WEBVTT 00:00:00.770 --> 00:00:08.306 - Hi, everyone. Hi. The meeting will now come to order. So our first order of business is to approve the 00:00:08.306 --> 00:00:16.062 - minutes. So the secretary's draft of the minutes for the May meeting was sent to everyone in their email, 00:00:16.062 --> 00:00:23.671 - and there's also a copy in the meeting packet. Are there any corrections to the minutes as distributed? 00:00:23.671 --> 00:00:30.110 - Okay, great. If there are no corrections, I move to approve the minutes as distributed. 00:00:30.242 --> 00:00:39.943 - Can I get a second? Second. Awesome. All in favor say yes. Yes. Those opposed say no. Okay, great. 00:00:39.943 --> 00:00:50.232 - Thank you. Minutes are approved. Next, we will go over to the staff or staff report from the city. Well, 00:00:50.232 --> 00:00:56.798 - I guess that would be me and you. Yeah. I can go. Go for it, girl. 00:00:57.090 --> 00:01:05.029 - So far, so soft. We're fully staffed. Yay. So page started on the 27th, 26th of May. And so, yeah, I 00:01:05.029 --> 00:01:12.890 - don't know if you want to say more. Hence the comment about more training would be super helpful. I 00:01:12.890 --> 00:01:21.301 - want to share a little bit about myself, though, and I will be brief, because I didn't really like talking 00:01:21.301 --> 00:01:25.310 - about myself. My background, I grew up in Indiana. 00:01:25.698 --> 00:01:31.957 - pretty university kid, I'll admit it, but we were always an eyeing fan in the family, certainly basketball. 00:01:31.957 --> 00:01:38.275 - And I've actually, fun fact, when I moved to Bloomington, I have lived in six different Indiana communities, 00:01:38.275 --> 00:01:43.781 - so that's weird, but I acknowledge that. I went to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 00:01:43.781 --> 00:01:49.982 - I loved art, and when I graduated I actually went into non-profit, both my parents were non-profit people, 00:01:50.082 --> 00:01:55.818 - So I'd been volunteering since seven and apparently I was just indoctrinated. So I went into the museum 00:01:55.818 --> 00:02:01.444 - field and ultimately continued on that pathway. I ended up with the Indiana Arts Commission, which is 00:02:01.444 --> 00:02:06.960 - our state's arts agency and was there for about 11 years running all the programs for the state. So 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:08.670 - very familiar with the public. 00:02:08.898 --> 00:02:14.807 - landscape and I'm excited to be here. I wanted to go back to the ground level, being with artists and 00:02:14.807 --> 00:02:21.006 - being with the artwork and I was excited to go to the Ryan White Public Art unveiling today with Melanie's 00:02:21.006 --> 00:02:27.031 - bronze sculpture and so that was a great inauguration. It was very heart-rending and a really beautiful 00:02:27.031 --> 00:02:32.882 - experience. I'm excited to be here and I'm excited to work with you guys because you're a miraculous 00:02:32.882 --> 00:02:36.126 - team and we couldn't offer the opportunities that we do 00:02:36.226 --> 00:02:41.930 - without you, quite honestly. I may have only been here two weeks, but I can tell you I know that for 00:02:41.930 --> 00:02:47.747 - sure. So, thank you. You've been here two weeks? Yeah. I know, I give off the vibe that I've been here 00:02:47.747 --> 00:02:53.508 - forever. I know. It's just that absolute confidence that I have. It's there. Happy to have you. Yeah, 00:02:53.508 --> 00:02:59.156 - we're really happy to have you. Thank you. Cool. The other thing was training, so we kind of talked 00:02:59.156 --> 00:03:04.126 - a little bit about it. It was just a reminder that the boarding commissioner's training 00:03:04.354 --> 00:03:11.983 - on June 11th. So if you haven't signed up, Jennifer Crossley sent an email. So hopefully you can get 00:03:11.983 --> 00:03:19.687 - that together. That is required as just being a commissioner on the board. So even if you are cycling 00:03:19.687 --> 00:03:27.919 - off, you still have to take that training. And then the other thing is just for a reminder for the officers, 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.998 - because of like the ODL law and like requirements for 00:03:32.514 --> 00:03:39.136 - Just to be in compliance, there are certain things that I have to post in advance to the meeting to 00:03:39.136 --> 00:03:45.824 - make sure that we can have a meeting. So I send out an email of things that need to be sent to me in 00:03:45.824 --> 00:03:52.579 - advance. Now we are changing it to where minutes and agenda are required for every single meeting. So 00:03:52.579 --> 00:03:59.333 - not just the general body, but also the subcommittee meetings. So need the minutes a week before, and 00:03:59.333 --> 00:04:01.982 - then agenda three business days before. 00:04:02.082 --> 00:04:10.475 - not including holidays or weekends. So just wanted to put that reminder out. And the minutes is from 00:04:10.475 --> 00:04:18.869 - the previous month? Yeah, the previous month, yeah. Yeah, so those are only two things that I had as 00:04:18.869 --> 00:04:27.262 - a reminder. Any updates, I guess, financials for? I guess we haven't really done anything, so. Yeah. 00:04:27.618 --> 00:04:35.169 - There are no changes to the financials. There may be in the next months, but as I slew through it, there 00:04:35.169 --> 00:04:43.007 - are no changes at this time. Okay, great. Awesome, thank you. All right, I think next we have a presentation 00:04:43.007 --> 00:04:50.846 - from the Trades District Placemaking Task Force. I think from Nick, right? So you're next. Hello, everybody. 00:04:51.298 --> 00:04:58.517 - So just to give a little bit of context for the benefit of the public and a few commissioners who have 00:04:58.517 --> 00:05:05.666 - joined since I last presented last year, the College and Community Collaboration Grant was awarded by 00:05:05.666 --> 00:05:12.745 - Lilly Endowment to IU Bloomington in partnership with the city and amplify. And the whole purpose of 00:05:12.745 --> 00:05:19.754 - the grant is to transform the trades district and establish an innovation neighborhood. And so part 00:05:19.754 --> 00:05:21.086 - of that is through 00:05:21.250 --> 00:05:29.566 - business resources, workforce housing development, infrastructure, public art installation, gateways 00:05:29.566 --> 00:05:37.883 - and wayfinding initiatives, and generally giving the district an identifiable look and feel. So what 00:05:37.883 --> 00:05:46.199 - step we're going to take now is reinstituting a group that's identified in the grant that's going to 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.822 - work on the Trades Arts Pathway Initiative. 00:05:50.306 --> 00:05:57.128 - Placemaking Task Force. It's very much a collaborative thing, extending beyond the paid grant team. 00:05:57.128 --> 00:06:04.359 - So it's going to include arts administrators, faculty, students. We'll get to this in a second. Hopefully 00:06:04.359 --> 00:06:11.181 - a member of the Bloomington Arts Commission, staff from the Eskenazi School, Gil Karch Cook Center, 00:06:11.181 --> 00:06:18.685 - Amplify, and then the city. So from the city side, that will include Paige and myself. And here's essentially 00:06:18.685 --> 00:06:20.254 - what we're asking for. 00:06:20.514 --> 00:06:27.864 - Because we're widening this to include community members, recognize the Arts Commission is a very important 00:06:27.864 --> 00:06:34.806 - stakeholder. And while we've had moments to engage in the past, I think most recently Gretchen joined 00:06:34.806 --> 00:06:41.612 - a temporary group to review mural proposals for the retaining wall outside of Soma, which is now on 00:06:41.612 --> 00:06:48.350 - 11th Street. This is an extended opportunity. And so joining all those people, the expectation is, 00:06:48.578 --> 00:06:56.280 - We'd have either monthly or ad hoc meetings. I think after the first meeting or two, we'll have a better 00:06:56.280 --> 00:07:03.908 - sense of what sort of rhythm we'll establish. Those would be primarily virtual. We'll have some options 00:07:03.908 --> 00:07:11.610 - to attend in person if that's beneficial. And this group will