Homer Public Arts Committee
Thursday,
Cowles Council Chambers
Meeting Synopsis
Session
08-09 a meeting of the Public Arts Committee was called to order by Co-Chair Wolf
at
Present: Co-Chair Gaye Wolf, David
Anderson, Hope Finkelstein, Karin Marks
Staff:
Dru Corbin
Absent: Trina Fellows, Angie Newby
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA – Approved as presented
APPROVAL
OF SYNOPSIS – Approved as presented
VISITORS – none
PENDING BUSINESS
1. Refurbishment of Art Wall: Gaye stated the
project was wonderful and worth every penny spent. It was proposed to approve paying Tom Reed the
additional $158.03 for extra work done over the contract to cover expenses. Passed unanimously.
Gaye mentioned that Tom had the help of some volunteers in
the project. He used most of his own
equipment for the job. Hope asked where
the rest of the supplies were. She will
contact him to see if there is left over supplies that we should have and that
we could use on future projects. The
paint colors will be given to Parks & Rec and also in the Public Arts file
for future reference. It will be
discussed more at the next meeting if there are supplies left over where they
should be stored.
Hope brought up the idea of having the committee write a
point of view to clarify some misconceptions about the art wall project and
publish it in the paper. She will write it up.
Bushes are the last part of the project. That last thing
that Tom said is the bushes need to go, and most everyone on the committee agrees.
The mural is being obstructed and it takes away from the artwork. Hope stated it needs to be dealt with as part
of the maintenance plan. The project was
entered into on the agreement between Angie and Tammy that the bushes would be
transplanted. In future projects we need
to make sure everything gets written down for clarification.
Tammy will feel more comfortable if the bushes are trimmed
back in the fall, if there is going to be pruning it should be fall. Hope asked
whose authority it is. In terms of finishing this up, this is a bigger issue. If city advisory committees are going to be
staffed by willing volunteers, the recommendations need to be taken under
consideration. It was mentioned that
just because it is a recommendation, it does not have to be accepted and accomplished,
it is only recommendation. It was
suggested by Dave for the committee to take a close look at the wall and
identify what needs to be done and why and present our recommendations. This should be completed at the next meeting
in September and Angie should be in on this as she held the original meetings
with the city. Then we need to invite
Walt to the meeting in October and ask for what he thinks should or shouldn’t
be done and for his reasons.
2. Baycrest Signage: We will pursue it but it is not
on the front burner.
3. Artists Feedback Form: This is follow up
from the RFP process. The form presented
is a draft and Dave will clean it up and send it to Dru to put on letterhead
and get ready to send to people who have participated in the RFP process at the
Library and to get feedback from Tom Reed on the wall.
4. Term dates: It was decided to accept the arrangement as
follows:
Angie, Gaye Dave, Trina – term will expire
Hope, Karin & new person – term will expire
Each term is for 2 years.
5. Recruitment of New Members: Karin apologizes
for missing meetings during the summer and if in the future, maybe the month of
July could be recognized as a busy month and the committee may want to consider
taking it off. It would be important to
tell a new person that and it may make a difference to them. It does create issues if members cannot
attend. The guidelines state that 3 absences are excused.
Applicant does not need to live in the city limits to serve
on the committee. Karin will talk to
someone who has an interest in art as a citizen. She believes it would be nice to have a
person on the committee who could bring another perspective as citizen not
artist.
Gaye mentioned that she is a part-time artist and other than
that, there are no other artists on the committee. She would like to see maybe another artist.
6. Categorized Art: Dru has received forms from
Dave and Angie, try to get them other to her so she can begin the process for
the web page.
7. Website: The site is developed but not
uploaded. Waiting on art catalog forms
and content.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Salmon Art Display – Angie had
information to share, she has an interest in bringing a project like the Salmon
in Anchorage to Homer. Gaye mentioned we don’t have the time, energy or support
of corporate underwriting like large cities do.
COMMENTS OF THE
AUDIENCE - none
COMMENTS OF THE
COMMENTS OF THE CHAIR – Gaye said she will no be attending
next month’s meeting.
COMMENTS
OF THE COMMITTEE:
Hope was excited, the mural looks great and it is great to be finishing
up projects.
Dave thanked Tom for doing a great job. It is a real visible activity on
behalf of the committee and the city.
There are other good projects in the works. He also appreciated getting
through the entire agenda.
ADJOURNMENT
- Meeting adjourned at
NEXT REGULAR
MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR:
Work Session