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Home My WebLink About05-05-2016 Public Art Advisory Committee Public Art Advisory Committee Thursday, May5, 2016 3:30 PM Lobby Conference Room 410 E Washington St AGENDA Call to order Public discussion of any item not on the agenda Consideration of minutes of the March 3, 2016 meeting PublicArt Logo redesign –Sayuri Pheasant Hill Neighborhood Art repairs Public Art Matching Fund Program (no submissions) –Promotion strategies Updates–Poetry in Public, Kidztent, FY17 funding level Other? Adjournment MINUTESPRELIMINARY PUBLIC ARTADVISORY COMMITTEE MARCH 4TH,2016–3:30 PM CITY MANAGER’S CONFERENCE ROOM –CITY HALL MEMBERS PRESENT : Brent Westphal, Sayuri Sasaki Hemann, John Engelbrecht, Juli Seydell-Johnson,Ron Knoche NOT PRESENT :Bill Nusser, Tam Bryk STAFF PRESENT : Marcia Bollinger, Calvin Hoff PUBLICPRESENT :Geoff Fruin RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL : (to become effective only after Council action) None CALL TO ORDER: Meeting called to order at 3:30pm. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA: Geoff Fruin spoke regarding Pedestrian Mall renovation and the proposed publicart project “The Lens”. . He stated that the council did not provide support for the request to contribute to the fundraiser for theproject nor did they provide support for the project regardless of the fundraising request.He noted that at this time there were no updates on the Blackhawk mini park and that decisions will REVISED PUBLIC ART MATCHING FUND APPLICATION: After working through the process with the intital applicants for the program in January, Marcia felt that there needed to be adjustments to the application packet questions that provided the PAAC with the informationi that they needed to evaluate the requests. She explainted that the new application features more questions in simpler language. It also differentiated between physical and non-physical public art displays. The budget section of the new application has also been simplified. The new applicationinquires as to how the broader Iowa City community will be integrated, as well as how the success of the project will be gauged. A revision of the temporary display policy was also included. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 4th, 2016 MEETING: MOTION: John Engelbrechtmoved to approve the February 4th, 2016minutes.Brent Westphal seconded. Motion passed unanimously. UPDATES: There were updates from Calvin Hoff regarding the Poetry in Public program. The number of both adult and child submissions were given. The makeup of the new Poetry in Public review committee was discussed as well. OTHER: John Engelbrecht asked if the group would like to invite Geoff Fruin back to discuss the city council process further. The group agreed with this decision. John Engelbrecht also inquired as to the source of the budget, which Marcia Bollinger explained was from general funds. ADJOURNMENT: John Engelbrechtmoved to adjourn the meeting. Sayuri Sasaki Hemannseconded.Meeting adjourned at 4:30pm. Public Art Advisory Committee Attendance Record 2015-2016 Term NameExpires 11/612/42/53/55/86/47/162/43/3 Bodkin Bryk, Tam 01/01/19XXXXXXO/ExO/E Engelbrecht, John01/01/18XXXXXOXxX Westphal, Brent 01/01/17O/EXXXXXXxX Nusser, Bill 01/01/17XO/EO/EO/EOOXOO Hemann, Sayuri Sasaki 01/01/18------XXXXXxX Knoche, Ron ------XXXXXxX Moran, MikeXXXO/EXXX------ Seydell-Johnson, Juli ---------------------XX Key: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused ---=Not a member 1 IOWACITY PUBLIC ART Washington Hills Washington Hills Washington Hills ADVISORY COMMITTEE Neighborhood Art Neighborhood Art Neighborhood Art The mission of the Public Art Advisory Committee, as stewards of the City of Iowa City, is to enhance the ProjectProject Project appearance of the city through the selection and integration of art in a public environment. at at at Patrick Carney Jan Finlayson Pheasant Hill Park Pheasant Hill Park Pheasant Hill Park Mark Seabold Susie Thurmond DaLayne Williamson Rick Fosse (Director of Public Works) Mike Moran (Director of Parks and Recreation) The Neighborhood Art Project is funded through the City of Iowa City's Public Art Program. For more in- formation on the Iowa City Public Art projects, visit www.icgov.org/publicart The theme was based on selected The Washington Hills Neighbor- designs created by elementary hood Association worked with Jill schoolaged stu Harper, Art Teacher at City High School dents who live in in Iowa City to design an art project that the Washington would highlight Hills area who Pheasant Hill Park were asked to and draw visitors in create their own to the park a imaginary animal, ȏ¶®®£« £ ¶ «ª monster, or myth ¶ ¸Ȑ ¡ ²¤£ ® ³§¤ ³§¤¬¤ ical creature that might live in the ȏ#§ ± ¢³¤±² ®¥ ³§¤ )¬ ¦¨ ³¨®ȁȐ 4§¤ woods. concrete park These designs were then recreated in bench greets the mosaic form by Jill Harper and were visitors while serv constructed and ing as a sign for the park. Imagery on installed with both the park bench and the plinths the involvement would be created in mosaic tile and of City High art ceramic bas relief designs. 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