Fine Arts Commission — Skokie, IL
Date: 2023-02-08

Agenda
 Skokie Fine Arts Commission
 February 8, 2023 7 p.m.
 Skokie Village Hall Conference Rooms D&E


  I. Call to Order

 II. Commission Update

III. Upcoming Projects

 a. Storytelling Event Update – February 16, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

 b. October 2023 National Arts and Humanities Month Review

 i. Submission form and calendar

 ii. Poster

 c. SOAR – March 2023

 i. Update

 ii. Preparation of teacher supplies

IV. Other

V. Adjournment


Upcoming meetings: March 8, April 12 and May 10, 2023
 Skokie Village Hall 5127 Oakton Street Skokie, IL
 Conference Rooms D&E

Skokie Fine Arts Commission
 February 8, 2023
 Meeting Notes


1. Call to Order at 7:03 p.m. by Chairperson Pam Garbarini
 Present: Chairperson Pam Garbarini, Vice Chairperson Jeff Rhodes, Staff Representative
 Meredith Gioia, Staff Representative Ann Tennes and Commissioners Michelle Beatrice, Debra
 Hatchett, Doris Liberman, Sonya Osseny, Pamela Sloan, Mitch Thomas, James VanOsdol, Vassi
 Vasevski, and Ellen Waxberg.

2. Commission Update
 As was announced at the last meeting, Staff Representative Ann Tennes will be retiring from the
 Village of Skokie and this will be her last meeting. Chairperson Garbarini thanked Ann for her
 service to the commission and support of the arts in Skokie.

3. Upcoming Events
 a. Love Lost and Found storytelling event at Take Flight Spirits (02/16/2023)
 i. Event sold out in record time. Storytellers claimed the few “house seats”
 remaining for guests. Link to video will be shared with them and with anyone
 that remains on the ticket waitlist.
 ii. Commissioner VanOsdol and Staff Representatives Gioia and Tennes met with
 videographer Hayward Suggs and Andrew and Carrie Cole from Take Flight
 Spirits to review the space and confirm plans for the evening. There will be a
 selection of six signature cocktails (both spirited and non-spirited available),
 wine and beer.
 iii. The evening will be broken into two “acts” with seven storytellers in the first act
 and five storytellers in the second act. Storytellers will appear in alphabetical
 order with the exception of David Barish who will close the first act and
 headliner Ellen Blum Barish who will open the second act.
 iv. There will be a digital program accessible by QR code that will include the
 running order and the menu.
 v. Rental chairs will be delivered on Wednesday prior to the event and picked up on
 Friday following the event.
 vi. Video release forms will be emailed to the storytellers prior to the event.
 vii. Commissioner Sloan assembled gifts for each of the storytellers consisting of
 Skokie mugs, candy and Valentines theme.
 b. October 2023 National Arts and Humanities Month (10/2023)
 i. Submission form and calendar – Vice chairperson Rhodes has been reviewing
 various calendaring software and will have a form and calendar draft to view at
 next meeting.
 ii. Poster – It was determined that there is not sufficient time to hold a poster design
 contest in the schools and it would be unfair to ask teachers to add it at this late
 date. Commissioner Sloan volunteered to design a poster for print and to work
 with Staff Liaison Gioia to adjust it for social media promotion by the Village
 and venues/artists.
 c. SOAR Art Exhibit at Oakton College (03/02/2023-04/04/2023)
 i. A record twenty schools will be participating
 ii. Event set up will take place on March 1 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Those who
 volunteered to assist should enter at Door 21
 iii. There will be a reception for artists and their guests on March 13 from 4 p.m. to
 6:30 p.m. Mayor Van Dusen will be present and local student music ensembles
 will be performing. Chairs will be provided for the musicians. They should bring
 their own music stands. All commission members are encouraged to attend if
 able.
 iv. Hillel Torah will be holding their own reception as done in the past. Oakton has
 been nice enough to agree to this with the understanding that it is not possible to
 do individual events for all of the schools.
 v. Take down will take place on April 4 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Hillel Torah has
 asked that we take down their art and bring to Village Hall to be collected.
 vi. Commission members then assembled individual supply bags for the schools
 with certificates and stickers for the artists and SOAR invitations for the teachers
 to copy and distribute.

4. Other
 The commission celebrated Staff Representative Tennes’ retirement with cake.

5. Adjournment – The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Upcoming meetings: March 8, April 12 and May 10, 2023 held in conference rooms D/E at Skokie
Village Hall, 5127 Oakton Street, Skokie, Illinois 60077.