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City of Glendale ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES 5850 West Glendale Avenue Glendale, AZ 85301 February 23, 2023 6:00 PM Glendale Public Library 5959 W Brown St Glendale, AZ 85302 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:58 p.m. by Vice Chair Nancy Lenox. 2. ROLL CALL Present: Nancy Lenox, Vice Chair Jose Aguinaga, Commissioner Anne Marie Chaney , Commissioner Jean Hailey, Commissioner James Smith, Commissioner Absent: Lorraine Zomok, Chair Derrell Barber, Commissioner Also Present: Mojgan Vahabzadeh, Arts & Culture Program Manager Taylor Ingro, Arts & Culture Coordinator 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. 4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES a. Arts Commission Minutes of January 26, 2023. Motioned by Commissioner James Smith, seconded by Commissioner Jean Hailey AYE: Vice Chair Nancy Lenox Commissioner Jose Aguinaga Commissioner Anne Marie Chaney Commissioner Jean Hailey Commissioner James Smith Passed 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Information: Update on Current Projects Mojgan Vahabzadeh, Arts & Culture Program Manager, presented information about the upcoming Arts & Culture master planning process. Staff informed the Commission about The Cultural Planning Group, the consulting firm that was competitively selected by a panel to help facilitate and lead the planning process along with Arts & Culture staff. Arts Commissioners will definitely be involved in the process that will take approximately one year to be completed. Ms. Vahabzadeh also invited the Commission to attend the Plein Air Painting Festival on March 4, 2023. Taylor Ingro, Arts & Culture Coordinator, presented photos and information about the February 4, 2023 Downtown Glendale Arts & Culture Fest, which was successfully held at Murphy Park the weekend before the Super Bowl. The event was highly-attended and appreciated by the festival attendees as well as the local merchants in the downtown area. Staff thanked Commissioner Lenox and Commissioner Smith for volunteering their time during the festival to staff the information deskl. Ms. Ingro updated the Commission on the upcoming Thunderbird Field public art project. Ms. Vahabzadeh presented an update about the current Sierra Verde Park public art project. 6. COMMISSION COMMENTS Commissioner Smith gave a brief summary regarding the recently held Vision and Sound series of artist talks, which were funded by the Arts Commission and presented at the Glendale Main Library. 7. NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the Glendale Arts Commission will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. 8. ADJOURNMENT Vice Chair Lenox adjourned the meeting at 6:48 p.m. The Arts Commission meeting minutes of February 23, 2023 were submitted and approved this 27th day of April, 2023. ____________________________________ Mojgan Vahabzadeh Arts & Culture Program Manager