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City of Palo Alto (ID # 3272)
City Council Staff Report
Report Type: Study SessionMeeting Date: 11/5/2012
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Summary Title: Study Session Meeting Date 11/5/2012
Title: Study Session with the Public Art Commission
From: City Manager
Lead Department: Community Services
Potential List of Topics for Joint Meeting with the City Council.
Below are the potential topics of discussion for the joint meeting with the Public Art
Commission.
I. Highlights of the Past Year
II. Current Projects
III. Future Projects
IV. Council Questions
Attachments:
: November 5, 2012 Joint Meeting Powerpoint slides (PDF)
: Attachment B verlander mural (PDF)
: Attachment C for Joint meeting 2012(PDF)
: Attachment D for joint meeting 2012(PDF)
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Palo Alto Public Art Commission
Joint Meeting with City Council
November 5, 2012
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“The Object of Art is
to Give Life Shape”
‐William Shakespeare
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The Collection
37 Permanently Sited Sculptures
34 Murals
15 Portable Sculptures
304 paintings, textiles, photographs and
works on paper
Valued at over $1.3 M as of 2008
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The Past Year
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Maintenance
$50k FY 2012, $30K FY 3013
Repainted Midtown Poetry Wall and 5 other
outdoor sculptures
Recast and Replaced, Rrrun, by Marta Thoma
Restored and replaced footings for Mitchell
Johnson’s After the Fire
Cleaned and Coated 4 outdoor sculptures
Framed 13 artworks and more
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Gale Wagner, Albuquerque
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Mitchell Johnson, After the Fire
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Marta Thoma, Rrrun
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21 New Portable Works in
FY2012
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Temporary Public Art
Partnerships
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Oliver Ranch Tour
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Youth Art
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Current Projects
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Mitchell Park Artworks
Bruce Beasley, Arpeggio V
Brad Oldham, Wise and Whimsy
Roger Stoller, Cloud Forest
Mark Verlander, Follow Your Heart
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Other Current Projects
Main Library/Art Center art by Creative
Machines
Hoover Park Art
Byxbee Park Artwork
Juana Briones Restroom
Michael Szabo Fountain
Water Quality Treatment Plant, El Camino
Park, Newell Street Bridge
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Main Library and Art Center
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Upcoming Temporary Artwork
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Looking Forward
Artists Reaching Communities Program
Tunnels and Transportation Hubs
Downtown Mural Program
Expanded Percent for Art
Arts Districts
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Artists Reaching Communities
Program
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Transportation Hubs and
Tunnels
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Downtown Mural Program
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Expanded Public Art Program
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Soil Kitchen,Futurefarmers, Philadelphia, PA
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Rain Oculus, Ned Kahn, Singapore
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Curbside Haiku, John Morse, New York
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Playing Apart,Jon Rubin & Lee Walton,
Denver, CO
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Leap, Lawrence Argent, Sacramento, CA