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Public
Art Advisory Board
2006 Year End Report
Marla
Dorrel, council liaison
Denise Dickens, staff liaison
The
Public Art Advisory Board (PAAB) consists of 9 citizen volunteers from within
the Town’s corporate limits. The PAAB provides representation for
Cary
citizens in partnership with the
Cultural Arts Division of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources
Department in promoting understanding, appreciation, support and involvement in
the Town’s public art program. Committed
to the highest aesthetic standards and broadest involvement of citizens and
artists, the board provides advice and recommendations to Town council and staff
on matters relating to the administration, acquisition and inclusion of public
artworks in
Cary
. The
board conducted 10 regular meetings, 9 artist selection panel meetings and 1
special meeting in 2006.
Highlights
of the board’s actions for 2006 follow:
The
board made recommendations on the following items:
- Public
artist for US 1/64
Pedestrian
Greenway
Bridge
project – 79 artists from
across the
US
and
Canada
applied.
All 79 were reviewed, 5 were invited to submit proposals and models.
- Public
artist for the
Cary
Dog
Park
project -
A Statewide call to artists for proposals utilizing surplus fire
hydrants. Two artists were
invited for interviews.
- Public
artist for the design team for the
Walnut
Street
Park
project -
4 artists were interviewed after a limited call to pre-qualified
lists of national artists.
- Town
Hall Campus public art project – PAAB continues to review public art
opportunities for the Town Hall Campus project.
- Inclusion
of public art priorities for the Streetscape Master Plan – PAAB developed
strategic priorities for the inclusion of integrated public art as part of
the Streetscape Master Plan.
- Inclusion
of Public Artist for the Downtown Cary Streetscape design team – 59
artists from across the
US
and
Canada
have applied and are in the
process of being reviewed for hiring for the design/engineering team
- Gift
of sculpture from Cary Visual Art for the
Stone
Creek
Village
round-a-bout
- Gifts
of 3 paintings from Cary Visual Art for Town Hall
Additional
highlights of the Board’s activities for 2006 include the following:
- Collected
citizen comments on pedestrian greenway bridge models – over a 4+ week
period the models for the greenway pedestrian bridge were on public display
on the Town’s Web site and at Town Hall, Downtown Public Library, Cary
Town Centre Mall, and
Cary
Senior
Center
.
During that period the PAAB members collected 162 comments from
citizens.
- Collected
citizen feedback on park priorities and downtown streetscape priorities –
this information formed the PAAB’s goal setting process for
Walnut
Street
Park
and Downtown Cary Streetscape.
- Provided
outreach to community groups and citizens on the Town’s public art
projects at Lazy Daze and Spring Daze Festivals, CVA’s Art Crawl, Friends
of Page-Walker, and Cary Visual Art, Inc.
- PAAB
members provided leadership by chairing and membership on three artist
selection panels
- Goal
setting for the Public Art Advisory Board – ongoing review and evaluation
of goals
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