operate through the end term of the grant, 00:07:11.610 --> 00:07:16.158 - which is the end of 2028. And so general goals for this group 00:07:16.994 --> 00:07:24.197 - is looking at vision strategies, you know, sort of looking at the thematic designs that are part of 00:07:24.197 --> 00:07:31.401 - individual public art elements, other elements that we're integrating into the built environment in 00:07:31.401 --> 00:07:39.325 - the district, and providing feedback at sort of key moments as that plan develops. And then when appropriate, 00:07:39.325 --> 00:07:42.206 - artist selection and procurement, while 00:07:42.306 --> 00:07:49.492 - Indian University is curating some of the pieces. There may be opportunities for broader public art 00:07:49.492 --> 00:07:56.893 - review. And so if that were to happen, I think we'd want a commissioner to participate with this group 00:07:56.893 --> 00:08:04.438 - in the selection process. And then there's a community engagement element. So there may be opportunities 00:08:04.438 --> 00:08:08.318 - for public forums. Some of that may be in response to 00:08:08.482 --> 00:08:15.523 - public art concepts, design concepts, and so I think being able to participate in meetings and workshops 00:08:15.523 --> 00:08:22.295 - as those plans develop. And then I believe one thing we talked about last time was we have an annual 00:08:22.295 --> 00:08:29.000 - trades district block party, which is very much intended as a community engagement element and sort 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:36.041 - of demonstrating to people how the space can be activated. And that is sort of our key moment to provide 00:08:36.041 --> 00:08:37.918 - very broad sort of catch up 00:08:38.370 --> 00:08:46.083 - updates to the community. So that's the general scope of the group. This is very much led by our IU 00:08:46.083 --> 00:08:53.872 - partners. My counterpart, Patricia Frank, IU's project manager, and then Ed Komentali, who's leading 00:08:53.872 --> 00:09:02.202 - up the arts initiatives on the IU side. So that's the general shape of it. So this is really a conversation 00:09:02.202 --> 00:09:07.678 - starter for the commission. I want to be able to answer any questions, 00:09:08.226 --> 00:09:15.627 - It's an invitation. I wanted to give some sense of what sort of participation would be required. The 00:09:15.627 --> 00:09:23.028 - hope is that there's steady participation with the BAC through the end of that 2028 term. We realize 00:09:23.028 --> 00:09:30.502 - that individual commissioner terms may not perfectly line up with that. So I think in the short term, 00:09:30.502 --> 00:09:35.998 - we're hoping for a one-year commitment for participation in this, and then 00:09:36.354 --> 00:09:44.358 - If a commissioner's term extends, perhaps there's an opportunity for them to participate through the 00:09:44.358 --> 00:09:52.601 - term of the grant. If a commissioner hits the end of their term, doesn't renew, or they age out, having 00:09:52.601 --> 00:10:00.526 - hit their term limits, I think we can figure out a succession plan. But that's the general shape of 00:10:00.526 --> 00:10:05.598 - it. Questions can I answer for folks? So are there already some 00:10:06.178 --> 00:10:12.655 - themes or themes that people are working with as this large project gets underway? What kind of holds 00:10:12.655 --> 00:10:19.069 - it together? Yeah, I mean, I think that it starts from a conceptual place. You know, there's sort of 00:10:19.069 --> 00:10:25.546 - two tracks here. I think there's the idea of giving the district a real look and feel, right? It kind 00:10:25.546 --> 00:10:32.087 - of being identifiable as a campus that sits within the community. But when you sort of step inside it, 00:10:32.087 --> 00:10:35.262 - you recognize that you're in a place with sort of 00:10:35.650 --> 00:10:42.243 - established purpose and ecosystem. I think the other part of that is this concept of an arts pathway. 00:10:42.243 --> 00:10:49.158 - And so there will be some standalone public art pieces. There are early concepts. A couple of them artists 00:10:49.158 --> 00:10:55.621 - shared at last year's block party. But there's nothing truly set in stone at this point. It's still 00:10:55.621 --> 00:11:02.149 - a process we're working through. I think, as everyone knows, through public art commissions with the 00:11:02.149 --> 00:11:04.670 - city, these things take a lot of time. 00:11:04.802 --> 00:11:12.549 - So I think thematically, in an artistic sense, every point of engagement we've had with artists, and 00:11:12.549 --> 00:11:20.297 - I think any discussions with this task force will be rooted in sort of acknowledging what is sort of 00:11:20.297 --> 00:11:28.198 - the goal and purpose of the district. It's innovation, it's business development, how that contributes 00:11:28.198 --> 00:11:34.718 - to the local economy. A big part of this initiative is helping to attract and retain 00:11:34.882 --> 00:11:41.318 - talent in that 25 to 45 age demographic, that right now Bloomington is losing that population. And so 00:11:41.318 --> 00:11:47.691 - it's sort of connecting to some of the amenities that are going to be in place in the district, like 00:11:47.691 --> 00:11:54.000 - the Trades District Hotel that's going to go in soon. And I think as far as other sort of aesthetic 00:11:54.000 --> 00:12:00.310 - themes, I think being aware of, yes, the history of the district, but sort of tying into that theme 00:12:00.310 --> 00:12:04.222 - of innovation. What that means, I think, is up for this group 00:12:04.514 --> 00:12:13.119 - to sort of work together and interpret and figure out how they want to apply that to individual elements. 00:12:13.119 --> 00:12:21.318 - OK. So I'm going to just kind of follow up. I'm kind of thinking the focus is on the trade district. 00:12:21.318 --> 00:12:29.598 - Yes. But a lot of the things that would make that successful will happen outside the trades district. 00:12:29.598 --> 00:12:32.926 - Sure. Just a simple thing, housing. Yes. 00:12:33.122 --> 00:12:41.594 - wondering to what extent these other concerns of the issues are being taken up, either within the group 00:12:41.594 --> 00:12:49.984 - that you're describing now or some other group. Yeah, so I think zooming out to the full intent of the 00:12:49.984 --> 00:12:58.130 - grant and sort of all the goals that we're looking to achieve, yes, actual development of workforce 00:12:58.130 --> 00:13:02.366 - housing is part of that. There is developable land. 00:13:02.466 --> 00:13:10.321 - in that district. And so that is one of the main goals. That is one of our obligations to the grant. 00:13:10.321 --> 00:13:18.410 - With these multiple grant partners, the city and Amplify and IU, we all have different responsibilities 00:13:18.410 --> 00:13:26.188 - within that. And so I think within the scope of this task force, this sort of placemaking focus, it 00:13:26.188 --> 00:13:31.710 - really is digging more into the public art and other elements that are 00:13:32.002 --> 00:13:40.827 - sort of contribute to that look and feel. So this group will not be tasked with any specific work tied 00:13:40.827 --> 00:13:49.480 - to housing, but it is a grant goal. Right now, the public art that's been decided upon has been, are 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:57.534 - you driven, right, in terms of things that have already been commissioned or whatever, right? 00:13:57.666 --> 00:14:04.917 - There have been discussions with artists. There is nothing that is fully commissioned at this point. 