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�. APPROVED MINUTES
FINE ARTS COMMISSION
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4r• Regular Meeting, Conf. Rm. A
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
CUPERTINO
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
At 7:00 p.m., Chairman KC Chandratreya called the meeting to order in Conference Room A,
10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California
ROLL CALL
Present: Chairman KC Chandratreya and Commissioners John Fiegel, Jessi Kaur, and Srilakshmi
Sitaraman Absent: Robert Harrison. Staff present: Kimberly Smith, Liz Nunez
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS - None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Minutes of February 23, 2010.
Commissioner Fiegel moved and Chairman Chandratreya seconded to adopt the minutes as
presented. The motion carried unanimously.
PRESENTATIONS - None
NEW BUSINESS
2. Commissioners Fiegel and Kaur were selected as representatives for the Cherry Blossom
Festival. The festival is to be held Saturday and Sunday, April 24 -25, and the FAC
commissioners will make an announcement regarding the children's art exhibit at noon at
the festival.
Diana Argabrite, Arts in Schools Coordinator with the Euphrat Museum described the
festivities and her participation at the Cherry Blossom Festival, which included arranging
for the children's art created throughout the year to be displayed at the event.
3. The commission selected representatives to attend the monthly Mayor's meeting Meetings
which are held at 2:00 p.m. on second Wednesday of each month, in Conference Room A.
The following commissioners will attend these meetings:
April 14 — Chandratreya
May 12 — Fiegel
June 9 — to be decided
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4. Discussion continued regarding the potential development of a draft City Arts & Cultural
Vision Plan, which may include:
o Art types and /or themes which represent the city's character
o increase community involvement in fine arts development
o making the arts more visible
Chairman Chandratreya reported that he put together a power point document with various
selections from the sourcebooks of Architectural and Interior Art. It was decided that other
commissioners send their selections of artists from the sourcebooks and forward onto the
Chairman to consolidate into one document and discuss at a future meeting.
5. Recommending arts & artists for new developments
• consider creation of an artists' registry for public art projects
• Sourcebook of Architectural and Interior Art has examples of styles and materials
Smith submitted the artist's registry to that she had consolidated with names of Bay Area
artists including the City of Palo Alto's registry.
6. Preliminary discussion regarding an event on the "City Arts Day" with the help of other
organizations.
The Commissioners discussed the "City Arts Day" in October which will also occur the
same day as the "California Arts Day." Kaur offered to contact Cupertino Courier and the
Mercury News to place articles about this event. Smith sent list of calendar events to
Commissioners so they can use these events to promote City Arts Day.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7. Update on the participation in the San Jose Zerol arts event, which begins September 16,
2010. (Keep on agenda for further discussion)
8. Status report on Distinguished Artist & Emerging Artist program outreach (all
commissioners).
Smith stated that former winners were contacted to help spread the word about artist
recognition for Distinguished Artist & Emerging Artist program. Kaur reported that
Cupertino Scene will include press release in next issue.
9. Status report from ad hoc committee (Fiegel and Chandratreya) regarding opportunities to
leverage grant funds via the "Evolve" project.
The Commissioners received brief status report, and further discussion will continue at the
next meeting.
10. Status of T- Mobile monopole art work
Commission discussed the bronze and pole color samples and agreed that they would like
to have as much contrast as possible between the sculpture and the pole.
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COMMISSIONER REPORTS
STAFF REPORTS
NEWS ARTICLES
ADJOURNMENT
At 8:45 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.
Kimberly Smith /,�
City Clerk and S'ha.ff Liaison