F. Review 2023 County Directives for Hybrid Meetings
- The new directive from the county is that meetings must be conducted in hybrid format
(both in person and virtual)
- The Chair or Vice Chair of the Dane Arts Commission must attend in person
- Chair Ritcherson plans on attending future meetings in-person but does not expect
other commissioners to attend in person unless specifically discussed
- Dane Arts grant panel review meetings will continue to be held virtually
G. Executive Director Report
- Official name badges are available for all commissioners
- A full-time Cultural Affairs Specialist position will be opened and posted publicly with a
start date of June 1, 2023
- Dane Arts has collected over 870 surveys for the Arts & Economic Prosperity Survey
and will continue to collect until April 2023
- 2023 calendar sales have been great and calendars are almost sold out with top
vendors being Orange Tree Imports and University Bookstore
- Dane Arts received $30,000 from the Evjue Foundation which will go toward Dane Arts
Buy Local, Behind Creative, and more
- The second Dane Arts Buy Local Business of Art Conference will take place March
31-April 1
- High level Business of Art speakers have been secured for the conference, including a
keynote from Torrie Allen, the new CEO of Arts Midwest
- There is potential for a summer Dane Arts Buy Local art market event at the Farley
Center in Verona
- The 2023 Cycle 1 grant application is open with a due date of February 1
- Director Fraire has begun to recruit panelists to review 2023 cycle 1 grant applications
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates
1. Develop January 11, 2023, Commission Meeting Agenda
-roll call, establish quorum,
-approve November 2022 meeting minutes (action item)
-presentation group – Maria Amalia Wood
-Supervisor/Commissioner Xistris-Songpanya proposal(action item)
-January discussion item-the merits of sponsoring “free events” (action item
-Chair/executive committee report; Areas of Focus discussion/reports
-Executive Director’s report
- Vice Chair Klehr requested that future meeting dates and the county directive about
hybrid meeting are reviewed during the January full commission meeting