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Home My WebLink About2017-01-19 Public Art Commission Agenda Packet IS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.2(a) OR SECTION 54956 PUBLIC ART COMMISSION Jim Migdal, Chair Mila Zelkha, Member Ben Miyaji, Vice-Chair Amanda Ross, Member Dara Olmsted Silverstein, Member Nia Taylor, Member Loren Gordon, Member City Council Liaison: Liz Kniss Elise DeMarzo: Public Art Program Director Nadya Chuprina: Public Art Program Assistant http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/publicart Thursday, January 19, 2017 City Hall Community Meeting Room 250 Hamilton Ave 7:00 p.m. AGENDA ROLL CALL AGENDA CHANGES, REQUESTS, DELETIONS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are invited to address the commission on any subject not on the agenda. A reasonable time restriction may be imposed at the discretion of the Chair.) Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Public Art Commission after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Hall Council Chambers during normal business hour. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 20, 2016 Regular PAC Meeting. November 17,2016 ATTACHMENT STAFF COMMENTS ACTION: 1. Election of Officers 2. Donation of an artwork by Christine Gray, Totem Cactus with Art, in association with the Cubberley Artist Studio Program. ATTACHMENT 3. Approval of Joyce Hsu Artwork, Birdie, for Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course. ATTACHMENT NON-ACTION: 4. 450 Bryant Street – Initial Review for public art at 450 Bryant Street. Presentation by Amy Andonian of Avenidas. ATTACHMENT 5. Informational Presentation by Jill Sullivan on art at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. 6. Code:ART Update on anchor art installation and urban interventions ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR YOUR CALENDAR: Next PAC Regular Meeting – 7 PM, February 14 City of Palo Alto Staff Report to Public Art Commission January 12, 2017 RE: Agenda Item 3 Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Public Art Commission approve the “Birdie” concept from artist Joyce Hsu for the Municipal Golf Course and authorize her to begin the engineering and fabrication phase. Discussion: Artist Joyce Hsu was selected as the project artist for the Municipal Golf Course 2014. However, the overall construction project has suffered multiple delays, which has, in turn, delayed the development of the public art. An open call to artists in 2014 yielded more than eighty applications. Staff narrowed the qualified applicants down to 22 that were reviewed by the selection panel. From the pool, the selection panel chose three artists to create concept proposals for the Golf Course. Joyce Hsu’s Birdie concept was the chosen artwork, but with a budget of $24,500, the panel hoped that there might be more funding available to allow Joyce to do something a little more impactful. The selection panel was composed of: 1. Joe Valleria – Palo Alto Muni Golf Course 2. Forrest Richardson - Golf Course Architect 3. Ben Miyaji – Public Art Commission 4. Chandra Cerrito – Art Consultant, Public Art Project Manager 5. Katherine Keefer – Public Artist with environmental practice 6. Jerry Hearn – landscape architect, environmentalist 7. Maryann Welton - architect, golfer, project manager for the EcoCenter The Public Art Commission approved Joyce Hsu as the project artist in June of 2014. On March 19, 2015, the Public Art Commission approved an additional allocation of $10,000 to support a more robust artwork at the Golf Course, for a total art allocation of $34,500. Staff held an informational meeting to solicit feedback for the artist as she refined her design in January of 2016 at the Bay Café, located at the Golf Course site. The input from that meeting was that there was general support for the Birdie concept and support for the additional funds from the Public Art Commission to create a more impactful artwork. After several more months of delay, the renovations at the Golf Course are underway. Artist Joyce Hsu has refined the original Birdie concept to be larger and she redesigned the line and flow of the piece. Additionally, there will be marine grade plexiglass panels on the wings that will move in the wind, giving the piece a sense of movement. Timeline: The Golf Course project is currently underway, and it is anticipated that the area that the artwork will be installed in will be under construction around April 2017. The footing for the artwork would be installed at that time and the artwork would be installed in the footing once the construction is completed in early summer.