Walldog Summary
January 2007
Mark Hinds (LNA), Steve Jevning (Leonardo’s Basement), Carole Bersin (Walldog Artist)
A meeting was held to review sites toured by Bersin, Hinds, and Linnes-Robinson in December. Photos and dimensions of all potential sites had been distributed and commented on via e-mail before the meeting. The photos were walked through and put into “Yes†and “No†piles based upon location, wall condition, visibility, store product, and perception of the owners’ willingness to participate. The following locations were selected to be preliminarily approached:
Kingfield:
MLK Park
Motorcycle Shop
Fun Sister II
Scuba Shop
Lyndale:
Hispanic Grocery
Hispanic Meat Market
Lyndale Office
Tattoo Parlor
(fall back site: Spectrum Staffing)
Also discussed briefly was
Soliciting business sponsors for the event:Â It was determined that this project should be a stand-alone solicitation and the request does not need to come out for a few months.
Grant opportunities: there are some options that have deadlines approaching soon; business sponsors may be better than foundations for this project.
Documentation of the project: Bersin and Hinds have leads on a video documentary and Linnes-Robinson has a contact with MTN. Linnes-Robinson will also initiate contact with photographers and graphic designers to see about community collaboration on a book (or calendar, as recommended by Jevning).
Tasks:
Linnes-Robinson will do a rough draft of a letter to selected businesses and finalize with Hinds in the next week. She will also contact Steve Poor and get a meeting set up.
Hinds will continue to look into funding opportunities and submit applications as appropriate.
Bersin will continue to identify artists.
Jevning will figure out how he wants to structure the youth component of this project, both earlier in the summer and the weekend of the event.