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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
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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
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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
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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
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Pheasant Hill Park
were asked to
and draw visitors in
create their own
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concrete park
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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
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students.
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enjoyment. Each work of art is credited
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designed animals on
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design