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Home My WebLink AboutMemo - Mail Packet - 9/27/2022 - Memorandum From Jim Mcdonald And Ellen Martin Re: 2022 Art In Public Places Midyear ReportCultural Services Art in Public Places 417 W. Magnolia St Fort Collins, CO 80521 970.221-6735 970.221-6373 – fax fcgov.com/artspublic Date: August 23, 2022 To: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager Tyler Marr, Interim Deputy City Manager Seve Ghose, Community Services Director From: Jim McDonald, Cultural Services Director Ellen Martin, Visual Arts Administrator Re: 2022 Art in Public Places Midyear Report Attached please find the 2022 Art in Public Places Midyear Report for City Council. At the February 24, 2009 City Council Work Session, the Art in Public Places (APP) program was reviewed. At that Work Session, the City Manager recommended that in addition to an Annual Report, APP prepare a written midyear report on projects for City Council to review. Since its inception in 1995, the APP program has commissioned over 160 public art projects and over 377 completed transformer cabinet murals, over 145 painted pianos, 272 kid’s pavers, with its impact seen throughout the Fort Collins community. Public art is everywhere: parks, gardens, city facilities, alleyways, plazas, streetscapes, natural areas, utility sites, culture and recreation facilities, trails, and transportation centers, adding to the city’s unique image and economic health. Please let us know if we can provide any additional information. Thank you. DocuSign Envelope ID: 4E23CA96-C3BC-46E6-BC83-5C351B99A387 September 22, 2022 TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Kelly DiMartino FYI /sek 1 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES 2022 MIDYEAR REPORT fcgov.com/artspublic 2022 COMPLETED PROJECTS Gardens on Spring Creek Temporary Art Installation Bird House Village is a temporary art installation at the Gardens on Spring Creek by local artists Dan Huling and Todd Kundla. It will be on view through February 2023. Celebrating both the beauty the ecological functions of birds, including seed dispersal, pollination and pest control, the installation features nine unique bird communities. 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 Gardens. In 2022, the City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places (APP) Program will: •Support equity and inclusion practices: APP translated five calls to artists and expanded our promotion to community groups. •Administer painting 44 murals: 23 transformer cabinets, 8 storm drain, and 13 pianos. •Create 15 granite Pedestrian Pavers: Pavers will be sandblasted with youth drawings to be placed in City sidewalks. •Work to produce/develop 25 projects: 7 projects are currently approved for fabrication and 18 are in development. DocuSign Envelope ID: 4E23CA96-C3BC-46E6-BC83-5C351B99A387 2 25 PROJECTS IN PROGRESS APP projects are funded by City capital construction projects and are tied to the project construction timeline. Artists are selected through an open call process or from a pre-approved list of artists. Qualifications are reviewed by the APP Board, a City Purchasing representative, and representatives of the project team. The group selects artists to become part of the project team to develop concepts for the artwork based on the goals of the project and input from the team. • Bucking Horse Park —Joshua Wiener • Glenmoor Pond Enhancements—Lisa Cameron Russell • Pedestrian Pavers—Local Youth • Pianos About Town (partnership with Bohemian Foundation and DDA) • Poudre River Public Library District Mural Dona- tion—Carla Gamboa • Transformer Cabinet Murals • Veterans Plaza Art Donation APPROVED BY APP BOARD • Bus and Bus Stop Art—TBD (multiple) • Grandview Cemetery—TBD • Environmental Learning Center—Katy Casper • Laporte Bridges—Jim Lynxwiler • Oak Street Stormwater Improvements—Mark Aeling • Power Trail and Harmony Road Crossing—Todd Kundla • South Timberline Rd—TBD • Stream Rehabilitation, multiple sites—Andy Dufford • Storm Drain Mural Project—TBD (multiple) • Taft Hill Road Widening—Robert Eccleston • Utility Public Artist in Residence Program—Allie Ogg • Utility Service Center—TBD • Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue—Joshua Wiener • Vine and Lemay Gateway—TBD • Water Reclamation Facility—Lisa Cameron Russell • Water Treatment Facility Entryway—Todd Kundla • Water Treatment Facility Utility Cabinets—TBD • West Elizabeth Improvements—Mark Leichliter 18 PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT Relocated Artwork: Timberline Recycling Center APP assisted in moving two city- owned artworks for placement at the Timberline Recycling Center. This includes FireBird by Todd Kundla (shown here). It is created out of fencing salvaged from the house at 105 E. Vine, which was removed as part of the Poudre River