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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAM Agenda: 07/07/2021CITY OF ARCADIA Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Museum Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage located at 380 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, during normal business hours. Arcadia Museum Commission Regular Meeting Agenda Wednesday, July 7, 2021 5:00 p.m. Location: Museum Education Center, 382 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with a disability who require a disability related modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, may request such modification or accommodation from the Museum at (626) 574-5468. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to the meeting. 根据《美国残障人法案》，需要调整或提供便利设施才能参加会议的残障人士（包括辅助器材或服务）可与市书记官办 公室联系（电话：626-574-5468）。请在会前 48 小时通知市书记官办公室，以便作出合理安排，确保顺利参加会议。 Pursuant to the City of Arcadia’s Language Access Services Policy, limited-English proficient speakers who require translation services in order to participate in a meeting may request the use of a volunteer or professional translator by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at (626) 574-5455 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. 根据阿凯迪亚市的语言便利服务政策，英语能力有限并需要翻译服务才能参加会议的人可与市书记官办公室联系（电话： 626-574-5455），请求提供志愿或专业翻译服务，请至少在会前 72 小时提出请求。 CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL OF MUSEUM COMMISSION MEMBERS: Jeanne Roy, Jr., Chairperson Billie Tone, Vice Chairperson Virginia Blitz, Commissioner Dale Carter, Commissioner Currently vacant – Appointment on July 6 PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual wishing to speak before the Museum Commission is limited to five (5) minutes per person, unless waived by the Museum Commission. Under the Brown Act, the Museum Commission is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not listed on the posted agenda. The matter may automatically be referred to staff for appropriate response or action or may be placed on the agenda of a future meeting. Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Museum Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage located at 380 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, during normal business hours. ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND APPOINTMENT OF LIAISON a. Chairperson b. Chairperson Pro Tempore c. Liaison to the Friends of the Museum REPORTS FROM MUSEUM COMMISSION MEMBERS / LIAISONS Announcements / Statements / Future Agenda Items DIRECTOR REPORTS Announcements / Statements / Reports a. Director’s Update b. Reopening/Covid-19 Update c. Curator’s Report and Updates d. Museum Education Coordinator’s Update e. Grants f. Interns and Volunteers g. Programs h. Exhibits i. Collections j. Flyers  Calendar 2021  Virtual Summer Enrichment Program  The Baldwins: Three-part Series  Transcribe-A-Thon CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and can be acted on by one roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Museum Commission, staff, or the public requests that a specific item be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action. a. Approve the Revised Regular Meeting Minutes of March 3, 2021 Recommended action: Approve b. Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of May 5, 2021 Recommended action: Approve ADJOURNMENT The Museum Commission will adjourn this meeting to Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. in the Museum Education Center at 382 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. 1 The Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage Museum Curator’s Report May- June 2021 Virtual Visitors to the Museum for March: 10,937 Facebook: 1,215  Instagram: 2,197 Twitter: 6,600 Website: 600 School Programs: 304 Virtual Programs: 21 Virtual Visitors to the Museum for June 1-18: 4,943 Facebook: 1,005  Instagram: 1,273 Twitter: 2,657 Virtual Programs: 8 HIGHLIGHTS The Museum plans to reopen to the public on July 6, 2021. The Museum prepares for its 3rd Annual Virtual Summer Enrichment Program in July. EXHIBITS Curator Stevy Acevedo continues to work on the television slideshow for the Museum’s exhibits: Arcadia in the Movies and Women of Arcadia. Volunteer Laura Henneforth is assisting Curator Acevedo by working on the PowerPoint slideshow for the Arcadia Walk of Fame exhibit. Volunteer Henneforth is also working on two new exhibit panels to be placed in the Arcadia Walk of Fame exhibit since it continues to be a living exhibit that has a carousel of panels. The Curator also completed work on the exhibit case located in front of the donor tree in the Museum’s lobby. The exhibit highlights the Arcadia Chinese Association that