00:14:04.917 --> 00:14:12.528 - Oh, really? Yeah. So I think that without getting too deep into the weeds on that, when this group forms, 00:14:12.528 --> 00:14:19.851 - it's not a matter of starting from scratch. It will be a case of joining some conversations that have 00:14:19.851 --> 00:14:27.102 - been ongoing, but there's still a lot of work in front of us. And so I think, particularly now that, 00:14:27.426 --> 00:14:34.315 - All of the grant partners have had a lot of time to really orient around these goals and make some progress 00:14:34.315 --> 00:14:40.821 - towards, I think, what will serve, identifying sort of what will serve the needs of the grant and the 00:14:40.821 --> 00:14:47.264 - goals of the grant. This feels like a really good moment to bring in, you know, some troop community 00:14:47.264 --> 00:14:53.770 - engagement and make sure that we have sort of a broader group of stakeholders involved. Yeah. I mean, 00:14:53.770 --> 00:14:57.342 - I think one thing about public art is that it tends to, 00:14:57.826 --> 00:15:05.435 - age and if we're talking about being innovative I think that's something we all have to kind of consider 00:15:05.435 --> 00:15:12.753 - when we're commissioning things like that because it ages pretty quickly actually and there's always 00:15:12.753 --> 00:15:20.145 - been there's been talk in the public art world about making things that have a lifespan and then they 00:15:20.145 --> 00:15:26.014 - go away you know eventually and I'm not saying that that's what your plan is but 00:15:26.178 --> 00:15:33.815 - I've been thinking about that a lot. Once you get these things, you get them. And then they either age 00:15:33.815 --> 00:15:41.526 - well or they don't. So anyway, it's just a comment more than anything. Absolutely. And I will just say, 00:15:41.526 --> 00:15:48.941 - I think that is absolutely part of the active discussion at this point. Great. That's good. Yeah. I 00:15:48.941 --> 00:15:55.614 - have a question. So this task force, is it just sort of like a recommendation task force? 00:15:55.842 --> 00:16:03.219 - making the decision, like, kind of what role does it play and actually what comes out of, you know, 00:16:03.219 --> 00:16:10.817 - the tangible items that come out of this? Yeah, it's, I think it serves two primary roles. It's input, 00:16:10.817 --> 00:16:18.489 - you know, and really driving a good discussion, bringing in additional perspectives. And then secondly, 00:16:18.489 --> 00:16:23.358 - I think providing recommendations when there are decision points. 00:16:23.618 --> 00:16:34.331 - It's not going to function exactly like a BAC public art call. Ultimately, if we reference the commission's 00:16:34.331 --> 00:16:44.251 - public art master plan, we would consider this a private project. It is funded by endowment dollars 00:16:44.251 --> 00:16:52.286 - rather than city funds. So ultimate call will fall with grant staff, but I think 00:16:52.546 --> 00:16:59.427 - we recognize that there's room to have more people at the table. And that's really the motivating factor. 00:16:59.427 --> 00:17:06.309 - I would add that so it's an IU's grant. And in that application, they put in this placemaking task force. 00:17:06.309 --> 00:17:12.865 - And it's really important to have as a part of community engagement. And so they're wanting a member 00:17:12.865 --> 00:17:19.357 - from BAC to be a part of that larger team to provide that advisory capacity. But it's also somebody 00:17:19.357 --> 00:17:21.694 - that's connected and has a network. 00:17:21.794 --> 00:17:29.346 - to help co-host meetings or workshops, so extends that community engagement further beyond the place 00:17:29.346 --> 00:17:37.196 - making task force, and also be a part of the block party planning, which is to provide updates, I think, 00:17:37.196 --> 00:17:44.897 - to the broader community. So it's providing an artistic input, but also your connectivity as well. And 00:17:44.897 --> 00:17:50.206 - to what you're talking about with public art in general and aging out, 00:17:50.402 --> 00:17:56.653 - That's definitely a conversation that I would love the Public Art Committee to have, because I radically 00:17:56.653 --> 00:18:03.082 - agree with that. And I think we need to deepen that conversation within that group. This would be something 00:18:03.082 --> 00:18:09.571 - to talk about, I think, a little bit more of a minor role, other than the BAC really informing the intention 00:18:09.571 --> 00:18:15.584 - moving forward with regard to public art and developing a best practice and thinking in those terms, 00:18:15.584 --> 00:18:19.870 - which I think would be really important. So really looking for somebody 00:18:19.970 --> 00:18:27.534 - to be a part of the, from the BAC to participate and that's what we're hoping we can get you all to 00:18:27.534 --> 00:18:35.628 - talk about and maybe volunteer. Yeah. I definitely like, I think this is a great gesture from the planning 00:18:35.628 --> 00:18:43.797 - group. I like, I support that and I definitely support having a member of the BAC on it. I think presumably 00:18:43.797 --> 00:18:49.470 - someone from public art. I think one thing that I would just, I would want 00:18:49.634 --> 00:18:57.121 - the commission to be aware of and to maybe have clarified to a certain sense, and thinking back on some 00:18:57.121 --> 00:19:04.392 - of our other partnerships with the Gateway Project and things like that. Making sure that when these 00:19:04.392 --> 00:19:11.591 - decisions are made and when there are, I don't know, press releases or things like that, that it is 00:19:11.591 --> 00:19:18.718 - like, hey, this person from the BAC serves in a recommendation role, and that's not like, oh yeah, 00:19:18.914 --> 00:19:24.759 - the Bloomington Arts Commission signed off on this particular thing and then we... Right, so I think 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:30.604 - we would just need... I want the commission to be making sure that we're keeping close conversations 00:19:30.604 --> 00:19:36.623 - on how things are progressing and being aware in terms of how our name is being represented in relation 00:19:36.623 --> 00:19:39.806 - to the decisions that are being made. Excellent point. 00:19:48.642 --> 00:19:54.847 - contact with you if they're not sure about it yet? Yeah, I mean, Paige, do we have like a hard date 00:19:54.847 --> 00:20:01.114 - I'm trying to remember? I'm not sure about when to start time. They did not identify when they would 00:20:01.114 --> 00:20:07.505 - actually start. They were talking about monthly meetings one time per month, and I think they probably 00:20:07.505 --> 00:20:13.214 - want to get started sooner or later, but who knows what that means, right? So I guess maybe 00:20:13.922 --> 00:20:19.203 - In the ideal world, if they could kick that off in six weeks, that would be pretty great. If they can 00:20:19.203 --> 00:20:24.379 - identify somebody from here, and yeah, a follow-up conversation as needed, that totally makes sense 00:20:24.379 --> 00:20:29.660 - to me. Then they already identified a pretty clear list of individuals to be on that placemaking task 00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:35.044 - force, so it's just merely finding a time for everybody to meet. And I know it's an important component 00:20:35.044 --> 00:20:40.894 - they need to put together within the time of where we're at, where they are at or we are at within this process. 00:20:41.186 --> 00:20:47.968 - So I'm just spitballing six weeks. That could be ideal. But it's definitely imminent and more closer 00:20:47.968 --> 00:20:54.750 - in the near term. And I would say, as far as any specific follow-up questions, just email both Paige 00:20:54.750 --> 00:21:01.464 - and I. We're both holding hands as we walk through this together. So we're going to be in all these 00:21:01.464 --> 00:21:08.246 - threads and conversations. And again, this is an IU-led initiative within the dynamics of the grant. 00:21:08.246 --> 00:21:10.462 - And so there may be some things. 00:21:11.042 --> 00:21:17.703 - like start time that we do not have immediate answers for. But we'll consult our IE partners and make 00:21:17.703 --> 00:21:24.430 - sure we can get solid answers. If anyone's interested, obviously, I think reach out to Paige and Nick. 00:21:24.430 --> 00:21:31.026 - And if you don't have their email, let me know. But yeah, great. Thanks for sharing all that. Sounds 00:21:31.026 --> 00:21:38.014 - like an interesting project. I'd like to add that if we don't hear back from anybody, say, within the next 00:21:38.786 --> 00:21:45.022 - seven days, or what day is this, like a Wednesday. So we don't hear back from anybody by next Wednesday. 