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Meeting
Minutes
Monday,
April
10,
2017
7:00pm
City
Hall
South
Wing,
Second
Floor
Conference
Room
A. Call
to
Order:
7:03pm
B. Roll
Call:
Commissioners
Hulin,
Miceli,
Richmond,
Erlandson,
and
Fox
present.
Councilwoman
Powell
present.
Student
Representative
Kaye
present.
Chairman
Vassallo
present.
C. Citizen’s
Forum:
a. Roz
Zager,
Individual
Artist
Grant.
i. From
the
Women’s
Choral
Group,
Nothing
but
Treble.
About
25
members
that
sing
a
variety
of
music
genres
and
various
ages
from
18
up.
They
will
be
performing
in
the
Spring
Festival
of
voices
on
May
6th
and
the
Going
Dutch
Festival
in
June.
Following
these
performances
they
hope
to
have
their
own
performance.
b. K.
Flo
Razowski,
Individual
Artist
Grant.
Roberto
Martinez
presenting.
i. Presenter
unavailable.
They
will
present
at
the
May
meeting.
c. Dave
Metzger,
Individual
Artist
Grant.
Mike
Rende
also
presenting.
i. “Robots,
Rockets
and
Space
Vixens:
A
Pop
Art
Sci-‐Fi
Spectacular.”
The
event
will
occur
at
the
Elgin
Artspace
Galllery
with
the
reception
on
September
15,
2017
from
6:00-‐
10:00pm.
The
event
will
include
6
featured
artists
as
well
as
The
Museum
for
Advanced
Robotic
Studies
and
Dr.
Kent
Anderson,
Runway
3000,
Space
Jam
collective
painting,
got
robot
with
Elgin’s
local
4-‐H
SPIN
Technology
Club,
and
an
After
Party
at
the
Martini
Room.
ii. Got
Robot
will
be
the
not-‐for-‐profit
beneficiary
for
this
event.
iii. There
may
be
a
Closing
Reception
as
well.
iv. Councilwoman
Powell
asked
about
paying
the
artists.
Mike
and
Dave
responded
that
they
will
get
the
funds
from
any
sales
including
prints,
and
sales
happen
each
year.
v. Councilwoman
Powell
asked
about
using
Artspace
and
the
proposed
dates
as
that
overlaps
with
Elgin
Fringe
Festival.
Dave
responded
that
Artspace
was
excited
to
have
an
event
there
during
the
Fringe.
d. Margarita
Mendoza,
Latino
Film
Festival,
Individual
Grant
Application.
Enrique
Mendoza
presenting.
i. Enrique,
from
the
Latino
Film
Festival
presented
his
an
application.
He
stated
that
the
attendance
of
the
Latino
Film
Festival
over
the
years
has
increased.
The
Individual
Grant
request
is
for
the
33rd
Latino
Film
Festival
taking
place
April
22-‐23,
2017
in
Marcus
Theaters
of
Elgin.
They
will
be
showing
5
films
and
they
all
have
English
subtitles.
He
stated
that
this
is
not
an
arm
of
the
Chicago
Film
Festival,
but
is
it’s
own
festival
in
Elgin.
ii. Coucilwoman
Powell
stated
that
the
Opening
Night
event
last
year
was
great
and
very
well
attended.
D. Staff
Report:
a. Financial
Report:
i. Since
iFest
is
not
happening
in
2017,
the
funds
for
that
event
are
being
put
towards
a
live
music
component
for
Art
and
Soul
on
Saturday
night
(August
5th).
Jazzin’
on
the
8th
typically
happens
on
the
Friday
night
before
Art
and
Soul
kicks
off
on
Saturday.
The
events
could
be
promoted
together.
There
is
also
the
possibility
of
having
a
few
of
the
visual
artists
have
their
work
on
display
at
the
Showcase
during
Jazzin’
on
the
8th.
b. Art
Showcase:
i. Plans
for
the
build
out
are
in
process
with
the
goal
of
having
all
changes
made
and
in
place
during
the
month
of
August
2017.
These
changes
will
include
new
chairs,
new
speakers,
and
a
few
replacement
items
that
are
needed.
City
Council
will
be
notified
before
any
changes
happen,
and
of
the
full
plan.
c. Hemmens:
i. Mrs.
