Fine Arts Commission — Skokie, IL
Date: 2024-02-14

Agenda
 Skokie Fine Arts Commission
 February 14, 2024 7 p.m.
 Skokie Village Hall Conference Rooms D&E


  I. Call to Order
 II. Excellence in the Arts Awards Update
III. Artists’ Happy Hour Networking Event at Sketchbook
 a. Tuesday, February 27 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
 b. What information do we want to learn from artists?
 c. What are the Fine Arts Commission talking points?
IV. SOAR student art exhibit in March at Oakton College
 a. Prepare the supply bags
 V. New Business
VI. Adjournment

Upcoming meetings and important dates:
 February 20 – Village Board Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Counsel Chambers
 Presentation of Excellence in the Arts Awards & Reception
 February 29 – SOAR set-up 3 – 5 p.m. at Oakton College
 March 11 – SOAR Artists’ Reception 4 – 6 p.m. at Oakton College
 March 13 - Commissioners Dinner 6 p.m. at Holiday Inn Skokie




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Minutes
 Skokie Fine Arts Commission
 February 14, 2024 7 p.m.


  I. Call to Order at 7:05 p.m. by Chair Garbarini
 Present: Chairperson Garbarini, Vice Chairperson Rhodes, Staff Liaison Gioia, Trustee
 Klein, and Commissioners Beatrice, Blum Barish, Chander, Joshi, Levan, Liberman,
 Osseny, Sload, Vicker, and Waxberg
 II. Excellence in the Arts Awards Update
 a. The awards presentation is scheduled for next Tuesday, February 20. All
 members are encouraged to attend and to wear their name badges,
 b. Staff Liaison Gioia will pick up the awards and arrange for food for the post-
 presentation reception.
 c. Raffi Arzoumanian of a+c architects will not be able to attend so Joanna Zywczyk
 will be accepting the award.
III. Artists’ Happy Hour Networking Event at Sketchbook
 a. Tuesday, February 27 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
 i. There will be a sign in sheet for name, email and “genre”
 ii. There will also be nametags
 iii. We will send out a survey to all attendees asking for feedback
 iv. Staff Liaison Gioia will order food and prepare the table signs (see below)
 b. What information do we want to learn from artists?
 i. Instead of us having a list of questions and risking attendees being asked
 the same five questions over and over again, it was suggested that we have
 questions on signs at each table to get conversations started. How did you
 get started in the arts? What difficulties do your run into? Why did you
 choose Skokie? What does Skokie do right for the arts? What could we
 improve?
 c. What are the Fine Arts Commission talking points?
 i. Founded in 1966. The first municipality in Illinois to have a Fine Arts
 Commission
 ii. Mission is to support the arts in Skokie


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 iii. SOAR, Grants, Awards, Arts & Humanities Month, Storytelling Events
 iv. Important not to promise anything. All ideas will be brought back to the
 commission for discussion in April
IV. SOAR student art exhibit in March at Oakton College
 a. Chairperson Garbarini will not be able to attend the set up so someone needs to
 bring a step stool.
 b. Other needs: 7 rolling boards need to be delivered to site ahead of time. Display
 signs for new participating schools need to be ordered.
 c. Commissioners prepared the supply bags for the teachers
 V. New Business - None
VI. Adjournment at 8:30 p.m.

Upcoming meetings and important dates:
 February 20 – Village Board Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Counsel Chambers
 Presentation of Excellence in the Arts Awards & Reception
 February 29 – SOAR set-up 3 – 5 p.m. at Oakton College
 March 11 – SOAR Artists’ Reception 4 – 6 p.m. at Oakton College
 March 13 - Commissioners Dinner 6 p.m. at Holiday Inn Skokie




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