00:21:45.022 --> 00:21:51.436 - We'll reach out again to the full group and bring it back up, because we do definitely want to get somebody 00:21:51.436 --> 00:21:57.494 - from the BASA on there. I think that's really important. Now that we're missing in from the number of 00:21:57.494 --> 00:22:03.611 - folks from the... We're missing two people from the public art group right now. That's not here today. 00:22:03.611 --> 00:22:06.462 - They're out of town. I think it's helpful, too. 00:22:06.818 --> 00:22:13.162 - I understand so much information can be gleaned from minutes, right? And so if it would be helpful to 00:22:13.162 --> 00:22:19.445 - get sort of a written summary, I think we can work with our IU partners to share something. And they 00:22:19.445 --> 00:22:25.976 - have that. We'll just update it with when to get started. Very astute. Well, I feel like not necessarily 00:22:25.976 --> 00:22:32.258 - because we need a start date, but I know maybe people are thinking about it or just sort of like how 00:22:32.258 --> 00:22:33.502 - long do people have 00:22:33.634 --> 00:22:39.499 - think about it, things like that. So also I feel like, yeah, if someone on the grant subcommittee is 00:22:39.499 --> 00:22:45.365 - interested, I wouldn't say, don't show your interest, because I know a lot of people are busy, a lot 00:22:45.365 --> 00:22:51.462 - of things going on, and so if you have an interest and you have time and you want to kind of contribute, 00:22:51.462 --> 00:22:57.734 - yeah, feel free, don't feel kind of limited by public art versus grants, right? We have those conversations 00:22:57.734 --> 00:22:59.070 - communally anyway, so. 00:23:00.386 --> 00:23:08.158 - Great, thanks so much. Anything else to share about that? I don't want to take your time away. OK, great. 00:23:08.158 --> 00:23:15.491 - Thank you. Thank you. All right, so next. OK, I don't know what just happened. Next will be updates 00:23:15.491 --> 00:23:22.823 - for me. And I just put updates because I couldn't think of any updates. And I don't have any actual 00:23:22.823 --> 00:23:30.302 - updates for you all. Just wanted to mention, though, thank you to everyone who's been filling out the 00:23:30.466 --> 00:23:37.886 - attendance sheet. It is extremely helpful to see all those letters and know if we should have a meeting 00:23:37.886 --> 00:23:45.164 - or not so we don't all drive here for no reason. So thank you. The city staff did some organizing and 00:23:45.164 --> 00:23:52.370 - I helped do a little bit of rearranging as well. I've been trying to keep up with it. So it's really 00:23:52.370 --> 00:23:59.006 - visually great. It's visually amazing. It really is nice. And then I think also too, this is 00:23:59.138 --> 00:24:04.355 - technically the city stuff, but there was the conflict of interest form. If you had filled it out, but 00:24:04.355 --> 00:24:09.623 - you haven't updated it on the attendance sheet, please do so. There's like a little drop down that says 00:24:09.623 --> 00:24:14.789 - yes or no. If you don't know where that is, let us know. We can help you with that. And I don't know, 00:24:14.789 --> 00:24:19.855 - Christina, do you know if there's folks that still like, do we have like a deadline with that or do 00:24:19.855 --> 00:24:21.982 - we need to like kind of get on somebody's 00:24:22.530 --> 00:24:28.655 - Backs a little bit about anything. Yeah, that needs to be done as soon as possible. OK. I think there's 00:24:28.655 --> 00:24:34.603 - a couple people who still have no. So they may have done it. They just didn't update it. But there's 00:24:34.603 --> 00:24:40.551 - a couple people who still need to be taken care of. Is there a way we can find out if someone hasn't 00:24:40.551 --> 00:24:46.558 - submitted the form? So you can just send them an email and be like, hey, don't forget. That's a great 00:24:46.558 --> 00:24:50.622 - question. Maybe you can let me know. I'll have to check on that. OK. 00:24:50.914 --> 00:24:58.931 - Yeah, I just want to make sure you guys have the info. Yeah. And I think, yeah, that's all I have. So 00:24:58.931 --> 00:25:06.870 - we'll move on now to Rebecca, Public Arts subcommittee chair. Any updates? We had a few that we were 00:25:06.870 --> 00:25:14.887 - going to share. We didn't have quorum yesterday, so we had to cancel our meeting just due to a couple 00:25:14.887 --> 00:25:18.974 - of absences. But yeah, so just reiterating that the 00:25:19.394 --> 00:25:26.896 - the city had deliberated and they chose that Benjamin Ball's connection piece for the convention center. 00:25:26.896 --> 00:25:34.040 - So just continually noting that. And then there are several, there are going to be several upcoming 00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:41.328 - projects and the public art subcommittee that are coming down the pipeline that I think Christina and 00:25:41.328 --> 00:25:46.686 - Paige can talk to as I sort of like, if anybody has questions as I'm like, 00:25:47.362 --> 00:25:55.530 - talking them out, they can dive deeper into it. So there's gonna be a Hopewell project with John Resick. 00:25:55.530 --> 00:26:03.543 - And I don't really have more details on that, I just know it'll be happening at some point in the near 00:26:03.543 --> 00:26:11.323 - future. Another project will be with the Miller Showers. So Parks has received a substantial amount 00:26:11.323 --> 00:26:14.590 - in funding and so that will be a project. 00:26:14.690 --> 00:26:22.210 - And then there's a DBI initiative, which involves traffic box murals. So there's still a couple, I think, 00:26:22.210 --> 00:26:29.375 - that need to be done. One of them will have a call for proposals with a very strict turnaround time. 00:26:29.375 --> 00:26:36.823 - But these are all, again, just kind of further on down the road. I don't really have much more specifics 00:26:36.823 --> 00:26:44.414 - on a lot of that. I can speak a little bit on that. Yeah. So DBI has some funds to put public art downtown 00:26:44.738 --> 00:26:51.011 - And so we're going to be doing that this summer throughout the end of the year. Some of us are going 00:26:51.011 --> 00:26:57.222 - to go to traffic boxes and some of us are going to go to like two murals. One of the murals will be 00:26:57.222 --> 00:27:03.557 - more of a larger call. We're going to do two calls. But for, we'll also be wanting to do kind of like 00:27:03.557 --> 00:27:10.016 - a selection committee for the calls to be able to pick the artist. And then we'll also kind of tap into 00:27:10.016 --> 00:27:11.134 - the BAC for that. 00:27:11.458 --> 00:27:19.039 - So I just kinda wanna put that out there, that's coming up. And that'll drop the middle of July. 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:27.088 - But yeah, so we'll just do those two murals and then plan on having those installed by end of October. 00:27:27.088 --> 00:27:35.294 - So quick turnaround, we're gonna do it and we're excited about it, so yeah. Have you connected with WFHB 00:27:35.554 --> 00:27:43.976 - Yes. OK, great. Oh yeah, sorry. Sorry about that. Excellent, great. Perfect. Yeah, so I'm talking with 00:27:43.976 --> 00:27:52.152 - Brooke, so they're all good there. Love it. We are, too. And you mentioned the selection committee. 00:27:52.152 --> 00:28:00.574 - Is that then separate, I'm assuming, like it's its own selection committee, apart from the commission, 00:28:00.574 --> 00:28:02.046 - right? Yes, yeah. 00:28:02.306 --> 00:28:08.561 - You may ask somebody from the public RFPAC team to be a part of that review process, but it's got to 00:28:08.561 --> 00:28:14.755 - have also like the owner and some other key individuals, but would the BAC in some, in that fashion 00:28:14.755 --> 00:28:21.134 - would be really fantastic. And I would like to punctuate that this RFP is an aggressive timeline. It's 00:28:21.134 --> 00:28:27.513 - still going to be open six weeks because it's an RFP and it needs to be at minimum open six weeks. But 00:28:27.513 --> 00:28:28.318 - if we don't, 00:28:28.418 --> 00:28:34.854 - If it doesn't happen, then the funds are gone. And that's where we're at. So that's kind of a key thing. 