FREDERICK HORSMAN
VARLEY
ART GALLERY OF MARKHAM
BOARD
TOWN OF MARKHAM
York Room
May 12, 2003 - 4:00
P.M.
MINUTES
Attendance:
Members |
Staff |
Stewart
Coxford, Chairman |
John Ryerson, Director |
Howard Back |
Sharon Gaum-Kuchar, Curator |
Karen Chadwick |
Vicky Choy, Volunteer Coordinator |
Jennifer Deacon |
Judi Kosch, Committee Secretary |
Patti
Loveland |
Barb Roth,
Director |
Brent Mazelow |
Jim Sales, Commissioner |
Bob McCulloch |
Regrets |
Mary Pan |
Michael Chortyk |
Bill Pickering,
Vice-Chairman |
Councillor Joe Virgilio |
Brian Roman |
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Michael Rothe |
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Donald
Hindson |
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Stan Neal |
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Regional Councillor Tony Wong (5:20 pm) |
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The meeting of The Frederick Horsman
Varley Art Gallery Board convened at the hour of 4:03 p.m. with Stewart Coxford
presiding as Chairman.
1. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES
OF THE FREDERICK
HORSMAN VARLEY ART
GALLERY OF MARKHAM BOARD
MEETING HELD ON
MARCH 31, 2003
Moved by Don Hindson
Seconded by Patti Loveland
THAT THE MINUTES OF THE FREDERICK HORSMAN
VARLEY ART GALLERY OF MARKHAM BOARD MEETING HELD ON MARCH 31, 2003, BE ADOPTED
AS AMENDED.
CARRIED
2. CHAIRMAN’S
OPENING REMARKS
a) Chairman Coxford thanked all those members
who attended both the recent exhibit – All About Water” and the Art
Auction. They were both very successful
events!
b) 2004 budget process and
strategic plan – deferred to June meeting.
3.
BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
a)
Gallery
Print – Chairman Coxford advised that the 50 prints are done and are in
safekeeping at the Gallery. The
Chairman advised he is in receipt of a thank you note from D. McClure and he
has responded back. 25 of the prints
have a mat and 25 are without a mat.
There was general discussion on who potential recipients should be and
what venue would be appropriate for presentation of the prints. It was agreed that the Chairman would
proceed with the following potential recipients: Mayor Cousens, Bill Withrow, Fred Schaeffer, Esther Beaupre, Ruth
Redelmeier; J. Markson and Chris Varley.
b)
Meeting
with Committee chairmen to discuss priorities – deferred to June meeting.
4. NEW BUSINESS
a) Director’s report: J. Ryerson expressed his thanks to the members and volunteers for
their work on the Auction. He mentioned
that participation in the March-break activities was 20% higher; hours of
operation have been changed – open 6 days instead of 5 and open all of July and
August then switch back to winter hours in the fall; with respect to being open
on holidays – he will be guided by the BIA; entrance fees are to remain in
effect; has met with Minister Tsubouchi who is quite supportive of the
restoration of the McKay House and will be touring the House with him along
with the Chair of the Heritage Foundation and the Mayor; he advised that S.
Swayze is working on the application to the Trillium Foundation for a grant to
assist in the restoration work; has met with William Ho, who is a brush artist
at the AGO, to build on relations with
the Chinese community in Markham. A
suggestion was made to possibly have the housing industry involved in the
restoration efforts through donations; this project is an important one and
should proceed.
b) Curator’s
report: S. Gaum-Kuchar gave an overview
on the Ontario Society of Artists show with its emphasis on the International
Year of Water; the William St. Thomas Smith on June 12 also has a marine theme;
York Region Juried Exhibition – 3 jurors are confirmed and confident of an even
larger turnout this year. She advised
that the Civic Centre enhancement is almost in place – pieces of work will be
on display throughout the Civic Centre and at other Town-owned facilities
across Markham. The International Stone
Sculpture Symposium is proceeding and will be able to report further on
progress at the June meeting. It is
with regret that she advised the acquisitions of both a Harris and Riopelle
have been retracted by the owners and will not now be donated to the Gallery.
5.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
a) Operational
Committee – H. Back advised the Committee did not meet in April; he has
just received the financial statements for the first quarter from the Town –
numbers are down. There was general
discussion on where monies go that were raised by the Gallery at the recent
Auction – they go into the Town coffers with a portion being forward to the
Foundation at a later date.
b) Development
Committee – J. Deacon briefly reviewed the ongoing plans for the
restoration of the McKay house; there has been a meeting with Capital Assets
along with an architect to get an estimate on necessary repairs; an assessment
of the floor tile in the basement in the House along with the blown-in
insulation is being carried out to ascertain if there is any toxicity. Jennifer invited any members out to the
House on May 14 to help to do a yard clean-up of the site; she also advised
that an Event Planner has been in to look at the House as a potential to hold
special events, i.e. weddings, etc.
c)
Volunteer
Committee – V. Choy
reviewed the success of the Auction and called on all Members to let her know
of any concerns with respect to the evening event, i.e. venue, food, etc. to
ensure further improvements could be made for the next event. Vicky called on everyone to come to the May
20th Volunteer appreciation night; the Buffalo excursion is going
forward but the Montreal trip is cancelled; there is also an excursion being
planned to the AGO. It was agreed that
a suitably worded plaque be placed under the recently acquired watercolour by
Varley which is being dedicated to the efforts of the volunteers.
d) Program
Committee – B. Pickering gave a presentation on the progress of the ISSS
project; 70 applications have been received from around the world to
participate in this initiative next year
which is set to coincide with the Unionville Festival; Councillors Virgilio and
Shapero are on a sub-committee that has met twice to deal with this project; it
is a tremendous fund-raising event which will be managed by ECHO. Regional
Councillor Wong expressed concerns relative to the fundraising capabilities of
ECHO and the Council’s desire to see this project go forward. Bill explained
there might be the necessity to call a meeting of the Program and Art
Committees. He asked B. Mazelow for an
update on the Innuit collection and was informed that a meeting is yet to take
place between the Curator and the donor.
Brent agreed to call Bill when further information was available.
6. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next regular meeting of the Art
Gallery Board is scheduled for:
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2003, AT 4:00 p.m. IN THE YORK
ROOM AT THE MARKHAM CIVIC CENTRE.
7. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
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