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Ad Hoc Committee on the Arts
Thursday, June 5, 2008 ~ 12:00 P.M.
City Hall, 320 E. McCarty Street – Boone/Bancroft Room
Present were Brown, Brzuchalski, Bushmann, Crabtree, Ferguson, Hall,
Hug, Rogers, Schulte, McMillan, Strope, Carroll and Layton. Phil Stiles
represented Bill Lockwood
Layton reported that she has material from the J. C. Council on the Arts,
although several years old, which was a survey of organizations from
others cities relating to art and cultural activities.
Hall reported the information she obtained from Booneville and Sedalia.
Booneville has an organization called "Friends of Historic Booneville". It
is an umbrella group financed primarily from memberships and the
Kemper Foundation. They own and maintain historic buildings.
Sedalia's art organization is called "Liberty Center for the Arts" They
own their building, which is the venue for choral groups and the city
band. They receive no city money.
Hall suggested that we consider attaching our future group to the Parks
and Rec. Commission. Brown stated that it would be wise to have the
administrator of our Arts Group be a government employee.
Jane Smith was absent but submitted a written report on Joplin. That
city has an Advisory Art Commission, whose main concern is the
regulation of public art and is to become a part of the visitors and
convention bureau.
There was a general discussion of the availability of both private and
public funding for the arts. Hug presented some material showing the
availability of federal funds from HUD. Layton is to email this
information to the committee.
The next meeting will be July 19th, at which time a representative from
the Columbia Cultural Arts Commission will make a presentation of what
their group does and how it is financed. Also at that meeting Hall will
submit a list of all the various arts and cultural organizations in the
Jefferson City area. Brzuchalski will report on state regulations that
relate to arts and their funding, particularly federal funding.
The July meeting will be July 17, 2008