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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 7-1-1.
Arts Commission Minutes
Commissioners: Chair Suzanne Smith, Vice Chair Dan Cox, Treasurer Gerard Philpotts,
Secretary Susan Bagrationoff, Secretary Christy Caravaglio, Bayard DuBois, Tonya Goodwillie, Campbell
Kristenson, Susan Machler, Linda Mackintosh, Colleen Maloney, Hal O’Brien, Michael Taskey, Sandi Westman,
(Sherelle Owens, Alternate)
April 9, 2019
5:30 p.m.
Item Description Action
1. Call to order – Chair Smith called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m.
2. Roll Call – Excused Absences: Caravaglio, Cox, Goodwillie, Maloney
3. Changes to the Agenda – None
4. March Minutes YES
Mackintosh made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Kristenson seconded
and the motion carried unanimously.
5. Treasurer’s Report
6. Performing Arts Committee
A. Spotlight Series 2018-2019 Report – Final show was Piano Battle on 4/5, 92%
capacity show with 320 tickets sold. Educational outreach at Meeker Middle School
served 200 students.
7. Visual Arts/Acquisitions Committee
A. Kent Creates:
-Recently closed exhibit – New Year: Voting will remain open until 4/15
-Next Exhibit – Awakening (4/1 – 6/30)
B. Morrill Meadows Parcourse project signage – May meeting
C. Gallery
-Blake Carter and Barry Johnson (4/3 – 5/17) – Reception on 4/18, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
D. Summer Art Exhibit jurors YES
Taskey made a motion to approve Nichole Dement and Mary McInnis as the
professional artist jurors for the 2019 Summer Art Exhibit. Philpotts 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 7-1-1.
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8. General updates/other business
A. Give Me Culture Applications YES
-Jesse McDaniel, Sun Road Co.
Mackintosh made a motion to not award funding, based on lack of public
benefit/funding request for a for-profit business. DuBois seconded and the
motion carried unanimously.
-Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra
Bagrationoff made a motion to approve full funding. DuBois seconded and the
motion carried unanimously.
B. SOCO Culture – No update
C. Kent School District/Arts Education – No update
9. Next Meeting – May 14, 5:30 p.m.
10. Adjournment – 6:03 p.m.