Arts For All, Inc

ARTS FOR ALL, INC. GENERAL MEETING MINUTES afa425@att.net April 21, 2025 www.lawtonartsforall.org Members: J. Knecht, T. Hamilton, J. Fritsch, B. Bannon, Z. DuRant, K. Villarreal At Large: A. Brown, S.R. Klein, M. Leal, G. Martinez Member Groups: A. Morman, M. Harden, M. McCartney, M. Thomas, P. Neuwirth, S. Rubio, J. Logan Excused: L. Fitz, M. Brown, R. Norrell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Call to Order – A quorum was present, and the meeting called to order by J. Knecht at 12:05 p.m. Jan Logan was introduced as the new Lawton Pro Musica member group representative. 2. New Business a) Opportunities. Sign-up sheets for festival volunteers were distributed, and board members were asked to bring food items for the soiree. 3. Old Business a) Fund Drive – A total of $19,485 was collected this year. b) Priddy Foundation Grant. Site visit has been completed. The award announcement will be first part of June. b) May Meeting Update. The May Board meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 27th. c) Storage Room Cleanup. Clean up is progressing. One more clean up day will be scheduled. d) Open Streets. Thanks to all the volunteers that participated. 4. Officer’s Reports a) Motion by Z. Durant, second by J. Fritsch to accept the March minutes as written. b) No treasurer’s report this month. S. Hatch is working on our account and will have a report in May. Schwab account as on April 10th - $89,666.05 5. Report from the Executive Director Quarterly reports are due on Friday, April 25th. Security system installation is complete. Festival T-shirts are on sale for $25. 6. Committee Reports a) Festival – Soiree will be Thursday, May 8th, Festival dates are May 9-11. A new ADA ramp will be installed by the City before the festival. Shepler Park Galley is new and feature 8-10 artists that no longer show at festivals. b) Gala – The next meeting will be Tuesday, May 27th at 5pm. c) Summer Arts Institute. Over 1000 students enrolled. Life Ready Center will be 3rd-5th grade. Cleveland Elementary will be Pre-K thru 2nd. Field trips are scheduled with the last day, June 26th being a day of presentation for parents. 7. Announcements a) Blue Moon No Report b) Cameron University Exams and Graduation. c) Friends of the Library June 17-21 2025 Lawton Chautauqua “Anything Goes: America in the Roaring Twenties” 1  d) Lawton Arts & Humanities May 3 International Festival fundraiser “Fiesta” May 12 Art Classes begin e) Lawton Community Theater June 20-22 “Percy Jackson, Lightning Thief”. 7:00pm, John Denney Playhouse June 26-29 “Percy Jackson, Lightning Thief”. 7:00pm, John Denney Playhouse f) Lawton Fort Sill Arts Council No Report. g) Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra April 26 Classic Pops III, Lawton High School, 7:30pm May 19 Ed Dzialo Memorial Golf Tournament h) Leslie Powell Gallery April 5-May 2 “Through Our Eyes”, Cameron University Senior Art Exhibit May 20 – June 27 “The Art of Noticing” paintings by Betty Patris and The Heart of the San Juan Mountains Photography by Andrea Johns i) Lawton Pro Musica April 27 Hyunsson Whang, Piano & Rebecca Bower, Violin, First Presbyterian, 3:00pm j) Wichita Wildlight Photographic Society May 8 “Macro Photography” by Ryan West, 6:30 pm., Arts for All Office 8. Other Barbara and Ronda will be speaking to the AMBUC’s in the month of May. The meeting was adjourned at 12:25 p.m. Troy Hamilton, Secretary, Arts for All, Inc. 2