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Home My WebLink AboutArts & Culture - 2012-05-15ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES MAY 15, 2012 CITY OF KITCHENER May 2012 - ACAC Minutes 1 PRESENT: Helena Ball REGRETS: Sean Puckett Juan Bohorquez Don Bourgeois Laura Lee Dam Mark Derro STAFF: Carrie Kozlowski, Recording Secretary Cheryl Ewing Silvia DiDonato, Mngr, Business Development Councillor Kelly Galloway Rod Regier, Exec Dir, Economic Development Ann Marie Hadcock Aaron MacFarlane Catherine Mombourquette Allan Hoch (4:30) Earl McCluskie Bill Nuhn Sarry Zheng CALL TO ORDER Don Bourgeois, Chair 1.0 Acceptance of Agenda • Agenda accepted as circulated. 2.0 Acceptance of March 20 Meeting Minutes • Change name to ‘Creative Enterprise Initiative’. • Accepted with amendment. DISCUSSION ITEMS 3.0 Report to Council: All Committee confirmed that the report fairly captures ACAC’s work to date and the identified areas of future focus, with a few minor edits. Background: • For presentation to Finance and Corporate Services Committee on May 28, 2012. • Purpose: to summarize ACAC’s work plan, accomplishments, and suggested future directions. • Reporting to Council provides opportunities: o For Council to comment and provide feedback on ACAC’s actions and areas of focus and confirm our direction as a committee, o For ACAC to communicate suggested directions for staff and Council’s future attention. ACTION: Staff to edit as discussed and circulate to ACAC for final comments prior to May 28th presentation to committee. 4.0 ACAC’s role in future Cultural Planning process Discussion assumed resources to undertake a culture planning process will be secured. • Cultural planning is a municipal process. As such, ACAC to monitor--not drive--the process. • Not necessary for entire committee to be involved. • ACAC representatives could sit on project steering committee. • Steering committee could provide updates to ACAC. • ACAC will review project Terms of Reference. • Resulting Culture Plan could be presented to ACAC and then Council for approval. • Committee noted the importance of community consultation/engagement in any cultural planning process. ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES MAY 15, 2012 CITY OF KITCHENER May 2012 - ACAC Minutes 2 5.0 Music Cluster update: Silvia DiDonato • Working title: “Music Works” Context: • Music is an economic engine, it attracts talent, drives innovation and enriches community (evidence provided demonstrating positive financial impact). • Music sector has shifted from traditional recording industry, which is no longer the major economic stream. Instead, new opportunities are emerging for artists to earn a living, including on-line tools (internet, mobile devices, concerts, live music). • Considering new opportunities, music industry is growing. Where might this project go? o Possibilities include creation of a task force, incentives, guidebook on audio and lighting for potential music venues, music accelerator centre, music business incubator, centralized resources for musicians, web tools… o The City needn’t take the lead on all solutions; other groups/organizations must be involved. Upcoming activities: • Stakeholder roundtable consultation session to take place mid to late June. 100 people from various industries to participate. • Tables will consider subsets of three broad areas for a fixed period of time: o Audience o Business of Music o Commercial live music venues ACAC discussion/suggestions: • Use facilitators to direct table conversations. • Ask registrants in advance of session reasons people don’t attend concerts. Then use top reasons as topics participants address at their tables. • Acknowledge that audiences’ needs must be understood so that musical product offerings can respond to what audiences seek. i.e., loud bar venues will not appeal to audiences that value conversation with friends when making decisions about how to spend their time and money. • Invite audience members to session, not exclusively industry reps. It is important to understand what audiences seek. • Consider that the right mix of place, product and price are required to attract audiences. Suggested table topics: • ‘Content creation’ deserves its own table. The need for content creators influences all three areas of focus. • How to address the need for a centralized listing for concert events. • How to address the competitive nature of the industry that resists collaboration out of fear of jeopardizing their specific audiences. INFORMATION ITEMS 6.0 Public Art Working Group Report: Ann Marie Hadcock • 2011 Artist in Residence commissioned work now in place (Portrait of Kitchener photo album of over 1,000 photographs of citizens). Located at city hall, Duke St. lobby. ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES MAY 15, 2012 CITY OF KITCHENER May 2012 - ACAC Minutes 3 • PAWG considered what would be involved to develop a program to exhibit art at community centres. This initiative would address a need in our community for exhibit spaces, but many outstanding issues remain. 7.0 Downtown Advisory Committee (DAC) Report: Aaron MacFarlane • No report; April meeting was cancelled. 8.0 Council Report: Kelly Galloway • Council approved final plan for multiuse planning and trails. Implementation plan is next. • Council will consider the tender for the Boathouse renovations on May 28. • Public is invited to vote on colour options for the Duke and Ontario parking garage http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5wskft9h20oyb19/a013eh295ckxu/greeti ng • ACAC invited to consultation session to consider options for remaining Local Environmental Action Fund on May 28. • Centennial celebration takes place on June 10. www.kitchener100.ca • Animating the Iron Horse Trail takes place on May 27. 9.0 Members’ Updates • Bill Nuhn: Sandra Bender, new CEO of Centre in the Square, starts on May 28, 2012 • Sarry Zheng: returned from a three month tour of India and China. • Cheryl Ewing: Successful Open Ears festival took place over the weekend. Featured environmental rhythms. • Ann Marie Hadcock: recently featured in Grand Magazine and in the Record arts column. Curated the May youth art exhibition in the Rotunda Gallery. Students of Eastwood Collegiate. Theme: Your place in the World. • Silvia DiDonato: Congress 2012 event (May 26-June 2) to bring 7,000 academics to the region through the universities. • Juan Bohorquez: Collaboratory 6 to have studio space in Creative Enterprise Initiative space on Erb St. in Waterloo • Allan Hoch: JM Drama Youth Ensemble opens ‘Come Blow Your Horn’ on Wednesday May 16 at the Registry Theatre. http://www.jmdrama.org/. ADJOURNMENT The chair adjourned the meeting at 5:40 pm NEXT MEETING June 19, 2012, 4:00 p.m., Conestoga Room.