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Home My WebLink AboutJPAC November 21, 2024 JEFFERSONVILLF DATE: 11/21/2024 PUBLIC AR COMMISSION TIME: 5:30 pm , ST CREATING IDEAS LOCATION: Mayor's Conference Room CALL TO ORDER • Chairperson Callahan welcomed everyone to the meeting and called the meeting to order at 5:26 p.m. • The meeting was held in person at Jeffersonville City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130. ATTENDEES • Chairperson o Rosy Callahan • Arts Administrator Kathleen (Kat) Wang • Commissioners o Kofi Darku • Dr. Allison Miller o Donna Reed c Amy Semones o Teah Williams-Hampton • Secretary 0 Joanna Peyron ABSENT • John Edwards (absent) • Monica Uhl (absent) • Sarah Young (absent) GUEST ATTENDEE(S) • Andy Crouch, City Engineer OLD BUSINESS • Approve minutes from October 15, 2024 meeting Commissioner Semones motioned to approve the minutes. • Commissioner Williams-Hampton seconded. • The motion to approve the October 15, 2024 meeting minutes passed unanimously. • Bathroom Mural at Falls Landing (Administrator Wang) o Expected start date: November 14 o Competed and looks great. o The front depicts balloons, Jeff Boat and the history of steamboats in the area o Indiana's state flower, the peony, is on the other side. 1 JEFFERSONVILLE DATE: 11/21/2024 PUBLIC AR COMMISSION TIME: 5:30 pm ST CREATING IDEAS LOCATION: Mayor's Conference Room • Volunteers (Administrator Wang) o Thank you to all who have been sharing the request for volunteers. o We have enough volunteers for the Holiday Market. o There is a need for additional volunteers for Cookies with Santa event to help with set-up or at any time. • Santa will read from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. • After that, we'll move to Maker 13 for "Cocoa and Crafts." • The first 100 kids will get a signed copy of Santa's book. • Art Mobile (Administrator Wang) Thank you for sharing ideas of places where you feel the Art Mobile would be great to have. Schedule will be developed mid-to end of December. s- Season will start in April or May. • The GCCS Martin Luther King, Jr. event was mentioned. • All 2nd Graders from the district are invited (as a field trip) • The event is on January 22 at 7 p.m. • Location: Charlestown, IN. • Administrator Wang is unsure if JPAC will be able to participate since the event is outside of Jeffersonville. NEW BUSINESS • Update on and continuation of discussion of new idea (Administrator Wang) Student Art Show • Commissioner Reed secured fine art scholarships for the top 25 students. • Their art will be displayed at the IUS campus upstairs gallery in the Ogle Center. • A breakfast to recognize those students will be held at the Mark Vetter Center. Forming new relationships and community partnership with IUS' art and theater departments. • Working with Kirk Randolph, Director of the Ogle Center and Barbara Kutis, Dean of Fine Arts and Letters. • Some studios are going to be available at the Art Center. • We'd like to have IUS Art students in a space. • The students would rotate. 2 JEFFERSONVILLE DATE: 11/21/2024 PUBLIC AR COMMISSION TIME: 5:30 pm , ST CREATING IDEAS LOCATION: Mayor's Conference Room • We'd ask the artist to help activate the space by holding "discussion with the artist," as well as an art show. • Their participation will be tied to experiential credits toward their degree. • Studio 2 will be converted back to a working studio space. • We plan to treat any new artists as true "artists in residence" and to be more active in the space with certain requirements. • Annual JPAC Holiday Event (December 7) (Administrator Wang) We'd like to change the date since some cannot attend on December 7. All agreed to move to Friday, December 13 at 5:30 p.m. o The meeting will be held at the Art Center, will be brief and then we'll gather to celebrate the past year. • Change day of week for 2025 Meetings (Administrator Wang) Administrator Wang opened the floor to discussion on alternative meeting days since we've had to reschedule recent meetings. Commissioner Williams-Hampto mentioned Tuesday would work for her and that she may need to roll off if we keep the meeting on Mondays. A formal decision will be made next month or through an online poll. Secretary Peyron mentioned the rescheduling issue seemed to