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ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
RESCHEDULED MEETING
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 – 3:30 PM
The Lincoln Center, Founders Room
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1. CALL TO ORDER: 3:40 PM
2. ROLL CALL
a) Board Members Present – Natalie Barnes, Kathy Bauer, Myra Powers,
Renee Sherman, Heidi Shuff, Christopher Staten, and Nancy Zola
b) Board Members Absent –
c) Staff Members Present – Ellen Martin, Liz Good, Libby Colbert, Amanda
Castelli, Nick Combs, Kellie Gorman
d) City Council Liaison – Councilmember Susan Gutowsky
e) Guests – Allie Ogg, Gregory Fields
3. AGENDA REVIEW
4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES, November 20, 2024
Ms. Powers moved to approve the minutes
Ms. Zola seconded.
Unanimously approved.
6. NEW BUSINESS
a) ARTIST IN RESIDENCE UPDATE
Ms. Martin introduced the team including Kellie Gorman and Nick Combs from
Utilities Customer Connections and APP Project Manager Libby Colbert. Artist
Allie Ogg was also in attendance. This was the first time the APP has had an
artist in residence project. The goal was to have an artist learn about the
functions of the utility to share with the community. The artist created 4 story
panels showing the function of Electric, Water, Stormwater, and Wastewater
Utilities in an approachable way. The Utilities plans to move forward by using the
imagery for a full visual rebrand and a campaign called “Here Before You Need
Us.” It will be fully launched with new web software in September but will trickle
into marketing and messaging until then.
SCHOOLSIDE PARK PRESENTATION
Ms. Martin introduced the team including Amanda Castelli with Park Planning
and artist Gregory Fields. The park is adjacent Bacon Elementary near
Timberline and Zephyr Roads. The project collaborated with the school and the
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planned artwork is designed to be accessible, touchable, and sensory. The
proposal is for two 8-foot-tall pillar sculptures located at prominent entry points to
the park and three 4-foot-tall pieces to be distributed at along the trail in the
pollinator meadow. All will be steel with inset ceramic. The larger will have flat
ceramic panels showing abstracted detail views of local plants and animals, and
the smaller will feature carved relief ceramic images of pollinators. The board
discussed signage explaining the imagery on the sculptures. Gregory shared
how helpful it is to have an artist integrated on the project early. He appreciated
that the art wasn’t treated as an afterthought by the program.
Ms. Powers moved to move forward with the Schoolside Park project.
Ms. Sherman seconded.
Unanimously approved.
b) YEAR IN REVIEW
Ms. Martin shared a slideshow of the projects completed in 2024.
c) 2024 ANNUAL REPORT DRAFT
Ms. Martin shared a draft of the Annual Report based on last year. It will be
brought to the next meeting for final approval
8. OTHER BUSINESS
Ms. Bauer thanked staff for their organization and running of the program . Ms.
Powers said the staff was small but mighty. There was a discussion about the
Anniversary Celebration and inviting members of past board and City Council
from when the Board was formed.
9. ADJOURNMENT 5:20 PM
Minutes approved by the chair and a vote of the Board/Commission on 02/19/25