Cultural Council Agenda and Packet 2023 03 16

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Cultural Council Agenda DATE Page 2 of 10 4. Approval of January 2023 Minutes - JR #10 not chair of programming - - JR: #15 concerts in the park "all five bands" correction to "all 4 bands." - Mark: (not an adjustment to January minutes) apologizes to JR for saying LCC has used CAFE in the past, he was incorrect. LCC discussed it in 2020 but did not use it. - Mark: #12 Discussion of LCC members about what happened at City Council is part of retreat discussion - Mark: #14 Arts grants: Beth asks for an additional email to explain the additional refusals, the chair said that the arts grants could be returned anonymously. Mark objected that we should not do it anonymously because the grant process was spending city finances and that they should have names on them since this is a public forum. We agreed. Art Grants to be returned to Erica Schmitt by email by EOD Jan. 25th. - Grace: under number 8i: Mark: subcommittees of less than three people can meet but not make decisions. They can only make decisions in public. - Mark moves with the amendments- Beth seconds. 5. Public Comment - Dawn Short: With Shorties, a local coffee roaster based out of Frederic, brought a copy of her menu. They provided the concessions at the skatepark. She wants to make her business known and put a name to the face. She is open for business and available for the summer concerts in 2023. - -Emily Przekwas: Artist and art critic in the Denver area and writes for a few art magazines as well. She also works in Loveland and Longmont covering art projects. Ariella is her friend who has been working with a city contractor to create a banner art for the city of Louisville for National Arab American Heritage Month. She is Iraqi and Arab American. Her work was not selected. She thinks that this is a missed opportunity to not host art of an Arab American artist and is asking us to reconsider the decision to move forward with other artist's designs. She is aware the City Manager is at the meeting tonight and that she makes a plea to them to reconsider. As a professional art critic, her opinion is that the artwork is compelling. She does see her friend as a part of a rich cultural heritage of Arab women in the community. 6. Items for the next meeting's agenda (items not on February's agenda)- - JR- we should have programming for the Center for the Arts in place for the next meeting - Grace: moving forward let's add this to the end of the meeting as well as the beginning 7. Information Item: Patricia Howard Grace: Pat has resigned. The reason she applied to the LCC is because she was impressed by the professionalism of the Call for Entry as well as the Ava