2/1/2023

ACW Task Force meeting

Attendees

• Barbara
• Frances
• Natalie
• Rose
• Amáda
• Annie
• Vicki
• Becca
• Deb
• Katie
• Kelly
• Susan
• Alkemy
• Lucy
• Candy

Notes

On Location

• February 11^th at the Excel Center
• No longer going to be every 3^rd Saturday

Rose’s Project

• Call for art is out
• Applications due February 15th
• Looking into community nights during the exhibition
• Trying to find a speaker

Briauna’s Project

• Call for art is out
• Lucy is the contact person for Global Market stuff
• Most of the vendors are gathered

Fox Den

• Contact Frances to show your art
• Schedule was put in the newsletter
• Use the paw print idea for a way to get people to find it at Solar Arts
• Becca will be sending a proposal

Alkemy’s Project

• Call for art is out
• ACW has the money to have someone teach people about Discord

MWMO project expansion is coming along

• Bringing it on February 6th
• Guthrie Theater has agreed to hosting it
• Margo is now doing a Climate Change Affinity Group

We Re-Org, the website revamp committee, has a good plan and will be continuing to work on it for a few months

Project Manager Program

• Add something about a W9 form to checklist
• Checklist is being tested by the interns
• Figuring out the criteria, we have a good outline started

February Watch Party

• Movie: Paris is Burning
• Zoom happening on the 18^th
• Email Katie for the link cath.a.palmer@gmail.com
• In connection with Frances’ intern project, The Art of Drag

Values and Visions Update

Current draft:

Our Values: Collaboration, Inclusiveness, Creativity, Effectiveness.

• Equity practices across disciplines, cultures, age, race, economics and abilities.
• Opportunities for art and science to intersect.
• Break down historical barriers to creativity.
• Shared decision making and leadership.

Our Vision- Inspirational and Aspirational

• To become a quilt of identities and disciplines
• To train creative leaders for the future
• To effect change through social justice projects.
• To pay artists.
• If you can dream it you can do it.

Comments:

Make sure you can tell it’s about an art organization, right now it could be seen as some sort of political group

Important Dates

• February 22^nd is Layl’s Crit
• February 23^rd is Susan Wagner’s studio tour

Becca’s project needs a proposal to finalize some of the details. We have to be careful between asking for volunteers and something being ACW supported

Looking for someone to run the ACW calendar

Lucy has a program that can make crossword puzzles

Frances is working on a plan for ACW social media

Check out Fresh Eye Gallery Revolutionary Exhibition starting February 15^th

Watch Kelly’s live painting, link in newsletter

Got to Deb’s show tomorrow February 2^nd at 5pm

Next meeting on March 7^th