was established in 1982. Some of the items highlighted in the exhibit include awards and certificates to the association from Congresswoman Judy Chu, Assembly member Mike Eng, the County of Los Angeles, and the City of Arcadia. These items were loaned to the Museum by the Arcadia Chinese Association’s Past President, Ms. Joanna Liang. Curator Acevedo is currently conducting research on the history of the Museum for the Gilb Museum’s 20th Anniversary Exhibit, which takes place this year. The Curator has been working with Librarian Yvonne Ng in researching the archives at the Arcadia Public Library stating the long history of the Museum. A temporary exhibit will be created in the Fall to showcase the 20 years of history at the Museum. COLLECTIONS Curator Acevedo continues to photograph the Anthony W. Wilkinson Collection letters and postcards since they are too fragile to scan. Volunteer Gigi Chung will be assisting with photographing the collection as well. These letters are being uploaded to FromThePage to have virtual volunteers help the Museum staff transcribe them. The Friends of the Arcadia Museum have generously provided funds for a subscription to FromThePage for more pages to be uploaded and transcribed by the public. Since the beginning of this project in January 2021, there 2 have been 1,082 pages transcribed from 62 collaborators and 4,262 hours and 19 minutes dedicated to the transcription of these letters and postcards. https://fromthepage.com/gilbmuseum/anthony-w-wilkinson-letter-collection Curator Acevedo has a new Master of Library Science Intern Ms. Tola Livesey who will be receiving academic credit from the University of Illinois. Ms. Livesey will be working on the organization, digitization, and curation of the Gilb Museum’s Archive. During the beginning of her internship, Ms. Livesey created an Archives Policy for the processing of the Museum's archival collections. The Museum also has a new volunteer, Ms. Deborah Cordano assisting with the digitization of the Camp Santa Anita Letter Collection. The collection consists of approximately 190 letters written to and from Private Robert Beck during his time stationed at Camp Santa Anita during World War II. An inventory of all items donated during this time period:  Mr. Robert Harbicht donated a ticket stub from a Baldwin Ranch event from 1907.  Crew member from Good Girls donated a new disposable face mask that was used by staff during the filming of Good Girls Season 4.  Mr. Michael Roth donated unbound scrapbook pages from the Singles Club at Holy Angels Church from the 1940's.  The City Manager’s Office donated four pins that were given to by retired employee Pat Auriemmo. The pins include a centennial pin from 2003, Arcadia Police Department pin, PACE (Peace Arcadia through Community Effort) pin from 2000, and an Arcadia DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) pin.  Mr. Tom Konecny donated a Rand McNally War Atlas Magazine from Raymond A. Dorn Co. Insurance-Real Estate Building. EDUCATION and PROGRAMMING Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto finished conducting school programs for the 2020-2021 school year. Ms. Alberto conducted 21 school programs with 3rd grade classes from Holly Avenue Elementary, Hugo Reid Elementary, and Camino Grove Elementary, including one special needs class. Ms. Alberto has presented both “Then vs. Now” and “Tongva Time” school programs to these classes. “Then vs. Now” challenges students to think about how the past is different from the present, using photographs and artifacts from the Museum’s collection. “Tongva Time '' requires students to follow along the lesson to make Tongva English dictionaries. During the month of May, Ms. Alberto conducted 12 school programs to approximately 304 students. Because of school programming, the Museum has had 527 virtual visitors to the Museum during the 2020-2021 school year. The Gilb Museum has continued to provide free local history educational kits every month for the year 2021. For the month of May, the Museum offered the Plantastic Kit and had 57 requests for 125 kits. In June, the Museum offered the Preschool Plantastic Kit and has had 17 requests for 43 kits so far. Each kit is designed by Ms. Alberto and her educational intern Hanita Le, which include a short local history lesson and historical photographs from the Museum’s archive.These kits were also assembled with the help of local Girl Scout Pearl Wong. 3 Museum Education Coordinator Alberto has also started to work on the Summer Enrichment Program, which will run through the duration of July. Community members will be able to participate in live programming and will be able to pick up free kits, which can be used