Arts Committee Meeting

Location(s)

VENICE N. C. ARTS COMMITTEE MEETING

Thursday July 31st 2008 AT 6 pm

BLANKENSHIP BALLET COMPANY

132 BROOKS AVENUE, VENICE, CA 90291

(Beside the Christian Science Reading Room)

FREE PARKING IS AVAILABLE AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT THE DOG PARK ON MAIN STREET OR BEHIND THE BLANKENSHIP BUILDING.

(COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND GUESTS ARE INVITED TO BRING REFRESHMENTS TO SHARE WITH THE ALL WHO ATTEND.)

1. Call to Order & Roll Call

2. Approval of this agenda as presented or amended

3. Scheduled Announcements and Distribution of materials regarding forthcoming Arts events in Venice

4. Public Comment on items unrelated to the Agenda (No more than 2 minutes per person)

5. OLD BUSINESS (approximately 6:15)

CO-CHAIRS’ REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS:

COMMUNICATIONS (Deborah Glusker, Kathy Leonardo, Jeffrey Solomon, (Joh Todd?) and Eric Vollmer(*) )

Call for volunteers to schedule for a meeting with the N C Outreach Committee to resolve the question of how to handle listings, presentations and endorsements.

Outreach liaison with the Arts in Santa Monica - Discussion of “Glow” and potential relevance to Venice

FILM, MEDIA AND MUSIC (Michael Vann, Mark Farina, & Stephen Fiske)

Autumn exhibition of paintings done at the Art Wall during Venice Fest and space available for October exhibition

THEATRE DANCE LITERATURE AND STUDENT ARTS (Tania Getty, Nadine Parkos, Marilyn Fox, Liz Koravos, Mark Blankenship, & Jonathan Zeichner & Eric Vollmer(*))

Report on the forthcoming Venice Barbecue

Report on The Pacific Resident Theatre 4 week course for young adults in conjunction with the Venice Public Library, performance, and Hamlet screening

Discussion of possible Arts/Education Town Hall during Winter or Spring

ARTS ARCHIVES AND PROJECTS (Theo von Hoffmann, Arnold Springer, Todd von Hoffmann, & Daniel Samakow)

Discussion of Heritage museum and Venice Historical Society and possible October exhibition / event

Potential arts funding relative to the percentage for art paid by developers - Quimby and Venice Surplus Funds

VISUAL ARTS (Corinne Chaix, Paulin Paris, & Aldis Browne)

Update on non-violence sculpture and Venice Peace Park

Space possibly available for sculpture pad available in Oxford Park

Report on “Venice Annuale”.

6. NEW BUSINESS (approximately 7pm)

Endorsement request;

The Neighborhood Council has asked that we, together with the Oceanfront Walk Committee, review a proposal for a series of Venice Beach concerts to be organized by Micky Schuman, and schedule a combined public meeting of the two committees in order to be consider our recommendation to the Board of Officers of the NC. Though neither the specifics nor the merits of this concert proposal will be open for discussion at this meeting, we will address:

Date, Location, Operating structure, and agenda for a joint meeting with the Oceanfront Walk Committee

Venice self-determination regarding Oceanfront Walk and Venice Beach events

7. ANNOUNCEMENTS & PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA (NO MORE THAN 2 MINUTES PER PERSON)

8. ADJOURN (approximately 7:30)