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Middleton committee reviews youth-center classes and pop-up art events; cites rising supply costs
Summary
The committee reported a successful pumpkin-hunt pop-up with about 200 kids, outlined a full youth-center schedule (artists paid $150 plus supplies), confirmed a $750 pop-up budget, and warned of rising supply prices that may require future budget adjustments.
The Middleton Arts Committee reviewed youth-center programming and pop-up arts events, reported attendance figures for recent activities and discussed budgeting and supply shortages.
Speaker 8 reported that the recent "Hunting for Pumpkins" event drew "about 200 kids" and praised Parks & Rec and high-school volunteer groups (Key Club and DECA) for supporting the activity. The committee said volunteers and high-school clubs will be available to help with future events, including the December candy-cane hunt.
On youth programming, Speaker 2 reviewed a lineup of classes at the youth center: Julia led flip-book and mini-comic classes, a bracelet class is scheduled for November with artists paid $150 plus supplies, Christine Lauffenberg will return in January and February for a two-part pottery class, March will feature a collage class, and May–June will include a mural project assembled from many small canvases. Classes are described as about one hour of instruction inside a 90-minute session.
Budget concerns arose in the pop-up discussion. Speaker 8 said she can work within a $750 annual budget for pop-up art activities, but Speaker 2 noted rising supply costs: foam-core cases were recently $78 and later $108 per case, suggesting the committee may need to amend the budget if costs continue to rise. Members discussed using reusable materials and community donations (egg cartons, toilet-paper rolls, rubber bands) to stretch resources and planned to create donation shopping lists and a recycling focus for next year’s projects.
Next steps: Speakers plan to keep the $750 pop-up budget for now while monitoring supply costs, create donation lists to reduce purchasing, and confirm volunteers and schedules for upcoming youth-center and pop-up events.
