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Board Meeting Minutes
May 10, 2000, 1:30 to 2:30
Board Members Present: Marissa Armstrong, Earl Averill, Earl Hagen, Mike Hamilton,
Bud Kuhlman, Debbie Maguire, John Meneghini, Maxine Moergeli, Charles Natsuhara, Bill
Peloza, Dick Pickett, Daryl Thompson, Hans Torklep, Mae Yamada
Board Members Excused: Al B'Hymer, Libby Dykstra, Walter Pacheco, Doris Ramstead,
Mike Stevens
Staff Present: Tina Brewster-Wray, Kristen Bruhahn, Patricia Cosgrove,
Guests Present: Tom Chapman, Lori Corso, Dick Deal, Paul Dodsworth, Vera Richards,
Hope and Sonny Rivera, Mel Sinex
1. Call to Order and Approval of Minutes
President Kuhlman called the meeting to order and asked that the minutes be approved as
sent. APPROVED
Guests were introduced. Paul Dodsworth, Chair of the Auburn Arts Commission and Lori
Corso, Cultural Programs Coordinator joined the Board, and were excited to share the meeting's
information with the Auburn Arts Commission.
It Committee Reports
A. Treasurer Pickett briefly reviewed the monthly financial statements.
B. Bill Peloza reported that the Harvest Masquerade Ball Committee was already at
work and that the goal for this year's event is $15,000, with 300 persons attending.
III. Sculpture Committee Program
President Bud Kuhlman introduced Hope and Reynaldo (Sonny) Rivera of Albuquerque.
Sonny was selected by the Sculpture Committee to create the life-size bronze artwork of Kisa
Iseri. This piece along with two other figures were designed into the exhibits when they were first
envisioned in 1994. It is the first piece to be funded, thanks largely to the networking and support
of Mae Yamada. Sonny showed slides of the full size clay rendering of the sculpture in the form
accepted by the Committee. In this way, the assembled board and guests had the opportunity to
preview the piece and hear an explanation of its intent and design by the artist himself. The
audience asked questions of Sonny and Hope, and together acquired a good understanding of the
artistic process and of this individual piece. Sonny was asked what was exceptional or different
about this piece, and he replied that he had developed a true respect for Kisa Iseri, derived from
the biographic information, photographs and his interviews with her daughter Mae Yamada. He
said that the piece depicts a dignity that he finds quite moving.
IV. Adjourn
President Kuhlman adjourned the meeting at 2: 45. The next meeting will be held at the
Auburn Library meeting room on June 14, from 1:30 to 2:30.