MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE FINE ARTS COMMISSION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-01130R000100050047-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: November 14, 1983
• Content Type: MIN

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MINUTES
OF THE 14 NOVEMBER 1983
MEETING OF THE FINE ARTS COMMISSION
L The Meeting was called to order by Acting ChairmanL
1100 hours in Room 7D32 Headquarters. Present
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2. The minutes of the 17 October 1983 meeting were approved
as submitted.
3. Corrmittee Reports
a. Exhibits
report:
gave the following Exhibits Con-rnittee
The Employee Art Show, currently up, will run until
9 December.
January -- The Antarctic Exhibit is scheduled for
January 1984. ill
display about 80 photographs taken in the Antarctic.
These photos will be of a scientific nature.
f the EEO office was present to brief the
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meeting concerning plans for this exhibit.
advised that the theme for Black History Month
this year will be Black Americans' Struggle for
Excellence in Education. EEO has decided to have the
exhibit depict black colleges. Tentative plans are to
divide the exhibit into three parts which would include
(1) history concerning beginning of black colleges, (2)
the featuring of approximately 20 of the most prominent
black colleges, with a picture of the school, where
located, the president, and famous alumnae from each
school and (3) our support to these colleges. In
discussion, it was suggested tol that the
National Archives mieht have so appropriate
to this exhibit. I _J will attend the 12 December
meeting of the FAC and give us an update on plans for
this exhibit.
March - I advised that the Employee Photo
Exhibit would probably be scheduled during the months of
March or April. ill be present at our 12
December meeting o rte a members on this exhibit.
Painting of Exhibit Hall - I ladvised
that the Exhibit Hall will be painted during the three
weeks in December after the present exhibit is
removed. It will not be available for use during that
time.
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Contract with Exhibitors - I I advised that 25X1
there had been some controversy about Who actually owns
an exhibit after it comes down. She said that once we
actually do the reproduction, this reproduction is owned
by the Agency. Since there was a misunderstanding in
one instance, in the future we are going to have a
contract drawn up between t presenting the
Agency, and the exhibitor. has already spoken 25X1
to Administrative Law Division of'OGC about this and
when she gets the contract, she will pass it on to the
FAC Chairman.
4. Old Business
a. Decoration of Indoor Running Track
gave an update on the decoration
of the indoor running track and gym. He had recently
talked with of OMS who has gone ahead with
some of this work on his own. Some of the suggestions
we had have already been acted upon. Concerning the
bags of clothing hung on the wall, wire-type lockers
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will be installed in the F corridor. Mirrors are going
up in the exercise room this week. Plans for lighting
have been drawn up and submitted. They also have plans
for resurfacing the track. That leaves us with the
painting/decorating of the walls. We hope to have some
sketches on this for our next meeting on 12 December.
b. DCI Portraits
I I advised that the McCone portrait has
gone to the artist Cedric Egeli for copying. He liked
the original painting and felt he really would like to
copy it. He looked at the Turner portrait but did not
like it and wanted to know if he could have a few
sittings with Turner. advised this could be
awkward for the Agency. If we agree that there should
be sittings, then would take it up with the
DDA and see what could be done. She asked whether the
FAC wanted the portrait copied as is, whether we wanted
the actual sittings, or whether we wanted the artist to
work from photographs. The concensus was that
should go to the DDA and propose the sittings
and if the DDA and Turner are willing, have him sit.
by d
also brought up the technique suggested
Jat the last meeting whereby a full-
size photograph of the original painting is lifted on to
a new canvas and brush strokes added. She said that the
company referred to by is very interested
in doing this and will do it free of charge for one
portrait just to see what can be done. I las
sent them the negative of Helms' portrait and given them
the dimensions of the canvas size. We will probably
have the finished portrait at the next meeting.
c. Landscaping Around Satellite Antenna
I ladvised that the contract has been
awarded in this matter. The contract allows for the
planting of some 30 shrubs around the antenna, removal
of the present fence, and the painting of the base of
the dish and steel supports. She advised this work
should be completed by winter.
d. Workplace Awareness Program
Members had been requested to come prepared for
discussion and establishment of priorities for- theme
posters on this subject. dvised that her
office had offered the following three subjects for
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consideration as ideas for posters: (1) trash in the
ash trays in the public areas; (2) cafeteria dishes
and trays removed from the cafeteria and being left all
over; and (3) newspapers and bottles being placed
outside office doors first thing in the morning. The
members also brought up the problem of neatness in the
cafeteria and restrooms and employees eating in the
library. It was also suggested that I look ' 25X1
into the problem created by persons w o eat t eir
lunches in the library.
5. New Business
a. Loading Dock Doors for P&PD
presented a request for installation of
two new doors on the loading dock of P&PD. He showed
the members three photos of the present doors and
explained what the situation is now; at present when a
truck makes a delivery the doors are open for quite a
while allowing cold air, humidity, etc. to enter during
that time. They,have been having trouble with
temperature and humidity in the paper storage area They
would like to install the Kelly Rapid-Roll Door with
each of these doors. The Kelly door is a plastic,
motion-sensored door that is up and down in four
seconds. He said that their main concern is employee
comfort and temperature and humidity control of the
warehouse area. One Kelly door would be installed on
the exterior of the present exterior door and another
Kelly door would be installed on the interior of the
present interior door. The cost for these two doors
would be $12,000. The doors come in three colors, red,
green and brown; we would prefer the green. The general
feeling was that we should have the doors.
b. Door Changes for OCR Theaters and Projection Room
I ==1 C/OCR Administrative Staff,
and of OCR were present at the meeting.
briefed the members concerning their request
to modify the current color scheme of the doors to OCR's
two theaters and its projection room in order to make
the doors more compatible with the new theater decor.
The two theaters and projection room have been under
renovation for the past ten months, and the present
color on the exterior of the doors clashes with the new
decor. The interior sides of the doors have been
covered with a wood laminate compatible with the other
wood in the theaters and the wall coverings and OCR as
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its first choice
would like to use the same
approach to
the exterior of the entrance doors. These doors are
normally left open during the day except during
presentations and the wood laminate would blend best of
all with the decor.
dvised that
we would
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be setting a precedent and pro
bably open the way
to
similar requ
ests were we to fi
nish these doors i
n the
wood laminat
e. She suggested
the best thing to do would
be to
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different standard
n or approved fo
r the
doors. felt that if they
cannot use a wood laminate on the doors, their second
choice would be to use a beige color compatible with the
decor of the theaters. This would be preferable to
using one of the standard approved door colors. After
discussion, it was agreed they will come back to the 12
December meeting with sample of the color they would
prefer.
c. Application of Solar Film to Hqs. Windows
I as received from the Building Planning
Staff a sample of the color of glass to be used in the
new building. She said that a study is being done to
look into applying a glaze to the windows in this
building so they will be unified. Also, some energy
savings would be realized by the application of this
film. She had several samples of window film of varying
degrees of color she showed the members. She informed
the group that there is an interest on the part of
Logistics to test this process on the first floor center
courtyard windows. It was the general feeling that we
would not want to use a film so dar k that it would make
the corridors appear much darker. will come 25X1
back with other samples and the specific egrees of
light reduction with each one whenever she can get them.
6. The next meeting of the FAC will be held on Monday, 12
December 1983 at 1100 in Room 7D32.
7. The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 hours.
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