concurrently with the live SEP program on Saturdays. More information is available on the Museum’s website. Ms. Alberto scheduled a Girl Scout Program with Daisy Troop 71181 on May 24. This troop is made up of seven Arcadia-area Scouts who are aged 5-7, and were able to have a lesson highlighting Earth Day. Since January Ms. Alberto has held once-monthly programming with this Girl Scout Troop. The Senior Services Department at the Community Center has asked the Museum to participate in a partnership with them in providing a monthly presentation to Arcadia Senior Services. On May 14, Ms. Laura Henneforth presented her Famous Arcadians presentation with 21 people in attendance. Curator Acevedo presented Movies Filmed in Arcadia on June 18 with eight participants in attendance. ADMINISTRATION Curator Acevedo continues to work with Intern Rebecca Andersen on the Cataloging California grant from the California State Library that is helping fund a paid internship to work on the Anthony Wilkinson Collection. This grant will help the collection be inventoried, digitized, and curated. The Museum was awarded the Getty Marrow Multicultural Undergraduate Internship grant for two internships at the Gilb Museum during the summer: a Curation and Collections internship and an Education and Marketing internship. The Museum has conducted interviews and has selected the two interns to work with them during the summer: Ms. Michele Huizar and Ms. Kimberly Vinoray. The internships are full-time (40 hours/week) for a consecutive ten-week work period beginning June 21, 2021. The Friends of the Arcadia Museum conducted their board meeting in May through Zoom and their June meeting in-person in the Museum Education Center for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The Museum Staff presented their 2021 Wish List to the Board and was approved at their June meeting. They presented their donation at the City Council Meeting on June 15. Items on the Museum’s Wish List included funding for more Time Machine Kits that can be used by Arcadia Unified School District teachers, funding for this year's Virtual Summer Enrichment Program kits, as well as funding for the local history community kits being created until the end of the year. The Museum Staff has also been assisting the Friends Board with providing information and photographs to include in the ads for the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Centennial booklet. The Friends of the Museum Board is also currently brainstorming ideas for next year’s fundraiser. Their next meeting will take place on August 5. From May 5-7, television show Good Girls once again filmed at the Gilb Museum and at the Community Center for Season 4. The production graciously donated $5,000 to the Friends of the Arcadia Museum which will be used to help provide archival material to curate the Museum’s collections and to provide funding for the Museum’s educational programs. Since the Museum’s closure on March 13, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Museum plans to reopen to the public on July 6, 2021. Curator Acevedo and Museum Education Coordinator Alberto are currently working on a reopening strategy for the Museum in July. 4 MARKETING Due to the closure to the public, Ms. Alberto continues to be active online by posting on the Museum’s various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. In doing so, the Museum is still able to be engaged with the community and grow its audience. Beginning in February, the Museum regularly sends their monthly newsletter to its subscribers using Mailchimp. This provides another vehicle for the Museum to promote its virtual programs and exhibits, as well as future events. Community members can subscribe to the newsletter on the Museum’s website main page. As of now, the Museum has 284 subscribers to the newsletter. Curator Acevedo worked with Peter Mercado, the department's Information Systems Specialist, to update items on the Museum’s website. They have created a Transcriptions Project page that highlights the Anthony W. Wilkinson Collection transcription project on FromThePage. A tutorial video created by Curator Acevedo is also linked to the page via YouTube. Museum Education Coordinator Alberto also helped boost this project on the Museum’s various social media pages. The Museum Staff has also been working on promotional materials, including the Museum’s 2021 Calendar and new stickers, to be included in this year's educational kits, as well as passed out at the Museum to guests. New Curator’s Corner videos were created in the months of May and June, including the history of American Allegiance Arcadia Post 247 celebrating its centennial this year, and the history of