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Unless otherwise noted, the Arts Commission meets at 5:30 p.m. the 2nd Tuesday of each month
at Centennial Center, Conference Room 401, 400 West Gowe St., Kent, WA 98032.
For additional information please contact Calleen Bidman at 253-856-5052.
Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City Clerk’s Office at
253-856-5725 in advance. For TDD relay service call Washington Telecommunications
Relay Service at 1-800-833-6388.
Arts Commission Minutes
Commissioners: Chair Suzanne Smith, Vice Chair Dan Cox, Treasurer Gerard Philpotts,
Secretary Christy Caravaglio, Secretary Linda Mackintosh, Martha Cunningham, Bayard DuBois, Tonya
Goodwillie, Susan Machler, Colleen Maloney, Hal O’Brien, Michael Taskey, Sandi Westman,
Susan Bagrationoff (alternate)
June 12, 2018
5:30 p.m.
Item Description Action Speaker Time
1. Call to order Chair Smith
2. Roll Call – Excused: Sandi Westman Chair Smith
3. Changes to the Agenda Staff Billerbeck
4. May Minutes YES Chair Smith
Cox made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Taskey seconded and the
motion carried unanimously.
5. Treasurer’s Report NO Staff Billerbeck
6. Performing Arts Committee Staff Billerbeck
A. Summer Concert Series NO
-Promotional materials are being printed
-Volunteers – Commissioners are encouraged to attend
7. Visual Arts/Acquisitions Committee Staff Billerbeck
A. Kent Creates NO
-On the Water: 34 submissions to date
-Policies regarding winning frequency: Staff will create written draft of suggested
policy considerations for review at July meeting.
B. City Art Plan
-Traffic Control boxes – Dedication recap NO
-Morrill Meadows art project: YES
Machler made a motion to approve the Selection Panel’s recommendation of Clark
Wiegman as the artist for the parcourse project. Mackintosh seconded and the
motion carried unanimously.
-Maintenance:
WATER, Barbara Grygutis, East Hill Park NO
Salvage scheduled for June 16.
Kent Banners, Koryn Rolstad – no update NO
Unless otherwise noted, the Arts Commission meets at 5:30 p.m. the 2nd Tuesday of each month
at Centennial Center, Conference Room 401, 400 West Gowe St., Kent, WA 98032 .
For additional information please contact Calleen Bidman at 253-856-5052.
Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City Clerk’s Office at
253-856-5725 in advance. For TDD relay service call Washington Telecommunications
Relay Service at 1-800-833-6388.
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C. Summer Art Exhibit/Purchase Awards YES
-Mackintosh made a motion to approve the Purchase Jury’s recommendations and
accept the artworks into the City collection. DuBois seconded and the motion
carried unanimously.
-The Commission discussed the Facebook dialogue and employee complaint around
two pieces in the show that have generated some racial controversy. The
Commission unanimously agreed that they stand behind the policies that guided
artwork selection and support the art and artists of the pieces.
8. General updates/other business Staff Billerbeck
A. Give Me Culture application: Thriving Artists YES
Cox made a motion to approve the grant application in full ($1,000). Taskey
seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
B. WA Open Government Trainings Act NO
C. Kent School District/Arts Education – NO
Informational update on advocacy efforts
9. Next Meeting – July 10, 5:30 p.m. NO
10. Adjournment