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MINUTES
PUBLIC ART COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
Thursday, February 16, 2017
City Hall Community Meeting Room
250 Hamilton Ave
7:02 p.m.
Commissioners Present: Jim Migdal, Ben Miyaji, Loren Gordon, and Nia Taylor.
Amanda Ross joined the meeting at 7:07.
Commissioners Absent: Mila Zelkha, Dara Olmsted Silverstein
Staff Present: Elise DeMarzo, Public Art Program Director
Nadya Chuprina, Public Art Program Coordinator
CALL TO ORDER: Chair, Migdal called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
AGENDA CHANGES, REQUESTS, DELETIONS – None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS – none.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 19, 2017 PAC Regular Meeting Minutes Moved: Ben Miyaji,
Second: Jim Migdal. All in favor.
STAFF COMMENTS: Staff reported that artist Pete Beeman visited Palo Alto to meet with the design
team for the Fire Station 3 project, tour the site and review feedback from various boards and
commissions on the overall project. Staff provided a status update on public art call associated with the
Junior Museum and Zoo project. A nation-wide call for artists yielded more than 250 artist applications.
Staff also announced the upcoming Public Alchemy II community exhibition organized by CASP artists.
ACTION:
1. Highway 101 Bike and Pedestrian Bridge – Staff provided overall background information on the
construction project and presented a video featuring conceptual design for the bridge. Staff provided
details of the artist selection process for the project: staff utilized a pre-qualified artist pool to create a
roster of artist with previous experience in transportation. A selection panel shortlisted five artists to
give presentations about their previous work and design development process. Artist Mary Lucking
was selected as the finalist. Staff presented examples of Lucking’s previous projects to the
Commission. Staff recommended that the Commissioners approve artist Mary Lucking as the artist
for the Highway 101 Bike and Pedestrian Bridge project. Moved: Chair Migdal moved to approve
Mary Lucking as the project artist. Second: Commissioner Ross. All in Favor.
NON- ACTION:
2. Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital public art - Jill Sullivan, VP of Space Planning and General
Services of Stanford Children’s Hospital gave a presentation on public art planned for the site.
Commissioned artists included Jeffery Laudenslager, Sherri Warner Hunter, Michael Green, and
Creative Machines. All commissioned artworks will reinforce wayfinding around the medical facility
and highlight links to Palo Alto and Stanford.
3. Code: ART- Staff updated the PAC on the fundraising and artist selection progress for Code:ART, a
three day festival, June 1-3, 2017. Staff secured the Change Maker sponsorship from Houzz, and also
received support from Palantir, and Verizon. Staff announced the shortlisted finalists for Code:ART
anchor installation and 8 Urban Interventions. Murmur Wall by Future Cities Lab will be installed on
King Plaza as the anchor festival project and remain on-site for a few months after the conclusion of
the event. Eight projects were shortlisted out thirty seven initially submitted proposals for Urban
Interventions. Shortlisted proposals and artists include: Safe and Sound by Tomo Saito; Bell Garden
by Elaine Uang, Sandra Slater, and Megan Stevens; Caustic Chasm by Danielle Rose Aspitz, Autumn
Austin, Devon Meyers; Inside the Bubble by Martha Sakellariou; sTREEtalk by Patricia McShane and
Eric Abigard; Ghost in the Machine by Ben Flatau; Feng Shui by Mateo Garcia; and Arch Pavilion by
Kyu Kim and Hanna Joo. The shortlisted proposals are being vetted by Staff for their viability.
Should they prove not viable Staff will select other proposals from the projects next in line. Artists
Sandra Slater, Mateo Garcia and Danielle Rose Aspitz were present to provide additional details and
development updates on their proposals. Commissioners commented on the diversity and overall
artistic excellence of announced projects.
4. Informational update on the status of the updated policies associated with the Public Art
Master – Staff provided an informational update on the status of the updated policies associated with
the Public Art Master Plan. Finalized Gift of Artwork, Temporary Artwork, and De-Accession
policies were approved by Staff and posted on the Public Art Program website.
ANNOUNCEMENTS – Vice Chair Miyaji announced that the AFTA Public Network Art Preconference
will take place in San Francisco this June, 14 -15. He encouraged the Commissioners to take part in the
PAN Preconference as it is a great networking opportunity.
FOR YOUR CALENDAR:
Next PAC Regular Meeting – 7 PM, March 16, 2017
MEETING ADJOURNED at 8:20 PM by Chair Migdal.