happen when meetings were moved off the normal Monday schedule due to city-observed holidays. Administrator Wang will share the city's schedule of observed holidays with the Commission. • NoCo Banners (Administrator Wang) We are able to get new banners printed thanks to Planning and Zoning. o There will be 16 banners placed down Michigan Avenue in the NoCo district. The Commission has two designs to choose from: 1. A style similar to the current design 2. Jeffersonville Public Art (JPA) logo in a step and repeat pattern in background 3 JEFFERSONVILLE DATE: 11/21/2024 PUBLIC AR COMMISSION TIME: 5:30 pm ST CREATING IDEAS LOCATION: Mayor's Conference Room Both choices include the option to change the background color aligned with the NoCo colors and an option to include descriptor text. • Mr. Crouch mentioned, based on his experience, the descriptor text is relatively small and can get lost or is not readable when driving by. o The Commission voted on the options: • Current style received 1 votes • JPA logo style received 4 votes without descriptor text o We will move forward with the JPA logo option without descriptor text. • Gathering ideas for 2025 (Administrator Wang) • We will have an intern from Ivy Tech next year. • One task will be to take pictures of all the art we have and design a coffee table book as a preservation of the art we've sponsored. • Due to their time commitment, they may not complete the project. If so, the project will carry over to the next intern. Discussion of ideas: • Mini mural festival similar to www.louisvillevisualart.org/urban-paint-out • New ART? Where? • Preservation idea: next year's intern could also take this one and could include maintenance in their scope. • The Art Center needs some updating • Side lawn ideas • New: • Provide exposure to mural artists with less than 2 years experience with the opportunity to paint a wall. This could be in conjunction with the mini mural festival with more experienced muralists. o> Riley has expressed his willingness to collaborate • Have more sessions with experienced artists similar to what we had with Damon Thompson. • Open sessions at the Art Center: The general public can bring whatever art they're working on, share and teach others, invite a guest artist, etc. 4 JEFFERSONVILLE DATE: 11/21/2024 PUBLIC AR COMMISSION TIME: 5:30 pm , ST CREATING IDEAS LOCATION: Mayor's Conference Room • Suggestion to be adult only • Cadence would be one time per month. • Deemed as low effort. • Silent book club. 0 Have a dinner or light appetizers before the event Then everyone reads their own books silently (unplugged) • Game night o The Commission will vote on ideas at January's meeting. • Next events o Recommendations to fill two Commissioner vacancies (Commissioner Darku and Chairperson Callahan). • Local artist • Librarian • Main street shop owner • Both are Council Appointed o Light Up Jeff in Downtown Jeffersonville: Parade Only (November 30) • The Art Mobile is decorated and ready • TBD on where we will be placed in line • Mr. Crouch will provide details via email. Annual NoCo Holiday Event (December 13) Storytime with Santa and Art at Maker 13 (December 15) • Greater Clark County Schools/Shakespeare (February 4 - 5) o New Play by Uncensored Louisville: Anger (February 6, 7, 9, 13 and 15) Stage One (March 8) o Earth Day Festival (April 19) • This will be a collaboration with the Parks Department, the City, Maker 13, and NoCo. • Coincides with Easter weekend. • Working on getting a sponsor. Greater Clark County Schools Elementary Art Show (April 10 - 19) COMMISSIONER COMMENTS • Chairperson Callahan: Loves the snow that's falling during the meeting. 5 JEFFERSONVILLE DATE: 11/21/2024 PUBLIC AR COMMISSION TIME: 5:30 pm ST CREATING IDEAS LOCATION: Mayor's Conference Room • Commissioner Darku: Recognized that everyone is appreciative of the new logoed items (hats and t-shirts) and is looking forward to the holiday party. • Commissioner Miller: Thanked everyone for being here. • Commissioner Semones: None • Commissioner Williams-Hampton: none • Mr. Crouch: none ADJOURNMENT • Commissioner Darku motioned to adjourn the meeting. o Commissioner Miller seconded. o The motion passed unanimously. • The meeting adjourned at 6:05 p.m. • JPAC Secretary: TE: 1 • JPAC Chairperson: : % 2 6