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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Arts And Cultural Commission - 06/14/2016 - Special ARTS & CULTURAL COMMISSION Special Called Meeting, June 14, 2016, 5:00 p.m. First United Methodist Church, Room 111, 900 S. Shoreline; Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 MEMBERS P A MEMBERS P A STAFF 1. Coles,SarahX 6. Mintz,Sean X 2. Duke,Paul X 7. Petican,Laura X Tess Allan 3. Gardiner, CarlaX 8. Rybak,Stephen X ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4. Harrison, Cathy X 9. Sherman,Dianna X ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5. Kisner,BradX Total: 7 2 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... I. CALL TO ORDER-The regular meeting of the Arts and Cultural Commission was called to order at 5:06 p.m. by Brad Kisner. II. ROLL CALL-The recording secretary called roll and announced quorum. III. PUBLIC COMMENT— None IV. OLD BUSINESS Public Art Projects, Administration and Conservation Dixie Friend Gay was not available for the Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve Grand Opening. The art dedication will have to take place at a later date. Sarah suggested waiting until November to have the dedication take place in conjunction with a Coastal Bend Children in Nature event. 5:08 Carla Gardiner entered meeting The Urban Vision group has contacted City Staff regarding an art donation for La Retama park in honor of Norma Urban and will present the project to Commission at an upcoming meeting. 5:15 Sean Mintz entered meeting Public Art Policy Commissioners reviewed proposed changes to the Deaccessioning Policy from the City's Legal Department. Sean Mintz moved to accept the legal revisions to the Deaccessioning Policy. Carla Gardiner seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. Public Art Work Plan Commissioners reviewed the Public Art Work Plan with discussion centered on the following pieces of art: • Bromeliad by Danny O'Dowdy. The Airport has asked that the ACC remove the artwork from its current location due to a future construction project in their parking lot. The sculpture is in bad repair and the Airport does not have another location on their property to place the art. Carla moved to deaccession the piece and request that the Airport demolish and remove the art as part of their construction project. Sean seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. City Staff will initiate a formal deaccessioning review. • Untitled by Amanda Jaffe (at Waldron Park). More than half of the tiles that make this piece are broken or missing. Sean moved to deaccession Untitled based on the current condition and the site visit report. Carla seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. City staff will initiate a formal deaccessioning review. • Ring of Time, by Judy Moore. The artwork is in poor condition, with peeling paint and several spots that are badly rusted. Laura moved to have City Staff contact TAMUCC Professor, Jack Gron, to discuss the possibility of his students taking on the restoration of Ring of Time as a class project. Sarah seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. • Untitled by Jilly Pankey and Barry Brown. The artwork is painted directly on the interior walls of the Early Childhood Development Center Building which is scheduled to be demolished. It is not possible to remove the artwork from the walls. Sarah moved to deaccession the piece. Sean 1 seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. City Staff will initiate a formal deaccessioning review. • In the Throat of a Dragon, by Diana Bowman. The artwork has been broken while in storage. Three of the four panels are in irreparable condition. Sean moved to deaccession the piece. Cathy seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. City Staff will initiate a formal deaccessioning review. Commissioners also reviewed: The Great Heron, Queen of the Sea, The Flame, Music and Dance, Untitled (at Falcon Park), Swimmers at the Start, and When the Sky Meets the Sea to make recommendations to the Public Art Work Plan. Laura moved to paint the back of the Music and Dance mural white to cover the unauthorized painting currently there. Paul seconded. Motion was unanimously approved. 6:21 Sean Mintz left the meeting. Brad moved the New Business items up on the Agenda to discuss before looking at the Arts Grant revisions. V. NEW BUSINESS Untitled History Relocation Darryl Meadows from the American Bank Center contacted City Staff to request that the cowboy sculpture from the Untitled History series by Mel Chin be relocated. The ABC has adopted a new security policy that will require use of the space that the sculpture is currently in. Discussion centered on location, funding, liability issues, and qualifications required to move the sculpture. Laura suggested using some of her students who have prior experience in moving heavy sculptures for a reinstallation. A subcommittee of Carla, Paul, Sarah, Laura and Tess will meet with Darryl on site to further discuss potential locations for the sculpture. Hooks Art Appreciation Night Commissioners discussed a proposal from the Hooks Marketing Department to host a table promoting the Arts at the Arts Appreciation Night on July 5th. Several possibilities were discussed, but it was decided by general consensus, not to participate this year due to financial and time constraints. VI. OLD BUSINESS CONTINUED Arts Grant Commissioners reviewed the proposed 2017 Arts Grant Guidelines. Discussion centered around supporting documentation to prove 501c status, scoring individual organizations versus educational institutions, proposed changes to the narrative questions and the possible additional cost of collecting more supporting documentation. 7:35 Cathy Harrison left the meeting By general consensus it was determined that adding an additional supporting documentation requirement of 3 sets of board meeting minutes could serve as supporting documentation to prove 501c status. City Staff will contact legal to determine other alternative forms of supporting documentation. Arts Forum The Commissioners discussed selecting an artist for the Star Volunteer award and reviewed art samples from four art students. Carly Rose was selected as the 2016 award artist. Laura will contact Carly and send his contact information to Tess to work out the details for the awards. VII. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA • Arts Grant • Arts Forum VIII. ADJOURN Carla moved to adjourn. Sarah seconded. Motion passed. Brad Kisner adjourned the meeting at 8:24 p.m. Tess Allan, Recording Secretary 2