Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission Executive Committee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Friday, June 10, 2022  
8:00 AM  
See top of Agenda for virtual meeting log in details  
A. Call To Order  
Call to order at 8:04 a.m.  
Staff: Mark Fraire, Augusta Brulla  
3 - MARY KLEHR, STEVEN MORGAN, and MARCIA MIQUELON  
Present  
Excused  
2 - Chair RODERICK RITCHERSON, and YOGESH CHAWLA  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
[Minutes from the 05/13/2022 Arts and Cultural Affairs Executive  
Committee Meeting]  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-086  
A motion was made by Commissioner Miquelon to approve the minutes from the  
05/13/2022 Arts and Cultural Affairs Executive Committee Meeting seconded by  
Commissioner Klehr.  
The motion was carried by a unanimous voice vote  
2. Approve May commission minutes for recommendation to full commission  
A motion was made by Commissioner Miquelon to recommend the 05/18/2022  
Commission minutes for approval by the full Commission seconded by  
Commissioner Klehr.  
The motion was carried by a unanimous voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
None.  
D. Cycle 2 Grants Update  
- Any edits to the existing grant application will not be made until Cycle 1, 2023  
- Cycle 2, 2022 will open in the next several days  
E. June Executive Committee/Commission Discussion Topics  
- Commissioner Miquelon would like to host the full commission at the Rumpus Room in  
Mazomanie on September 21st  
- Upon revisiting the topic of augmenting the grant review process, Commissioners  
agreed that it did not need to be addressed at this time  
- Commissioner Klehr discussed how to engage Commissioners for upcoming arts and  
culture events  
Commission Vacancies/Prospects  
- Current/pending  
- Laura Gallagher and Jennifer Garret will be advanced to the next step in the process of  
being appointed to the Commission  
- Two additional potential Commissioners are waiting for next steps  
- Director Fraire and Commissioner Puleo Moyer continue to seek potential  
Commissioners  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
- Director Fraire will be absent from the June 15 Commission meeting  
- Quorum for the June 15th Commission meeting is still to be determined  
G. June Elections Update  
Elections for Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission will be conducted during the June  
Commission meeting  
H. Executive Director Report  
-Dane Arts is moving forward with Dane Arts Buy Local 2022.  
- A parking lot near Willy Street fair was offered for the art market.  
- Cycle 2, 2022 applications will open in the next several days  
- Director Fraire has spoken with County Executive Parisi about funding Cultural Affairs  
Specialist, Augusta Brulla, through County, rather than private, funds. The remaining  
funds would be allocated directly to artists.  
- Dane Arts had several projects in the works with StartingBlock which have been  
canceled due to the resignation of all existing staff.  
- AEP 6  
- The Arts and Economic Prosperity (AEP 6) survey to measure the economic impact of  
the arts is now in process.  
- Dane Arts needs to collect a total of 800 surveys from at least 16 different  
organizations from May 2022 to April 2023.  
- There is a separate survey for BIPOC audiences.  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
J. Develop June Commission Meeting Agenda  
-roll call, establish quorum  
-approve April minutes (action item)  
-action items?  
-presentation group  
-Chair/executive committee report-(June discussion topics)  
-Areas of Focus reports  
-Executive Director reports  
-AEP 6  
-June/July Dane arts sponsored activities  
K. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
L. Adjourn  
A motion was made by Commissioner Klehr to adjourn.  
Meeting adjourned at 8:50 a.m.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Augusta Brulla pending Executive Committee approval.