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Arts Commission Minutes - 05/21/2012 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE JATE � �` � (3 By WICHITA FALLS ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES May 21, 2012 Council Conference Room, Memorial Auditorium 1300 7t" Street Wichita Falls, Texas MEMBERS PRESENT: Board Members Catherine Prose, Vice-Chair Kevin Tiaden, Secretary Ron Fischli, PhD." Dr. Larry Sharp Peggy Browning John Vitek Michael Smith City Council Liaison MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: Linda L. Bates Jeanne Rigg Ellen Jahnke CITY STAFF: Kevin Hugman Assistant City Manager * Departed meeting at 9:45a, returning at 11:34a. 1. Call to Order Vice - Chair Catherine Prose called the meeting to order at 8:OOa. 2. Approval of minutes, oath of office and election of officers Ron Fischli moved for approval of the minutes of the May 18, 2011 Arts Commission meeting. Second by Larry Sharp, motion carried. Ron Fischli moved for nomination of officers: Chair—Catherine Prose; Vice-Chair—Larry Sharp; Secretary— Kevin Tiaden. Second by Larry Sharp, motion carried. 3. Review of 2012 grant funding requests and Commission recommendations The Commission interviewed representatives of organizations applying for the 2012 Arts and Historical Preservation Grants: • Wichita Falls Area Arts Council (Kemp Center): Representative (Carlana Fitch) • River Bend Nature Center: Representatives (Liz Martin, Leslie Fernandes) • Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre: Representative (Gari Boehm) • Wichita County Heritage Society: Representatives (Delores Culley, Stacie Flood) • Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University: Representatives (Juan Sandoval, Mary Helen Maskill, Hayley Laughlin) • 4 Kidz Sake: Representative (Dwayne Jackson, Brett Haynes) • MSU Combined Choirs (James Schuppener) • Wichita Falls Fire and Police Museum: Representatives (Stephanie Teakell, Tommy Smyth) • Wichita Falls Railroad Museum: Representative (Raymond Grube, Susie Kane) • Museum of North Texas History: Representatives (Charles Campbell, Jim Newsom) • Wichita Falls Symphony League for Applause: Representatives (Genie Ratliff) • Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra, Inc.: Representatives (Elizabeth Yeager, Valine Lunn, Sherry Ransom) • Wichita Falls Youth Symphony Orchestra: Representative (Rachel Barber) • Downtown Wichita Falls Development, Inc.: Representative (Cynthia Laney) • Backdoor Theatre: Representative (Gail Smith) The Commission recommended the following funding amounts: • Arts Council, Wichita Falls Area, Inc. $9,250 • Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre: $10,000 • Wichita Falls Symphony League for Applause: $917 • Backdoor Theatre: $9,417 • Wichita Falls Youth Symphony Orchestra: $10,667 • 4 Kidz Sake: $3,333 • Wichita Falls Fire and Police Museum: $9,000 • Wichita Falls Railroad Museum: $5,250 • Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra, Inc.: $6,013 • River Bend Nature Center: $9,400 • Museum of North Texas History: $8,738 • MSU Combined Choirs $2,917 • Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University: $8,250 • Wichita County Heritage Society: $9,575 • TOTAL $102,727 4. Other items of interest to the members None 5. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 12:20p. Chair, Arts Commission 2