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Home My WebLink About2022 - Art In Public Places Board - Annual ReportANNUAL REPORT F~t°boLLins CITY OF FORT COLLINS-BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS City of Fort Collins Art In Public Places Board 2022 Annual Report 2022 SNAPSHOT •Art in Public Places projects received three Urban Design Awards,including the Hall of Fame Award for the Transformer Cabinet Mural Program •Supported equity and inclusion practices:APP translated five calls to artists into Spanish and expanded promotion to community groups. •Completed 37 murals:24 transformer cabinets (including 2 murals at the Water Treatment Facility),12 pianos,and the installation at Hoffman Mill Road Fueling Station. •Created 15 granite Pedestrian Payers sandblasted with youth drawings to be placed in City sidewalks. •Developed a temporary sculpture exhibit at The Gardens on Spring Creek. •Collaborated on a community mural painted on a shipping container at the Northside Aztlan Community Center.The mural was donated by the Poudre River Public Library District,designed by Carla Gamboa,and painted by Carla with the help of Fuerta Latina volunteers. APP goals and projects align with the City of Fort Collins key outcome areas: Neighborhood Livability and High Pe,fonnina Culture and Recreation Social Health Government ~ -. I— From LA TAM to FoCo by Poudre River Love by All e Ogg Foothills View by Shawna Turner Carla Gamboa and Fueaa Latina volunteers 2022 ANNUAL REPORT Page 1 BACKGROUND Art in Public Places Board meetings started in July of 1995 because it was recognized that art is vitally important to the quality of life and an economic driver in the community. Meetings are held at The Lincoln Center,the third Wednesday of each month at 3:30 p.m. Meetings in 2022 were held both virtually via Zoom and in person.Members who served in 2022 were Natalie Barnes,Kathy Bauer,Miriam Chase,Sabrina Davies,Gwen Hatchette,Heidi Shuff,and Christopher Staten.Sabrina Davies served as Chairperson and Miriam Chase served as Vice-Chair. PURPOSE •Encourage and enhance artistic expression and appreciation. •Add value to the community through acquiring,exhibiting,and maintaining public art. GOALS •Enrich the public environment for residents and visitors through the visual arts. •Increase public access to works of art. •Promote understanding and awareness of the visual arts in the public environment. •Promote a variety of artistic expressions in the community. •Contribute to the community’s civic pride in its cultural diversity. APP BOARD AND STAFF •Support equity and inclusion practices in APP projects and outreach. •Advise City Council on projects and programs relating to public art,design,education, aesthetics,and APP funding. •Review and make recommendations to City Council on all APP projects and City art donations. •Generate ways to promote APP initiatives and mission. •Share best practices with other local and national agencies on the APP processes and projects. •Support the implementation of the FoCo Creates:Arts and Culture Master Plan. COLLABORATIONS •In its 13th season,Pianos About Town is a partnership with Bohemian Foundation and the Downtown Development Authority,and is administered by APP. •The 100th painted piano from Pianos About Town is currently on view at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. •APP partnered with the Fort Collins Newcomers group to offer two walking tours of Downtown. •APP collaborated with Neighborhood Services to conduct community outreach connected to the Vine and Lemay and upcoming Neighborhood Gateway projects. 2022 ANNUAL REPORT Page 2 The APP artist collaborates with the project design team early in the process to integrate the art concepts with the project goals.This collaborative approach is a model for public art programs across the country. COMPLETED PROJECTS Gardens on Spring Creek Temporary Art Installation — Bfrd House Village is a temporary art installation by Fort Collins artists Dan Huling and Todd Kundla on view through February 2023,at the Gardens on Spring Creek.Garden Gown is shown here at right.Using found objects collected from across the area,Bird House Village explores the concept of house and home through the view of birds.Utilizing materials like large tree stumps,driftwood,salvaged piano parts,scrap wood,and a large collection of odds and ends, the artists have created a variety of sculptural micro-habitats and clustered dwellings that create niche bird neighborhoods throughout the gardenscape. Hoffman Mill Road Fueling Center —Fort Collins artist Shawna Turner created a mural attached to the fence behind the fuel pumps.It shows the foothills in the background and sunflowers in the foreground.These are separated by a band of mobile blue acrylic disks attached to the fence representing the shimmering Cache Ia Poudre River. drawings by youth aged from 3 to 18 into City sidewalks. were installed,for a total of 278 payers. Pianos About Town —Pianos were rotated to 17 locations in 2022.The Art in Action component of the program continued with 10 artists painting piano murals under the tent on Mountain Ave.and 3 artists painting inside at Foothills.The program has painted a total of 157 piano murals. Transformer