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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCultural Resources Board - Minutes - 03/29/2001E CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD MINUTES Regular Meeting - Thursday, March 29, 2001 12:00 p.m. Lincoln Center (Council Liaison: Karen Weitkunat Staff Liaison: David Siever 11 IChairperson: Fran Johnson Phone: 493-4480(h) rVice-Chair: Ayleen Burns Phone: 225-3937(h) A regular meeting of the Cultural Resources Board was held on Thursday, March 29, 2001 at 12:00 p.m., at the Lincoln Center. The following members were present: Fran Johnson, Ayleen Burns, Anna Otto, Ann Wilmsen, Joan Day, Jennifer Beccard and Loren Hooper Board Members Absent: None Staff Members Present: Mike Powers, CLRS Jill Stilwell, Fort Collins Museum Evan Hyatt, Lincoln Center Guests: Rich Harter, Convention & Visitors Bureau AGENDA I. Call to order - (12:05 p.m.) Fran Johnson II. Consideration of agenda - Moved Item VII ahead of Item VI III. Consideration of Minutes of February 22, 2001 - Motion to accept minutes as written - Loren Hooper Second - Ann Wilmsen Passed unanimously DISCUSSION ITEMS IV. Performing Art Center update - A group of local citizens has begun an effort to place a tax initiative for the new Performing Arts Center on the ballot in November. This initiative has to be delivered to the City Clerk's Office by the end of April. The initiative will also include funds for a new4oibrary building and upgraaqs and improvements to the Fort Collins Museum. Private fundraising for the new Performing Arts Center begins April 9. Halsey and Alice North of the North Group will be in Fort Collins beginning April 9 to interview potential donors. Mr. and Mrs. North will help determine if at least $6,000,000 can be raised for the new Performing Arts Center. Volunteers are emerging to head committees directed at successfully placing the initiative on the ballot and to build support for passing the initiative. Bruce Hendee and Carol Ann Hixon will be leading the committee on the Performing Arts Center. Anna Otto has volunteered to be in charge of gathering signatures to place the initiative on the ballot. Burns Marketing has offered their services to help with marketing efforts for the campaign and Lucia Liley is drafting the language of the ballot with help from city staff. The effort to gather signatures to place the initiative on the ballot will begin in later April. These signatures must be submitted to the City Clerk's office by the end of June. V. Review of April Fort Fund Process Fort Fund presentations for groups applying for support from Tier #1 (Annual Programming Support) will be held Wednesday, April 25 at the Lincoln Center. The presentation process will begin at 4:30 p.m. The Board will hold a brief regular meeting at 4:00 p.m. Fran Johnson and one other member of the Board will meet with Rich Harter of the Convention and Visitors Bureau to get his input on funding from the Tourism Account. VII. Possible future meeting with CVB and Arts Alive to discuss economic impact of Fort Fund events - In conjunction with the Convention and Visitors Bureau and Arts Alive Fort Collins, a meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 18 from 7:00 to•9:00 p.m. in the Ludlow Room of the Lincoln Center to discuss the economic impact of Fort Fund events and to assist Fort Fund grantees and local arts organizations in marketing efforts. The meeting will be led by Rich Harter of the CVB with the assistance of Rob Knebel of Arts Alive Fort Collins. Mr. Harter will produce letters of invitation for the meeting that will be mailed by the staff of Arts Alive to local arts organizations and Fort Fund recipients for the past year. Mr. Harter will lead the meeting with the assistance of Mr. Knebel. Mr. Harter offered to produce a comment card that could be distributed to all Fort Fund grantees to gather economic impact information. Staff of the CVB would produce the card, distribute them to Fort Fund grantees, collect them and calculate the data received. Jennifer Beccard brought up the fact that Arts Alive Fort Collins is gathering similar information from local arts organizations through an impact study being conducted by Americans for the Arts. Data collecting for this study is underway and will continue through the fall. Once collected, the data from this survey will be sent to Washington D.C. and Arts Alive will receive information that could be useful to local arts groups in the areas of marketing. A quetion was raised as to whethf? the information from the Americans for the Arts survey could be useful in the marketing effort for the new Performing Arts Center. It was determined that the information would not be available until after the marketing campaign for the new Performing Arts Center was complete. The Board determined that having two surveys being conducted at the same time would be too much of a burden on event participants and Fort Fund grantees so the CVB will not be conducting a survey at this time. VI. Possible changes to mission statement - This item was postponed and will be discussed at a future meeting in the fall. VIII. Review of any Past Fort Fund Events - The Board reviewed final reports from the following organizations/events: The Fort Collins Museum/Annual Exhibitions Friends of