No Facilitation

Minutes: Eric

Note: A & C Minutes: Monday, January 23rd 2012. Time 6:15 PM

1. Announcements
1. “The Line” event
2. Puppetry Guild
3. Wall Street to Main Street
4. Arts & Institution working group
5. The Commons
6. Hyperallergic Space

Welcome Guests: Evelyne & Yana.

1. Reportbacks / Announcements
   1. Puppetry Guild in Occupy DC event
   • Eric: Puppetry guild in DC metup with Puppet Underground
   • Good times were had.
   • We met up with the Crow & the Wolf.
   2. Puppet Guild Ice cream social for A & C
   • Eric: The Puppetry Guild is re-scheduling the ice-cream social for A & C.
   • It was scheduled for this Friday at the super secret puppet lair.
   • New date TBA, Feel free to bring ice-cream, toppings, etc. but not chocolate syrup. We have a factory worth of chocolate syrup.
   • The social is being moved so people can attend the inter-occupy meeting at Judson
   3. Spatial Group
   1. Adrian: Spatial group had a skype conference Sunday.
   2. • We talked about space needs and research
      • Paul is working on HyperAllergic
   3. Imani: In contact with ABC-No Rio
   • They gave us lots of advice and contacts.
   • Johnny is trying to set up meetings.
   • Living Museums is offering interim space as well.
   • If you’d like to be involved in A & C Spatial group contact Imani
   4. Art Donation
   • Imani: Joel Richardson created a 5 x 8 stencil work and donated it to Arts & Culture.
   • Manager wants us to auction work and keep the money.
   5. Wall Street to Main Street
   1. Imani: Wall Street to Main street is ongoing and the submission date for artwork is February 1st
   • Organizers are looking for co-curators for artists as well as physical spaces.
   • For updates and press releases visit: Occupy With Art
   2. Zach: Zach proposes Arts & Labor be involved in the process
   6. “The Line” event
   • Yana: I’m announcing “The Line” event: an unemployment line extending from the financial district to Times Square
   • Yana is co-organizing the event. Please contact her for info: yanaland@yahoo.com
   • The event will take on March 6th at 8.14AM
   • The website is: The Line 2012
   7. OWS Arts Network Solidarity
   • Antonio: Last Monday concented on a sharing program for NYCGA where we share content between groups
   • We can make our own pamplets, zines, artwork, poetry and share with each other
   • The artists still controls copyright.

2. Agenda
   1. Antonio – Arts & Institutions
   1. Antonio wants to kick off Arts & Institutions group, picking up where 60s critique of Arts institution of arts. Wants to look at the brand new America exhibit at the Met
   2. Imani says that the HyperAllergic space would be a great place for that to happen
   2. The Commons
   1. Empowerment & Education Forum
   • A breakout group of Empowerment & Education is organizing a forum on “the Commons”
   • The organizing committee within Empowerment & Education is called Making Worlds
   • The forum is scheduled to be held February 16th to the 18th
   • A planning meeting will be held this Saturday at 3:30 PM at 60 Wall Street
   • More info here: Campaign for the Commons WG here, Making World Forum Wiki and here: Making Worlds: Forum on the Commons
   2. Arts and Labor is organizing a panel about alternative economies
   • The title is called Alternative Economies: Occupy, Resist, Produce
   • The date is set for February 19th. Full details TBA
   • Information about Arts & Labor can be found on the Arts & Culture blog as well as at their website: Arts & Labor
   3. Arts & Culture research on the Commons
   • Imani is interested in do a collective show about the Commons for WS2MS
   • Imani would like to hash out a proposal for Wall Street to Main Street illustrating Arts & Culture’s work / research on the Commons
   • Antonio discusses the book The Silent Revolution by Tine De Moor about the Medieval Commons and Women Power
   4. HyperAllergic Space
   • The spatial is facilitating a 2 month residency in Williamsburg
   • Will have hours
   • Within a couple of weeks will be announcing
   • Mediums limited because of lack of ventilation
   5. Arts Solidarity
   • Antonio announces plans of building solidarity
   • Two sheets are passed to describe
   • The website is 80% complete
   • Share OWS page in site. To help artists get their work out.
   • More info on Arts & Culture blog and Occupy With Art
   6. MetroCard Point Person
   • Jo is the MetroCard point person. Temporarily until we contact Jo, Adrian (@adrian) and Eric (@recodebarcode) will be MetroCard point persons.

   Temperature Check for Adrian and Eric to be MetroCard point persons.

   Consensus.

   7. Joel Richardson Artwork
   • How are we dealing with donated artwork?
   • Zach:Why doesn’t the artist or manager auction the work?
   • Bring agenda point to next meeting

   ATTENDEES:

   Name	NYCGA Username
   Zach	@zachary
   Eric Carter	@recodebarcode
   Yana	NA
   Imani	@imani
   Adrian	@adrian
   Antonio	@antonioserna
   Evelyne	NA
   Genie	NA