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Home My WebLink AboutArts & Culture - 2009-10-20 ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES Tuesday, October 20, 2009 CITY OF KITCHENER PRESENT: Jennifer Breithaupt REGRETS: Juan Bohorquez Alison Burkett Councillor Kelly Galloway Len Carter Jamie Vasey Peter Hammond Lawrence McNaught STAFF: Cheryl York, Arts/Culture Coordinator Betsy Petker (until 5:40) Carrie Kozlowski, Recording Secretary Julie Robbescheuten Don Chapman, Mngr, Special Events Kathleen Sheehy (until 5:40) Breanna Pilon, Youth Coordinator Tracy Smith (until 5:20) GUESTS: Hilary Abel, Qatalyst (until 5:45) Jen Bakos, Kitchener Youth Action Council (until 5:20) Sajdeep Soomal, Kitchener Youth Action Council (until 5:20) Tina Pan, Kitchener Youth Action Council (until 5:20) CALL TO ORDER Jennifer Breithaupt, Chair 1.0 Acceptance of Agenda Prosperity Council Update: Ingrid Pregel, Manager, Cultural Development deferred. ? Agenda accepted as amended. ? ACTION: Staff to request and circulate Prosperity Council information to committee by email, and reschedule this item to January 2010 meeting. 2.0Acceptance of September 15, 2009 Minutes Minutes accepted as circulated. ? 3.0Delegation: Accessible Customer Service, Pam Albrecht, Accessibility Standards Trainer Training is mandated by Ontario Law under 2005 Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities ? Act (AODA). Public Sector to be compliant by Jan. 1, 2010 o Private Sector to be compliant by Jan. 1, 2012 o For more information: http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english; ? http://www.accesson.ca/ado/english DISCUSSION ITEMS 4.0Compass Kitchener All Advisory Committee Meeting Report: Kathleen Sheehy All advisory committees met on Oct. 3 to communicate/collaborate on shared goals. ? ACAC members in attendance: Juan Bohorquez, Lawrence McNaught, Kathleen Sheehy ? Identified ACAC’s top three priorities as: ? Youth outreach o Arts leaders/media leaders roundtable/info sharing event o Tracking status of CulturePlan II recommendations (downtown, arts facilities) o Identified the following three other committees as having goals in common: ? Kitchener Youth Action Council (KYAC). Goals include: youth recognition; youth o special events; youth issues and actions Downtown Advisory Committee (DAC). Goals include: increase core residency; o community infrastructure; unified design aesthetic Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC). Goals include: talent o attraction; culture cluster; life sciences cluster 1 October 2009 - ACAC Minutes ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES Tuesday, October 20, 2009 CITY OF KITCHENER Committee discussed talent attraction overlap with activities of Prosperity Council (PC) and ? KW Community Foundation. Other groups also recognize importance of Arts and Culture as a talent attractor. 5.0Youth Arts Strategy: What is it? Does Kitchener need one? Youth Art Network (CPII recommendation #26) Supplemental Art in School System (CPII recommendation #29) Arts focused youth groups/high school groups often operate in isolation; those interested in ? the arts don’t come together as a larger community. Does concentration of arts focused students at Eastwood rob other schools of students who ? could be arts champions? Limited funding dictates what connections are possible across school boundaries ? Often music has more emphasis than visual arts in schools ? Definitions of “youth”: City’s special events dep’t defines youth as 16-35. Challenge: needs ? are very different at opposite ends of this age spectrum; and at older age of spectrum, needs very different between youth pursuing post secondary education and those not in school. Communicating with youth: Social networking? Need to work in existing social networks to ? ride momentum and have credibility? Or use more traditional means? School board is bureaucracy; difficult to communicate with it and through it. ACTION: Staff to find best way to meet with KYAC members to continue the discussion/ exploration of issues 6.0Examine if Arts Week (CPII recommendation #55) remains a priority for City, given Ontario Arts Council’s spotlight weekend and other local