00:28:34.854 --> 00:28:41.229 - So helping get out the word would be fabulous. So if you know some mural artists, you want to get them. 00:28:41.229 --> 00:28:47.665 - Where are these murals going to be? So the JL Waters Alley. So it's going to be on the side of the peach 00:28:47.665 --> 00:28:53.979 - cobbler factory. And we also want to do some canopy lighting in that alley as well. And then the other 00:28:53.979 --> 00:28:58.270 - one is World Foods Market. They want to do a mural on their building. 00:29:00.322 --> 00:29:08.484 - Do you have a start time for the opening for the call? We want to launch it on the 13th of July. Oh. 00:29:08.484 --> 00:29:16.888 - That's the target. Yeah. Sorry. I'm always trying to be optimistic to have a maybe even better timeline 00:29:16.888 --> 00:29:24.969 - with that to be. Yeah. And then the really interesting last thing is we're still mindful of the GIS 00:29:24.969 --> 00:29:30.302 - public art map slash database once, I think, when you kind of get 00:29:30.786 --> 00:29:37.750 - your head wrapped around sort of what all that entails and what we need to do to update that, I think, 00:29:37.750 --> 00:29:44.647 - or to have that going. So I don't really have much more. I'll update on that, Rebecca, if you'd like. 00:29:44.647 --> 00:29:51.678 - Oh, OK, great. Hot off the press. And that is we have an intern returning. He's already amassed a bunch 00:29:51.678 --> 00:29:59.454 - of information for GIS. So he's going to be back to help continue to make that effort happen. So a better idea of, 00:30:00.002 --> 00:30:06.487 - where the launch point might be when he comes back to start working on it again. So it's nice that we 00:30:06.487 --> 00:30:12.846 - have a human that actually has experience, unlike the both of us, exactly. So I'm really excited to 00:30:12.846 --> 00:30:19.840 - get that going. I'm curious if there's an intention or future hope that there will be some sort of submission 00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:26.325 - process that people can submit on the city website, like public art that they're aware of, or I don't 00:30:26.325 --> 00:30:29.886 - know if that's potentially an amount of time where it's 00:30:30.498 --> 00:30:36.282 - kind of a call for public art that's in your community, like let us know, and like kind of have like 00:30:36.282 --> 00:30:42.066 - a thing they can fill out. I mean, it's probably not necessary, but I wonder if like we could try to 00:30:42.066 --> 00:30:47.908 - crowdsource the work. We can bring that up to Drew, the intern, and you know, because God knows where 00:30:47.908 --> 00:30:53.635 - he got what he has already, maybe he already did that, I have no idea. And it would also be nice to 00:30:53.635 --> 00:30:54.494 - identify like, 00:30:54.946 --> 00:31:01.746 - down the road, which are city pieces and which are not city pieces, right? And thinking about maintenance, 00:31:01.746 --> 00:31:08.101 - you know, down the road we want to think about who's priority. Right. You know, thinking about that 00:31:08.101 --> 00:31:14.964 - too. Yeah. Great idea. Yeah, I think that's kind of rooted in some previous conversations. My understanding 00:31:14.964 --> 00:31:21.382 - of this project is that like a version of it existed and then like an intern started reviving it and 00:31:21.382 --> 00:31:22.526 - then I think Drew 00:31:22.722 --> 00:31:29.158 - was sort of like the latest version of that's been kind of like building it and building it. And then, 00:31:29.158 --> 00:31:35.343 - yeah, the goal was to have something that was like acceptable, you know, to kind of like relaunch. 00:31:35.343 --> 00:31:41.591 - But yeah, there would be this element of like a public input that would maybe be like, what do they 00:31:41.591 --> 00:31:46.590 - call it? Like there's like a mock, like the staff services to like moderate it. 00:31:47.010 --> 00:31:52.947 - Yeah, yeah. Fadden inside. Yeah, yeah. Of all the forms coming in. Yes, yeah, yeah. You're like, you 00:31:52.947 --> 00:31:58.824 - can adapt that, boy. Yeah, yeah. So that's just a little bit of that. Good point. Thank you. That's 00:31:58.824 --> 00:32:04.937 - my understanding of how that's worked. That's super helpful. I was kind of like, one of the things that 00:32:04.937 --> 00:32:11.050 - you left off on was just that, like, tasking the public arts subcommittee on how do we want to populate 00:32:11.050 --> 00:32:15.870 - this, maintain this, just an easy way and practical way of making that efficient. 00:32:21.890 --> 00:32:28.701 - Any other things? I don't know if you were done or not. Yeah, that was the last thing. So no, I'm good. 00:32:28.701 --> 00:32:35.316 - Those were our updates. Great. Thank you. Excited to hear more about these projects as they get kind 00:32:35.316 --> 00:32:41.996 - of closer. All right. Next, we have grants with Gerard and Paul. Take it away. I'll talk a little bit 00:32:41.996 --> 00:32:48.414 - about the arts project grants. Paul, do you mind talking a little bit about artistic advancement? 00:32:49.218 --> 00:32:56.882 - Um, great. Um, okay. So the art project grants, we, um, the committee, um, decided on a funding package. 00:32:56.882 --> 00:33:04.182 - I believe those letters have gone out. Um, yeah. So, yeah, it was a, it was a lot of work on every, 00:33:04.182 --> 00:33:11.700 - on, on, on the whole, the whole commission, the staff, yeah, everyone. It's been, it's been incredible 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:18.270 - to like think, think about how we've gone through this year and that we were able to, um, 00:33:19.202 --> 00:33:28.864 - reviews 78, like promote collectivity applications, review them, and then we're funding, I think, just 00:33:28.864 --> 00:33:38.713 - shy of $70,000, which is 27% of the total ask. So I mean, that's like a lot of funds going toward public 00:33:38.713 --> 00:33:46.686 - art projects, but again, still like that just shows the demand for this. With 43 of, 00:33:47.074 --> 00:33:55.490 - I have 77, because I think one of the 78 was ineligible. 43 of the 77 applicants received some version 00:33:55.490 --> 00:34:03.907 - of funding, so 56% of applicants received some funds from the Arts Commission, which I think is really 00:34:03.907 --> 00:34:12.241 - great, awards between $1,000 and $3,000. So yeah, congrats to everyone. And yeah, I've heard a little 00:34:12.241 --> 00:34:14.366 - bit from folks I know who 00:34:14.754 --> 00:34:22.290 - applied for it and received some funding, and they're super grateful and excited to get to work on stuff. 00:34:22.290 --> 00:34:29.470 - Once we start to think about our next project, which is the artistic advancement grant cycle, one of 00:34:29.470 --> 00:34:36.864 - the things that comes home right away is how distinct the three grant projects are. If you really start 00:34:36.864 --> 00:34:43.902 - to say, well, what do you really need, and what are really the criteria that are appropriate here, 00:34:44.066 --> 00:34:53.310 - They're quite different. And so by the end of this week, I expect I'll have some draft material to share 00:34:53.310 --> 00:35:02.554 - with a partner from the committee here. And I'm hoping that by next week, the end of next week, we might 00:35:02.554 --> 00:35:11.446 - have something ready to share with, in whatever way is appropriate, to share with the overall grants 00:35:11.446 --> 00:35:12.414 - committee. 00:35:13.058 --> 00:35:21.770 - things are going well. It's gonna be exciting. We're a little behind the schedule that we had originally 00:35:21.770 --> 00:35:29.735 - hoped for, but we've got a lot done with the first grant project, so yeah. Yeah, great. I will, 00:35:29.735 --> 00:35:38.198 - so this is, I'm sorry I didn't submit to put this on the agenda. It's related to artistic advancement 00:35:38.198 --> 00:35:42.430 - though, but also kind of, I think we'll drift into 00:35:42.594 --> 00:35:51.621 - a broader discussion about, I think, response to events that pop up. So I don't know if folks on the 00:35:51.621 --> 00:36:00.559 - commission know Katie Young. She is a local artist, I think worked for WFIU, WTIU, was sort of like 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:10.122 - a, I don't know exactly how to describe her artwork, but she was like a mix of writing and kind of comics. 