Traditional Dance/On-going activities AARP/Frauds and Scams Conference IX. Committee Reports - LC Board - No report. (see notes on Perf. Arts Center) Fort Collins Museum - No report. Convention/Visitors Bureau - The CVB received a 5-year renewal of their contract with the City. May 7 through 11 is National Tourism Week. Arts Alive - No report. APP - Ann Wilmsen will be sent notice of the next APP meeting in replacement of Joan Day. The Board will assign new committee liaisons at their next regular meeting. X. Other Business - None. XI. Adjournment (1:35 p.m.) Respectfully submitted, Evan Hyatt Public Relations Coordinator Cult0l, Library and Recreational Serves Lincoln Center City of Fort Collins CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD LINCOLN CENTER REPORT APRIL 25, 2001 ADMINISTRATION: The annual volunteer recognition reception will be held Tuesday April 24`h in the Canyon West Room at the Lincoln Center. Approximately 150 volunteers will be honored. Jennie Baran, Scheduling Coordinator has resigned effective May 0. Jennie has held that position for over seven years. She will be working'/2 time out of her home which allows her more time with family. The job has been advertised and we hope to have someone in place by mid -May. Jennie will be available to help train the new employee. Fencing, lighting, bike racks, sculpture bases in the Terrace Sculpture have been repainted in preparation for summer. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES: Installation of a large-scale kinetic sculpture will be placed in the new Civic Center Office Building. Local artist Rafe Ropek created a dramatic aluminum sculpture which will be installed in the bu9ilding's entry rotunda on Monday, April 23`a. The sculpture will be visible from the main and second floors and will rotate slowly on a vertical axis. VISUAL ARTS: The "10`h Annual Northern Colorado Artist Association Exhibition and Sale" will be in all galleries April 161h through May 18`h. The show will feature 140 pieces from artists across the country. Award winners will be announced at the opening, including a $1000 prize from Best of Show. The opening will be held in Canyon West on Saturday, April 21, 5:00 pm — 8:00 pm. 417 West Magnolia • Fort Collins, CO 80521-2646 • (970) 221-6735 • FAX (970) 484-0424 City of Fort Collins and Recreational Fort Col ins Museum FORT COLLINS MUSEUM REPORT CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD April 25, 2001 PROGRAMS On Sunday, April 29`t, the Museum's Heirloom Series: Preserving Your Family Treasures will focus on leathers: saddles, clothing, shoes, book covers, etc. Registration began on April Yd for the Museum's Summer School Programs: Upper Boxelder Schoolhouse Program, Adventure Days, and a new pilot program, Early American Home Arts. The Schoolhouse program is 96% full, Adventure Days 92% full and Early American Home Arts was so popular, three weeks were added to the initial two. On Friday, April 6`h, the Museum opened the new exhibit Dig It! The People and Archaeology of the Lindenmeier Site. Approximately 500 people attended the opening event that included a free bison barbecue, side dishes provided by Steeles' Markets, and a swing band. During the evening, the Museum Store sold more than $300 in merchandise and almost $180 was received in donations. FACILITIES The new track lighting system on the first floor has been installed. Hefferan Associates, a museum lighting design firm from Boulder, will be training staff on the new system on April 30d'. The CLRS Department began a feasibility study to evaluate the structural integrity and potential reuse of the 201 Peterson Library building, if and when the Library relocates to a new, larger facility. The feasibility study will also specifically look at how the location would function as an expansion of the Fort Collins Museum. AWARDS Dr. John Remington of Rochester, NY, was honored by the Fort Collins Historical Society at their Annual Awards Luncheon for donating his grandfather's diaries to the Fort Collins Museum. Luther Remington served in the 21 s` New York Cavalry and was stationed at Fort Collins in the 1860s. His diaries chronicle this time period and provide new insight into military life at Fort Collins. The Museum has transcribed the diaries and plans are currently underway for eventual publication. The donation also resulted in volunteer Mike Dean developing a first person interpretation of Luther Remington for an Historical Society program that is now being offered as an outreach program for schools. COURTYARD The Janis cabin foundation and chimney work has been completed. The excavation company removed the old foundation and filled in around the new. Cement work will begin in early May. The sidewalks and plaza area will be stamped and colored concrete to create a unique environment. CURRENT EXHIBITS • Dig It! The People and Archaeology of the Lindenmeier Site, opens April 5`h with an opening reception on Friday, April 6`h 5p.m. — 7p.m. Due to the increased security requirements of this exhibition, the Museum installed new monitoring/recording equipment in the North Gallery. • Heart and Sole: A History of the Shoe, closed — April 15, 2001. • The Art and Myth of Frank Miller, opens Mav 25 — Aueust 19. 200 Mathews Street • Fort Collins, CO 80524 • (970) 221-6738