Cabinet Murals —16 Local artists painted murals on 22 cabinets in 2022.This project has a high success rate in mitigating graffiti,saving the City money in abatement costs.Visitors to the area seek out the murals as they tour the City,contributing to the City’s economic development.Artists have painted 400 transformer cabinets in the 17 years of the Transformer Cabinet Mural project. ilL.. 3t LI’.L~ •Ii :,~ Garden Gown in the Bird House Village installation at the Gardens on Spring Creek through February 2023 Pedestrian Payers —Since 2002,the APP program has been working with the Engineering and Streets Departments to incorporate granite payers sandblasted with In 2022,six selected drawings ~ Kristen vohs’s Transpiration & Evaporation Landscape mural at the Water Treatment Facility 2022 ANNUAL REPORT Page 3 Water Treatment Facility Murals —Fort Collins artist Kristen Vohs painted 2 water- cycle themed murals on transformer cabinets outside the Water Treatment Facility on west Laporte Avenue. CURRENT AND ONGOING PROJECTS Twenty-seven projects are currently in development and in progress including annual projects. The Dovetail Park project is currently in fabrication.These projects are usually developed in conjunction with a larger construction project,so the art project timeline coincides with the construction timeline.All these projects have an artist working with the project design team to develop concepts that meet the goals of the project.These projects include W.Elizabeth Improvements,Stream Rehabilitation,and Utilities Artist-in-Residence Projects. ANNUAL PROJECTS •Bus and Bus Shelter Art •Storm Drain Murals •Bridge Graffiti Mitigation Murals •Transformer Cabinet Murals •Pedestrian Payers •Pianos About Town DONATIONS •Accepted the donation from Diggs Brown of Arthur— My Hero,My Friend by Susan Norris.The sculpture of a Military Service Dog is place at the entrance to the Veterans Plaza at Spring Canyon Park.It honors the many canine service animals that have demonstrated such brave dedication and loyalty to their human partners,both in times of war and in times of healing. •Accepted donation from the Poudre River Public Library District of a community mural painted on a shipping container that was installed at the Northside AdhUr—My Hero,My Friend by Susan Aztlan Community Center.The mural was designed by Norris Carla Gamboa and painted by Carla with the help of Fuerta Latina volunteers. OUTREACH APP staff members continue to give support to private businesses in the community: •Staff provided information on acquiring art and facilitated contact with artists. •Staff promoted APP projects to the community prior,during,and after installation with signs on site,and information in newsletters,online,and on social media. •Staff organized and hosted open houses for artists interested in submitting proposals to Pianos About Town and the Transformer Cabinet Mural Project. •APP website has information and images of project downloadable maps and walking tours.New online tours were added to the website this year. •Transformer Cabinet Mural Artist Werner Schreiber painted a portion of his mural at 2022 ANNUAL REPORT Page 4 the Utilities Xeriscape Garden Party. •Staff provided information to communities across the country,inc u ing anvers, Durango,CC;Nederland,CO;Provo,UT;San Luis Obispo,CA.As well as Blue Moose Gallery and Irish Elementary. COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS APP staff gave in person and virtual presentations to community groups,including City/CSU One Health Institute,Central Arkansas Metroplan Intercity Visit,and Culture Club. PUBLICITY •APP/Artists received City Urban Design Awards for the Willow St.Project (Andy Dufford/Chevo Studios),Poudre River Whitewater art (John Davis)and the Hall of Fame award for the Transformer Cabinet Mural Program. •APP Brochures —APP promoted the program and the Transformer Cabinet Mural Project with brochures at the Visitor’s Centers downtown and at Prospect and 1-25,The Lincoln Center,and available on the APP website. •City News —The program was featured multiple times in this online newsletter. •Facebook —The Pianos About Town Project invited the community to participate with @PianosAboutTown.APP projects were included on the City and The Lincoln Center Facebook pages. •fcgov.com/artspublic —The APP website continued to be updated with new projects,project descriptions,and current calls for art and artists.Additional public art tours were added to the website this year. •Instagram —The Visual Arts department page @focoart features public art projects.Pianos About Town is featured @PianosAboutTown. •Local Publications —The Fort Collins Coloradoan and Collegian printed various photos and articles of APP Projects throughout the year. •Television and Radio —Staff was interviewed by Channel 7 News and Colorado Public Radio stories about Pianos About Town.There was also an interview for KCSU’s Rocky Mountain Review. •Web —The local community and visitors to Fort Collins continued to include stories on APP projects in their blogs,websites,and on YouTube. 1% Colorado Public Radio Arts and Culture reporter Eden Lane reconis a local musician playing a piano painted in 2022 by Ms 8.Mendonça in 2022 2022 ANNUAL REPORT Page 5