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ITY OF
WEST CHICAGO
WHERE HISTORY & PROGRESS MEET
APPROVED ON DECEMBER 3, 2020
West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
West Chicago City Hall Committee Room B
7:00 p.m.
1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Establishment of a Quorum
Call meeting to order at 7:06pm: Roll call found Buddy Plumlee, Uwe Gsedl, Adriana Sarellana, Heidi Kuharich,
Sara Phalen, Stephanie Ross, and City Liaison Rosemary Mackey in attendance. Quorum established. Mayor
Pineda has determined that in-person meetings are not practical and prudent.
2. Approve Meeting Minutes of October 1, 2020
Heidi motions to approve minutes with the correction of adding “@heyitsmatthew” to section 5. Approval of
Final Renderings for Existing Public Art Signage- Loveevenmore. Sara seconds motion. Minutes approved with
correction.
3. Update on Autumn Haiku Installation & Summer Haiku Retrieval
Buddy has completed his list and will update the master list. Some summer signs may be missing and may have
been thrown out due to damage. Other signs retrieved were also dirty and/or damaged. Sign on 323 W
Washington is nailed to the fence. Once all summer signs are collected, Rosemary will contact the poets to pick
them up at the Gallery. The stakes will be left on the signs to avoid any damage if removed. Some suggestions
for improving the process for next time are to either spread out the location between more volunteers or have a
pick-up location (possibly at Bloomingfest) for the hosts and as an incentive they get to pick the haiku.
Revisited idea of creating a 2020 Haiku book. Some other ideas were a 12 month or 16-month calendar. A third
idea was to create an interactive Zine where the back pages would be blank for people to add their own Haiku.
Item could be given away to participants and sold to the public. We could also use Print on Demand where
people could place their order online.
4. Continue Discussion on West Chicago Garden Club Proposal for Bee Project
The idea of working with another organization sounds appealing to Stephanie. Buddy is in favor of revisiting this
idea once we have a clearer vision on the Garden Club’s involvement. Perhaps it would have been a good idea to
have a debriefing after the butterfly project to discuss things that worked and areas that could be improved.
Discussion to be continues at next meeting.
5. Approval of Final Renderings for Existing Public Art Signage
Tampico approved sign for Juan’s mural. A permit is not needed to install the sign. All artists have approved
signs and are ready to go into production. Buddy motions to approve signs and move forward with production.
Voting Aye: Buddy, Sara, Stephanie, Heidi, Uwe, Adriana. Voting Nay: none. Motion passes.
Loveevenmore- Public Works will remove the rust and take care of painting the base.
Juan’s Mural- The bowing of the panels has been resolved with additional screws.
Signa Rotae- Buddy will install his sign.
In This-Together-District 33 has reproductions of Anni’s mural. There will not be signs installed there since they
purchased those reproductions.
Photos of all damages will be kept and used next year to see if damages have worsened.
6. Status of 2021 Art Banner Call for Art
Call for art is out. Have not heard from Jackie. Rosemary will do a bigger piece for Juror reveal if we can get a
hold of Jackie. Uwe will provide an image to use for marketing. :
475 Main Street | T (630) 293-2200 Ruben Pineda
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7. Other Business
Today Cindy Davies has resigned from her position. She expressed appreciation and well wishes. Two seats are
now vacant. Sara wanted to express the importance and value of having non-artists as part of the commission to
create balance and bring different perspectives. Revisit asking Gio to join the commission.
8. Public Participation
None
9. Adjournment
8:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Adriana Sarellana