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HomeMy WebLinkAboutArt In Public Places Board - Minutes - 02/10/2021 Art in Public Places SPECIAL MEETING February 10, 2021, 3:45 pm Online 2 /1 0 /20 2 1 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER 3:45 pm 2. ROLL CALL • Board Members Present – Miriam Chase, Carol Ann Hixon, Kirsten Savage, Michael Short, and Sara Wade • Board Members Absent – Gwen Hatchette and Sabrina Davies • Staff Members Present – Ellen Martin, Liz Good, and Jim McDonald • Cultural Resources Board Liaison – None present • Guests – None present 3. AGENDA REVIEW 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 5. APROVAL OF MINUTES – DECEMBER 16, 2020 Ms. Hixon moved they be approved Ms. Wade seconded Unanimously approved 6. BUSINESS, PRESENTATION, OR DISCUSSION: A) ANNUAL CALLS TO ARTISTS Ms. Martin shared the next three artist calls. The Board discussed these calls, including ways to share the Pedestrian Paver call more broadly to attract more diverse groups outside of the school district. The Board expressed their support that the Transformer Cabinet Mural program is expanding to include the Neighborhood Cabinet Mural project this year, which focuses on artist outreach with neighborhoods. Ms. Wade moved to accept all three with Carol Ann’s suggested edits Ms. Hixon seconded Unanimously approved B) APP ARTWORK RELOCATION Ms. Martin shared information about relocation of CONFLUENCE, the carved granite forms by Lawrence Argent integrated into Oak Street Plaza in 2006. The three granite sculptures captured the water jets of the water feature. However, in the current design, the art restricts the capture of the water stream and the plaza has had Art in Public Places SPECIAL MEETING 2 /1 0 /20 2 1 – MINUTES Page 2 problems with water runoff and flooding of adjacent buildings. For the past two years the water has either been off or limited. Park Planning & Development is scheduled to renovate the plaza this year to fix the issues. The new plaza design will remove the artworks, expand the water catch basins, and complete some upgrades to the water feature. The artworks could be moved as soon as March to a new location identified at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. C) ANNUAL REPORT Ms. Martin shared the Annual Report that was submitted to City Council. The Board continued their discussion on collecting additional data this year to include in the 2021 Annual Report, including number of artists, volunteers, projects, along with savings in graffiti abatement because of the Transformer Cabinet Project. There was discussion about how best to share stories of artists and the benefits of the program for them and their careers. It was suggested to include this information on the website and link to it in reports. It was also suggested to ask for stories and antidotes about the project when the artists turn in their final paperwork. 7. STAFF REPORT The Staff Report will be email to the Board. Staff shared additional images of the newly installed Reclamation by Todd Kundla at the Water Reclamation Facility and progress images of Acumen by Mark Aeling at the shared regional police facility. 8. OTHER BUSINESS Ms. Martin let the Board know that she will be sending out information about an upcoming Civic Center Master Plan charrette that would like the involvement of APP Board members. She also shared that the current APP direction for listing calls for artists is to post them on the webpage, rather than as PDFs, so they can be translated automatically by the browser into multiple languages and will not need to be individually translated and posted in different languages. 9. ADJOURNMENT 4:57 pm Respectfully submitted, Liz Good