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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPAAC Agenda Packet 11-7-19 Public Art Advisory Committee Thursday, November 7, 2019 3:30 PM Helling Lobby Conference Room 410 E Washington St AGENDA Call to order Public discussion of any item not on the agenda Consideration of minutes of the September 5, 2019 meeting Review of City Council discussion of Public Art Strategic Plan and related schedule Discussion of Procedures, Policies, Program and By-Law review Discussion of Inventory Inspection Process Committee announcements or Committee reports Staff reports Adjournment If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this program/event, please contact Marcia Bollinger, Neighborhood and Development Services at 319-356-5237 or marcia- bollinger@iowa-city.org. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. MINUTES PUBLIC ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 – 5:00PM ROBERT A LEE RECREATION CENTER – MEETING ROOM A MEMBERS PRESENT: Vero Rose Smith, Steve Miller, Wendy Brown, Eddie Boyken, Juli Seydell Johnson, Ron Knoche, Andrea Truitt STAFF PRESENT: Marcia Bollinger, Sarah Helmer PUBLIC PRESENT: Astrid Carlson, Ulrike Carlson, Olive Adams, Lauren Williams, Steve Schuette, Rachael Arnone, Ariane Parkes-Perret RECOMMENDATIOS TO CITY COUNCIL: By a vote of 7-0, the Public Art Advisory Committee recommends approval of the draft Public Art Strategic Plan pending corrections as discussed and to move forward to the City Council for their review and adoption. CALL TO ORDER Rose Smith called the meeting to order at 5:02 pm. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA Steve Schuette updated the committee on the Art Safari. The goal of the Art Safari is to create an event which combines artist’s studio presentations and exposes the public to artists working in their community. They have a Facebook page (IC art safari) and an email (ICartsafari@outlook.com). The next step is to get more people in the community involved. There is an upcoming event scheduled for September 7th and 8th at Schuette’s home on Sunset Street and four artists will be displaying their work in the neighborhood. He invited all to attend. Rose Smith updated the committee on upcoming museum events: • Jax Deluca – Grants Administrator for the National Endowment for the Arts. Gave a presentation on potential grants which this committee should consider applying for in the next fiscal year. • Jax Deluca will be presenting a performance art piece which is open to the public and free being held in the Visual Arts Building on campus. Students from the school of music will be participating. The piece is a meditation on slowness. • The Stanley Art Museum will be holding an event on September 6th which is free to the public. This event will be held at the old Film Scene location from 5-7. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 1, 2019 MEETING Knoche motioned to approve the minutes, Seydell Johnson seconded. Meeting minutes were approved. PRESENTATION BY SOUTH EAST JUNIOR HIGH ART STUDENTS – LONGFELLOW PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL MURAL Rachael Arnone, the art teacher at South East Junior High described the method of selection for the muralist winner, a program which is in its fourth year of participation with the City. All students in her class create a mural design and vote on their favorite designs. The top two designs are chosen to create the mural in the Longfellow pedestrian tunnel. Ulrick Carlson and Olive Adams then presented images of their proposed murals to the committee and answered questions regarding their ideas and inspiration. Carlson was inspired by images of bones and forests. Adams was interested in Wiccan religious imagery, the seeing eye, flowers and her mother’s green eyes. Rose Smith asked the students questions about their ideas: • Do the two pieces tell a story together? Adams said that she hadn’t thought about the idea of x-ray before. • What do you think will be most challenging about the murals? Students answered that the shadows and shading would be difficult as well as the line work and potential stenciling. Brown asked what was currently on the ceiling and Arnone answered that nothing was on the ceiling. Seydell Johnson brought up the possibility of wet conditions that might be averse to painting. Bollinger answered that scheduling the event in the fall krather than the spring has helped address that issue. Rose Smith thanked the students and Arnone for doing the mural project every year. Brown inquired about a schedule. Arnone estimated that the work would happen in September and October. COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMITTEE REPORTS (There was time immediately following the presentation from Southeast Junior High Students and prior to the public meeting to discuss committee announcements.) Bollinger spoke briefly regarding additional artist input into the Strategic plan. Rose Smith inquired if any staff had ever applied for an Our Town Grant through the NEA. Seydell Johnson said she had in a different position. Bollinger and Truitt commented that Summer of the Arts and the University of Iowa coordinate on a grant with the City to provide art programming for students participating in the Dream Center programming. Timeline for NEA grant submissions was discussed as beginning in December. Rose Smith suggested this might be an opportunity and suggested the committee could host a series of grant writing workshops. She said we could bring people from the NEA and other regional arts organizations. Rose Smith and Truitt discussed the application process, the need for guidance and the potential for our committee being able to help the community in that way. Rose Smith discussed PS1’s recent acquisition of two homes on Gilbert Street next to the Haunted Bookshop. Fundraising for improvements to the homes had produced $25,000. The first show is scheduled in October. Truitt was impressed with PS1’s effort to preserve the structural and historical integrity of the house. PUBLIC INPUT MEETING – IOWA CITY PUBLIC ART STRATEGIC PLAN See Attached Notes for detailed description of requested changes. Bollinger stated that the next steps in review of Public Art Strategic Plan would be to schedule with the City Council. The committee discussed and agreed that the October meeting that would typically be held the first Thursday of the month could be moved to when the City Council meeting was scheduled in October. Brown clarified that the policy updates would not need to be done prior to the October meeting with City Council. Moved by Seydell Johnson and seconded by Miller to approve the draft of the Public Art Strategic Plan pending corrections as discussed and to move forward to the City Council for their review and adoption. Approved unanimously. COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMITTEE REPORTS (CONTINUED) Rose Smith invited comment from non-committee members. Howard Horan introduced himself and mentioned that he donated two of the Kovalec wooden sculptures located in Willow Creek Park and acknowledged the work of the Public Art Committee. Miller discussed a potential art acquisition by the City. The sculpture of the man playing the piano on Muscatine Ave was willed to the artist and the artist is inquiring if the City would like to purchase the piece. STAFF REPORTS Bollinger mentioned that she had worked with the design consultant to create language for the plaque that will be located adjacent to the sculpture by Kenneth Snelson – Four Modular Piece that was soon to be relocated to the Riverfront Crossings Park. Seydell noted that the Three Sisters sculpture would soon be installed at Chadek Green Park. Bollinger also mentioned that she met with a member of the Airport Commission to discuss the potential for public art at the airport. ADJOURNMENT Knoche motioned to adjourn and Miller seconded. Meeting adjourned at 6:55 PM. Public Art Advisory Committee Attendance Record 2018-2019 Name Term Expires 10/4 11/1 12/6 1/10 3/7 4/4 5/2 6/6 7/11 8/1 9/5 Wendy Brown 1/1/2020 x x O/E O/E x x x x x x x Erin Fitzgerald 1/1/2020 x -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Ron Knoche x x x x x x x x x x x Juli Seydell- Johnson x x x x O/E x x x x x x Vero Rose Smith 1/1/2021 x x x x x O/E x x x x x Steve Miller 2/1/2021 x x x x x x x x x x x Andrea Truitt 1/1/2022 -- -- x x x x x x -- x x Eddie Boyken 1/1/2022 -- -- -- x x x x x x x x Key: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused --- = Not a member Iowa City Public Art Strategic Plan Meeting Notes These notes are taken from the Public Art Advisory meeting held on September 5th 2019. Please listen to the Meeting Minutes Recording (9-5-19 PAAC recording.MP3) starting at minute 47:40 to hear a full review of all comments. The Graphic design work that was done was amazing, and the positive feedback comments are not included in this document. This document is a list of the changes that were requested. Page 3 • Acknowledgement section Page 6 • In the snapshot of major projects section under Downtown, it says Five Pedestrian Mall Sculptures, please list the 5 sculptures by name. • Include the year when the pieces were installed • The Snelson sculpture or ‘Four Module Piece Form 2’ should be listed in this list in the Parks section • Identify the Images – include captions with the pictures so we can see which pieces or art are shown Page 7 • Captions on all the images Page 8 • Don’t need the color coding – make it all one color • ADA Note: the colors may be too close to each other to identify Page 9 • Under Online survey there is a misalignment, please make the blue boxes even • The sideways titles are not visually pleasing, move the titles to the top of the boxes Page 10 • Please take the numbers out of the blue color bar on the side • Can we make the charts bigger and make the blue strip along the side more narrow • Change the image in the corner to a map of the neighborhoods – referring to the 2nd question, where to you live in Iowa city. Show a map broken down by district location • Number 3 should also have a blue strip next to it • Move the image at the bottom and graph for question number 2 Page 11 • For the third image of the Snelson include a sketch or a drawing of the new configuration of the piece, Parks and Recs does have a rendering from the consultant Page 12 • Same note as Page 10 – take the numbers out of the blue bar, make the blue strip narrower. (this is the same for all pages that have blue bars and numbers) • Flip the results so that you see the most popular option at the top in the graphic. Example: Beautify should be at the top instead of at the bottom, same for all charts Page 13 • There should be a consistent blue bar on this page • The top image should be more readable, maybe to show that it is a sidewalk piece, a better picture with context • The picture of Irving Webber should be of his face which would be more recognizable and the image should be color corrected, it’s a little dark • The green bars within the graphs should be a consistent width • Switch the order within the graphs so that the most popular option is at the top Page 14 • Same note as Page 10 – take the numbers out of the blue bar, make the blue strip narrower. • The blue box should be the entire length of the page • Marcia comment about the quotes, more emphasis on comments • Ordering of the chart, put the most popular option at the top • Create a possibilities page which would bring in the arts professionals’ comments, and potential images Page 15 • Adjust the spacing of the first line in the bulleting, the second line should be closer together than the other bullets. Example – under tasks – “Review existing policies and procedures – update as necessary.” The word necessary should be closer to the line above than the next bullet item Page 16 • White space – may be an opportunity for more images – need image citation Page 17 • Under point C the numbers should be indented or moved over – should mimic the formatting on page 22 • Same line spacing note that second lines should be closer Page 18 • White space below, unclear if you should add additional images or if you should keep the space white to focus on the goals. Undetermined Page 19 • The yellow is difficult to read, make the color a little darker, maybe an orange • Sub-bullets vs the numbers earlier • The bolding is good • Vero presented an idea about including a box around the potential funding sources, listen to the recording for details around 1:24. Call out box around the Potential Funding Sources. Important item to highlight Page 20 • Debate on whether to include additional images within the white space – listen to Vero’s comments in the recording 1:26 Page 21 • Same spacing comments with the bullet points Page 22 • Number Indent comment – the second line should be closer to the top line • Extra space A.3 before highlights Page 23 and 24 • Steve Comment – changing the location of (indecipherable 1:29:35) • Include a new picture of the Four Module Piece – image #1 on page 24 • New image for #18 – City Hall Art Project, include name • The map on page 23 could potentially be bigger • Image for #11 Solar marker and Balance could be changed • Vero’s comment about the color differentiation on the map, cannot read the differences between the neighborhood because they are all different shades of Sage Green. Do it as a boundary line instead of shading, listen to comment 1:31 • Legend box at the top of page 24, the numbers in white are difficult to read • 5 and 8 are difficult to tell the difference between and if you were color blind 6 and 8. Keep the shading, add a boundary box • Difficult to see the northside marketplace neighborhood number 5, it’s too small on the map