Present: Keith Koch, President, Romayne Naylor, Vice President, Jim Dunne, Secretary, Dave Eggler, Treasurer, Jeanne Newlin, Gay Dunne, Joseph Griffin, Colina and Ralph Seeley, Joanne Tosti-Vasey, Mary Vollero, Dave Kurtz, Julia Kasdorf, Philip Ruth, Melady Kehm, Nancy Miller, JoAnn and Dick Knupp. A quorum was in attendance as defined by the BHCA bylaws.

 Minutes - Minutes of 01/21/14 were approved (JoAnn, Nancy).

Treasurer’s Report (Dave Eggler, see below) - Not much change from 1/10/14 report. There is $4671 in the Garman Fund.  We approved payment to Bruce Manchester for itemized expenses for the PA Supreme Court appeal. Jim will contact pledgers about current status of appeal and offer them cancellation of their pledges. Jim will contact Candy Dannaker about closing the escrow account. JoAnn suggested disposition of remaining Garman tee shirts by selling them at various town events. Treasurer’s report approved (Romayne, Nancy).

Summer Sounds (JoAnn Knupp): First meeting of committee was held recently. The committee recommends adding an additional concert on the third Sunday in August for a total of 10 concerts. Approved (JoAnn, Romayne). The committee recommends changing the rain location from the YMCA to St. Johns Lutheran Church Approved by majority (JoAnn, Mary).

Sunday Afternoons at the Library (Jim): Sundays, 2:30 PM at CC Library & Historical Museum

Senior Students of Centre County Schools - January 12 - April 12

Art of the Bellefonte Schools - April 12 - May 31. Reception 7-9 pm, Monday, April 28

Watercolor 4 Now - May 31 - September 13. Reception 7-9 pm, Tuesday, June 10. Four watercolor artists

Off the Wall - September - January 10, 2015. Reception 7-9 pm, Tuesday, September 23. Three dimensional art, sculpture - on and off the wall.

Bellefonte Victorian Christmas (Sally, Romayne) - Sally and Romayne recommend combining the Elementary and Middle School venues into a single venue. It will reduce facility and snow removal expenses. It should increase vendor foot traffic. We need to add a statement to the vendor contract requiring them to leave the show site by 5 PM on Sunday to avoid extra charges from the venue (Middle School). It is recommended that svendors submit applications by September to be listed in the Victorian Christmas Guide. Last year we published a separate vendor brochure to accommodate late applications.

Bylaws - No report. Committee will complete revision soon.

Historic Preservation Committee - Next meeting to be scheduled soon.

Old House Fair - Melady discussed. Her written report to follow.

Poetry (Julia, Colina) - About 15 attended a reading by Geoffrey Godbey at the Bellefonte Art Museum. They are exploring group reading by local poetry writing groups and individual poets on a monthly basis.

Garman Project - Mary has an exhibit at the Bellefonte Art Museum featuring a portion of the Garman stage curtain draped from the wall and along the floor with a monitor in the center, which plays two very poignant videos, one by Mary and one by Peter Warren, her husband. Peter’s video with “We’ll Meet Again” as the theme music can be seen on YouTube. The link is available on the Garman Opera House website (http://www.garmanoperahouse.org/)

     There was discussion about The Armory property across from Triangle which the Borough is purchasing as site for arts activities/ regional arts center. The Brachbill building (currently Mattress Warehouse) and the Bellefonte dairy building (also known as the Western Maryland Dairy Company’s Bellefonte Creamery and Sealtest Sheffield Farms building) on N. Thomas street were also proposed as alternative sites.

50th Year Celebration of the Kayak Slalom on Spring Creek- 2014 (Dave Kurtz) Dave would like to involve school students in an art project on the theme “The Art of Paddling” The Gamble Mill Committee could aid by presenting the idea to the Centre County schools art teachers. Dave will prepare a presentation for the teachers. He could give classroom discussions. Melady suggested a talk on the science of paddling. The celebration could be launched at the Big Spring Festival on May 18th at Talleyrand Park. Dave invites participation (d1k@psu.edu).

State Theater Discussion: JoAnn relates that Lisa Peters, Chairman of the State Theater Board, would like to discuss collaboration with BHCA. Melady described a group meeting two weeks ago of parties interested in expanding the art scene in Bellefonte. Mary and Joanne T.V. also commented on the same meeting. Keith said that he is interested in a discussion with the State Theater Board.

Keystone Community Meetings - March 13 & 20, 6:00 PM at the Bellefonte Middle School cafeteria. Snow date - March 27

March 2014 Borough Meetings (All in Council chambers)

Monday, Mar 3, 7:30 PM

Monday, Mar 17, 7:30 PM

Tuesday, Mar 11, 8:30 AM

Tuesday , Mar 25, 830 PM

Wednesday, Mar 12, 6 PM

Monday, Mar 31, 5 PM

Next BHCA Meeting - Friday, 7 PM, March 21 at the home of JoAnn & Dick Knupp, 441 N. Spring St., Bellefonte.

Jim Dunne, Secretary

Thanks to Gay Dunne for taking notes

BHCA Financial Report

February 21, 2014

ASSETS 2/21/2014                                       

   Checking                               25,018                        General BHCA             30,034

   PO returned mail fund                   50                        Gannon Fund                  1,731          

   MM Fund                               8,104                        Talleyrand Park             15,575  

   Post Office Fund                        170                        Perform Arts Fund          1,062

   Vanguard Bond Fund            19,731                        Garman Project               4,671

   TOTAL                                53,073                        TOTAL                          53,073

 Submitted: David H. Eggler, Treasurer