the Arcadia Woman’s Club Building celebrating 90 years this year. VOLUNTEERS and INTERNS The Gilb Museum has begun to recruit new volunteers. The Gilb Museum has received applications for six new volunteers, two adults and four teen applicants, since making this opportunity available to the community. Since volunteers have not been allowed to volunteer in- person for the past year, they have been helping by completing virtual projects, such as the transcription of the Anthony W. Wilkinson collection, compiling kit statistics, and attending bi- monthly volunteer meetings. A mandatory Volunteer Orientation was held for new and returning volunteers to the Museum. As of June 2, volunteers have been allowed to return to the Museum in-person. Volunteers have been stationed in physically distanced areas and are currently helping Ms. Alberto to compile materials for the Summer Enrichment Program. Ms. Alberto has also worked to develop a new Front Desk Volunteer/Docent position, with the help of Curator Acevedo. Currently Museum staff is training four adult volunteers to take on this position. Angela Song has completed her virtual internship with Curator Acevedo. Ms. Song was able to work on future grants that are recurring every year that the Museum can apply to fund internships, promote programs, and to purchase essential curatorial supplies for the collection. Ms. Song completed 188 hours total for her virtual internship. Hanita Le, the Museum’s virtual Education Intern, continued to help Ms. Alberto create lesson plans for educational programming, design kits for preschoolers, and helped conduct Girl Scout programming. Ms. Le also helped Ms. Alberto create the lesson plans for the Summer Enrichment Program. Her internship ended June 14 and she completed 197 hours for her virtual internship. 5 Volunteer Jonathan Ornelas began volunteering in-person once again at the Museum. He is assisting Intern Andersen with the inventory of the Anthony W. Wilkinson Collection, and assisting Ms. Alberto in creating new coloring pages to include in her local history educational kits. The teen internship for the Faces of Arcadia Oral History Project continues to go well. The teen internship consists of eight teens who have previously been teen volunteers at the Museum. Staff continues to conduct workshops and meetings to see their progress, answer any questions, and prepare the interns with their oral interviews. Each intern is currently working on their fourth interview with members of the Arcadia Community. Anyone interested in the project can visit the Museum’s website for more information. Volunteer hours: May 1 to June 18: 241.15 hours FACILITIES Staff continues to monitor the climate in the collections room, as well as the exhibit space. Public Works continues to monitor the air condition system at the Museum to ensure it is working properly. Submitted by Curator Stevy Acevedo and Director of Library & Museum Services, Darlene Bradley The Gilb Museum Of Arcadia Heritage 2021CALENDAR The Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage 380 W. Huntington Drive Arcadia, CA 91007 (626)574-5440 www.ArcadiaCA.gov/Museum Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-12pm & 1pm-4pm The Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center 382 W. Huntingon Dr. Arcadia, CA 91007 ALL ADMISSION & PROGRAMS ARE FREE! T h e m i s s i o n o f t h e G i l b M u s e u m o f A r c a d i a H e r i t a g e i s t o c o l l e c t , p r e s e r v e a n d r e c o g n i z e A r c a d i a 's h e r i t a g e ; t o c r e a t e a s h a r e d i d e n t i t y f o r a d i v e r s e c o m m u n i t y ; a n d t o c e l e b r a t e t h e C i t y 's r i c h h i s t o r y w i t h e x h i b i t s a n d e d u c a t i o n a l p r o g r a m s t h a t w i l l e n c o u r a g e c o m m u n i t y i n v o l v e m e n t . Programs at the Museum are supported with the help of the Friends of the Arcadia Museum. Join or donate today! A non-profit organization 501(c)3 Curator Stevy Acevedo sacevedo@ArcadiaCA.gov Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto balberto@ArcadiaCA.gov Director of Library and Museum Darlene Bradley dbradley@ArcadiaCA.gov Virtual School Programs The Gilb Museum is pleased to offer free virtual field trips and outreach to local Arcadia schools. Contact the Museum for more information. Volunteer Opportunities Volunteers are a valuable resource at the Gilb Museum and there are many opportunities to develop skills in event planning, customer service, and working with historical collections. Apply today! Virtual Scouts Program The Gilb Museum is pleased to offer virtual Scout programming free of charge to local Arcadia Girl Scout troops and Cub Scout dens. Reserve