HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Arts Commission - Meeting Date: 4/8/2015The meeting was called to order at approximately 4:32pm. Chairperson Carol Ladd, Vice
Chairperson Jessica Koory and Commissioners, Anne Owens, Nadine Yuhasz and Carrie
Richards were in attendance. Representing city staff was Mojgan Vahabzadeh, Public Arts
Coordinator. Commissioners Joan Graham and Thomas Cole were absent and excused.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR
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FY 2015-2016 PERFORMING ARTS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
Mojgan Vahabzadeh, Public Arts Coordinator provided a brief summary of the purpose of this
meeting and introduced each applicant. The applicants made a brief presentation about their
proposals to the Arts Commission and answered questions. The Commission reviewed the 20
proposals submitted and listened to the 17 applicants that came to present. After much
discussion, the Commission recommended nine projects. The selected projects will be
forwarded to City Council for funding approval. The nine projects are as follows:
• $4,000 - Arizona Theatre Company's Shakespeare Theatre Residency will teach theatre
art skills to 11th and 12th grade students at Glendale High School and Ironwood High
School. The residency will be for four days, three times during the year. A community
performance of the student production of A Midsummer Nights Dream will be offered at
the Glendale Amphitheater at Murphy Park.
• $4,000 — Ballet Arizona will conduct the Class Act Intensive Program with 4th and 5th
graders at Don Mensendick Elementary School. The program will teach children basic
elements of dance and guide them through the creation of their own dance work, which
will be presented at their school assembly or during an evening performance.
• $4,000 - Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix will conduct the Japanese Taiko
Drumming Project with guest artist, Eileen Morgan. The project will include 18 teaching
workshops for youth at the Swift Kids Club in Glendale. The project will culminate in
two public performances to be held during fall 2015 at Swift Kids Club's Day for Kids
celebration in September and Fall Festival in October.
$4,000 - Brelby Theatre Company will present the Adventures in Wonderland summer
theatre camp for youth; Desert Dystopia summer theatre camp for teens; and the Adult
Production Intensive summer camp for new and experienced playwrights, directors and
actors. All three of the camps will culminate in free public performances to be held at
Brelby Theatre or the Glendale Amphitheater. Brelby will also present the Annual
Halloween Evening of Stories to be held at the Glendale Amphitheater. The evening will
include short re-enactments of fairy tales and ghost stories, theatrical readings of Poe and
other poems.
• $4,000 - Center Dance Ensemble will present the 2015-16 School Tour. There will be
eleven performances at six Glendale Elementary School District schools. CDE will
conduct performances of their touring shows as chosen by the schools from The ABC's
of Dance program, Poetry `n Motion and More Poetry `n Motion.
$4,000 - Ironwood Band Community Foundation's project, "Music Masters" will help
music students at Ironwood High School and its six "feeder" schools increase their
musicianship, grow in their love for music, and experience an opportunity to perform for
the wider Glendale Community. Funds will be used to retain two high level performing
groups such as Phoenix Chamber Brass and The Mill Avenue Chamber Players to
provide instruction. The students will provide two public performances — one at
Ironwood High School and one at Glendale Amphitheater.
• $4,000 - Jivemind Cooperative Music Labs will present "Pillars Music Experience"
consisting of three concerts highlighting the strength and support of the Glendale
Community. "Pillars" will feature local songwriters, bringing together their community
through music. The concerts will be held on Saturdays at the Glendale Amphitheater late
summer and early autumn.
• $4,000 - Mill Ave Chamber Players will present Live at the Library, a series of six
musical performances to be held at the Glendale Main Library Auditorium on the fourth
Thursday evening, from September 2015 through April 2016.
$4,000 - Phoenix Conservatory of Music will partner with the Glendale Elementary
School District No. 40 to facilitate the program, Music Moves Glendale Schools! A
professional teaching artist and guest artists will provide 44 hours of high quality music
education experiences at no cost to the Glendale students. Students will then perform for
their families and the larger Glendale community with a free public performance at the
Glendale Amphitheater.
The Arts Commission Recommended Approval of nine Performing Arts Projects in the
amount of $4,000 each, for the FY 2015-2016 Performing Arts Partnership Program. The
vote carried unanimously.
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STAFF UPDATE
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COMMISSION COMMENTS
Commissioner Richards stated this process had been a lot of fun and she had also learned a great
deal.
Chairperson Ladd asked for a motion to adjourn.
A MOTION was MADE by Commissioner Richards to ADJOURN the meeting.
Commissioner Owens SECONDED the MOTION, which carried unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30pm.
The next meeting date of the Glendale Arts Commission is to be determined. The meeting will
be held on the first floor, Glendale Public Library, 5959 West Brown Street, Glendale, Arizona.
Respectfully submitted,
Mojg ahabzadeh,
Public Arts Coordinator
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