Meeting Details

Meeting Name: MILWAUKEE ARTS BOARD Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/9/2024 4:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
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   1. Roll Call

Minutes note: The meeting was called to order at 4:04 pm Members present: Coggs, Morris, Flores, Fraker, Klose, McSweeney, Murphy, Phillips, Souffrant and Tovar. Members excused: DeLind and Heding. Members absent: Garcia Ms. Svetic and Mr. Olson were present as well.
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   2. Review and Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

Minutes note: Mr. Tovar moved approval of the meeting minutes from November 14, 2023. The motion was seconded by Mr. Flores. There were no objections.
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   3. Public Art Subcommittee Report

Minutes note: Art Car: Ms. Svetic shared by e-mail the photos of the current status of the vehicle and the carved cones that are going to be attached to the exoskeleton. She also talked about the process for assembling the cones and that the intention is to have it ready for "414 Day". Ms. Svetic mentioned that the Vision Zero team will take ownership of the art car and they will do the outreach as they are the experts along with the DOA. Eyes Project: Ms. Svetic said that they still deciding if they are going to be displayed individually or in group due permitting process. Ms. Svetic said that the budget for this program will be discussed at the next meeting.
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   4. 2024 Sustaining Grant Application and Guidelines

Minutes note: Ms. Svetic said that she sent the members the press release of this morning. She said that the program is officially out. She also explained that she met with DCD's legal counsel to avoid legal actions (Act 12), so the questions that were discussed previously won't be part of the application. She added that it is important to collect that information but that it will be incorporated in a form of a survey and that it will be drafted post awards.
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   5. New Business

Minutes note: No new business were discussed.
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   6. Old Business

Minutes note: No old business were discussed.
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   7. Announcements

Minutes note: Ms. Morris said that the press release for the 2024 Mary Nohl Fellowship 5 artists for the next 18 months went out and that it is a very interesting group from 22 to 82 years old. https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/content/mary-l-nohl-fund-fellowships-individual-artists Ms. Svetic reminded the members to fill out the SEI forms that were sent via e-docusign/Bradley Houston on January 4th. Ms. Svetic said that the reimbursement checks went out. Ms Svetic said that the nominations will be ready for the Arts Board Meeting in April. Ald. Coggs said that they received 60 submissions for the Vel R. Phillips Plaza and that they have narrowed down to 3. She added that they will be engaging on knowing what are their plans for the plaza. With no further business discussed the meeting was adjourned at 4:20 pm Yadira Melendez Staff Assistant
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