Ann Arbor Public Art Commission

City of Ann Arbor 301 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 http://a2gov.legistar.com/ Meeting Minutes Calendar.aspx Ann Arbor Public Art Commission Wednesday, November 7, 2018 7:00 PM Larcom City Hall, 301 E Huron St, Basement, conference room Draft CALL TO ORDER 7pm ROLL CALL Present: J Kotarski, A Buck, C Brown, J Copi, C Crawley, D Esau, D Mexicotte, M Thiefels, and D Zinn Absent: CM Chip Smith Approved as presented APPROVAL OF AGENDA Add - Nominating Committee Report and Adoption of 2019 Meeting Dates to the agenda Welcome New Commissioners - Mary Thiefels - Public artist born and raised in Ann Arbor and would like to being an artist voice to the commission as well as estectic voice to the commission. CUrrently the Director of the Neutral Zone as the Art Director and also owner of TreeTown Murals to the Art Commission. Jonah Copi - Looking for ways to get involved in CIty Government. Originally from San Francisco background in arts and current working in real estate and property and looking for way to get back into the arts. Introduction of Councilmember Ali Ramlawi - CM Ramlawi has expressed an interest in becoming the liaison for the commission. Excited to become part of the commission and very supportive of the arts within the City. Misconceptions of art within in the city but we cannot let this stop us from getting behind the arts and make it a priority to continue to celebrate the arts in Ann Arbor. Approved with changes City of Ann Arbor Page 1 Ann Arbor Public Art Commission Meeting Minutes November 7, 2018 PUBLIC COMMENT Welcome Skyline High School students - Here to gain a better understanding and learn more about art within the City APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approved SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Mike Gould postponed the Arbor Lase presentation due to a full schedule with other projects and sends a thank you to the commission for keeping Arbor Lase in mind. NEW BUSINESS Nominating Committee - Committee circulated a survey to all commissioners gauging needs and most important aspect of leadership within the commission. Important were knowing and understanding processes and procedures. Traits and skills necessary were teambuilding and reaching a wider community. Newly Elected Officers - Allison Buck, Chair and Deb Mexicotte, Vice Chair Adoption of 2019 Meeting Dates - Staff will review and make adjustments to the schedule; including scheduling a date for the annual retreat. Approved as presented OLD BUSINESS REPORT FROM STAFF Stadium Bridges - We now have an additional damaged panel on the Arbor Winds piece. Staff has located a vendor in Germany to reproduce these panels - due to size and uniqueness of the panels it has been difficult to find a local manufactured in the states. Panels to be shipped to the City in mid December. This asset has been damaged twice and the commission request that staff reachout to the University of Michigan re their willingness to partner with the city to help maintain public art within the city, perhaps installation/use of cameras. Continued replacement of these glass panels will be costly, city needs to begin to look at City of Ann Arbor Page 2 Ann Arbor Public Art Commission Meeting Minutes November 7, 2018 replacement alternatives is needed in the future. Jewett Memorial - The memorial will be relocated to its permanent location on the eastside of the Farmers Market as part of the DDA Fifth Ave project. Public Art Inventory - Request to HR to hire part-time staff to support the efforts in identifying the all the public art assets within the city. Other groups within the city are currently working on projects like this; commission should partner with them in the future. Presented REPORT FROM COMMITTEES CIP Work Group - Update on recommendations re the art selection process. Originally produced last year and approved by AAPAC and reviewed again in October. Attached are additional recommendations for the artwork selection process Promotions/Marketing Group - Continue to work on art inventory and redesign and update of the public art webpage Youth Involvement Group - Propose dual approach to the goal of involving youth in public art Presented ADJOURNMENT 8:15pm City of Ann Arbor Page 3