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Arts and Culture Advisory Board <br />Agenda <br />Thursday, October 19, 2023 <br />Louisville Public Library — First Floor Meeting Room <br />951 Spruce Street <br />6:30 PM <br />1. Call to order- 6:34pm <br />2. Roll call - Monarch High School (phone recording by some students of this session) - 9 <br />students, Sarah Staunton, JR Ketelsen, Erica Schmitt, (absent- Beth McLennan) <br />3. Approval of this October 2023 agenda - JR moves, Sarah seconds, no dissent, <br />approved. <br />4. Approval of September 2023 minutes - JR moves with aments attached, Sarah seconds, <br />no dissents, approved. <br />5. Public Comments - thanks from one of the high school students on behalf of all for <br />having them attend. <br />6. Informational Item — 2023 Budget Update (Erica) - <br />a. -2023 funds spent -A little over 10k remaining in available funds. Waiting on <br />some of the contracts to clear as well as a sound contract. <br />- 2023 funds committed <br />7. City Liaison Report (Erica) - <br />a. Erica goes over her proposed event for a Small Business Friday event held at the <br />library. JR makes a motion to approve, Sarah seconds, no dissents, approved. <br />8. Chair Report (JR) - shall be attached <br />a. Review of successes and needs improvement items. <br />b. Variety of arts and culture that were all successes regardless of bad weather at <br />the summer concert series. <br />c. Looking forward, we are interested in what the new advisory board will look like <br />given the changes to the public arts responsibilities. <br />9. Informational Item — 2023 Art Grants Update (Erica) <br />10. Discussion Item — Cultural Caravan <br />a. Reach out to Josh Halpern about 2024 collaboration: Fire Station event. <br />i. The board will not be doing a pop up or a concert in the park with them in <br />the future and will only be doing the fire station event if we do decide to <br />continue working with them. <br />ii. JR asks if the LCC is ok to approach the conversation with him this way. <br />There is a general agreement to approach as stated above. <br />11. Discussion Item — 2024 Art Grant Process <br />a. Attachment — 2024 Art Grant Application <br />Grant Cycle- when should we open applications/ when should the cycle <br />start? <br />Application Open - January 3, 2024 - February 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM (Can <br />we push to 2024? Should we do 12/22 or 12/29?) <br />1. Board is suggesting 12/18/23 to 2/2/24 (7 weeks) <br />