Town Hall, Provincetown, MA 02657

Members Present: Stephen Borkowski, Chair; Jim Bakker, Georgia Coxe, Napi Van Dereck and Erna Partoll. Peggy Prichett, excused with notice. Amy Heller was in attendance by invitation.

Stephen Borkowski, Chair, called the meeting to order at 3:01 PM.

The chairman presented the minutes of the three previous meetings for review by the Commission. After careful review and minor corrections the following motion was made.

To accept the minutes of the July 7th, 14th, and 18^th meetings as corrected.

Moved by: Georgia Coxe Seconded by: Napi Van Dereck Yea: 5 Nay: 0 Abstain: 0

The Chairman presented an overview and update of the status of works in conservation. He also presented the loan request from the Provincetown Art Association and Museum for 8 works by Oliver Chaffee to be included in an exhibition there from November 11 – January 22, 2006. After some discussion about logistics the following motion was made.

To recommend to the Board of Selectmen the approval of the loan request and to empower the Chair of the Commission to expedite the request once approved.

Moved by: Jim Bakker Seconded by: Georgia Coxe Yea: 5 Nay: 0 Abstain: 0

At this point the Chair recognized Amy Heller and asked her to present an overview of her work to date for the Commission. Their was discussion and the Commission was pleased with her efforts to date.

Jim Bakker asked the Commission to clarify previous discussions about the Art Commission accepting the care of the “Peter Hunt” furniture formerly in the Heritage Museum’s Collection. After a brief discussion led by the Chair the following motion was made.

That the Art Commission confirms that it does not wish to accept the responsibility of caring for the furniture, that it considers it part of the artifact collection and therefore not part of the art collection.

Moved by: Georgia Coxe Seconded by: Stephen Borkowski Yea: 4 Nay: 0 Abstain: 1

The Chair then presented the loan request from the Cahoon Museum of American Art for 2 works to be included in an exhibition there from October 25 – December 31. After some discussion about logistics the following motion was made.

To recommend to the Board of Selectmen the approval of the loan request and to empower the Chair of the Commission to expedite the request once approved.

Moved by: Jim Bakker Seconded by: Georgia Coxe Yea: 5 Nay: 0 Abstain: 0

The Chair revived discussions about asking the Board of Selectmen to allow the Town Manager to sign Art Loan Agreements in order to expedite then and not overly burden the Board of Selectmen with this process. After a brief discussion it was agreed that the Chair would present the request of the Board of Selectmen at the next possible opportunity.

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 3:55 PM.

Moved by: Jim Bakker Seconded by: Stephen Borkowski Yea: 5 Nay: 0 Abstain: 0

Approved by: ___________________________________________ on ___________________

Stephen Borkowski (Chairman) Date