HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-12-09-ARTS-min Lexington Council for the Arts
Approved Minutes —December 9, 2013
Present—Victona Campos, Emily Passman, Cheryl Meadow, Regie 0-Hare Gibson,
Lynne Klemmer, Jean Hart, Leslie Masson, Diana South, Cnstma Burwell, Zoe Perry-
Wood, Jessie Steigerwald. Minutes were taken by Jessie Steigerwald
Secretary's report Jessie Steigerwald
Members unanimously expressed appreciation for Victoria Campos and her dedicated
service as Secretary for the LCA Minutes from 9 9 13 (Campos), 10.21 13 (Campos) &
11 18 13 (Steigerwald)were discussed. 11 18 13 minutes were approved unanimously
and will be submitted to town archives by Jessie Steigerwald to bnng minutes up to date
Treasurer's report Diana South
o Voting meeting calculation—exact funds available for granting
o Reimbursements —Reviewed importance of deadlines for grant recipients
Reimbursements requests received after the deadline will not be granted and
submitters will be reminded of policy This information is provided in award
letters and we need to follow the dates to keep our accounts updated in order to be
able to provide the maximum grant funds available in each cycle
o Current budget was reviewed. (See December treasurer statement.)
Chairperson report - Zoe Perry-Wood
LCO Grant follow-up
We will not use these funds this year but are reminded that it is a possibility for
next year's cycle Cnstma Burwell will remind the group next year in a timely
fashion.
New show in Munroe Gallery/Future gallery schedule
Members agreed to consider possible location of gallery space at alternate
locations to find accessible space Community Center would be helpful location.
Scheduling exhibitions and publicizing the shows requires volunteer time and
should be discussed further Group would like gallery showings to generate
interest for each artist who participates
Chairperson Transition
Members unanimously expressed appreciation for Zoe Perry-Wood's leadership
as the LCA Chair and noted that this meeting marked not only Zoe's last meeting
as Chairperson, but, perhaps more importantly, an exciting transition for LCA as
Zoe will now be able to focus her energy on a list of exciting projects that she has
kept on a back-burner while serving in the leadership role The group looks
forward to Zoe's future LCA projects!
Action Items follow up-
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Community Center
Jessie/Cnstma—provided updates of developments on outreach to offer
assistance to the Community Center Advisory Committee in the inclusion of art
when the center opens, and while it operates Cnstma attended Community
Center meeting, Jessie sent email offering our assistance Members agreed to try
to attend the Open House on December 14th (10 00 a.m —2 00 p.m.) to take notes
and observe places where community art might be showcased. Cnstma and Jessie
will continue to offer our assistance and see whether Board of Selectmen would
like to charge us with any specific tasks to support the Community Center
Ongoing business
Possible Spring 2013 Fundraiser
Members who are able will meet to discuss ideas and will report back at our
January meeting.
LHS community service interns
Regie provided update on outreach efforts
Tabledfor Future Discussion and Action
- The Resources and Support pages for our website
-Update our page on the Town website
-Twitter, Facebook, blog
Main business Grant Review for 2013 - 2014
The bulk of the meeting time was used for the 2013- 2014 grant review process
Each grant application was reviewed. Members discussed each grant to make sure that
all cntena were met.
Applications that did not meet our stated cntena (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 19, and 23) were
noted and the applicants will receive Disapproval Letters Cnstma and Jessie will
assemble the letters and send out by the end of the week. Recipients have the opportunity
to reply to us if they believe they should have been found to meet our cntena and if this
happens we will take the concerns up at our next meeting.
After identifying all grants that met our cntena (7-18, 20, 21, 22) the group paid
special attention to note that 7 (Uniforms for Fife and Drum) and 17 (Portable dance floor
for Munroe)were for requests to support capital items We reviewed rules specifically
governing awards for capital projects We then considered that the total amount
requested significantly exceeded our available funds and recognized that we would be
unable to fully fund all qualifying proposals We then assigned award values to each
grant to maximize some degree of support for all of the projects that met our criteria
while providing a higher percentage of support for the projects which most closely met
our stated criteria. Grant applications noted when they had other sources of funding and
this was also taken into account.
7 Fife and Drum, $250 00
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8 Folk Arts Center of New England, $150 00
9 Fruitlands Museum, $100 00
10 Golden Tricorn, $275 00
11 Metropolitan Wind, $350 00
12 Historical Society, $250 00
13 Korean Cultural Society of Boston, $250 00
14 Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Mural, $700 00
15 Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Polymer Guild, $100 00
16 Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Ceramics Guild, $250 00
17 Munroe Saturday Nights, $350 00
18 Denise Doucette, $150 00
20 Lexington Open Studios Group, $1,000 00
22 Andrei Baumann, $150 00
The Treasurer tracked our award decisions and the attached chart provides further detail
Next meetings
January 13, Feb 10, March 10, Apnl 14, May 12, June 9
Attachment: Treasurer's Allocation Worksheet, December 9, 2013
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