your troops program today! Faces of Arcadia Oral History Project Join the Gilb Museum and preserve the history of Arcadia by contributing to your stories to the community oral history project. Participate in 30 minute oral history interviews on topics relating to Arcadia past and present. Speakers Bureau Let us bring Arcadia's history to you! Original research about Arcadia's history by Arcadia's local historians. See the museum's website for more details. Dale Carter "Santa Anita Depot- Lucky Baldwin's Connection to the East & West" Laura Henneforth "Arcadia Walk of Fame: Who was Who in Arcadia?"CALENDAR 2021JULY PROGRAMS 202110 Summer Enrichment Program Theme: Dinos & Di-nots 10am 24 Summer Enrichment Program Theme: Wild West & Early CA 10am 31 Summer Enrichment Program Theme: Arcadia Today & Tomorrow 10am AUGUST Virtual Trivia Night 4:45pm7 17 Summer Enrichment Program Theme: Arcadia's First Settlers 10am SEPTEMBER Virtual Baldwin Series* Topic: Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin 10am10 OCTOBER Virtual Baldwin Series* Topic: Anita M. Baldwin 10am8 Virtual Transcribe-a-thon Anthony W. Wilkinson Collection 10am18 Gilb Museum 20th Anniversary Open House 10am to 12pm16 NOVEMBER Virtual Baldwin Series* Topic: Clara Baldwin Stocker 10am5 DECEMBER Virtual Transcribe-a-thon Anthony W. Wilkinson Collection 10am18 *This program is provided in partnership by the Arcadia Senior Services Department. Advance registration is required for all virtual programs. V I R T U A L S U M M E R E N R I C H M E N T P R O G R A M T H E G I L B M U S E U M O F A R C A D I A H E R I T A G E 3 8 0 W . H U N T I N G T O N D R I V E A R C A D I A , C A 9 1 0 0 7 M U S E U M @ A R C A D I A C A .G O V 6 2 6 .5 7 4 .5 4 4 0 / W W W .A R C A D I A C A .G O V /M U S E U M Jump in a time machine and explore Arcadia's past! Join Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto to learn about different time periods on Arcadia's history. Live videos and free educational kits will be available for select weeks in the month of July. Supplies limited. Learn about the dinosaurs that were native to California, as well as plesiosaurs - ancient marine reptiles that are often confused for dinosaurs. Look at how Arcadia has changed over the years. This week will challenge participants to think about their legacy. Take a look at the early years of California as a state - from the wild West days to the Rancho Period. July 20 - 24: The Wild West and Early California Explore the history of Tongva Native Americans through their language and their food! July 27 - 31: Arcadia Today and Tomorrow T H E G I L B M U S E U M O F A R C A D I A H E R I T A G E P R E S E N T S : July 6 - 10: Dinos and Di-nots July 13 - 17: Arcadia's First Settlers Program is free! Contact us for more info Join us for this free three part virtual series as we learn about the Baldwin family. September 10 at 10am Learn all about Elias Jackson Baldwin, Arcadia’s founder and first mayor. Learn all about his early life and his legacy in the City of Arcadia. Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin This program is provided by the Arcadia Senior Serivices in partnership with the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage Born almost three decades after Clara Baldwin, Anita was the daughter of Elias Jackson Baldwin’s third wife Jennie Dexter. Explore the life of Anita Baldwin, known for her philanthropy, love of animals, artistic endeavors, and for the creation of her lavish home Anoakia. Anita M. Baldwin October 8 at 10am Learn about Elias Jackson Baldwin’s oldest daughter, Clara Baldwin Stocker. The only child of Baldwin’s first marriage, Clara would be known for her “eccentric” ways and leading a lavish lifestyle. Take a look at the woman who lent her name to Clara Villa, Baldwin Stocker Elementary, and was the recipient of Arcadia’s first liquor license. Clara Baldwin Stocker November 5 at 10am For more information, please call The Arcadia Community Center (626)574-5130 or The Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage (626)574-5440 The Baldwins:Three Part Series TRANSCRIBE-A-THON Saturday, September 18 | 10 AM TRIVIANIGHT August 7 | 4:45 PM VIRTUAL Help the Gilb Museum Transcribe the Anthony W. Wilkinson Collection! This collection is comprised of approximately 700 letters and postcards which were written to and from Edith Hartzell Grandy, a former California-based army medic. The letters were written between 1860 and 1960 and reflect life in Southern California. ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED REGISTER AT ARCADIACA.GOV/MUSEUM Join the Gilb Museum for a fun-filled night of trivia! Try your hand at winning some exclusive prizes. Advance registration required. MUSEUM COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 As part of the city of Arcadia’s COVID-19 transmission mitigation efforts, this meeting of the Arcadia Museum Commission was conducted by conference call. CALL TO ORDER – Chair Jeanne Roy called the meeting to order at 5:01 p.m. in a conference call. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Chair Jeanne Roy ROLL CALL: Chair Jeanne Roy; Commissioners Dale Carter, Billie Tone, Virginia Blitz; City Council Liaison April Verlato; Director of Library & Museum Services Darlene Bradley; Library Services Manager Pat Smith; Curator Stevy Acevedo; Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto ABSENT: Commissioner Carlos Reza, Jr. Commissioner Carter moved to excuse the absence of Commissioner Carlos Reza Jr., seconded by Commissioner Blitz, and carried on a voice vote. AYES: Chair Roy, Commissioners Carter, Tone, and Blitz NOES: None ABSENT Commissioner Reza Jr. PUBLIC COMMENTS: No public comments were made REPORTS FROM MUSEUM COMMISSION MEMBERS / LIAISONS: April Verlato noted City Council met the previous night and is moving forward for council elections in November 2022. City Council is also looking into amending chapter bylaws. The Arcadia Police Foundation received $30,000 donation for the K-9 program. The design for the Anita Baldwin statue was revealed at City Council. City Council also voted 5-0 for interim housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. Funds would come from Measure H and the state. Reports state that Arcadia has gone from 14 homeless persons in 2019 to 116 homeless persons in 2020. Ginny Blitz announced the FAM Board will convene tomorrow. The meeting last month was cancelled. FAM has received many donations and membership renewals. Dale Carter has a Speakers Bureau Talk scheduled on the topic of the Santa Anita Depot. Director’s Report: Director Bradley reported the Arcadia Historical Society is working on the William Parker Lyons History Lives Here sign and Anita Baldwin History Lives Here Sign. The Arcadia Historical Society will also be hosting Murder at the Baldwin Ranch fundraiser. Report from the Curator: Curator Acevedo reported that she is working on the Community Collections Virtual Exhibit and currently updating the Arcadia in the Movies section of the Museum. As for collections, the Museum is hosting the Anthony Wilkinson Collection on FromThePage, so people from around the globe can help the Museum transcribe documents. The Gilb Museum will also be partnering with the Arcadia Senior Services Department to give virtual presentations. Dale Carter, Laura Henneforth, Ms. Acevedo, and Ms. Alberto will all give presentations to members of the Arcadia community. Ms. Acevedo also reported the Gilb Museum received the Cataloging California Grant and has applied for the Getty Grant to receive funds for internships for the summer. The Gilb Museum was also awarded the PTA Honorary Services Award. Report from the Museum Education Coordinator: Education Coordinator Alberto updated the Commission on the work of the volunteers. The Museum’s volunteers have completed over 240 hours virtually. Ms. Alberto also reported that the Museum has over ten requests for virtual education programs with Arcadia-area elementary schools. The Gilb Museum will also be hosting a Lucky Baldwin-themed Trivia Night and a Transcribe-a-thon to recruit help for transcribing the Anthony Wilkinson Collection. Consent Calendar a. Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of January 4, 2021 Recommended action: Approve Commission Member Tone moved to approve Consent Calendar Item “a”, which was seconded by Commission Member Carter, and carried on a voice vote. AYES: Chair Roy; Commissioners Carter, Tone & Blitz NOES: None ABSENT: None Adjournment Chair Roy adjourned the meeting at 5:45 p.m. to Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in the Museum Education Center, 382 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. Darlene Bradley, Director of Library and Museum Services Prepared by Brittani Alberto, Museum Education Coordinator MUSEUM COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 As part of the City of Arcadia’s COVID-19 transmission mitigation efforts, this meeting of the Arcadia Museum Commission was conducted by conference call. CALL TO ORDER – Chair Jeanne Roy called the meeting to order at 5:01 p.m. in a conference call PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Chair Jeanne Roy ROLL CALL: Chair Jeanne Roy; Commissioners Dale Carter, Billie Tone, Virginia Blitz; City Council Liaison April Verlato; Director of Library & Museum Services Darlene Bradley; Library Services Manager Pat Smith; Curator Stevy