HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCAC Minutes 09-18-2023 Orange County Arts Commission
Sept 18, 2023 Minutes
Attendees: Sean Bailey,John Claude Bemis, Lindsay Metivier, Fred Joiner, Josh Rosenstein,
Saba Jordan, Linda Williamson, Sec, Krista Bremer, Crystal Wu, Vice Chair, Marc Miller, Katie
Murray, Anita Mills, Pres, Gideon Young
Absent: Sadie Allen, Denise Duffy,Jennifer Shultz Thomas
Meeting Location: Eno Arts Mill Hillsborough, NC
1. Call to Order at 6:38pm by Anita Mills
2. Marc moved that Aug 2023 Board Minutes be approved, and Josh seconded.All approved.
3. Board updates
a. Board orientation Wed. September 27, 6pm at Eno Mill
b. Sean Bailey's term is up at the end of month. He will not be serving a second term. At
next meeting, we will discuss the board break down and strategize on possible
replacements.
4. Director's Report Katie Murray
a. New staff member—Courtney Powers. She started on Monday 9/11. She will be working
on programming and events- both new and current ones.
b. Paint It Orange—October 4-6 2023. Opening party Wed 10/4 for Artist, board, and
sponsor. If coming, please bring bottle of wine.
c. At the Mill, OCAC is hosting NC Clay Works Guild's Fall Pottery Show October 14-15.
d. The call for Coalesce 2024 is live and closes October 1—please share with the poets and
visual artists in your life.
e. OCAC hosting our Holiday Bazaar for a second year on Sat Nov 18.
f. Katie is in the process of summarizing Uproar Festival and will be obtaining feedback
from all groups through October.
5. FY23-24 Grants Cycle Katie Murray
a. Follow-up regarding Kidzu allocation. Katie said she clarified with her management that
if Kidzu is funded through Arts allocation then they should go through our full review
process. If not, they should be funded through a different process.
b. FY24 Funding Discussion—board reviewed and recommended the following funding
decisions:
i. Krista moved that we fully fund the 14 top scoring Artist applicants. Fred
seconded. All approved.
ii. Lindsay moved that we fund with 100%for top scores, 80%second score group,
and 60%for third group,with schools getting 100%of their request. Krista
seconded. All approved.
7) Anita ended the meeting at 7:41pm.