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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-04-2013 Public Art Advisory CommitteePublic Art Advisory Committee Thursday, April 4, 2012 3:3OPM 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 February 7, 2013 meeting D. Discussion of proposed mural for old Mercer Park Pool building wall created by Tate High School Art students - Dan Kinney, instructor and Asia Cunningham and Serena Williams, 111h grade students. E. Iowa City Public Art Plan update The subcommittee of PAAC members has met 2 times to further define the Public Art Plan. An update will be presented to the PAAC and upcoming timeframe will be discussed. F. Other? G. Adjournment MINUTES PUBLIC ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE THURSDAY, February 7, 2013 LOBBY CONFERENCE ROOM — CITY HALL Members present Not present: Staff Present: Public Present: CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 3:36pm. PRELIMINARY Melissa Mitchell, John Engelbrecht, Rick Fosse, Tam Bryk Jan Finlayson, Susie Thurmond, Mike Moran Marcia Bollinger, Jeff Davidson None INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBER: Tam Bryk PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA No new business. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 3RD, 2012 MEETING MOTION: Fosse moved to approve the May 3rd, 2012 meeting minutes as amended. Engelbrecht seconded. Motion passed 4:0. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Bollinger stated that Finlayson would accept the chairperson again and Thurmond would be interested as well. Bryk stated she would not be interested in being nominated. John said he was okay with Finlayson and Thurmond as the chair and co-chair. Bollinger recommended Thurmond as chair and Finlayson as co-chair. Engelbrecht stated he would be fine with being the co-chair if Thurmond was chair. MOTION: Bryk moved to recommend Engelbrecht as co-chair and Thurmond as chair. Mitchell seconded. Motion passed 4:0. IOWA CITY PUBLIC ART PROGRAM STATUS REPORT (13:00) Bollinger updated the members on the Public Art Program. Bollinger stated that the upcoming fiscal year's budget (FY14) has $10,000 appropriated. Bollinger explained that a proposal was made to the City Manager's office suggesting that increased hotel -motel tax revenue from some of the new hotels could potentially be used for public art. The new hotel on Riverside Drive would be adding a substance increase to tax revenue as will any other future hotels. She added that one aspect of the proposal suggested that the Public Art Advisory Committee would work through the process of developing a Public Art Action Plan that will include specifics related to propagating future partnerships, actively pursuing grant funding opportunities and other funding options from outside the program. Bollinger then explained the percent for art program utilized by many communities to fund their public art programs. Bryk suggested the University of Iowa's plan is a good plan to parallel and that the City should recognize other cities/entities are providing a percentage. Bryk also stated that she would like the University of Iowa to commit their funds towards Iowa or United States artist's work. Fosse said it is hard to get artists, local artists, to participate and that most of Iowa City's art is from out of state. Bryk then explained that it is hard for artists to participate in certain City projects due to the small amount of monetary gains compared to the amount of money they could get paid for other jobs. Bollinger stated that as part of the updated comprehensive plan, art is mentioned in a variety of different areas within the Art and Culture section. Bollinger stated that looking for additional funding sources (for public art) was part of the proposed comprehensive plan. An art component is also included in the River Front Crossings Plan. Bryk suggested she would like to see the focus should be on the River Front Crossings project. Davidson recommended the percentage for art to be brought up when preparing the budget again in October. He suggested the members should structure a recommendation in the Summer/Fall and in the meantime to address the $10,000 in the budget. Bollinger suggested pursuing a specific art project or to sponsor artists that have a project in mind. Davidson said the projects that the committee moves forward with need to have broad support and acceptance in order to receive funding in the future. Fosse mentioned the committee should read up on the artists rights act because once a piece of art goes in there is a certain encumbrance and the committee should not create an obstacle for future generations. He also commented on the maintenance of art structures that may lead to encumbrances for the committee. Discussion proceeded towards the law of art structures and what other cities have been doing. Bryk suggested she wish to see Neighborhood Art program continues to be funded through the public art fund. Bollinger then stated that only $10,000 is available so it is difficult to determine if all the money should go into neighborhood art or in combination with other projects. UPDATE ON POETRY IN PUBLIC, GRANT WOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ART PROJET, BENCHMARKS, ETC. Bollinger provided a summary of the Grant Wood Neighborhood Art project in regards to where the pillars will be located and when. Jill Harper, Art Teacher at City High is overseeing this project similar to the Washington Hills neighborhood art project. The Grant Wood project will be the last neighborhood project that was approved by the City Council. The Melrose neighborhood had also presented a proposal 5 years ago or so but never completed. The neighborhood Melrose neighborhood is interested in completing the project in the future. The BenchMarks project is expected to be continued this spring. An inventory is expected to be completed to quantify what has been done. Fosse commented on the scale and scope of the projects, saying that past art was of a greater caliber than the most recent art. He had mixed feelings about the project in general; he said less attractive benches are intermixed within all. He recommended to not paint more benches completed until a great proposal came along. Bryk stated there was a no request for proposals for the project and that the budget was low. Benches are planned to be re -done after a year. Bryk stated there was a clause stating the city can paint over the benches after a year. Fosse wanted to know if having an artist on the committee would help to determine what looks good on paper will also transfer nicely onto the benches. Bollinger stated that the process of choosing sketches could be more selective if there were numerous proposals. Bryk stated that she heard not one proposal has been turned down and was wondering how the committee would respond to proposals. Engelbrecht also stated that criteria needed to be developed in order to reject or accept artist proposals and that phase 2 of the benchmarks project that would unify the benches and tighten the concept by taking more aesthetic control over the benches. Bollinger asked if anyone was interested in being on the committee give the best proposals an opportunity to work together and create a vision. Bryk stated that the committee should limit the number of proposals to a certain number so no one is excluded for any specific reason. OTHER No other news. ADJOURNMENT Engelbrecht motioned and Mitchell seconded a motion to adjourn at 4:45 PM. Minutes created by Emily Ambrosy.