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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-02-15 Public Art Commission Summary Minutes MINUTES PUBLIC ART COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING Thursday, February 15, 2018 Mitchell Park Library Midtown Room 7:00 p.m. Commissioners Present: Jim Migdal, Loren Gordon, Hsinya Shen, Nia Taylor, Mila Zelkha Amanda Ross arrived at 7:09. Commissioners Absent: Ben Miyaji 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 7:04 p.m. AGENDA CHANGES, REQUESTS, DELETIONS – None. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS – None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 18, 2018 PAC Regular Meeting Minutes Moved: Hsinya Shen; Second: Jim Migdal. All in favor. FINANCIAL REPORT - CIP BUDGET MAINTENANCE BUDGET Staff provided an overview of the CIP and Maintenance budgets. STAFF COMMENTS: Staff announced that the City is recruiting to fill positions for the Public Art Commission with the application deadline of March 20, 2018 and encouraged the commissioners to reach out to community members interested in serving on the Commission to apply. Staff also announced that the Public Art Program is seeking summer public art interns. Undergraduate student, graduate student, or recent college graduates with interest in arts administration are encouraged to apply for this paid opportunity. Staff also announced a call for artists for available studio spaces with CASP with the application deadline on March 9th, 2018. ACTION: 1. Public Safety Building –Staff provided background information about the design development of the Public Safety building and its tentative construction timeline. Staff provided details of the artist selection process for the project: 63 artists submitted their qualifications in response to the open call for artists. A pre-panel shortlisted 22 artists which were later reviewed by the selection panel to identify four artists to interview. Artist Peter Wegner was selected as the finalist. Staff presented examples of Wegner’s previous work and recommended that the Commission approve Peter Wegner is the project artist for the Public Safety Building. Moved: Commissioner Gordon moved to approve Peter Wegner as the project artist. Second: Commissioner Ross. All in Favor. NON-ACTION: 2. 3223 Hanover Street – Staff provided an update on the Phase 2 development project at 3223 Hanover Street in the Stanford Research Park for the initial review by the Public Art Commission. Phase I artwork titled Aperture by artist Gordon Huether was approved by the PAC in September 2016. For Phase II, the developer intends to have Huether to create a companion artwork to the original Aperture which would complement the aesthetic vocabulary of the campus architecture. Commissioners encouraged the developer to take into consideration the initial input the PAC provided when reviewing Phase I to ensure the second artwork is a meaningful addition to the surrounding communities as much as it is to the corporate campus it will be located on. There was brief discussion regarding the role of the PAC in reviewing private development projects versus municipal art projects. ANNOUNCEMENTS – None. CALENDAR: Next PAC Regular Meeting – March 15, 2018 at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. MEETING ADJOURNED at 8:03 PM by Chair Migdal.