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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/03/2024 - Meeting Minutes y ERIN MENDENHALL rn ;'',-� LORENA RIFFO-JENSON MAYOR i DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Salt Lake Art Design Board Meeting Wednesday,January 3rd, 2024 5:00 — 7:00 pm PRESENT: Colour Maisch Angela Dean Alex Moya Jen Lopez Michael Mejia Tiffini Porter Meggie Troili Staff Members Felicia Baca,Arts Council Executive Director Taylor Knuth,Arts Council Deputy Director Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez, Public Art Program Manager Amy Childress, Public Art Program Coordinator EXCUSED: N/A GUESTS: Kira Johnson, Public Land Planner, Public Lands Kathryn Elizabeth Sonntag, Landscape Architect, Public Lands Katherine Andra, Planner, Public Lands Planner, Public Lands Nancy Monteith, Senior Landscape,Architect, Public Lands Tom Millar, Planning and Design Manager, Public Lands Mission: To amplify art in Salt Lake City to enrich, enhance, and build a dynamic city where art and artists thrive. AGENDA I. Call to Order,Welcome, and Introductions Ms. Meggi Troili welcomed everyone to the meeting and stated the Art Design Board's Mission. Mr. Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez z asked everyone attending the meeting to introduce themselves. II. Approval of December 6n', 2023 Minutes(Action) Ms. Colour Mische put forward the motion to approve the December 6n,2023 minutes as written. Mr.Alex Moya seconded the motion; all Board members present voted in favor. III. Donner Trail Park public art opportunity Mr. Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez did an overview of the Donner Trail Park public art opportunity,which is being funded by the Parks,Trails, and Open Space General Obligation Bond that was approved by Salt Lake City voters in November 2022.This public art opportunity seeks to commission a site- specific art installation that responds to the park's contemplative setting and the unique history of the site. He then went over the background of the project.Ms. Kira Johnson talked about the public engagement that Public Lands lead by creating a survey.They survey received over 50o responses. The views and peacefulness of the park were two popular responses given in their survey.M Mr. Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez went over the neighborhood of where the park is located. He then went over the project scope and site description.The park will feature a meditative memorial tree grove. The Donner Trail Park public art opportunity will allow for the integration for an artist or artist-led team's artwork and concepts into the overall renovation of the park,in collaboration and consultation with the project landscape architects. Katherine mentioned that Urban Forestry is really excited to about this Memorial Tree Grove and that they are hoping to create more memorial tree groves around the city. Ms. Meggie Troili asked Katherin how Urban Forestry is planning on working with the artist. Mr. Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez went over how the park is generally used,the history of the park. He had the board take turns reading the artwork goals. He then showed images that inspired the design of the park and went over the budget for the project.The total commission award for this project is $107,500. He then had board members take turns reading the Artist Qualifications for the project and went over the finalists process including the proposal development and presentations by the finalists as well as the project schedule.The board will select three finalists who will be invited to create site-specific proposals and give presentations on those proposals at the April 2024 Art Design Board Meeting. Mr. Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez went over the Artist Shortlist. Before the meeting the Art Design Board members as well as stakeholders looked through the applications and gave them scores. The shortlist consists of 3o artists. On the sheet provided to the board where the artists were listed from highest scores to lowest score,the first 15 artists were highlighted in green and the second 15 were highlighted in yellow.The 3o artists included Ilan Averbuch,Adam Kuby, Sixto Cordero,John Fleming, Bill FitzGibbons, Ben Zamora,Jeanine Centuori, Rodrigo Nava,Volkan Alkanoglu, Eileen Gay, Rob and Shelley Beishline (Tooza Design), Robert Tully,Michael McLaughlin, Ene Osteraas- Constable, Benjamin Allanoff, Clayton Binkley, Clark Wiegman,Wesley Heiss, Sujin Lim,Aaron Stephan, Day Christensen,James Dinh,Matthew Galler, Richard Herzog,Luke Archterberg, DiBari and Associates,John Davis, Ken McCall, and Joshua Wiener. Mr. Michael Mejia suggested that the board just focused on the green list.Ms.Meggie Troili suggested that before the board focuses on the green list,that they go over the yellow lists. Tiffany suggested that Ene Osteraas-Constable be included in the green list.The board agreed to just focus on the green list.Tiffany suggested to remove Bill FitzGibbons and Tooza Design from the green list, several other members of the board agreed. Michael Mejia suggested picking an artist that has not been commissioned before.Angela liked the top three artists, I and their ability to integrate artwork into landscape architecture.Ms. Coulor Mische said that she was less interested in a standalone sculpture and more interested in a piece that could be integrated into the landscape.The rest of the board liked the idea of choosing artists who could integrate their work into the landscape. The board continued to discuss the top 15 artist submissions and decided on Ilan Averbuch,Adam Kuby, and Sixto Codero,which happened to be the top three scored applications. Mr. Olmedo-Gonzalez asked for input from City stakeholders.Ms. Kira Johnson, and Ms. Kathryn Sonntag agreed with the Board's top 3 choices.Ms.Tiffany Porter made a motion to invite Ilan Averbuch,Adam Kuby, and Sixto Cordero to submit a proposal for the Donner Trail Park public art opportunity Ms. Colour Mische seconded the motion.The rest of the board members voted to approve the motion except for Mr.Alex Moya. IV. FY23-24 CIP Percent-for-Art discussion Mr. Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez introduced Ms.Nancy Montieth and Ms. Kat Andra to the Board.Ms. Nancy Montieth and Ms. Kat Andra gave a presentation on Pioneer Park.Ms.Nancy Montieth went over the history of the park and the Cultural Landscape Report that was completed for the park.The park is a national and local historic landmark site. Pioneer park is the only official park located in downtown Salt Lake City. Mr. Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez commented that the Public Art Program has no pieces of artwork in Pioneer Park.Ms.Nancy Montieth went over the plans for the park. 9 million for approvements. Construction on the park won't start for a year. V. Parks, Trails, and Open Space General Obligation (GO) Bond Mr. Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez introduced Mr.Tom Millar. Mr.Tom Millar gave a presentation on the Parks,Trails, and Open Space General Obligation(GO) Bond sites that were selected. Budget for Art is a little over one million dollars.The parks that will include public art are Donner Park, Glendale Park, and Warms Springs and North Gateway Park, and Fleetblock. 20 other projects will be receiving funding through the Bond, and will receive a small piece of public art that will unite the spaces. VI. Public Comment No public comment was received VII.Other Business/Adjourn Public Art Program Updates: Mr. Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez brought up that several of the board members are up for renewal and that he will be reaching out to those board members on how they want to proceed. Executive Director/Arts Council Updates : Felicia gave an update on Wake the Great Salt Lake public art project.The Arts Council is working through the process on receiving the funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies.The next steps will be community listening sessions and this summer the Arts Council will plan on launching the calls for the first phase of the project. Ms. Colour Maisch made a motion to close the meeting; Mr.Alex Moya seconded.All Board members present voted in favor. Next meeting will be held Wednesday, February 7th, 2024.