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City of Bangor, Commission on Cultural Development
Minutes
January 9, 2014
8:30 AM
City Council Chambers
Commissioners present: George Kinghorn (Chair), Judy Boothby (Vice-Chair), George Kinghorn, Councilor Josh
Plourde, Elisa Young, Mary Budd, Uli Guthrie, Tom Avila, Kierie Piccininni, and Jason Bird (staff)
Commissioners not in attendance: Jamie Ballinger, Kat Johnson and Emily Burnham.
1. Previous Meeting Minutes
Elisa Young made a motion, which was seconded by Mary Budd, to approve the minutes with the correction of
the date and those in attendance. The motion passed by a unanimous vote.
2. Discussion of the Commission
George Kinghorn gave an overview of the Commission, its purpose and its past work. He went on to
summarize the various organizations in the City that promote or work towards advancing the arts. George
also highlighted the Bangor Arts branding effort and summarized the efforts to develop the Bangor Arts
marketing material. It was noted that the intellectual property and the materials are the property of the City
of Bangor, as it received the grant from the Maine Arts Commission to fund the project. The consensus of the
group was that the materials should be expanded to include the other arts and cultural assets in the City and
not restrict it to just a handful. A motion was made by Elisa Young, and seconded by Uli Guthrie, to
acknowledge ownership of the Bangor Arts brand and material ((website, logo, banners, and other collateral
material). The motion passed by a unanimous vote.
The group began discussions as to how to improve the marketing of the arts in Bangor and agreed that it
should be a focus of the Comprehensive Arts and Cultural Plan. Jason provided a description of the two grant
programs that the Commission manages. He highlighted the organization program and discussed the
individual artist program.
3. Discussion of the Comprehensive Arts and Cultural Plan
The group began to discuss the development of the plan, the scope, dates of public input sessions, venues,
participants and other details. The group decided that there should be one structured open forum where
specific feedback and input was solicited. George, Kierie, Judy, Mary and Uli offered to help with planning that
event. They will meet separately and report back to the group. Jason will send out a doodle poll to find a
good date for the group meet to develop the mission and vision statements as well as the other components
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of the study. The group will look into a March 3 date for the possible forum and input session.
4. Other Business
The group discussed the need to better promote the Optional Arts Investment Fund and recognized that as an
opportunity to provide long term funding to the arts promotion in the City. The group suggested that the
forum would be a good venue to market that fund as well as placing forms in the existing Bangor Arts
collateral material. Members of the group offered information on some of the upcoming arts and culture
events in the City.