City Council Meeting Date: June 18, 2018
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Deb Little, City Clerk
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Consider Resolution Recognizing the Northfield Arts Guild’s 60th Anniversary and Proclaiming August 20, 2019 as Myrna Johnson Day in Northfield.
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council considers approving the attached Resolution recognizing the Northfield Arts Guild’s 60th Anniversary by Proclaiming August 20, 2019 as Myrna Johnson Day in Northfield.
Summary Report:
The Northfield Arts Guild was founded in 1959. A visionary group of artists and patrons resolved to create a gathering space for the arts where everyone is welcomed and included. On August 20, 1959 the Northfield Arts Guild presented its inaugural performance of Ah, Wilderness. Myrna Johnson’s contributions were integral in founding the Guild and guiding it through its pivotal early years. There are many people whose contributions helped launch, shape and build the Northfield Arts Guild over the past six decades, but Myrna Johnson’s leadership is universally recognized, acknowledged and celebrated.
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