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Glendale ARTS COMMISSION
A R I Z 0 N A MINUTES
February 23, 2023 6:00 PM Glendale Public Library
5959 W Brown St
Glendale, AZ 85302
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 5:58 p.m. by Vice Chair Nancy Lenox.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Nancy Lenox, Vice Chair
Jose Aguinaga, Commissioner
Anne Marie Chaney, Commissioner
Jean Hailey, Commissioner
James Smith, Commissioner
Absent: Lorraine Zomok, Chair
Derrell Barber, Commissioner
Also Present: Mojgan Vahabzadeh, Arts & Culture Program Manager
Taylor Ingro, Arts & Culture Coordinator
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
a. Arts Commission Minutes of January 26, 2023.
Motioned by Commissioner James Smith, seconded by Commissioner Jean Hailey
AYE: Vice Chair Nancy Lenox
Commissioner Jose Aguinaga
Commissioner Anne Marie Chaney
Commissioner Jean Hailey,
Commissioner James Smith
Passed
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Information: Update on Current Projects
Mojgan Vahabzadeh, Arts & Culture Program Manager, presented information about the
upcoming Arts & Culture master planning process. Staff informed the Commission about The
Cultural Planning Group, the consulting firm that was competitively selected by a panel to help
facilitate and lead the planning process along with Arts & Culture staff. Arts Commissioners
will definitely be involved in the process that will take approximately one year to be completed.
Ms. Vahabzadeh also invited the Commission to attend the Plein Air Painting Festival on
March 4, 2023.
Taylor Ingro, Arts & Culture Coordinator, presented photos and information about the February
4, 2023 Downtown Glendale Arts & Culture Fest, which was successfully held at Murphy Park
the weekend before the Super Bowl. The event was highly -attended and appreciated by the
festival attendees as well as the local merchants in the downtown area. Staff thanked
Commissioner Lenox and Commissioner Smith for volunteering their time during the festival to
staff the information deskl. Ms. Ingro updated the Commission on the upcoming Thunderbird
Field public art project. Ms. Vahabzadeh presented an update about the current Sierra Verde
Park public art project.
6. COMMISSION COMMENTS
Commissioner Smith gave a brief summary regarding the recently held Vision and Sound
series of artist talks, which were funded by the Arts Commission and presented at the
Glendale Main Library.
7. NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Glendale Arts Commission will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2023
at 6 p.m. via Zoom.
8. ADJOURNMENT
Vice Chair Lenox adjourned the meeting at 6:48 p.m.
The Arts Commission meeting minutes of February 23, 2023 were submitted and approved this 27th day
of April, 2023.
iAojganValhabzadeh
Arts & Culture Program Manager