01-09-2014 PACMMINUTES
HUTCHINSON PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Main Conference Room
1. CALL TO ORDER 3:30 P.M.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Schroeder at 3:30 p.m. with the
following members present: Audrey Hollatz, Barbara Bowman, Jon Otteson,
Mary Christensen and Chairman Schroeder. Absent: Dan Jochum, Dolf Moon,
Lena Mowlem, and Tinea Graham. Also Present, Brandon Sobotta.
2. CONSENT AGENDA
a) Consideration of Minutes dated December 12, 2013.
Mr. Otteson made a motion to approve the minutes from December 12th, 2013.
Seconded by Mr. Bowman, the motion carried unanimously.
3. NEW BUSINESS
a) Committee members discussed possibly taking and posting minutes in a timely
manner.
4. OLD BUSINESS
a) SMAHC Grant Update
i. Committee is waiting on grant money to begin work. Grant should be
approved in February. No discussion took place on grant since Lena was
not at meeting.
b) Discussion followed on being self-sustaining.
i. Committee discussed the possibility of receiving sponsorship for art
spaces was one way of increasing revenue.
ii. Committee also discussed soliciting works of art as another form of
revenue.
c) Discussion took place about hosting website on city server. The committee went
over the challenges and benefits of this moving forward. A follow up with Tom
Kloss of the City IT was necessary to move forward with this objective.
d) The next meeting will be February 13, 2014, at 3:30 p.m.
5. Other Discussion
a) Committee discussed the possibility of bringing a work of art to the farmers
market in upcoming seasons. Committee also discussed adding art to the library
square.
6. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 4:05 p.m.