Subcommittee and Project Team Reports
00:45a. Governance & Funding i. New member update: interviewing candidates (3) iii. $5000 Mass Cultural Council Community Experiences Grant for Community Sculpture Walk: not awarded b. Outreach i. Media i. Monthly PAC Arts Bulletin ii. Watertown Cultural District website: watertownmaculture.com ii. Events i. Report on Watertown Arts Market on Saturday, August 9, 12-5pm ii. Facepainting at Faire on the Square on Saturday, September 13, 12-5pm i. May also volunteer at the Watertown Cultural District and Watertown Cultural Council table to share projects i. PACC endorsed in 2024 ii. Discuss and vote c. Edible Watertown i. Expert Pairings ends in October i. “Tangled Connections” The Unruly Plant Workshop at the library on October 8, 6:30-7:30pm ii. “River Run” mural at the Watertown Dam fish run TBA this fall iii. “Remixing the Forest” at Arsenal Yards green on October 18, 6:30-9pm iv. “Faces of the Forest” walk and talk at Marion Rd entrance to Whitney Hill on October 25, 10-11am ii. Edible Plants i. Review Call for Recipes and Call for Art d. Community Sculpture Walk i. Call launched on August 4, closes November 2, 2025 ii. Current applications: 3 e. WaterTunes i. Song collection has launched here ii. Playlist is live on the city’s YouTube here f. River of Light i. Scheduled at the Mosesian Center for the Arts on January 17, 2026 ii. $2000 to the MCA from the Watertown Community Foundation iii. Shadow puppets with Rahul Koonathara
Approval of July minutes
35:43Subcommittee and Project Team Reports
36:11a. Governance & Funding ii. Public Art Policy DRAFT: review sections “Purpose” through “Public Art Project Priorities” pages 3-7 i. October review: “Crafting a Call for Art/Artists” through “Required Paperwork for Selected Artists” plus Appendices A-F (pages 7-10, 14-23) ii. November review: “Evaluation” and “Additional Resources” plus Appendix G (pages 10-13, 29) b. Outreach iii. Pigsgusset Initiative has asked the PACC to endorse the annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration as Hosmer School on Sunday, October 12, Noon-3:30pm i. PACC endorsed in 2024 ii. Discuss and vote
Old Business
44:15a. Call for Art: Open for Business launched on July 17, closes October 26, 2025 b. Treaty Day 250 update
New Business
48:13a. Watertown Cultural Council applications open September 2 - October 16 b. Next meeting on October 27, 2025
Visitor Input
52:48Adjourn
53:21