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MEETING SCHEDULE AND HOW TO VIEW AGENDA
Meeting Schedule and Location: The Yountville Arts Commission (YAC) meets on the first Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in Town Council Chambers located at 6550 Yount Street, Yountville, California, 94599.
How to View the Agenda: The Agenda and associated staff reports may be viewed online by visiting the Town’s website at www.townofyountville.com/meetings and clicking on HTML Agenda.
How to Watch the Meeting: YAC and other legislative body meetings can be watched live in three different ways:
Members of the public are welcome to attend the YAC meetings to provide public comment in person or online via the Town’s public comment email address PublicComment@yville.com. Please, include in the subject line “COMMENT TO YAC”.
Any written testimony submitted by 4:00 p.m. on the day prior to the meeting will be shared with the Commissioners electronically and added to the record. Any public comment received after the 4:00 p.m. deadline will be added to the record after the meeting has concluded.
HOW TO APPEAL
A person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Yountville Arts Commission may have the right to a review of the decision by the Town Council.
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CALL TO ORDER
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ROLL CALL
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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ADOPTION OF AGENDA
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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Minutes from the June 3, 2024 Yountville Arts Commission Meeting for Review and Approval
PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA Members of the public are entitled to speak for 3-minutes per speaker on matters of municipal concern not on the agenda, during consideration of that portion of the meeting agenda entitled “Public Comment” when that item is called by the Chair. However, the Chair has the discretion to limit speaking time when it is reasonable under the circumstances, including when there are many items on the agenda or a high volume of members of the public who intend to speak. The Chair also has the discretion to extend the time to speak. The Chair shall limit or extend speaking time in a consistent manner that is not based on the content or viewpoint of the speech. The Commission may; however, briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by the public, ask for clarification from staff, refer the matter to staff, request staff to report back on the matter, or request staff to place the matter on a future agenda.
Members of the public may also submit public comment on matters not on the agenda via email at [email protected]. Please use the subject title “Public Comment to YAC.”
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ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
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Updates from Town Manager, Brad Raulston
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Introduction of Recreation Coordinator Nyah McWilliams
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ART WALK SUBCOMMITTEE
Other Notes: The Loveland, CO Sculpture in the Park is Friday, Saturday & Sunday August 9. 10,11. An emergency meeting could be called to approve a sculpture and have it shipped right from the show as we did last year. If needed, an emergency meeting would be on Sunday August 11.
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GALLERY SUBCOMMITTEE
Upcoming Shows
Frank Trozzo “Imagine That...The Art of Frank Trozzo” August 8 – September 29
Pamela Anderson “Emotive Color: Vineyards & Beyond” October 3 – November 29
Youth Exhibit December 5 – January 3
Mustard Celebration January 16 or 23 – March 28
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"Wright From The Heart" Gallery Show Proposal for Review and Approval
1. The review committee (Geoffrey Leigh, Myrna David, Rebecca Simon, and Joan Osterman) have been reviewing the 22 stories already submitted. More have gone out for review and the final batch will be distributed this week some time, now that the deadline of June 28th has passed. We will hold our celebration event on September 26th in the Heritage Room from 5:30-7:00 pm.
2. Our 3rd Handwritten Out Loud event was held on Sunday, June 9th from 4:00-6:00 pm. The event once again was sold out with a diverse group of poems, stories, and a song presented. We ended up with 16 presenters, although two were not able to make it that afternoon. A desire for additional events persists, but a future date has not been set.
3. The 3rd Writing Celebration has been scheduled for January 14th, 2025, through March 25th, with a final celebratory evening on April 8th. We have begun informing potential participants of the opportunity to read, discuss, and use writing prompts to inspire writings by the participants. For this class, we will use Geoffrey Leigh’s second novel, The Catalyst Coalition. He is donating copies of the book for those who choose to participate.
4. Plans continue to move forward with the Rex Pickett Event, scheduled for Thursday, August 29th. PJ is working on Merlot and Pinot Noir donations to be poured at the event. If you have any suggestions or could make contacts for possible donations, please let her know.
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MARKETING AND PR SUBCOMMITTEE
65°/57° Magazine Summer Edition –
Chris Cammarata - Feature story
Art of the Stroll - Art Walk Feature story
FAM Tour Andrea Stuart - 65°/57° Magazine Friday June 28 Dog Friendly Yountville story
Photos and video for AS&S delivered to YAC
Filming at PRIDE kick-off Gallery Show for updated Yountville Pride Video
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PERFORMING ARTS SUBCOMMITTEE
Legacy Roundtable Series: We have recruited three bartenders for the mixology event on July 11th. Though we typically have 4 presenters, we will stick with three, as the program will be slightly more involved since they will each be mixing a craft cocktail at each table.
For the Author event on 10/17, our cup runneth over and we have FIVE authors who have agreed to participate! This puts us in good stead in case anyone bows out last minute.
We are still exploring an Artist event for 9/5 and will determine soon if this is feasible.
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MUSTARD CELEBRATION SUBCOMMITTEE
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ART, SIP & STROLL UPDATE
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STAFF INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
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COMMISSIONER COMMENTS / REPORTS
Other Updates: Open Studios will have two artists, Frank Trozzo and Michael Schaer, in the Plaza during the two weekends of September 21-22 and 28-29. Frank will keep the Gallery open on Sept 22, 28, & 29 as well as have his tent in the Plaza. It’s my understanding that Yountville artists Andrea Cazares, Paul Youngman and Francine Knittle will also participate in their own home-studios giving Yountville a nice presence for the Open Studios event.
