Public Art Committee

Durham Cultural Advisory Board’s PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE Meeting, Feb. 15, 2017 8:30 a.m. at Durham Arts Council Members Present: √ Charlene Reiss √ Chris Ogden (Chair) √ Dan Ellison Gail Williams Jennie Barbour Julie Rhodes √ Kathy Bartlett √ Katie Seiz √ Margaret DeMott Nola Paterni Sarah Serventi Durham City: Brian Smith, Stacey Poston, Meisha McDaniel The meeting was called to order by Chris Ogden at 8:30 a.m. Dan moved to approve the minutes, Charlene seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Stacey introduced Meisha McDaniel, an intern working on public art funding with General Services. Charlene, Stacey and Brian interviewed 2 intern candidates and ended up hiring both, funded by Police and General Services. Chris opened a discussion of current Durham Public Art News:  DDI hired a new Executive Director: Nicole Thompson  Pauli Murray House = National Historic Landmark  Victor Knight created a mural in the Arthur Rogers courtyard. Were they able to get permission from the Historic Preservation Commission?  Civil Rights Mural Documentary & panel discussion drew ~40 people  Dan reported that the Hills are bringing in a mural artist to assess locations in the Unscripted parking decks, some interest in working with local muralist and/or graffiti person. Chris suggested Tony Waldron be included in the conversation. Dan said he’d follow up.  Pinterest boards: Send Chris an email with your Pinterest user email account to get full administrator access to the Public Art Committee boards. Feb 15, 2017 Durham Public Art Committee Minutes page 1 of 5   Chris also suggested that the committee look at the current RFQ/RFP debate on PAN, since there are some cases where RFP format does seem appropriate. 2017s Art on the Street (Public Art Projects that may be completed in 2017): Bus Shelters * 3 - spring 2017 City Hall Viewshed Project: (photo) FENCE Durham City Hall Viewshed Project: Frontier/City Hall Arts Alcoves Signal Box Wrap Pilot SmART Corcoran Street Parking Deck Banners DID (Durham Innovation District) - ongoing - 1st Matt McConnell DDI Main Street Lighting $100K Crosswalks Ground Plane Art * 2 The Brannan - status of art - ground plane? crosswalk pilot? Parks Murals on Bathroom Walls * 2 DADA (Durham audio Described art) roll out Strategic Initiatives (ongoing)… City Manager/Council Lobbying (ongoing): remove "up to" 1% CIP, Police HQ Substantial CIP Funding; Automatic PA Line Item in all New Projects; Increase Budget Scoring Points for PA; Annual Operating Budget Allocation; Full Time Public Art Professional(s); Annual Public Art Plan; UDO Changes, Grant Applications; Ongoing Cultural Master Plan; budget chicken and egg plop art vs. serious pieces Developer Variances and Pitches - modify variance option to put their funds into an aggregate PA Fund, reduce Plop Art UDO Changes: create quasi-judicial body to allow engaging benches, bike racks, garbage cans, lights County Partnership(s) - merge PAC’s into one? Springboard with other Durham Arts Organizations… DAC Collaboration ongoing via SmART grant, liberty art wall, etc. DAD (Durham Area Designers) Collaboration Pitch & Public Art Presentation Tues 2/21 DDI Collaboration Public Art Presentation TBD Nasher Collaboration - esp. w/Murals; partner of FENCE New PAC Member Recruitment & Application Public Art 101 Deck (way to go Stacey & Brian!!!) Public Art Website & Map PAC Branding / PR (any CAB initiatives with which to synchronize?) PAC members volunteered to take lead on current projects: ? ATC 147 Retaining Wall Mural; Containers Pop Up kb Bus Shelters: Cost Options, 3 new in 2017 status, celebration? co CAB Local Biz-Artist Commision Grants RFQ Feb 15, 2017 Durham Public Art Committee Minutes page 2 of 5 de Chapel Hill Street Alcoves Project (Durham-Herald & Marriott) co City Hall Viewshed Project: (photo) FENCE Durham cr City Hall Viewshed Project: Black Wallstreet Gardens: Mural & PAC5 Meeting ks City Hall Viewshed Project: Frontier/City Hall Arts Alcoves de City Hall Viewshed Project: Rotary Park co Signal Box Wrap Pilot- