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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Arts And Cultural Commission - 10/11/2016 ARTS & CULTURAL COMMISSION Regular Meeting, October 11, 2016, 4:00 p.m. Parks & Recreation Conference Room, City Hall, 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, Texas MEMBERS P A MEMBERS P A STAFF 1. Coles,Sarah X 6. Petican,Laura X Tess Allan 2. Duke,Paul X 7. Sharon Sedwick X 3. Harrison, CathyX 8. Rios, Shelly X ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4. Kisner,BradX 9. Rybak,Stephen X ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5. Lamas,HildaX Total: 8 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... I. CALL TO ORDER-The regular meeting of the Arts and Cultural Commission was called to order at 4:02 p.m. by Brad Kisner. II. ROLL CALL -The recording secretary called roll and announced quorum. Brad welcomed the three new Commissioners: Shelly Rios — Public Space/Place; Sharon Sedwick — Business Development; Hilda Lamas— Performing Arts. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — Regular Meeting, August 9, 2016. After reviewing the minutes a correction was requested for the spelling of Arts. Cathy moved to approve the minutes with the recommended changes. Sharon seconded. Minutes were unanimously approved. IV. PUBLIC COMMENT— None V. OLD BUSINESS Public Art Projects, Administration and Conservation City Staff provided updates for the following items: • The Flame—Andrew Malczewski was awarded the contract to restore The Flame and has already completed the work removing the white fence, installing the landscape barrier and cleaning, sealing & polishing the sculpture. Andrew sent a photo of the plant spacing and according to Gill's Nursery the plants cannot be planted any closer or they will die. Since the current spacing does not create a natural barrier as originally planned Chief Gonzales has requested that we install a landscape border until the plants grow enough to be a barrier. • Untitled History — The contractor, H&S Constructors was awarded the contract to relocate the Cowboy piece of Untitled History at the American Bank Center but was not able to move the sculpture. They could not get anything under the sculpture to lift it and were not able to push it either. City Staff will begin the bidding process again. • Urban Visions Public Art Donation for La Retama Park — Urban Visions is working on submitting plans for the sculpture's base and wind certification for approval by the City's Engineering Dept. • The Great Heron —the dedication will be Saturday, November 19th in conjunction with the Coastal Bend Children in Nature event starting at 8:00 am. The ACC will also host an activity booth at the CBCiN event after the dedication. Shelly and Tess will stay to man the booth. • The 2016 Arts Forum was a success. A copy of the photo and article from the Caller Times was circulated. Arts Grant The Arts Grants were not able to be automated this year due to security measures on the City's website. The application materials have been distributed. Fifteen organizations attended the workshops and another 6 organizations requested the application materials. The deadline is Oct 14th, 4 applications have already been submitted. After the application deadline the applications will go through a basic eligibility review then the Commissioners will have 2 weeks to score. By general consensus the Commissioners agreed to submit their scores by 10:00 am on Monday, Nov. 7th and to move the November ACC meeting to 4:00 November 7th so that it did not conflict with Election Day activities. 1 VI. NEW BUSINESS Collier Pool Discussion of the Public Art Project for Collier Pool centered on the Art Selection Panel's duties and the process for selecting an artist. West Guth Pool City Staff announced that the construction for West Guth Pool qualifies for a new piece of Public Art with an approximate budget of $25,000. Construction is scheduled to begin May 2017. By general consensus the Commissioners decided to look into functional art options for this project. Six & Seven Flowers Lighting The Commissioners were asked to consider lighting the Six & Seven Flowers sculpture as it is one of the City's most prominent pieces and it is completely dark at night. After some brief discussion Sharon moved to have City Staff contact the artist regarding lighting the sculpture, meet with an art gallery consultant regarding the correct way to light the sculpture, look into bids from lighting and electrical professionals and report back to the ACC. Shelly seconded. Motion unanimously passed. Elect new Chair and Vice Chair Brad gave an overview of the duties for the ACC Chair. Sharon nominated Brad Kisner as Chair. Cathy seconded. The Commissioners unanimously voted to elect Brad as the Chair. City Staff gave an overview of the duties for the ACC Vice Chair. Sarah nominated Stephen Rybak as Vice Chair. Sharon seconded. The Commissioners unanimously voted to elect Stephen as Vice Chair based on his acceptance of the position. VII. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA • Arts Grant VIII. ADJOURN Cathy moved to adjourn. Shelly seconded. Motion passed. Brad Kisner adjourned the meeting at 5:08 p.m. Tess Allan, Recording Secretary 2