June 14, 2021

Point Beach Arts Meeting Agenda

June 14, 2021 at 7:00 pm

Held at B2 Bistro, 709 Arnold Avenue, PPB

 

Announcement:  Meeting Venues for the remainder of 2021 are:  July 12 – Pop up Picnics by She Shed, Aug 9 –  Beritazza Café, Sept 13–  Bam Bam Burger, Oct 11 –  Gottlieb Building, Nov 8 – The Ark Pub & Eatery, Dec 13 –TBD.

 

  1. Chairperson’s Remarks
  2. Vice Chair’s Remarks
  3. Treasurer’s Remarks
  4. Secretary’s Remarks and approval of May meeting minutes
  5. Past Events and Recap:
    1. Canvas Tote Bag class – Mary Ellen Savage hosting at Coastal Art Co op. May 18 and May 25 for 10-12 yr olds and 13-15 year olds.  $30 per ticket, max 8 in class.    Unfortunately, no sign ups for this class.
    2. May is National Photo Month – Hit Us With Your Best Shot!! Carmelina lead.  Event asked participants to submit their photos and describe their inspiration for it along with their bios.
    3. Second Homegrown Fair – Kim lead –date is May 22nd with rain date of May 23rd
  6. Scheduled and Upcoming 2021 events:
    1. “100 Shore Things” – Melissa Hood to lead and collaborate with local photographers, demos, social media posts with 100 paintings from April through July and culminating with a final Beach pARTy Art Festival to showcase all 100 artworks as a collection.
    2. Beach pARTy – Kristi to lead co-hosted with Chamber – Evening Art Festival by the Sea., date is July 22nd with rain date of July 29th.
    3. Music Together – music classes – parent/child (infant to 5 yrs old) to be held at the BandShell on Arnold every Friday morning for 6 weeks starting July 2. Taught by Brenda Limaldi of Sunny Bee Music.
    4. Tile Fundraiser – Kim in beginning stages of putting together a fundraiser – tiles to be painted and then digitally displayed at Food Shack.    Preliminary discussions for event this summer.
    5. Homegrown Harvest Fall Festival – to be held October 24. All Town Committees come together to collectively sponsor town event to include scarecrow contest, pumpkin carvings, etc.
    6. 2021 Gala – look to rebrand and hold in 2022

 

  1. Downtown Gallery – Kim working with Christopher and Blazing Visuals for a window mockup for buildings under construction or for lease showcasing winners from JAS as well as local artists. Fisher Family granted to help support costs. Shower Glass door storefront, Axiomatic and Lola’s / Everybody’s General Store completed. Possibly more storefronts in the future.   Axiomatic window clients were taken down in preparation for new store opening.
  2. #POINTmetotheBEACH – new hashtag to be used town wide. Arts Cttee worked with Adapting Social and the Chamber to come up with new hashtag to be used town wide when promoting or talking about PPB.
  3. Social Media and Website – Working with Adapting Social. All events and notices will be posted by them going forward.
  4. Murals –  Preparing for murals to be placed on several locations through PPB.  Building in Pleasure Park, Bay Ave storefronts. Will be looking for volunteers to assist with the Pleasure Park mural installation.
  5. New business – ideas for events in 2021 and other business.
  6. Adjournment

 

Next meeting – July 12, 2021  at Pop up Picnics by She Shed, 606 Arnold Avenue, PPB