ARTS COUNCIL MEETING

THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2014; 3:00 PM

KIAWAH ISLAND MUNICIPAL CENTER

COUNCIL CHAMBERS

MINUTES

I. Call to Order: Mrs. Johnson called the meeting to order at 3:00PM.

II. FOIA: Notice of this meeting has been published and posted in accordance with

the Freedom of Information Act and the requirements of the Town of Kiawah Island.

III. Roll Call:

Present: Mary Johnson, Chair

Becky Hilstad

Arie DeZanger

Robert Hill

Absent: Bill Blizard

Judy Chitwood

Jodi Rush

Also Present: Stephanie Braswell, Administrative Assistant

IV. Approval of Minutes:

Mr. Hill motioned to approve the minutes of May 1, 2014. Mr. DeZanger seconded

the motion.

V. Old Business:

A. 2013/2014 Season Schedule Calendar and Financial Review

The committee discussed the following events:

Mrs. Johnson congratulated the committee on a successful 2013/2014 completed season.

She stated that Ms. Braswell is preparing the 2013/2014 annual report to be presented to

Town Council at their next meeting.

VI. New Business

A. A. 2014/2015 Arts Council Season Calendar

The committee discussed the following events:

Mrs. Johnson reminded the committee that the Town’s Fiscal year is from July 1, 2014

through June 30, 2015. Funds must be used during that time.

Mr. Dezanger stated that he has lined up the beginning half of the Piano Bar series and

selected performers. The dates are as follows:

Wednesday, September 10th

- Gary Pecorella

Wednesday, September 17th-

Glenn Brown

Wednesday, September 24th -

Gary Pecorella

Wednesday, March 4th

– no artist selected yet

Wednesday, March 11th

- no artist selected yet

Wednesday, March 18th

- no artist selected yet

Mrs. Hilstad stated that she still needs to locate risers for the Pure Theatre event. Mrs.

Johnson stated that she has spoken with a representative at Snyder and they do have risers

to rent but would need the configuration before they would know if theirs would work. .

Mr. Dezanger is going to check with Freshfields.

Mrs. Johnson presented the articles written up on Rene Marie and advised using some of

the reviews for our publicity of her performance for the Arts Council next season.

Mrs. Johnson stated that she has updated each members event cost analysis and they

should have already received them.

B. 2014/2015 Cultural Fund Season Calendar and Financial Review

The committee discussed the following events:

Mrs. Johnson stated that the Town has drafted a separate contract for the Cultural Events

fund and is in the process of being reviewed by the Town attorney. She will distribute a

copy to the committee once it has been approved. She stated that going forward the

Cultural Events Fund will be referred to as the CEF.

Mrs. Johnson stated that Mr. Blizard had been working with the Moranz group on the

Shake Rattle and Roll event but that she is temporarily helping in Mr. Blizard’s absence.

She has spoken to Barbara Steel and she has given the dates of April 3rd

, 6th

or 7th

or May

11th

. The Moranz group can do the April 6th

or 7th

2015. The committee discussed and

decided April 7th

would be the best date.

Mrs. Johnson stated that the dates available for the “Jazz Inspired by Kiawah” by Judy

Carmichael are either March 2nd

-4th

or March 30th

- April 1st. The committee advised the

best dates would be March 30th

– April 1st because it doesn’t conflict with the Sophie Shao

and Jason D. Williams events. This event will consist of Ms. Carmichael holding two 75

minute live broadcasts on two days in front of an audience at the River Course Clubhouse.

Ms. Carmichael will be interviewing a couple of different jazz performers and they will

perform short snippets during the interview. The evening of third day of the event Ms.

Carmichael will be perform a concert. She will arrange for a Steinway piano. Ms.

Carmichael will do a lot of her own publicity but the committee will want to advertise this

event through the news paper for a larger publicity reach. The total attendance for this

event would be 200+. The performance would be 300. This would require an additional

100 chair rental.

Mrs. Johnson stated for the Cultural Events Fund events, the venue, piano rentals, and

lodging will be arranged and paid for by the Town and will be deducted from awarded

event cost.

The Piccolo events are matching dollars from the City of Cultural affairs and The Town.

The Town is funding $8,000 total ($4,000 for Piccolo Preview and $4,000 for Piccolo

Comes to Kiawah)

The summary of the proposed dates are below:

9th Annual American Music Celebration Sunday, September 28, 2014 2:00pm - Freshfields

Charleston Symphony Orchestra Concert Saturday, November 1, 2014 5:00pm - Freshfields

Charleston Jazz Orchestra Sunday, February 8, 2015 TBD - East Beach

Columbia City Ballet - Cinderella Saturday, March 28, 2015 7:30pm - East Beach

Jazz Inspired by Kiawah Island-Judy CarmichealMon. March 30 - Wed. April 1 TBD - River Course

Shake, Rattle and Roll- Moranz Group Tuesday, April 7, 2015 TBD - East Beach

11th Annual Blues by the Sea Sunday, April 12, 2015 TBD - Freshfields

2015 Piccolo Spoleto Preview Sunday, May 3, 2015 4:00pm - Holy Spirit

Piccolo Comes to Kiawah TBD TBD

VII. Correspondence:

None

VIII. Committee Member Comments:

Mrs. Hilstad stated that she attended Yoonie Han’s concert in New York City that was

promoting her new album and it was a wonderful program.

Mrs. Johnson presented the committee with a different layout of the season planner an

asked the committee for their feedback. The committee asked that Ms. Braswell try a

format that listed each event with each a picture.

IX. Citizens’ Comments:

X. Adjournment

Mr. Hill motioned to adjourn the meeting at 5:00PM. Mrs. Hilstad seconded the motion. The

motion carried unanimously.

Submitted by:

Stephanie Braswell, Administrative Assistant

Approved by:

Mary Q. Johnson, Chair

Date: