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Commission approves March 12 Art Night participants; commissioners push for better promotion
Summary
The commission approved artists and performers for Stockton Art Night on March 12 and authorized staff discretion to add late applicants. Commissioners criticized limited social media promotion and discussed solutions.
The Stockton Arts Commission on March 3 approved four artists and granted staff discretion to add additional participants for the Stockton Art Night event scheduled for March 12.
Staff reported that four artist applications were included in the meeting packet and two additional artists plus one performing artist applied after packet publication. The commission approved the four listed artists and authorized staff to add artists who apply before the event.
Commissioners raised concerns about promotion and social media. Several commissioners said recent posts from the Stockton Arts Commission social accounts were infrequent and urged more regular posting and earlier circulation of flyers so commissioners could share event posts on their personal channels. Staff said only city staff have direct access to the official commission social media account but invited commissioners to post from personal accounts and tag the commission. Staff agreed to accept emailed flyers from commissioners for posting.
Motion and result: Commissioner Delafos moved to approve the listed artists and to allow staff discretion to add additional artists; Commissioner Abercrombie seconded. Motion passed by voice vote.
Next steps: staff will email application materials to prospective artists, post approved flyers to the commission page, and use staff discretion to add additional performers who apply before March 12.
