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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-02-22 Arts Council MinutesREADING ARTS COUNCIL MINUTES February 22, 1989 Members Present: Adrienne Caselle, Fran Brown, Beverly Cook, Sally McDonald. Minutes of the January 11, 1989 meeting were approved as read, Treasurer's report was approved as follows: Balance on hand in accounting office December 31, 1988 $ 5,889.71 Receipts: January 1989 Funding 5,861.00 January 1989 Pass Program 1,860.00 $ 13,610.71 Payments: Guest Night (Admin Cost) $ 45.58 Barrows School 137.50 Unitarian Church 500.00 687.08 Balance on Hand February 22, 1989 $ 12,923.63 Unpaid Grants $ 11,245.60 Completed - leftover Funds 225.00 Balance Admin. Fund 1,453.03 $ 12,923.63 Motion was carried to accepted Treasurer's and Secretary's reports as read. -Correspondence: 1. Letter from Sally Murphy - Welcome Wagon. Enclosed lists of new people to submit to the Arts Groups. 2. Correspondence from BSO for membership Mass Arts Advocacy Committee. 3. Letter - Friends of Library - Announcing concert series at Library. Notification of piano key placard. 4. Letter Museum Fine Arts - Soliciting groups to become members. Town Manager's Office * 16 Lowell Street * Reading, Massachusetts 01867 THE READING ARTS COUNCIL Reading Arts Council - February 22, 1989 - Page 2. 5. Jack Turner's report to Cherry Dubois on Arts Group Meeting January 11. New Business - Outstanding Grants: 1. Application #01724 - July, 1987 - Journey through History - Photo collage at high school (Robert Swanson). Request for an extension has been denied because of the time lapse and the lack of a definite plan. He may apply without prejudice. 2. RMHS - Taming of the Shrew - $245. - July 1988. Funds have been retuned to "Funds Available." Payment Requests: Motion made, seconded and passed 1. Application No. 22570 Friends of Library - Additional $200. leaving balance of $225.00. 2. Application No 05198 Creative Arts - Full amount $800. 3. Application No. 10624 Reading Public Schools - John Heatfields Works. $194.78 - remainder of $5.42 put into "Funds Available." 4. Application No. 18666 - Reading Antiquarian - $900. - Restoration of oil portraits. - 5. Application No. 00917 - Gretchen McBride - $489.70 - Vocal Program. Old Business: General discussion of our January meeting and its success. Sally McDonald will ask the library to present to its board of trustees, acceptance for a bulletin board in the library foyer which will be sponsored by the arts council and contain the current "arts" events. Fran Brown will conclude her very successful chairmanship of the January meeting with a follow up report to the Board of Selectman. Sally McDonald, Diane Slezak, Lorraine McCarthy and Adrienne Caselle attended workshop sponsored by the Arts Lottery Council. The main purpose was to promote interest in the advocacy group for retention of the Council on Arts & Humanities in Mass.