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1 <br /> II I <br /> A motion was made , voted on and agreed to unanimously to hold a <br /> monthly meeting with Steve Baysinger to update him on council <br /> activities . These meetings will be held during city office • <br /> hours . As many A&H council members as possible should attend. <br /> Nancy will extend an invitation to the mayor to attend our next <br /> council meeting. <br /> GUEST PRESENTATION <br /> Cheryl Wagner , Director of the "Art in Public Places" department <br /> of the CCAH attended the meeting to familiarize us with her <br /> organization and present ideas on the process of receiving grants <br /> and selecting art. The CCAH is a branch of the State ' s <br /> Department of Higher Education and assists artists and <br /> organizations by giving grants , staff consultations , information <br /> and networking assistance . Their offices are located at the <br /> Grant Humphreys mansion in Denver. Cheryl has invited us to visit <br /> her there and tour the building. <br /> There are four major program areas of the CCAH: <br /> b <br /> 11 - Fellowship Grants are administered by Danny Salazar . There <br /> are two categories Master Apprentice & Creative <br /> Fellowships and Folk Art & Native Crafts . The National <br /> Endowment for the Arts partly subsidizes these grants . <br /> - <br /> Arts Organizations Programs are administered by Jim <br /> Thompson. Any non-profit organization may apply for these <br /> grants . They do not necessarily need to be a formal "arts <br /> organization" to apply and receive a grant. This is the <br /> visual arts category. There is no separate public art <br /> project category. Grant requests for public art will be in <br /> competition with other visual arts requests . <br /> - The Art in Public Places is administered by Cheryl Wagner. <br /> By law, one percent of the construction costs of new or <br /> renovated state-owned buildings must be spent on works of <br /> art to improve the character and quality of the buildings . <br /> The Art in Public Places department is responsible for the <br /> � . implementation of this law. <br /> ' - The Community Arts Programs is administered by Maryo Yewell <br /> and provides information on organizations created to serve <br /> arts administration. • <br /> Cheryl informed us that the National Endowment for the Arts <br /> Design Arts Program looks favorably on grant requests from the <br /> west because they don ' t receive many. <br /> 1 Cheryl suggests that, if possible, the best stage to get involved <br />