Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department
Public Art Advisory Board
DRAFT MINUTES
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources
Conference Room
Present: Carol
Aupperle, Chairperson; Mathias Bishop; Ginger Hayes; Pat Hudson; Carl Regutti;
Smythe Richbourg; Marla Dorrel, Council Liaison; Lejandro DeRomas (Teen
Council)
Absent: Julia
Kunkel Morrison; Larry Schessel; Ella Williams; Kelly Marie Fraiser (Teen
Council)
Staff: Lyman
Collins; Denise Dickens; Vicki Hayes
Guest: Laura Coats, CVA
A. Call
to Order – Carol Aupperle, Chair
B. Minutes
·
Carl
Regutti made a motion to accept the February minutes with noted
corrections. Smythe Richbourg seconded
the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
C. New
Business
·
Ginger Hayes –
report on CVA Committee
Ginger
Hayes has volunteered to be on the CVA Committee and recruit more community
involvement.
·
Spring Daze
Arts and Crafts Festival
§
§
Need volunteers
to work 2 hour shifts in the Cultural Arts booth.
§
Determine what
the PAAB would like to promote at the festival to the public. Suggestions were as followed:
Ø
Map of current
locations of public art.
Ø
Have a timeline
on the 1/64 bridge
Ø
Display board
with map of public art around
Ø
Show pictures of
other bridge projects around the country
Ø
Have a survey
that Board Members can use to gather feedback from the public without the
public having to fill out the forms themselves.
·
Goal Setting
for PAAB 2006-2007 – preparation for Council report
Lyman
Collins explained all Boards and Commissions have been given direction from the
Town Clerks office to establish goals that would be posted on the website and
used for the annual report.
The
Board members discussed potential goals and asked staff to synthesize the
discussion. Below are proposed goals
based on the Board’s discussion:
1.
Continue to advise Council on the implementation of the Public Art
Master Plan and assist staff in development of public art ordinances/policies
for the Town of
2.
Review and make recommendations on the current TOC projects:
Town Hall
3.
Seek opportunities to extend Community outreach and education about
public art
4.
Seek and develop partnerships with CVA and other public/private partners
5.
Review artists’ qualifications to assist staff in the development of a pool
of qualified artists for potential Town projects
6.
Review and make recommendations concerning, donations and gifts of
artwork, site plans for public art, CVA initiated projects and projects related
to private development
7.
Enhance the development of the PAAB’s effectiveness and knowledge about
the Town’s collection
Staff
will bring the above goals to the April meeting for the Board to formally
adopt.
D. Old
Business
·
US 1/64
v
Update
There
were seventy (70) applications reviewed and narrowed to five finalists. The finalists have been asked to bring a written
proposal and a model to the Artist Selection Panel in June.
·
v
Update
The
deadline for artist submissions was March 8th and the response was
low. Denise Dickens recommended to the
Board that the project be re-opened to a broader geographic search. The current Call to Artist limited the area
to
ACTION: Smythe
Richbourg made a motion to open the
The
Board discussed promoting the project to art teachers/schools and NC State
University School of Design.
·
v
Goal development
Council
has approved the following: 1) approval of the master
plan for Walnut Street Park, 2) incorporation of public art into Walnut Street
Park, 3) recognition of a donation of $20,000 from Cary Visual Art as revenue
to the project to be used for the implementation of public art, and 4)
authorization to utilize $20,000 in existing project funds to design integrated
public art
into the project. Goals will need to be established
for this project.
Denise Dickens reported that
the CVA Discovery Committee had developed a list of recommendations to be
included in the project:
§
Art should be integral to the site – Place making
§
Integrated art approaches
§
Artist is partner with Landscape Designer (Design Team)
§
Consider “Nature” as a design theme
§
Involve the community in the creative process and possibly identify
future sites within the park for additional public art
PAAB
added the following recommendations:
§
Potential to integrate
art with park features: promenade, paths, wetlands area, playground, bathrooms,
pathways, and picnic shelter.
§
Family friendly
§
Interactive
§
Handicapped
accessible
Staff will incorporate the recommendations into
goals included in the Call for Artists.
A committee needs to be established for the selection process. Staff is recommending two CVA
representatives; two PAAB representatives; a neighborhood representative; one
PRCR Board representative; and one Public Works representative. Carol Aupperle asked if anyone was interested
in serving – Ginger Hayes and Mathias Bishop agreed. A chairperson has not been establish, but
will be by the April meeting.
ACTION: Carl Regutti made a motion to approve nine
person sub-committee staff recommended.
Pat Hudson seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
E. Reports
from Representative Organizations
·
Pat
Hudson reported CVA has teamed up with McGinnis Development Group to plan
public art for
Recommendations:
§
Did not want too
much color
§
Historical
reference
§
Figurative
§
Would like the
art work to be seen at a 360 degree angle
§
Old world feel
§
Representational
work would be better for this site
·
Fine Arts
League of Cary – Ella Williams
No report was given.
·
Other
Organizations
F. Adjourn
The Town of
Please contact Vicki Hayes
with any questions about this agenda.
The e-mail address is vicki.hayes@townofcary.org and the phone
number is (919) 469-4061.