Ridgewood Arts Council seeks official status
APRIL 2, 2014 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014, 5:13 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The village will consider creating an official body dedicated to the support of the arts, as Ridgewood has done for purposes of promoting citizens’ safety, environmental awareness and financial management, among other areas critical to residents.
The Ridgewood Arts Council has acted in a de facto capacity since it re-launched in November 2012, and its members are appealing to the village’s governing body to make it the sanctioned organization for the arts, according to Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli, who has been working with group leaders for the past 15 months. The arts council is currently a division of the Ridgewood Guild.
“What we would like to do now is make the [arts] council an official body of the village government,” Pucciarelli said at a Ridgewood Council meeting last month, adding that the designation would give the group a higher profile and aid in its access to parks and other public venues.
Pucciarelli proposed that membership on the arts council, like other village committees, would come via annual Ridgewood Council appointment. The appointments of board chairman and vice chairman would be voted on by the arts council.
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