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| | 1. | | Roll Call
Minutes note: The meeting convened at 3:03 PM
Individual also present:
Sally Witte, DCD | | | |
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| | 2. | | Review and Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
Minutes note: Ms. Layden moved approval, seconded by Ms. McSweeney. There were no objections. | | | |
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| | 3. | | New Work Fund
Minutes note: Application Review & Presentations:
- Black Cat Alley
Ms. Morris stated Black Cat Alley will not available to present today and will ask them to come to the next meeting.
- Designing Equity: Lexicon
Dr. Kathrine Wilson of Greater Together and the Zeidler Center explained the Lexicon project. She stated the in kind match from Greater Together and MKE-LAX is already in place.
Monica Miller, Artist, stated they're looking into securing funding from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation in September and the Wisconsin Arts Board in June or July.
Fonde Bridges, Creative Writer, stated positive vocabulary is sometimes unavailable to kids and he wants to produce something new by creating a new lexicon.
Ms. Morris moved to hold for further information. There were no objections.
- Peacemaking at Tiefenthaler Park
Muneer Bahauddeen, Artist, stated he is collaboration with Tiefenthaler Park to make peace posts with art generated from the community. He asks participants to write what they want for themselves and their community and insets that into the posts. This project is for 5 posts with 10 ceramic tiles per post. The project would take place on June 16th with installation on July 14th.
Rodney Sanchez, Lake Valley Camp stated the work with youth from the 53205/08 zipcodes that are part of Midtown. Currently they serve 575 kids from 1st grade through high school seniors. He added Julily Kohler, Ald. Stamper, and Supervisor Omokunde are involved in the project as well.
Ms. Morris moved to fund the project at $5,000, seconded by Ms. Layden. There were no objections. | | | |
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| | 4. | | Conservation Fund
Minutes note: There were no project updates. | | | |
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| | 5. | | New Business
Minutes note: - State Office Building Mosaics
Ms. Morris stated this mural was created by a woman artist and is still alive. She suggested a warning system for when public art is in danger of being destroyed. Ms. Witte stated many emails were received from the public wanting to save the mural. | | | |
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| | 6. | | Old Business
Minutes note: There was no old business. | | | |
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| | 7. | | Announcements
Minutes note: There were no announcements. | | | |
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