Acevedo; Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto ABSENT: Commissioner Carlos Reza, Jr. Commissioner Tone motioned to excuse the absence of Commissioner Carlos Reza Jr., seconded by Commissioner Carter, and carried on a voice vote. AYES: Chair Roy; Commissioners Carter, Tone, and Blitz NOES: None ABSENT Commissioner Reza Jr. PUBLIC COMMENTS: No public comments were made REPORTS FROM MUSEUM COMMISSION MEMBERS / LIAISONS: April Verlato reported on City Council’s meeting last night. There will be a flag tribute to celebrate the City’s military personnel. This will also incorporate Blue Star families. There are no COVID updates. It has been 3-4 days since the last COVID-related death in L.A. County. Tomorrow there will be a community forum on homelessness and the tiny homes project. Ginny Blitz reported the Friends of the Museum (FAM) Board will convene tomorrow. The FAM will put an ad for the Gilb Museum in the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce booklet. The Arcadia Chamber of Commerce will be celebrating their centennial this year. REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR: Darlene Bradley reported that the Arcadia Public Library reopened last Monday, May 3rd. The Museum will be reopening in July. The Le Meridien Hotel will be the home of two History Lives Here Signs, the Parker Lyons Pony Express Museum and Anita M. Baldwin. The NBC show Good Girls will be filming today, tomorrow, and Thursday. REPORT FROM THE CURATOR: Curator Acevedo reported that she has updated the permanent exhibits in the main Museum gallery, as well as the Arcadia at the Movies exhibit. She is currently working on the Women of Arcadia Exhibit, which was previously the Floretta K. Lauber exhibit. Ms. Acevedo has been photographing letters and postcards from the Anthony W. Wilkinson Collection and uploading them to FromThePage where virtual volunteers can help by transcribing the documents. The Gilb Museum has also been the recipient of donations from Nguyen Tran, who donated 16 local restaurant menus from the city of Arcadia, and Darlene Besocke, who donated three scrapbooks on behalf of the Santa Anita Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Museum also held its first Virtual Transcribe-a-thon and Lucky Baldwin-themed Trivia Night. The Senior Services Department at the Arcadia Community Center asked the Museum to participate in a partnership with them and to provide a monthly presentation to local seniors. The LA Metro also requested the Gilb Museum to conduct a virtual presentation for seniors in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Gilb Museum is the recipient of the Cataloging California grant from the California State Library to help fund a paid internship for the Anthony Wilkinson Collection, as well as the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship grant for two internships, a Curatorial and Collections internship and an Education and Marketing internship, which will both run throughout the summer of 2021. Ms. Acevedo informed the Commission that the Museum was the recipient of the Arcadia Council PTA Honorary Service Award. Curator Acevedo also had intern Angela Song assisting in grant writing. The Museum created a new teen internship for the Faces of Arcadia Oral History project. REPORT FROM THE MUSEUM EDUCATION COORDINATOR: Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto informed the Commission that she held 16 virtual school programs with 3rd grade classes from Camino Grove Elementary, Hugo Reid Elementary, and Holly Avenue Elementary. Ms. Alberto also provided free educational kits every month for the year 2021. Kits for the month of May were prepared with the help of local Girl Scout Pearl Wong, who bagged soil and pumpkin seeds for the Plantastic Kits. Ms. Alberto also scheduled a Girl Scout Program with Daisy Troop 71181, which will run once a month every month until July. Ms. Alberto’s intern Hanita Le helped to create lesson plans for educational programming, design kits for preschoolers, and conduct Girl Scout programs. CONSENT CALENDAR a. Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of January 4, 2021 Recommended action: Approve Commission Member Tone moved to approve Consent Calendar Item “a”, which was seconded by Commission Member Blitz, and carried on a voice vote. AYES: Chair Jeanne Roy; Commissioners Carter, Tone & Blitz NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioner Reza, Jr. ADJOURNMENT Chair Jeanne Roy adjourned the meeting at 5:37 p.m. to Wednesday, July 7 in the Museum Education Center, 382 W. Huntington Dr., Arcadia. Darlene Bradley, Director of Library and Museum Services Prepared by Brittani Alberto, Museum Education Coordinator