The final plans for the chalk art contest and the art show to be held in conjunction with the May 20th AntiqueFest of the Freehold Center Partnership were discussed.

Art Show –

Anne Marie has made several attempts to get in contact with Susan Winters. Jayne has received a voice mail message from Susan that stated that she would be thrilled to participate and had several groups to draw from. Jayne and Anne Marie will continue to reach out to Susan and the group can anticipate that we will have a full complement for the show. Jane will order 50’ of snow fence to be placed in front of the Hall of Records.

Chalk Art –

Allen Consulting will produce the flyers to be distributed prior to the event. We will be closing off the Hall of Records Annex side of the West Main Street Parking lot behind Liberty Triumphant at 7 a.m. Vehicles will be able to enter, exit and park on the Goodfella’s side of the parking lot. Jane Gursky will contact Lynn Reich to see if she would be a judge and to ask if she will find out why the school has been unresponsive. (Lynn is an art teacher at the school)

Everyone will continue to solicit adult volunteers and qualified judges.

The prizes for each of the 3 categories will be:

1st prize, $25.00 gift certificate to Cornerstone Café

2nd prize, $15.00 gift certificate to Quizno’s

3rd prize, $10.00 gift certificate to Rita’s Ice

Jayne will solicit each of these businesses to see if they will donate the prizes. If unsuccessful the Partnership will pay for them out of the Marketing budget.

Drawing will take place between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Judging will be between 2 and 3 p.m.

Prizes will be awarded at 3 p.m. – Winners need not be present. (A sign up sheet with an adult contact and phone number will be asked for. If not provided and the participant leaves the prize would be forfeited.)

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m.

In Attendance: Anne Denise, Roz and Jayne

Anne Denise reported to the committee that the owner of Around the Corner no longer wants to host an art show in the downtown. He will be organizing his art show at his Freehold Township facility. Anne Denise is still very much interested in working independent of the store to organize this part of our event.

Jayne will wait a couple of days just to make sure Meryl does not change his mind on this decision. If he doe not then Jayne will work to arrange a meeting with the art director at Freehold Borough High School, Mr. Fiorelli. We will also be contacting Avram Shapiro from the Freehold Arts Society and Susan Winter from the Senior Center’s art group.

Tuesday and Thursday afternoons are the best times for arranging the meeting.

We will also be looking for additional hands to help in the production the day of the chalk art contest.

Jayne will request that someone from Allen attend a few of these meetings to work on coordination of this event. The Spring AntiqueFest is scheduled for May 20th and the Fall Antique/San Genera Fest will be held on September the 16th.

The next meeting of this committee is February 16, 2007

In Attendance Anne Marie, Roz, Kortez, Jayne, Meryl, Bill, Charlie and Rene

Roz called the meeting to order. Roz is looking to reorganize and expand the committee. The committee was instructed to take a name or names from the list of identified arts organizations and contact them for their interest in attending and participating on this committee.

Jayne distributed to the committee the form calling for participation in entertainment at the East Main Street gazebo. The committee will distribute the flyer to those interested.

Roz reported that participation at the chalk art event was very good for the first time out. In the future we will need to take more information on the sign up sheets including addresses and phone numbers. We will also have to recruit more volunteer help. The committee felt a need for better communications with the Police Department (shutting down the lot earlier, etc.) The committee felt that perhaps we could scale down on the size and cost of the prizes.

The certificates should be given to the participants when they sign up instead of after the event.

Meryl from Around the Corner Art Store stressed the importance of saying “art show” on the banner. Jayne assured him that she would have that for next year. Meryl will also develop a schematic drawing of where the fence should be placed and he would be willing to meet with Public Works before the event.

The rain date should not fall on Memorial Day.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m.

The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 20, 8:30 a.m. @ the Partnership Office.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Rene McCallum, Roz Karlan, Ann Marie Fitzsimmons, Michael Gutman, and Sylvia Allen

The chalk art contest for the spring was discussed in reference to details. The age categories will be:

Preschool – not judged
5 to 8
9 – 12
13 – 18
Rene will be designing the certificates for the winners.

There will be a pre-event sign up/in. Everything will be color coordinated by age. Winners must be present to win. There will be a time limit set for participants.

The committee will be looking to CentraState to adopt the project. We will be asking them to include the adult picture for auction at their annual Ball. The picture will be created on site at the May event on a blackboard. The outline will be sketched, then chalked by the participants and then sprayed to seal it. The picture will be on display at Gallery 31 until the auction on November 12, 2006.

Sylvia will be asking Binley and Smith (chalk manufacturers) if they would be a sponsor.

There will be a 2-week pre-registration at Gallery 31 and Around the Corner Around the Corner Arts Center on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 5. Roz will look into the theater coordinating with their Hamlet for Kid’s production.

THE NEXT CULTURAL ARTS MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 20, 2005, @ 8:30 A.M.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Roz Karlan, Marion Pattberg, Christopher Kortez Robinson, Doris Lim, Charlie Wilder, Rene McCallum, Sylvia Allen, Ann Marie Fitzsimmons and Jayne Carr.

The minutes of the meeting held June 30th were approved as presented.

The committee has decided to move forward on the sidewalk chalk event. The event will piggyback on the Partnership’s scheduled spring Antique Fest, on May 21, 2006.

The committee recommends engaging both the local high schools and the grade schools.

A raffle for a piece of art was discussed.

The committee will look toward Brookdale and Monmouth College for a professional curator.

Kortez suggested that the adults complete a mural that day that would then be auctioned off.

Sylvia suggested that we make the outline for this piece and have everyone complete the picture.

There will be a section designated for the adults.

Ribbons will be awarded in different categories.

The monies raised would be slated for the future Cultural Arts Center in Freehold Borough.

We will need to explore options for setting up a 501 (C) 3.

There will be two venues for musical entertainment in May. One in front of the Hall of Records and one in the Hall of Records parking lot.

The chalk art event will be:

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – drawing

2 p.m. to 3 p.m. – judging

3 p.m. – awards

Adult piece will be auctioned at a benefit for the Gallery.

Suggested judges are:

The Art Society

Gallery 31 – Kortez can provide 5 judges

Art Students

Kortez will design the flyer for the event.

The next committee meeting will be held on September 22, 2005 at 8:30 a.m.