06-20-1984 Minutes
SALINA ARTS COMMISSION, Thursday, June 20, 1984
The Salina Arts Commission met in the Gallery at 4 p.m. Members present
were Mary Nell Beatty, Judy Burgard, Glenn Ethridge, Anne Nettleton, Don
Timmel, Jack Weisgerber, Pat Neustrom, chairman; Martha Rhea, director;
Saralyn Reece Hardy, arts programmer; and Marlys Harris, secretary. Also
present was Alan Stolfus of the Salina Journal.
The minutes and treasurer's report were approved.
Festival: Martha reported that Festival '84 went very well, especially
the new, experimental activities----kite making, Sky Poems, Red Line in
the Sky, and Outcaste's Shakespeare in the Park, as well as the Festival
Currents Programs for the major arts organizations. The gate count was
approximately 70,000 people. Randall Kust, Wichita, received the top merit
award for the visual artists.
Comments from the Arts Commissioners:
Anne: Some artists said sales did not go well. Food Booths should have
separate fees for profit and non-profit groups. Novelene Ross was a good
juror. Artists' profiles should be in newspaper before Festival. Gazebo
sound was too loud. Babysitter service should be provided. Barbara Rinaldo
should have been on Children's Stage.
Judy: Artists need Salina marketing information.
Glenn: Percussion Ensemble was too loud, otherwise greatest thing that
happens in Salina.
Martha: Evaluations are sent to all people involved in the Festival.
Shakespeare in the Park always had qood crowds.
Other issues discussed: Is the _sale of art the Arts Commission's responsibility?
Should SAC develop a program in artist packaging and marketing, and consumer
education? Art appreciation versus popular consumption.
Museum: Jack was a part of the interview committee for the new curator/
director for the Smoky Hill Museum, along with Karen Graves, Gayle Rose,
Pat Neustrom, and Martha Rhea. The interview day itinerary was as follows:
After a tour of the post office, the collection, and lunch, the candidates
met with the interview committee. The committee looked for a person with
technical museum abilities as well as someone who could work well with
staff, commission and community people. The interview committee's reports
went to Mr. Nye with agreements on strengths and weaknesses of each.
Pat added that the study committee's time was very well spent. Mary Nell
said each member had made a large investment of time.
AIR: Saralyn said the film maker residency is in process with a committee
~place. USD 305 is the host organization, with Mary Jo Reed, of the
media center, as the contact person. Other members are Kathrine Young,
Bill Hover, Kim Grimaldi, and Pat Murphy. The residency will run from
September to December, 1984.
The culminating event for the AIR Program will be held in the late winter,
early spring of 1985. It will be called Journeys and involve all the major
arts organizations. A conceptual team has begun and ended their work. A
residency committee is not yet in place.
The commissioners received the 1983-84 copy of Patricia Traxler's booklet
of her work with the hearing impaired. Support has been received from the
Kansas Arts Commission and AMBUCS for the upcoming year.
Meeting adjourned.