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Home My WebLink About09-02-2010 Public Art Advisory CommitteePublic Art Advisory Committee Thursday, September 2, 2010 3: 30PM Lobby Conference Room City Hall 410 E. Washington A. Call to order B. Public discussion of any item not on the agenda C. Consideration of the minutes of the July 1, 2010 meeting D. Discussion of alternative installation site for wooden carved sculptures by Valery Kovalev and donated by Art Small and the Horan/Dewey family E. Discussion of donation from Khristofor Agassandian of another sculpture by Valery Kovalev. F. Downtown parking meter art program G. Discussion of extension of Literary Walk along Linn Street in North Market Square and role of Public Art Advisory Committee H. Discussion of acquisition of Simple Flight by Jason Messier currently located on the Peninsula Park Sculptors Showcase. I. Committee time/updates/other? J. Adjournment MINUTES PRELIMINARY PUBLIC ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010 LOBBY CONFERENCE ROOM — CITY HALL Members Present: Annadora Khan, DaLayne Williamson, Patrick Carney, Rick Fosse, Mike Moran Members Absent: Jan Finlayson, Mark Seabold Staff Present: Marcia Bollinger, Rebecca Raab Public Present: none RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL Recommend approval of acceptance of wooden carved sculptures donated by Art Small and the Horan/Dewey family. Moved by Fosse, Seconded by Finlayson. The motion passed 5:0. CALL TO ORDER Finlayson called the meeting to order 3:35 PM PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON AGENDA None CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 6, 2010 AND THE MINUTES OF THE INFORMAL NOTES FROM JUNE 4, 2010 FIELD VISIT Approved as presented ACCEPTANCE OF WOODEN CARVED SCULPTURES DONATED BY ART SMALL AND THE HORAN/DEWEY FAMILY Bollinger explained that the Public Art Advisory Committee would need to formally make a motion to the City Council regarding acceptance of the sculptures as offered by Art Small and the Horan/Dewey family. Khan presented her preference to soak the sculptures in a wood treatment mixture instead of painting them as previously suggested. Committee members agreed this would be the best way to present the art. Fosse asked how the City would physically acquire the art. Bollinger said that a formal contract would have to be presented Public Art Advisory Committee Thursday, July 1 2010 Page 2 of 3 to City Council at their July 12th meeting. Fosse discussed how the sculptures could be moved and cleaned. Bollinger discussed how various features of the art pieces could be preserved while being moved and Khan agreed they should determine which elements were original. MOTION: Fosse moved to approve the acceptance of the carved sculptures, Williamson seconded. The motion passed 5:0. UPDATE ON LONGFELLOW NEIGHBORHOOD ART PROJECT REPAIRS AND POTENTIAL DOWNTOWN PARKING METER ART PROGRAM Bollinger reviewed the damage to the historic marker on Muscatine Avenue that was a part of the Longfellow Neighborhood Art project. Salt had eroded much of the text on both sides of the plaque and it was in need of repair. The original artist who created the marker suggested that these portions of the signs be replace with a vinyl imprinted product that would look identical to the original pieces. Khan asked if these issues were discussed in the Longfellow newsletter and Bollinger said she could ask the newsletter editor to include this information in the next newsletter. Bollinger discussed the downtown parking meter program recently put in place. Khan discussed how she thought they may not be visible enough. Bollinger discussed commissioning local artists to decorate the parking meters. Carney asked whether there had been a call to artists to ask them to participate in this program and Bollinger said there had not been once yet as she wanted the committee to discuss the matter formally at their September 2, 2010 meeting. COMMITTEE TIME/UPDATES Bollinger also mentioned that the Iowa City Public Library was starting a new public art project that resembles the Herky on Parade event from 2004 only this will feature books that artists will decorate. Bollinger discussed the upcoming "Sand in the City" project. She asked if any committee members were interested in participating. ADJOURNMENT Moran motioned to adjourn; Fosse seconded. Meeting adjourned at 4:00 PM. Next meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 2"d, 2010. Meetings submitted by Rebecca Raab. a� E UCD �L N O '0� Q�M <mo U -p M C�a O O °O�C�C�C�Co�C�C '--a � •--� N —+ O N W 0 0 0 0 0 Cc U CO �ba ��w z�9z