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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, Martha Cunningham, Bayard
DuBois, Susan Machler, Colleen Maloney, Hal O’Brien, Gerard Philpotts, Michael Taskey, Emily Taskey
December 12, 2017
5:30 p.m.
Item Description Action Speaker Time
1. Call to order Chair Cox
2. Roll Call Chair Cox
Excused: Goodwillie, Philpotts, E. Taskey, M. Taskey
3. Changes to the Agenda: None Staff Billerbeck
4. November Minutes YES Chair Cox
Smith made a motion to approve the minutes as written, DuBois seconded and the
motion carried unanimously.
5. Treasurer’s Report NO Staff Billerbeck
6. Performing Arts Committee Staff Billerbeck
A. Spotlight Series Update NO
-Magical Strings, 12/3, 3:00 p.m., Kent-Meridian PAC – sold out at 349
-Tapestry Dance Co., 1/26, 7:30 p.m., Kentwood PAC – two local immigrant dance
companies confirmed as guest artists.
7. Visual Arts/Acquisitions Committee Staff Billerbeck
A. Kent Creates: Holiday Traditions NO
28 submissions, will close 12/31
B. 2017-2021 City Art Plan NO
-Traffic Control boxes update – wraps in production, installation to be scheduled
-Morrill Meadows/East Hill Park art Parcourse pieces – call for artists available in
early January, deadline in early/mid-February.
C. Move artwork NO
-Spirit Song (1990) and Lacework of the Earth (1992), Dana Boussard, Council
Chambers. The artist has agreed to allow us to move the pieces to the Green
River Room at the Kent Commons. Date TBD.
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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D. 2018-2022 City Art Plan NO
Committee meets January 9, 4:30 p.m.
8. Community Arts Support Program YES Staff Billerbeck
-2018 funding – Steel Magic Northwest change request
Machler made a motion to approve the request to shift 2018 funding to the group’s
Spring concert. Smith seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
9. Give Me Culture Application YES Staff Billerbeck
Steel Magic Northwest – Holiday in Steel - 2017
DuBois made a motion to approve full funding in the amount of $1,000. Mackintosh
seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
10. General updates/other business Staff Billerbeck
A. Commissioner reappointments/vacancies NO
B. 2018 Officer election YES
Chair – Suzanne Smith
Vice Chair – Dan Cox
Treasurer – Gerard Philpotts
Recording Secretary – Linda Mackintosh
Corresponding Secretary – Christy Caravaglio
Machler made a motion to approve the slate of 2018 officers as presented.
DuBois seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
C. Kent School District – NO
11. Next Meeting – Tues., January 9, 5:30 p.m. NO Staff Billerbeck
12. Adjournment