00:36:10.122 --> 00:36:12.446 - She recently passed away. 00:36:12.610 --> 00:36:21.573 - And speaking with a couple folks, I think folks were asking like, oh, was the BAC gonna say anything 00:36:21.573 --> 00:36:30.713 - or acknowledge it in some way? And I don't know that it's necessarily our responsibility to do so. And 00:36:30.713 --> 00:36:38.078 - I know it's tough to kind of, as a commission, sort of decide on something to say. 00:36:38.178 --> 00:36:44.071 - when we have to do everything through open door policies and whatnot. And so, yeah, I did, though, 00:36:44.071 --> 00:36:50.083 - I think, want to take this moment to, I think, ask two questions, and that was sort of, you know, do 00:36:50.083 --> 00:36:55.857 - we want to find some sort of way to just acknowledge Katie's passing and just sort of say, like, 00:36:55.857 --> 00:37:02.345 - you know, and, you know, she was a valued artist in our community who was, you know, really, yeah, committed 00:37:02.345 --> 00:37:07.166 - to her practice. And then I think maybe a second question is, you know, is this, 00:37:09.090 --> 00:37:15.402 - Hopefully this isn't something we run into a lot more frequently, but generally thinking about process. 00:37:15.402 --> 00:37:21.531 - When something like this happens, do we want to maybe vote on allowing the chair or the grants chair 00:37:21.531 --> 00:37:27.661 - or someone that sort of like ability to draft a thoughtful message and get it out in some way, or do 00:37:27.661 --> 00:37:33.729 - we want to wait until we can congregate in some form, decide on something and then, because I think 00:37:33.729 --> 00:37:37.310 - at this point, I think it's been about two weeks, I think, 00:37:37.442 --> 00:37:45.449 - since she passed. So yeah, those are, I think, just the two questions I wanted to pose here to the group. 00:37:45.449 --> 00:37:53.457 - Well, I think first, I think I would say, yeah, I would feel comfortable and happy to put out a statement 00:37:53.457 --> 00:38:00.709 - as the BAC, because this is a person who's received funding from us. And I think it's important 00:38:00.709 --> 00:38:03.806 - to acknowledge the individuals that have 00:38:04.130 --> 00:38:11.931 - that we recognize as contributing to the art community here in Bloomington. So I think definitely let's 00:38:11.931 --> 00:38:19.583 - write something or put out a statement or whatever, just acknowledging that. Yeah. Yeah, I'm happy to 00:38:19.583 --> 00:38:27.384 - write something. And then I can run it by you if the commission's OK with that. It'll just be, I think, 00:38:27.384 --> 00:38:33.310 - something short and sweet, just acknowledging that. So I really appreciate it. 00:38:33.602 --> 00:38:40.950 - description you use the word community because we get out so much of focus on our individual projects 00:38:40.950 --> 00:38:48.153 - that we forget that really our job I think is to nurture and support and glorify the arts community 00:38:48.153 --> 00:38:55.789 - here. The other projects are little things that contribute to that but the broader thing is the community 00:38:55.789 --> 00:38:58.238 - and we don't want to ignore that. 00:39:00.450 --> 00:39:07.586 - I think for better or for worse, Bloomington's a smaller city. And I think that affords us the ability 00:39:07.586 --> 00:39:14.722 - to see repeat names in our applications, know people personally who are getting these grants and doing 00:39:14.722 --> 00:39:21.859 - this work. So I think that's what makes Bloomington a unique place as well, that we can have that sort 00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:28.094 - of personal attachment to the folks here making this work. So I think, yeah, it would be. 00:39:28.450 --> 00:39:35.021 - I think it would show a lot about how much we care about the community as much as hopefully they care 00:39:35.021 --> 00:39:41.528 - about the work that we do by saying something. I agree. Can I volunteer one thing regarding process, 00:39:41.528 --> 00:39:48.034 - just like future process? Because I think you asked about that, Gerard. Anything drafted through the 00:39:48.034 --> 00:39:54.734 - commission, there's obviously a level of formality to that. Totally defer to the commission when that's 00:39:54.734 --> 00:39:57.118 - appropriate, but just thinking about 00:39:57.250 --> 00:40:04.985 - When things are time-bound and sort of how responsive, how quickly the BAC may want to respond to certain 00:40:04.985 --> 00:40:13.013 - things, there is another path of consulting with staff and allowing city staff to, whether it's incorporating 00:40:13.013 --> 00:40:20.602 - something into a city newsletter or other city communications. And so if timeliness and wanting to work 00:40:20.602 --> 00:40:26.878 - around the rigidity of drafting and improving language, there is that alternate path. 00:40:27.202 --> 00:40:34.879 - that you could discuss with staff particulars. Okay, great. And it would be in terms of like from the 00:40:34.879 --> 00:40:42.783 - BAC through the city or like the city in general is putting out, you know, I guess, what does that mean? 00:40:42.783 --> 00:40:51.062 - In a newsletter, right? Nick, and then you can tell me where I screwed up. I think it's really an interesting 00:40:51.062 --> 00:40:56.030 - situation that we're in right now, right? So the newsletter comes 00:40:56.226 --> 00:41:03.782 - really ostensibly from the city. It's created by a staff member at Arts and Humanities. But it states 00:41:03.782 --> 00:41:11.189 - it's from the Bloomington Arts Commission. So that's an interesting labyrinth, but let's just focus 00:41:11.189 --> 00:41:18.596 - on the fact that it comes from, perceptively, the Bloomington Arts Commission. So I don't know when 00:41:18.596 --> 00:41:22.078 - she gets it out, but I think it's pretty soon. 00:41:22.242 --> 00:41:27.848 - Theory, if you pull together a statement, we might be able to put it in the bigger we. Might be able 00:41:27.848 --> 00:41:33.398 - to put it in the newsletter. And I think it might be kind of heartwarming to have it at the special 00:41:33.398 --> 00:41:39.059 - announcement or special statement from the BAC. And I think that would mean a lot, because at the top 00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:44.720 - of the newsletter. So you can ask Bethany if that's OK with you, because I'm actually going to be out 00:41:44.720 --> 00:41:50.436 - of the office. How perfect is that? I'm here two weeks and I'm already out of the office like Thursday 00:41:50.436 --> 00:41:51.102 - and Friday. 00:41:51.266 --> 00:41:58.010 - And then you could loop with her on that if you don't mind taking that. I really appreciate it. That 00:41:58.010 --> 00:42:04.954 - would be the most immediate opportunity. Otherwise, it would have to be a separate statement that would 00:42:04.954 --> 00:42:11.631 - go out, I think, to whatever list of humans there are in what is probably constant contact. That is 00:42:11.631 --> 00:42:18.308 - an alternative, I believe. I was imagining maybe even something on Instagram. I don't know that the 00:42:18.308 --> 00:42:21.246 - BAC even has a really emailing list that we 00:42:21.794 --> 00:42:27.336 - Other than? Other than the newsletter. Right, right. Yeah, I mean. It sounds like you're good. So yeah, 00:42:27.336 --> 00:42:32.717 - I'll... And the Instagram, Bethany does the Instagram for us too, so. Perfect. Yeah. I mean, the use 00:42:32.717 --> 00:42:38.046 - of the Arts Commission brand, I guess, so to speak, is definitely, I think it may be a conversation 00:42:38.046 --> 00:42:43.694 - for another day. And one that's, yeah, I've been similarly kind of like, hmm, yeah. That's a bit strange. 