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Minutes for Lexington Council for the Arts meeting May 11, 2009
Cary Memorial Library
Present:
Barbara Ciampa, Co-Chair; Jan Goplerud; Zoe Perry-Wood, Co-Chair; Janet
Post, Secretary; Jonathan Cue; Bill Janovitz, acting as secretary for Louise Cady-
Fernandes (absent); Victoria Campos; Mary Trometer; Treasurer;
Absent:
Sirarpi Heghinian Walzser; Jackie Hawkinson; Louise Cady-Fernandes
Call to Order
Barbara Ciampa called the meeting to order at 7:22 PM; Zoe Perry-Wood arrived and
chaired the meeting at 7:23.
Debriefing on Lexington Open Studios event
Discussion of pros and cons as to whether the event would be more inviting to the public
if it would be more centralized. Zoe and Barbara attended the Friday night reception and
gave glowing reviews. As for Saturday, Zoe thought attendance was sparse due to
distance from center of town (of her own studio). The locales in or near the center (the
old Sundial Bookstore and Munroe Center) were very popular and well attended. We
proposed sponsoring a shuttle bus to take viewers to the various studios.
It was proposed that we should invite Christian back for discussion and feedback on new
idea.
We also discussed sponsoring the event.
Secretary's Report
The minutes for the April ‘09 meeting were accepted.
Treasurer's Report
The treasurer’s report was accepted. There is a balance of $9,627.81. $5000 of this will
go to the library donor wall this summer.
General Business
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Victoria asked about possible fundraising for the Patron’s Fund. Zoe gave a summary of
past LCA discussions about this issue.
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Related to the above, the discussions resumed about the Town Hall art inventory,
ownership, and the future of. Barbara proposed getting another update from Candy.
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Zoe reported on the auction at the Cary Memorial Library fundraiser. Discussions about
us sponsoring a possible art auction as the foundation of a fundraising event for the
Patron’s Fund, with the Town Hall art as the starting inventory.
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Barbara has volunteered to find out how much was raised at library.
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Mailing address change for the LCA. Also mailing address change for grant requests-
papers will state an LCA return address in c/o Selectmen’s office. Janet Post will
adjust correspondence.
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Janet will also work on updating the membership dates and clarify the MCC listing.
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Barbara brought up term renewal for LCA. Bill and Mary are up for renewal in
September. Janet will clarify with MCC as MCC Liaison.
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Jonathan Cue will continue to make sure we have the room at the library reserved
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It was decided to skip a potential July meeting. We will meet June 8 and then next on
August 24.
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Discovery Day – Mary sent in paperwork to have a partnership with Cary Memorial
Library at Discovery Day, May 23. More discussions about promotional materials.
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JanG. Finalized the guidelines for grant applications etc.
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Zoe will join Barbara at the high school Pops on Thursday May 21. Sam Goldie is the
winner,
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Jan took the floor to discuss the guidelines for grant applicants. Jonathan will print out
guidelines to hand out at Discovery Day
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Web page discussion. Nothing was decided.
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Update from Candy at Town Hall.
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Barbara discussed the presentation of the Emma Lou Dimmock Award. Zoe has
volunteered to go down to the high school with Barbara if the presentation of the
award if the event is on the Thursday night.
New Business:
No new business
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 PM. The next meeting will be June 8, 2009 at 7:00
PM in Cary memorial Library in the Learning Center.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Janovitz for: /s/ Louise Cady-Fernandes