major arts festivals: Don Chapman Don Chapman distributed listing of events supported by the City. ? No need for new programming such as an Artsweek. Better to build on momentum of ? existing events; identify gaps (marketing). Issue is not about lack of events, but rather advertising and promoting events ? Special Events dep’t will consider the marketing of its events in 2010. How to use social ? networking to best advantage? How to encourage collaborative marketing? Are tangible/physical marketing tools useful (banners, digital media boards)? Special Events would like to explore how best to reach youth audiences for its programs ? ‘Community Arts Marketing Plan’ is required; but who will put it together? City currently has ? no budget for new strategies/initiatives. Perhaps Prosperity Council’s Enabling Organization will address? Group discussed Waterloo Region Tourism Marketing Corporation (WRTMC) and its efforts; ? tourism marketing reaches a different audience, need promotion to local audiences. Group considered the Waterloo Regional Arts Council (WRAC)’s Arts Portal and Cultural ? Mapping Project as potential tools useful for ‘Community Arts Marketing Plan’ Group felt strongly that synergy exists between Cultural Mapping Project and Community ? Arts Marketing Plan ACTION: Staff to find out status of WRAC’s Arts Portal Update ACTION: Staff to explore if Cultural Mapping Project could be a tool for a ‘Community Arts Marketing Strategy’ and find out status of project. INFORMATION ITEMS 7.0Subcommittee on Arts/Media Leaders Roundtable Update Reference: CPII recommendation #41 Development of Media Council-Summit of arts leaders and media leaders to develop regular dialogue towards access and representation 2 October 2009 - ACAC Minutes ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES Tuesday, October 20, 2009 CITY OF KITCHENER Subcommittee met several times, considering the following: need a location; want to pay a ? neutral moderator; need to develop possible attendees; want it to be an information sharing opportunity… Is there overlap here with other groups’ initiatives (Prosperity Council)? ? Could be a joint project with Waterloo Region Tourism Corporation ? ACTION: Staff to clarify the status of the subcommittee working on the Arts/Media Leaders Roundtable and report back (subgroup won’t meet again until update provided) ACTION: Staff to find out status of “Media Handbook” City’s Special Events Department was drafting, to see if it could meet the objectives of related CPII recommendation # 40 (Media Handbook for artist to develop promo (The Record, radio, TV, CBC, Globe and Mail…) 8.0Prosperity Council Update: Ingrid Pregel, Manager, Cultural Development Deferred to January 2010 ? 9.0Public Art Working Group Report (PAWG): Alison Burkett ?McLennan Park Public Art is a fast-tracked Public Art Competition now being advertised PAWG selecting 2010 Rotunda Gallery Artists on October 28. ? City of Kitchener Artist in Residence Competition: ? On a motion made by Alison Burkett, seconded by Len Carter “That Stefan Rose be appointed as the City of Kitchener Artist-in-Residence for 2010; and further, That Sean Puckett be appointed as the City of Kitchener Artist-in-Residence for 2011.” Discussion: 14 artists responded to the call o Two artists’ proposals were of equal merit. o th As the City celebrates its 100 birthday in 2012, Puckett’s residency in 2011 will be a o stepping stone to celebration and awareness of the centennial. A KW Art Gallery program, “Grand River Chronicles” bears similarity to Stefan Rose’s o exhibition, in that both have the grand river as subject matter MOTION CARRIED 10.0Downtown Advisory Committee (DAC) report: Peter Hammond ? DAC considering its Terms of Reference, including committee composition (representation for youth, health and hygiene, high tech, downtown developer, downtown operations) ? Downtown strategy for 2010 in progress, in general, it will address following goals: more residents; retail; vitality; talent 11.0Members Updates Deferred ? ADJOURNMENT The chair adjourned the meeting at 6:20 p.m. NEXT MEETING Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 4:00 p.m., Schmalz Room. 3 October 2009 - ACAC Minutes