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MINUTES
PUBLIC ART COMMISSION
MEETING
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Palo Alto City Hall
Community Meeting Room
7:00 p.m.
Commissioners Present: Ben Miyaji, Hsinya Shen, Nia Taylor, Amanda Ross, Loren
Gordon, Ian Klaus
Commissioners Absent: Jim Migdal
Staff Present: Elise DeMarzo, Public Art Program Director
Nadya Chuprina, Public Art Program Coordinator
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Miyaji called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
AGENDA CHANGES, REQUESTS, DELETIONS – None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS – None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: April 18, 2019 PAC Meeting Minutes Moved: Commissioner Taylor;
Second: Chair Miyaji. 5 in favor. Commissioner Ross abstained.
STAFF COMMENTS: Staff provided a summary of The Cubberley Project and opening event held at
Cubberley Community Center on June 11. Temporary installation by artists Martha Sakellariou and
Jennifer Lee will remain on display for a period of several weeks in Summer 2019. Staff also provided an
update on the artist talk and reception with artist Martin Webb at Avenidas that celebrated the installation
on his new artwork 148 Possibilities. Staff also reported on completed maintenance treatments for
Arpeggio V by Bruce Beasley, Arch-Cradle and Confluence by Michael Szabo, Homage to Silence by
Jerome Kirk, and Movement IV by Steven Rand. Staff announced the upcoming Chili Cookoff event on
July 4 and invited the Commissioners to volunteer as judges for the event. Staff also shared with
Commissioners a PAC Binder with printed policies, ordinances and public art review guidelines.
ACTION:
1. Code:ART2 – Staff updated the PAC on the ongoing planning efforts for the Code:ART2 event
scheduled to take place in October 2020. Staff provided an overview of the vision for the festival
and encouraged the Commissioners to serve on the selection panels. Staff requested that the PAC
approve allocation of funds in the amount of $3,000 for artist stipends. Moved: Commissioner
Shen moved to approve the funds for the artist stipends. Second: Vice Chair Gordon. All in
Favor.
2. Temporary Public Art for King Plaza – Staff provided an overview of the artist selection
process and tentative timeline for art installations for the temporary public art programming for
2019 -2021. Artists FreelandBuck were selected by the panel to create a site-specific pavilion
installation in King Plaza. Staff presented a conceptual proposal for the temporary pavilion, three-
dimensional structure depicting the life of King Plaza over the course of one day. The 10-foot
high pavilion will be made of 10 identical triangular panels with images printed on both sides of
perforated walls depicting activities that took place throughout the day. The temporary project is
expected to be installed in King Plaza in August 2019 and remain on display for about 10 months.
Staff requested that the Commissioners approve conceptual design for the temporary installation
by artists FreelandBuck. Moved: Commissioner Klaus moved to approve the conceptual design.
Second: Commissioner Ross. All in Favor.
ANNOUNCEMENTS – None
CALENDAR: Next PAC Regular Meeting – July 18, 2019 at 7 pm.
Joint PAC - Council meeting – September 9, 2019 at 5 pm.
PAC Annual Retreat – Date and location TBD.
MEETING ADJOURNED at 7:48 by Chair Miyaji.