00:42:43.694 --> 00:42:49.129 - So like... I kind of did, I didn't know that. Yeah. I did, yeah. Is that, are they consulting? Sounds 00:42:49.129 --> 00:42:49.822 - weird to me. 00:42:50.466 --> 00:42:54.977 - Like, how are they getting the information to put in the newsletter? What's in this newsletter? How 00:42:54.977 --> 00:42:59.579 - come I don't get the newsletter? You don't get the newsletter? I'm not getting the newsletter. I just 00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:04.135 - started getting the newsletter. I don't get it. Did you get the one, like, that Chaz used to send? I 00:43:04.135 --> 00:43:08.917 - used to get the one that Chaz would send. Yeah. And that's another thing. It was two separate newsletters 00:43:08.917 --> 00:43:13.609 - that would go out. And some people were on one, and some people were on the other. So we're also trying 00:43:13.609 --> 00:43:18.526 - to, like, in the process of just, yeah, just making sure everybody gets the information. That's great. Yeah. 00:43:18.914 --> 00:43:25.166 - That's why we're slightly late to this meeting because we were talking about that and trying to untangle 00:43:25.166 --> 00:43:31.180 - it and create a system. And obviously I think that needs to be an agenda item for future BAC meeting 00:43:31.180 --> 00:43:37.432 - to sort of deep dive in and then maybe having a few side bars to think about where that could go because 00:43:37.432 --> 00:43:43.446 - I definitely have some thoughts on that and how to create a more accountable system and a process. I 00:43:43.446 --> 00:43:47.614 - love process, what can I say? Just because it just makes life easier. 00:43:47.778 --> 00:43:55.908 - I support that, yeah. I'm going to just say something that people might not like, but when you talk 00:43:55.908 --> 00:44:04.281 - about remembering people who've passed, which I think is fantastic that we're doing that in this case, 00:44:04.281 --> 00:44:12.654 - there's going to be other people, artists in the community who might not have gotten funded, who might 00:44:12.654 --> 00:44:13.630 - pass. Sure. 00:44:14.018 --> 00:44:20.443 - I think we need to have some sort of sense of understanding. How do we do this? And is somebody worthy 00:44:20.443 --> 00:44:26.806 - of it and now there's somebody else isn't? I mean, it sounds petty, maybe, in a way, but I just think 00:44:26.806 --> 00:44:33.168 - that it's something we should consider. Yeah, I mean, to Paul's point, we are talking about a broader 00:44:33.168 --> 00:44:39.655 - community here. That's a really good point. I don't know if I have an answer to that. I don't know what 00:44:39.655 --> 00:44:43.710 - the answer is. I really don't. It's really tricky. I don't know. 00:44:44.002 --> 00:44:53.310 - Yeah, I think maybe my short-term answer is maybe we, at least when it comes to Katie, de-emphasize 00:44:53.310 --> 00:45:02.990 - the grant recipient, but just sort of say as a known member of our arts community, something like that. 00:45:02.990 --> 00:45:12.670 - And I think in the case of Katie specifically, it was someone who I think was well-known, was involved, 00:45:13.762 --> 00:45:23.608 - Yeah, and so... Yeah, that's... So, I don't know. I don't think there's an answer to it really, honestly. 00:45:23.608 --> 00:45:33.083 - I just think we should just do it and move on. Thanks for raising that, Betsy. One way to approach it 00:45:33.083 --> 00:45:42.558 - might be to have an article that's not from the Commission, but talking generally about contribution. 00:45:43.490 --> 00:45:51.337 - And then there could be a quote in there from anybody here saying so-and-so, who's the chair of the 00:45:51.337 --> 00:45:59.420 - arts commission, said so-and-so. So the commission gets brought in, but not as if this is all just the 00:45:59.420 --> 00:46:07.502 - commission's statement. Because I think you've got to be very sensitive to hurt feelings by people who 00:46:07.502 --> 00:46:12.446 - feel that they're relative, they're friends, they're partners. 00:46:13.058 --> 00:46:19.499 - I've just noticed this in other newsletters that I read about the arts. They'll be obituaries of certain 00:46:19.499 --> 00:46:25.940 - people. And then other artists who, you know, it's like, how do you navigate this? I don't know. I mean, 00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:32.135 - I don't know. I think probably a lot of it has to do with who's running the newsletter, who's on the 00:46:32.135 --> 00:46:37.963 - group, and like, oh, maybe they don't even know somebody passed, right? I don't know. Exactly. 00:46:37.963 --> 00:46:41.950 - So it's like, also, yeah, we heard about this person, obviously, 00:46:42.274 --> 00:46:48.661 - like in the community and like someone's been here a while, right? Someone we funded, but imagine like 00:46:48.661 --> 00:46:55.420 - none of us had that connection or like knew her that well or whatever. Maybe it wouldn't feel like something 00:46:55.420 --> 00:47:01.621 - we wanted to do, which, you know, is an interesting thing. But I mean, I think like for me, knowing 00:47:01.621 --> 00:47:08.132 - that we have this newsletter, I think probably what we should do is write like not even like a statement 00:47:08.132 --> 00:47:11.294 - from BAC, but just like acknowledging her passing. 00:47:11.778 --> 00:47:18.766 - Yeah, saying like the work that she's done in the community with art. And then it's kind of now tied 00:47:18.766 --> 00:47:25.754 - to the BAC because it's on this BAC newsletter. So I don't think we need to necessarily say like the 00:47:25.754 --> 00:47:33.019 - BAC's statement, et cetera. Yeah, that's how I think. Yeah, maybe just an acknowledgement. Yeah. I think 00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:40.145 - that makes sense. OK, great. Thanks for doing that, Gerard. Yeah, thanks. That's the end of the grants 00:47:40.145 --> 00:47:41.598 - up, please. Awesome. 00:47:41.762 --> 00:47:50.109 - Thank you. So next on the agenda is just upcoming events and important dates. So Christina will pull 00:47:50.109 --> 00:47:58.539 - that up for us. It's bare bones right now. But if anyone has any upcoming events that they know of or 00:47:58.539 --> 00:48:06.804 - they're working on or want to highlight, you can tell us right now. You can add it. Or everyone has 00:48:06.804 --> 00:48:09.118 - a link to this spreadsheet. 00:48:09.602 --> 00:48:18.054 - and the emails we send, so you can always go in on your own and populate it. No, that's OK. I mean, 00:48:18.054 --> 00:48:26.506 - we usually, I feel like we always would just sit and like populate it here. Yes, but yeah, anything 00:48:26.506 --> 00:48:35.550 - come to mind for folks here? I don't get the newsletter, so I don't know what's going on. Yeah, of course. 00:48:35.714 --> 00:48:44.624 - There's this really incredible exhibit at the Eskenazi Museum Indonesian textile artists Mulyana or 00:48:44.624 --> 00:48:53.802 - sorry, yeah And I believe it closes on the 28th, but there's like a reception event on Sunday the 21st 00:48:53.802 --> 00:49:03.870 - from 2 to 4 So if you haven't checked it out, it's really incredible like sort of Yeah fiber art ocean immersive 00:49:05.090 --> 00:49:15.734 - It's hard to describe, but it's pretty incredible. So there's a closing reception, you said? Yeah, I 00:49:15.734 --> 00:49:27.117 - think the actual closing's the 28th, but the reception's on the 21st. Is summer usually this quiet compared 00:49:27.117 --> 00:49:34.494 - to the rest of the year? OK, because I'm still kind of a newbie here. 00:49:35.074 --> 00:49:43.235 - Thanks. That's kind of sparse, I would think, with Lovington and few more stuff. Yeah. I mean, yeah. 00:49:43.235 --> 00:49:51.559 - I mean, they're on there. But those grand balloon concerts. So the concert itself is ticketed. We have 00:49:51.559 --> 00:50:00.124 - some really great artists, performing artists coming in. And I think those will be really great concerts. 