February 2011 South Central Indiana ArtsWORK Meeting Minutes

South Central ArtsWORK Indiana Satellite Group Meeting
McCloskey Conference Room, Bloomington City Hall

Presenter: Paul Daily, Artistic Director at Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center
Attending: Antonia M., Cori M., William P., Alice S., Diana R., Allan Y., Paul S.;
Coordinator: Nadine Pinede; Partner Representatives: Miah Michaelsen, City of Bloomington, and Jane Harlan-Simmons (recording), Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (IIDC).

Introductions

Jane introduced our new Artist-Facilitator Nadine Pinede, a Bloomington writer. Attendees introduced themselves and answered Nadine’s question "What is your great challenge right now?" New participants included Alice and Paul, illustrator/writer and illustrator, William, a 3-dimensional artist from Greene County, and Diana, a staff member of Citizen Advocacy of South Central Indiana (CASCI).

Presentation

Paul Daily talked about Opportunities for Artists and Performers at the new Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, where he is the Artistic Director. The Center offers opportunities for…•Performing artists: The facility has 2 performance spaces seating 90 and 200 people. The community has a priority period for scheduling dates for use of the space, then the schedule is opened up for Ivy Tech to reserve dates. Teaching: Contact Ivy Tech’s Susie Graham, the Director of the Center for Lifelong Learning at sgraham31@ivytech.edu or (812) 330-6247. Volunteering: the performance groups using the Waldron can always use volunteers.

Paul also mentioned another Ivy Tech resource unrelated to the Waldron, the Cook Center for Entrepreneurship. The Center provides "practical tools for individuals who wish to start a business, further develop or expand a new idea within a current business or pursue coursework to better understand entrepreneurial practices."

Contact Paul at pdaily3@ivytech.edu or (812) 330-6240.

Updates

Meeting dates are scheduled through the end of the Creative Networks Project grant period in September 2011. The City is continuing to make the McCloskey Conference. Room available for our meetings at 5:30 on the fourth Tuesday of each month. If the group wants to continue in some form beyond September, we’ll find a way to do that.

Exciting plans have been made for future presentations:

• March 22 - Kip May (Kip May Photography) on "Marketing Tips for the Starving Artist"
• April 26 - Hannah and David Nosko of Bloomington’s Theatre of the People
• May 24 - Metal sculptor George Goehl "Creating and Marketing Online Instructional Videos"
• June 28 - Indianapolis painter Nina McCoy
• Gregory Acker, a community artist in world musics and homemade instrument-builder from Louisville, will be our speaker in July or August. September TBA.
• Arts Advocacy: There was an Arts Day at the Indiana Statehouse yesterday. You can keep informed about public funding issues via the Indiana Coalition for the Arts.

Group Member Announcements & Discussion

Diana says that there are several individuals associated with CASCI who are involved in art. She hopes they can participate in our meetings. She distributed brochures for CASCI, which has a fundraiser coming up at the Showers Bed & Breakfast. Contact CASCI at casci.inc@gmail.com

Cori relates that she sold her first painting!

William recommended the Café website that has calls for entry. He is entering the SHIFT competition and could use some help with the required images for the application.

Nadine recommends the online resources for artists at NYFA.org and the Foundation Center.

Antonia is a member of the Writers Guild of the Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington . The next meeting of the Guild is Saturday. Get to the I.U. Art Museum by 2:50 pm for admission to the building.

William mentioned that Sculpture Trails, an outdoor sculpture museum in Solsberry, is in need of an all-terrain vehicle that could make the area more accessible to people with disabilities. He will spread the word about our group to others in Greene County.

Paul and Alice have a website of their work at www.paulsharp.com. Alice got a certificate in web skills from IU that enabled her to create the site. An online resource for illustrators to show their art is theispot.com

Miah: In addition to the City hosting our meetings, she reminds us that she is a resource for the regional arts partner grants, individual consultations for artists, and subscriptions to BEAD’s free weekly e-newsletter: michaelm@bloomington.in.gov

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:00 pm.

Need to get in touch? Contact Nadine at npinede@post.harvard.edu or call Jane at 855-6508.