HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-03-24 Arts Council MinutesReading Arts Council.
Minutes
March 24, 1993
Members present: Fran Brown, Alice Collins, Mary Grosvenor, Bev
McAleer, Jane McKenzie, David Mitchell and Diane Slezak.
Minutes from the January 27, 1993 meeting were approved.
Treasurer's report was accepted as submitted.Our money is in from
the state.
Alice distributed paperwork from the state regarding approval of
all of the applications we submitted and a master list of them.
Old business: There was a discussion of our findings (after
having talked individually to various arts organizations over the
past two months), concerning our May community input meeting.There
are some common topics of concern as well some individual.
Publicity for events is a concern of the Reading Choral
Society, Colonial Chorus and Creative Arts.
Grant sources, other than the Reading Arts Council, are
needed by the Enrichment Committees, Reading Art Association and
Creative Arts.
The Enrichment Committees would like a town wide Authors' Day
with the RPL and hoped for a multicultural event for the 350th
Anniversary.
Creative Arts is still interested in an Arts Building.
New business: Alice mentioned we might like to consider belonging
to a Boston based grantmakers association which furnishes you with
a catalog of grants we could leave at the RPL for anyone
interested in applying.
An upcoming collaboration of community organizations is the
Reading Photographic Society doing a book of photos for-the 350th
Committee.
Appropriate speakers for our May community input meeting would be
editor Bruce Morang, of the "Daily Times Chronicle," to share
publicity suggestions; and either acting assistant superintendent
Sue Wheltle or someone from the New England Foundation for the
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Minutes
March 24, 1993
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Arts, to share info about grant programs. Alice will make some
calls and see what she can line up.
Other business: We are in need of some new members. Currently
there is one opening on the council and there will be three more
with the ending of terms for Fran Brown, Mary Grosvenor and
MaryEllen LaCroix. Any ideas?
Our next meeting will be on April 28, 1993, at 7:30 p.m. in the
conference room of the Reading Public Library. We will be planning
our May community input meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane N. Slezak
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