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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)
July 10, 2018
5:30 p.m.
Item Description Action Speaker Time
1. Call to order Chair Smith
2. Roll Call Chair Smith
Excused: Mackintosh, Cox, Goodwillie, Machler
3. Changes to the Agenda: None Staff Billerbeck
4. June Minutes YES Chair Smith
Taskey made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Caravaglio seconded and
the motion carried unanimously.
5. Treasurer’s Report NO Staff Billerbeck
6. Performing Arts Committee Staff Billerbeck
A. Summer Concert Series NO
-Promo: Posters and flyers distributed
-Volunteers: Commissioners encouraged to attended concerts
7. Visual Arts/Acquisitions Committee Staff Billerbeck
A. Kent Creates:
-On the Water voting – City web site security NO
certificate expired. Voting will resume when updated.
-New exhibit: Vacations and Summer Celebrations, July – August
-Policies regarding winning frequency YES
Staff presented a policy with added language that only one entry per user is eligible
for an award per exhibit, and that users are only eligible for an honorarium award
every six months. Taskey made a motion to approve the changes. DuBois seconded
and the motion carried unanimously. There was also discussion about limiting the
number of entries per exhibit to five. Staff will check to see if it is possible for the
site to limit entries per user.
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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B. Centennial Center Gallery – Policy NO
Staff compiled all Gallery policy information into one document.
C. City Art Plan
-Traffic Control box call – deadline July 31 NO
-Morrill Meadows art project update NO
Staff is working on artist contract.
-Maintenance:
WATER, Barbara Grygutis, East Hill Park NO
Sculpture has been removed and is stored at East Hill Maintenance shops
awaiting further assessment.
Kent Banners, Koryn Rolstad: No update NO
8. General updates/other business Staff Billerbeck 15
A. Give Me Culture applications YES
-Eunice Kim: Taskey made a motion to not fund this application. Cunningham
seconded. The motion carried with Maloney voting “nay.”
-Kent Youth and Family Services: Taskey made a motion to fully fund the
application. Philpotts seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
B. Kent School District/Arts Education – None NO
9. Next Meeting – Sept. 11, 5:30 pm, Centennial 401 NO
10. Adjournment