year.
• A lot of work but doesn't take up a lot of programming.
• Summer & Winter market
• Potential for a few pop-up markets
o Commissioner Young would push for more workshops at the NAC with
local artists.
• We have a potter's wheel and kiln.
• Piggy-back with local, small-space venues to hold secondary event
with us (Maker's Space, Walnut Ridge) and sell their wares.
• RFP to local art community for 2-hour workshop
o Shirley Arbor dedication (Mr. Crouch)
o Joe wanted to get OR code ready for plague.
o No update from Joe
o 2 pieces have exact same information.
• We would like to have different info on each piece .
• Action: Mr. Crouch to check with Joe
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
i Administrator V VVai Ig shared a little about herself:
o Arts is big part of her life: graphic design, teaching, etc.
o Owns a woodworking business (The Lanikee House)
o Is involved with Maker 13 and in the area.
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• No other comments
ADJOURNMENT
• Commissioner Young motioned to adjourn the meeting.
o Commissioner Freville seconded.
o The motion passed unanimously.
• The meeting adjourned at 6:49 p.m.
• JPAC Secretary' TE: �2 2,3
• JPAC Chairperson: 2 23
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