Arts & Culture Commission - November 20, 2024 Minutes
The Regular Meeting of the Arts and Culture Commission of the City of Fargo, North Dakota, was held in the Commission Chambers at City Hall at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
The Arts and Culture Commissioners present or absent were as follows:
Present: Monika Browne-Ecker, Danyel Moe, Anna Johnson, Tracy Jordre, Jon Offutt, Tracy Walvatne, Deb Williams, Joshua Zeis
Absent: Tori Benders
Item 1: Welcome and Introductions
Chair Jordre called the meeting to order and welcomed Members to the meeting.
Item 2: Approve Agenda and Minutes
Member Offutt moved the Agenda and the Minutes of the August 21, 2024 Arts and Culture Commission meeting be approved. Second by Member Johnson. All Members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.
Item 3: Summary of Quarter 3 – Strategic Plan Framework
Planning and Development Director Nicole Crutchfield gave a brief overview of the summary of the strategic plan framework, explaining it is a combination of recent workshops, goals, and findings.
Item 4: Ripples of Impact Draft – Review and Discussion
Ms. Crutchfield introduced the document, noting that the projects, work, and what’s been learned in the last 10 years has been brought together in the report prepared by Reach Partners.
Rachel Asleson and Anita Hoffarth, Reach Partners, presented on the work, describing the components of the document, including Project Inventory, Visualizing the Results of Investments infographics, and Artist Case Studies.
Discussion was held on experiences and feedback of the document from the work of the review committee, external communications, the future benefit of what was learned, incorporation of staff time into the data, and how portions of the document can be used collectively or individually.
Item 5: 2025 Meeting Calendar
The 2025 meeting dates were included in the packet.
Item 6: Announcements
Member Johnson shared about her current exhibit at the Plains Art Museum and upcoming talk in February.
Member Offutt noted that the FMVA determined not to hold an Arts for the Holidays event this year.
Member Johnson additionally shared information about the upcoming Miracle on Roberts Street Party on December 3 at Gallery 4.
Member Ecker-Browne shared Theatre B’s Miracle on South Division Street show is in December.
Item 7: Adjourn – Next Meeting: February 19, 2025
The time at adjournment was 4:58 p.m.