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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 Dan Cox, Vice Chair Suzanne Smith, Treasurer Vacant,
Secretary Tonya Goodwillie, Secretary Linda Mackintosh, Christy Caravaglio, Bayard DuBois,
Susan Machler, Colleen Maloney, Hal O’Brien, Gerard Philpotts, Michael Taskey, Emily Taskey, Vacant
October 17, 2017
5:30 p.m.
Item Description Action Speaker Time
1. Call to order Chair Cox
2. Roll Call Chair Cox
Excused: Caravaglio, DuBois, Machler, E. Taskey
3. Changes to the Agenda Staff Billerbeck
Addition of items 8C, 8D, and 8E
4. August Minutes YES Chair Cox
M. Taskey made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Mackintosh seconded
and the motion carried unanimously.
5. Treasurer’s Report – Reviewed and filed NO
6. Performing Arts Committee Staff Billerbeck
A. Spotlight Series Update NO
-Wylie and the Wild West, 10/6, 7:30 p.m., K-M – 139 people attended,
Commission discussed signage issues.
-Las Migas, 10/27, 7:30 p.m., Kent Lutheran Church – 76 tickets sold.
7. Visual Arts/Acquisitions Committee Staff Billerbeck
A. Kent Creates: NO
-Holiday Traditions exhibit open
B. 2017-2021 City Art Plan: Traffic control boxes YES
-Proposals from artists
-Smith made a motion to select “Bumble-Bee Brigade” as the final image from
artist Vikram Madan. Mackintosh seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
-M. Taskey made a motion to select Fin’es Scott’s proposal #2 without
neighborhood names. Philpotts seconded and the motion passed (no vote from
Smith).
-Mackintosh made a motion to accept all five artist proposals. Smith seconded
and the motion carried unanimously.
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. Deaccession YES
-Peace Mosaic Mural, Maurico Robalino, Lake Meridian Park, 1997
Mackintosh made a motion to deaccession Peace Mosaic Mural from the City Art
Collection based on upcoming remodel of the Lake Meridian building and on-
going maintenance challenges. M. Taskey seconded and the motion carried
unanimously.
-Potential: Spirit Song (1990) and Lacework of the Earth (1992),
Dana Boussard, Council Chambers (deaccession or move?)
Staff has contacted the artist and will provide a report in November.
D. 2017-2021 City Art Plan: Morrill Meadows/ NO
East Hill Park art
-Parcourse pieces – Call for artists – coming soon
E. Meet Me on Meeker NO
-Potential Projects – Will discuss at a future meeting
8. General updates/other business Staff Billerbeck
A. Commissioner reappointments/vacancies NO
New Commissioner, Martha Cunningham, to be appointed at November 7 City
Council meeting; one remaining vacancy.
B. Kent School District – no updates NO
C. Give Me Culture application – Project Feast YES
M. Taskey made a motion to decline funding the proposed mural project in the
Titusville Station building. Smith seconded and the motion carried (with
Philpotts abstaining). The Commission noted that they are supportive of Project
Feast’s mission and the ideas to use the space for community gathering and
artwork displays. However, they did not feel that public funding should be used
for tenant improvements to a private building.
D. Nominating committee for 2018 officers NO
Chair Cox will contact Commissioners over the next month.
E. Community Arts Support Program review panel NO
Philpotts, Maloney, and Taskey will serve; panel to be scheduled for early
November.
9. Next Meeting – Tues., Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m. NO Staff Billerbeck
10. Adjournment