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Unless otherwise noted, the Arts Commission meets at 5:30 p.m. the 2nd Wednesday of each
month at City Hall, Council Chambers, 220 4th Avenue South, 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 7-1-1.
Arts Commission Minutes
Commissioners: Chair Dan Cox, Vice Chair Michael Taskey, Treasurer Gerard Philpotts,
Christy Caravaglio, Bayard DuBois, Kerry French, Campbell Kristenson, Colleen Maloney, Hal O’Brien, Bryan
Ohno, Ryan Olmsted, Countess Stekovic, Jen Treese, Sandi Westman, (Alternate: Vacant)
(Brenda Fincher, City Council Liaison)
May 11, 2022
5:30 p.m.
City Hall, Council Chambers, 220 4th Avenue South
Item
1. Call to order – Vice Chair Taskey called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m.
2. Roll Call – Excused: Cox, French, Stekovic
3. Changes to the Agenda – None
4. April Minutes – DuBois made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Taskey
seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
5. Treasurer’s Report – Distributed for review
6. Performing Arts Committee
A. Summer Concert Series – Launches July 6
B. Spotlight Series 2022-2023 Booking – Five performances currently booked.
Waiting to hear on another three offers.
7. Visual Arts/Acquisitions Committee
A. Titus Railroad Park Mural – Relocation update: Wall lease agreement is with City
Legal Department awaiting review. Projecting installation in late June or early July.
B. Gallery
-April/May: Enid Smith-Becker and Susanne Kelly
C. Summer Art Exhibit
-Purchase Jury – Wed., June 8, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.; Olmsted to serve as
Commission representative.
-Opening Reception – Wed., June 8, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
D. Traffic Signal Control Box – Jury selected nine artists who will present their
concepts at the July 13 Arts Commission meeting.
E. Kent Creates
-Current Exhibit – Here Comes the Sun – June 30 deadline.
Unless otherwise noted, the Arts Commission meets at 5:30 p.m. the 2nd Wednesday of each
month at City Hall, Council Chambers, 220 4th Avenue South, 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 7-1-1.
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-Long term program update: Meeting with IT, Parks, and Risk Management
later in May.
8. General updates/other business
A. Give Me Cultural Grant Application
-Julie Seitz/Art Making/Unveiling at Historic Pet Cemetery
Ohno made a motion to approve full funding in the amount of $1,000 for the
application. Maloney seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
B. SOCO Culture – No report.
C. Alternate position – Staff will review previous applications.
9. Next Meeting – Wed., July 13, 2022
(June meeting canceled)
10. Adjourn – Vice Chair Taskey adjourned the meeting at 6:02 p.m.