Whitewater Park. DocuSign Envelope ID: 4E23CA96-C3BC-46E6-BC83-5C351B99A387 3 23 Transformer Cabinet Murals In partnership with Fort Collins Utilities Light and Power, APP is commissioning 16 Fort Collins artists to transform 23 Fort Collins electrical transformer cabinets into works of art. APP is also working on a Neighborhood Transformer Cabinet Mural Program where artists will work with residents to create a mural in their neighborhood. Members of the community are sponsoring additional transformer cabinet murals and we have had more inquiries. We also had artist Werner Schreiber paint a transformer cabinet mural at the Xeriscape Garden Party in June. This program, now in its seventeenth year, is a graffiti mitigation program and saves tens of thousands of dollars a year in City mitigation costs. The program also enhances our community creating a buzz of interest about Fort Collins locally, regionally, and nationally. The Transformer Mural Cabinet program has completed 377 unique murals to date. Learn more at fcgov.com/cabinets. 15 Pedestrian Sidewalk Pavers In 2022, we will be producing fifteen granite pedestrian pavers to be installed in City sidewalks. Drawings are solicited early in the year from local children ages 3–18. Selected drawings are sandblasted into 16" square granite pavers. This project with the City’s Engineering and Streets Departments started in 2002. We have produced 272 youth pavers to date. See all the pavers at fcgov.com/pavers. Chelsea Ermer Larry Tucci 13 Pianos About Town Murals • Working pianos are placed around town for the community to discover and play, adding color and spontaneous musical happenings to Fort Collins. • Twelfth year of a collaborative project of Bohemian Foundation, Downtown Development Authority, and APP. • Eleven artists will paint murals on pianos downtown through early October and two artists will paint in inside locations over the winter. Twelve of the thirteen artists are new to the program this season. • 145 pianos have been painted as part of the program so far, with another thirteen this year. Learn more at fcgov.com/pianos Artist Becca Black painting her mural in June. Jennifer Ivanovic Select 2022 Transformer Cabinet Mural Concepts: DocuSign Envelope ID: 4E23CA96-C3BC-46E6-BC83-5C351B99A387 4 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES & OUTREACH The APP program forges partnerships and provides a range of public engagement opportunities. The program partners with the community and local businesses to expand the presence of art in Fort Collins . • The APP website has project information and images, downloadable maps, and walking tours. • The public can sign up for APP updates and artist opportunities newsletters. • APP staff improved access to our collection by adding new online public art tours. • Staff continues to advise cities/programs on our public art program as well as Transformer Cabinet Mural and Pianos About Town. • APP staff hosted two successful Virtual Open Houses to engage new artists in January. Virtual Open Houses were also held to orient selected artists for upcoming projects. • We continued our promotions for the Pianos About Town and Transformer Cabinet Murals to community organizations. • Staff continues to promote project information to the community prior, during, and after installation of new artwork. • Every year the Art in Public Places Program coordinates projects that engage our community. These projects include murals painted by neighborhoods and community groups, sponsored cabinet murals, and granite pavers sandblasted with youth drawings. • Staff gave presentations to the Culture Club, PEO International, and Leadership Fort Collins. • Staff was interviewed about the Pianos About Town program for KSCU, 7 News and Colorado Public Radio. • APP artists Dan Huling and Todd Kundla hosted a First Friday reception to share details of their temporary Birdhouse Village installation at the Gardens on Spring Creek. They were also featured in The Garden’s Dig In publication. • Staff conducted outreach with the Neighborhood Services Department in the Tres Colonias Neighborhoods regarding Joshua Weiner’s proposed artwork for the Vine and Lemay Overpass and the upcoming community art project nearby. • Artist Werner Schreiber painted a Transformer Cabinet Mural during the Utilities Xeriscape Garden Part at City Hall in June. Artist Werner Schreiber painting a Transformer Cabinet Mural at the Xeriscape Garden Party in June. Artists Dan Huling and Todd Kundla speak at the First Friday opening reception of their temporary Birdhouse Village exhibit at the Gardens on Spring Creek. 2022 Transformer Cabinet Mural artists meet virtually. DocuSign Envelope ID: 4E23CA96-C3BC-46E6-BC83-5C351B99A387 5 2022 APP PROJECT MAP View online at: http://bit.ly/APP-Projects DocuSign Envelope ID: 4E23CA96-C3BC-46E6-BC83-5C351B99A387