===== PDF PAGE 1 ===== [Extraction: OCR (rendered-page OCR)] Y OF Cit WEST CHICAGO WHERE HISTORY & PROGRESS MEET WEST CHICAGO CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION Special Meeting Thursday, March 10, 2022 (This meeting will be held remotely.) 7:00 p.m. AGENDA 1. Call to Order, Roll Call, Establishment of a Quorum 2. Approval of Minutes a. Cultural Arts Commission of February 3, 2022 3. Public Participation/Presentations 4. Items for Discussion and Possible Action a. Alebrijes Community Art Project 5. Other Business a. 2022 Art Banner Exhibit — Call for Artists: Results 6. Adjournment Meeting ID: 819 3845 9766 Passcode: 908506 During the COVID-19 Pandemic, public meetings may be held remotely due to distancing restrictions. Public meetings held remotely will allow interested people to teleconference from home or another location on the Zoom app. Downloading Zoom from zoom.us will provide the audio link to the meeting. Anyone wishing to provide comment on a topic or an agenda item, may address the Cultural Arts Commission by 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. You may do so either by an online form on the City’s website, email to the Cultural Arts Staff Liaison at dpeck@westchicago.org or voicemail message at (630) 293-2205 x139. Your comment to the Cultural Arts Commission will be read during the Public Participation portion of the agenda. CC: Mayor Ruben Pineda, City Council, Michael Guttman, West Chicago Cultural Arts Commissioners, Media, Daniel Peck 475 Main Street | T (630) 293-2200 | Ruben Pineda | West Chicago, Illinois | F (630) 293-3028 } MAYOR 60185 www. westchicago.org | Nancy M. Smith Michael L. Guttman | | CITY CLERK CITY ADMINISTRATOR ===== PDF PAGE 2 ===== [Extraction: embedded PDF text] DRAFT West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission Thursday, February 3, 2022 7:00pm MINUTES 1. Call to Order at 7:02pm by Heidi Kuharich; Roll Call: Uwe Gsedl, Anni Holm, Judith Horsley, Heidi Kuharich, Deborah Walsh, and City Liaison Daniel Peck in attendance; Quorum established; Statement from Mayor Pineda read 2. Welcome New Member to Commission a. Moved to next meeting 3. Approve Minutes of January 6, 2022 a. Deborah Walsh made motion to approve, Judith Horsley seconded; Approved unanimously 4. Update on 2022 Art Banner Submissions—Call for Art a. Current submission count at 15 b. Kay McKeen of SCARCE agreed to be 2022 juror; announcement going out week of February 7th c. Confirmed 50 banner frames with Streets Dept d. Uwe Gsedl will forward past banner maps to Dan Peck for reference e. Judith Horsley recalled summers when selected banners from previous years were also hung; suggests revisiting the practice, especially if submissions are low f. Moving forward, e-mail previous contributors early. Also art departments at local colleges, Irene O’Neil’s Awakenings Project, D33/D25/D94 art teachers, etc. g. 2023 Theme should be selected in May to better position PR as 2022 banners go up. 5. Update on Cultural Arts Master Plan Document Writing Assignments a. Deborah Walsh led directional discussion about budget control for Collective Oversight section b. Discussion about City Council perspective led to question about inviting a council member to join Commission 6. Update on Los Alebrijes—Discussions with Mexican Cultural Arts DuPage & DuPage Convention and Visitors’ Bureau a. Dan Peck had suggestion for façade “stickers” that glow in the dark; could lead to an alebrije scavenger hunt b. Discussion centered on ideas to draw people to West Chicago to view more alebrijes, piggybacking off Cantigny display i. Possibly creating a West Chicago “born and raised” alebrije ii. Possibly including PR on a few banners (if they could be a draw, not push people out of town) 7. Other Business a. Dan Peck stated need for various types of community photos for use in general PR, website, FaceBook, etc; there really are none currently at his disposal and he’s trying to build up a library of images 8. Public Participation: N/A 9. Adjournment: Anni Holm made motion, Uwe Gsedl seconded, unanimous: 8.28pm CAC Minutes.020322.DRAFT Submitted: H. Kuharich