00:50:00.124 --> 00:50:03.518 - But if a ticketed event isn't your thing, 00:50:03.970 --> 00:50:10.029 - Earlier in the day, like between three and six, we'll have some like partner booths and arts activities 00:50:10.029 --> 00:50:15.912 - and folks like that. There's stuff like that taking place at the pavilion. Girls Rock Bloomington is 00:50:15.912 --> 00:50:21.796 - doing like a community stage kind of out there on the pavilion lawn. And that's all free and open to 00:50:21.796 --> 00:50:27.622 - the public. And so that like switch yard just, you know, in general will be I think a cool place to 00:50:27.622 --> 00:50:33.214 - be that day. And I know that comes, that's that June 20th is also the day after the, like this, 00:50:33.346 --> 00:50:40.943 - The city, which I think works closely with the Neal Marshall Center, their Juneteenth celebration, which 00:50:40.943 --> 00:50:48.323 - will have bands and food trucks and artists out there at Switchyard. So that weekend, yes, Switchyard 00:50:48.323 --> 00:50:55.558 - is going to be the place to be. I just posted the link right next to it. Next to my own. It's quite 00:50:55.558 --> 00:51:02.142 - a link. It is. I don't know why it's so long. Maybe I should cut it and have it, you know? 00:51:02.562 --> 00:51:11.577 - Can you just do the half part? I don't know. Is that right? I don't know either. It's quite the link. 00:51:11.577 --> 00:51:20.591 - There should be a trick to do, like a shorter link. You could also, what I typically do is, you could 00:51:20.591 --> 00:51:29.429 - do like a tab, and then it usually changes it to a shorter link. There you go. Great. It just links 00:51:29.429 --> 00:51:31.550 - directly to the museum. 00:51:32.098 --> 00:51:39.807 - OK, well, if you think of anything else that you want folks in the BAC to be aware of, please feel free 00:51:39.807 --> 00:51:47.515 - to add any events whenever you think of something. I'm always the person who's like, I need to add this 00:51:47.515 --> 00:51:54.927 - right now or I will forget. So I try to do that. Great. I have something. So next week on the 16th, 00:51:54.927 --> 00:52:01.598 - Soul Talk is happening again at the Black House. That starts at 9. It's a very fun event. 00:52:01.858 --> 00:52:08.930 - I won't be singing this time, but it's still good, you should go. Yeah, on the 16th at nine, Soltank. 00:52:08.930 --> 00:52:16.072 - And then, just like Gerard said, on the 19th, the Juneteenth celebration at Switch Art Park. I'll just 00:52:16.072 --> 00:52:23.144 - make a space for back here. I'll just make a second to Soltank. The one I went to was one of the most 00:52:23.144 --> 00:52:28.830 - joyful arts events I've been to. It was just fantastic, so I definitely recommend 00:52:29.346 --> 00:52:41.751 - Yeah, it's in it's in the block house is this one about a block house 830 ish Tuesday night small short 00:52:41.751 --> 00:52:54.633 - small cover Okay, so now moving on to Commissioner comments and announcements does anyone on the Commission 00:52:54.633 --> 00:52:57.854 - have anything to share and 00:52:59.362 --> 00:53:11.396 - The World Cup is starting tomorrow, Thursday. It's here in the U.S. You might think, well, what does 00:53:11.396 --> 00:53:14.494 - that have to do with art? 00:53:15.586 --> 00:53:21.782 - I mean, just in of its own right, the World Cup is awesome and exciting. I'm really pumped for it. I'm 00:53:21.782 --> 00:53:27.918 - actually gonna get to go to Dallas to see a World Cup game. And speaking of Dallas, there is actually 00:53:27.918 --> 00:53:34.234 - this interesting intersection of art and the World Cup. So FIFA, which is the organization that programs 00:53:34.234 --> 00:53:40.309 - the World Cup, I don't still know exactly how this happened, but there was this big oceanic mural on 00:53:40.309 --> 00:53:45.182 - the side of a Dallas building. Have you all heard about this? Yeah, a big mural. 00:53:46.626 --> 00:53:55.092 - FIFA just like came in and like painted over it. Yeah, right. Yes. Right. Yeah. And the artist is suing 00:53:55.092 --> 00:54:03.314 - FIFA because I think I mean his understanding and I hope it gets proven right is that you know there 00:54:03.314 --> 00:54:11.617 - is artists who do art at that scale do you have like some legal protection for their work and they at 00:54:11.617 --> 00:54:16.094 - least need to be sort of like notified or consulted if 00:54:16.226 --> 00:54:21.751 - these changes are gonna happen. But it's, I mean this isn't, this wasn't like a small mirror, like this 00:54:21.751 --> 00:54:27.117 - was sort of like a, it was like, this is like. Huge. Yeah, it was like, so that like, yeah, went all 00:54:27.117 --> 00:54:32.536 - the way around the side of this building and so they, yeah, they left like the sliver of it that they 00:54:32.536 --> 00:54:38.221 - like. Wow. Yeah. They just covered. Yeah, and I don't know, they're gonna, like the Coke logo or something 00:54:38.221 --> 00:54:43.533 - on there, I don't know. So yeah, so some really interesting, like I don't know, it's an interesting 00:54:43.533 --> 00:54:44.702 - intersection of like, 00:54:45.218 --> 00:54:53.983 - sports, law, and public art in an unfortunate way. So, but yeah, I'll be, I'll still be following for 00:54:53.983 --> 00:55:03.263 - the US and the Netherlands. But I just got a tarp or something, like. Yeah, well, FIFA is, FIFA's terrible. 00:55:03.263 --> 00:55:12.114 - Yes. Put that in the notes. It's been terrible, brother. Yeah, not in trust with them. Boo. Yeah, yes, 00:55:12.114 --> 00:55:13.918 - yeah, yeah, exactly. 00:55:15.682 --> 00:55:21.693 - Wait, so, and they're not gonna... Where is it happening? The... So, well, it's happening actually across 00:55:21.693 --> 00:55:27.420 - Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Oh, so there's multiple... Yeah, so unlike, Olympics are typically held 00:55:27.420 --> 00:55:33.091 - in the city, World Cups are held within a country, or in some cases, like a group of countries, and 00:55:33.091 --> 00:55:38.818 - so this is, yeah, so there's gonna be games all over. It's very cool. Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. Yeah. 00:55:38.818 --> 00:55:41.086 - And is that just the finals, just blue? 00:55:42.114 --> 00:55:50.261 - Presumably they're gonna put something over I'm guessing that yet like and but they've I guess it's 00:55:50.261 --> 00:55:58.572 - just been like stopped or whatever Yeah, well all this and I'm guessing it's gone. Like I don't think 00:55:58.572 --> 00:56:03.134 - you can like Yeah, I mean no, yeah, how do you uncover? 00:56:03.394 --> 00:56:08.286 - Yeah. The mural that was underneath it, yeah. I mean, if you just Google, like, Dallas mural, like, 00:56:08.286 --> 00:56:13.226 - it'll, it'll, it'll, and there's a whole bunch of articles, you know, like, from, like, The Guardian 00:56:13.226 --> 00:56:18.265 - and AP and New York Times about it, so. Oh my God. Was this, like, do you know if the mural was, like, 00:56:18.265 --> 00:56:23.401 - a public art mural? Mm-hmm. Oh, okay, it was funded by the city. Mm-hmm, yeah. I mean, like, like, over, 00:56:23.401 --> 00:56:28.293 - like, three decades, like, it's been there for, like, three, like, so it's also this, like, iconic, 00:56:28.293 --> 00:56:31.326 - like, landmark, too. Like, it was, like, yeah, right, I know. 00:56:31.906 --> 00:56:38.433 - Just insane that that happens. Are you going to go to that building and take a picture of it? Well, 00:56:38.433 --> 00:56:45.417 - I'm not going to be in Dallas for that. I'm really just flying in next day, going to the Netherlands-Japan 00:56:45.417 --> 00:56:52.074 - game, and then flying back. So maybe. I can't believe they just painted it. I'll just go and shake my 00:56:52.074 --> 00:56:58.601 - fist at it. I feel like I need to do more with my life. And nobody said anything. So we should note 00:56:58.601 --> 00:57:01.342 - that this is also the week of NBA finals. 00:57:01.474 --> 00:57:13.678 - are exciting in New York City. And as near as I can tell, no public art has been desecrated for this 00:57:13.678 --> 00:57:26.366 - event. Let's hope no more does. I think this is quite awful. OK. Well, thanks for that cultural context. 00:57:26.594 --> 00:57:33.263 - Okay, so yes, if no one else has any updates or announcements, we can move on to public comment if there's 00:57:33.263 --> 00:57:39.059 - anyone at the public, which I don't know. I don't know if there's anyone on Zoom, Christina. 00:57:39.059 --> 00:57:45.416 - I don't think so, but we can double check. Yeah, nobody. Okay, so that's it for today. So there being 00:57:45.416 --> 00:57:51.898 - no further business, I move to adjourn the meeting. Can I get a second? Second. All right, all in favor 00:57:51.898 --> 00:57:54.142 - say yes. Yes. Those opposed say no. 00:57:56.130 --> 00:57:59.838 - Okay, great. We can leave. Meeting adjourned. Thanks, everyone.