Illinois
is
coming
up
in
the
next
week
or
so
ii. Children’s
Theater
of
Elgin
doing
“Lion
King
Jr”
iii. Lots
of
talent
shows
and
recitals
followed
by
Summer
Theater.
iv. May
brings
up
auditions
for
Summer
Theater
v.
d. Approval
of
February
Minutes:
i. Motion
to
approve
minutes
by
Commissioner
Miceli.
Seconded
by
Commissioner
Erlandson.
Approved
by
a
vote
of
6-‐0-‐1
with
Commissioner
Hulin
abstaining.
E. Old
Business
a. Marketing
Sub-‐Committee:
i. Daily
Herald
Marketing
plan:
still
waiting
to
hear
back
from
them.
ii. CAC
Sponsored
assignments
for
BRAVO,
May:
Commissioner
Rehberg
and
Chairman
Vassallo
submitting.
b. 2016/2017
CAC
Projects:
i. Elgin
Fringe
Festival:
1. More
applications
for
Performance
and
Visual
art
then
ever
before.
2. Accepted
artists
will
be
live
announced
by
Bob
&
Carol
on
April
27th
at
Blue
Box
and
streamed
on
Facebook
Live.
ii. Elgin
Short
Film
Festival:
1. 5
entries
as
of
right
now,
all
live
action.
Film
times
are
2-‐18
minutes.
2. Films
are
due
by
August
1,
2017
for
a
$40
entry
fee.
After
that
date,
they
are
$50
and
due
by
August
25th.
3. Currently
searching
for
selection
committee
folks.
If
you
have
someone
in
mind,
please
let
Joe
know.
4. Currently
searching
for
celebrity
judges
for
the
night
of
the
event.
iii. Black
Music
Month:
Will
be
moved
to
a
Kwannza
event.
iv. Jazzin’
on
the
8th
:
Moved
to
next
meeting.
c. Public
Art
Plan:
i. Imagine
Art
Here
marketing
campaign:
1. The
public
banners
are
up
and
will
remain
up
for
60-‐90
days.
You
can
see
them
all
over
Elgin.
ii. Update:
The
Public
Art
Plan
is
being
finalized
and
will
be
presented
to
the
CAC
at
the
May
meeting
for
final
approval
before
presenting
to
City
Council
in
May.
iii. Call
for
Art:
Is
currently
live
and
will
remain
live
until
May
1,
2017
@5:00pm,
when
applications
are
due.
Completed
applications
are
due
to
City
Council
with
wet
signatures.
Applications
will
be
reviewed
by
the
Cultural
Arts
Commission
and
two
applications
selected
as
winners.
F. Other
Old
Business:
None
brought
G. New
Business:
a. Roz
Zager,
Individual
Artist
Grant.
i. Motion
to
table
the
Individual
Grant
Application
in
the
amount
of
$1,000.00
and
inform
the
Artist
about
the
Individual
Artist
Application
specifics
and
offer
to
assist
in
applying
in
the
future
by
Councilwoman
Powell.
Seconded
by
Commissioner
Erlandson.
Approved
by
a
vote
of
7-‐0.
b. Dave
Metzger,
Individual
Artist
Grant.
i. Motion
to
approve
the
Individual
Grant
Application
in
the
amount
of
$1,000.00
by
Commissioner
Hulin.
Seconded
by
Councilwoman
Powell.
Approved
by
a
vote
of
7-‐0.
c. Margarita
Mendoza,
Latino
Film
Festival,
Individual
Grant
Application.
Enrique
Mendoza
presenting.
i. Commissioners
asked
how
at
this
late
time
would
the
CAC
be
acknowledged
in
marketing.
ii. Approval
contingent
upon
having
the
Imagine
Art
Here
banners
on
the
screens
before
the
films,
and
any
electronic
marketing
having
the
ECAC
logo
included,
as
well
as
any
printed
marketing
that
has
not
yet
been
printed.
1. Motion
to
approve
with
the
above
contingency,
the
Individual
Grant
Application
in
the
amount
of
$1,000.00
by
Councilwoman
Powell.
Seconded
by
Commissioner
Erlandson.
Approved
by
a
vote
of
7-‐0.
H. Adjournment:
8:38pm
a. Motion
to
adjourn
by
Commissioner
Fox.
Approved
by
Commissioner
Hulin.
Approved
by
a
vote
7-‐0.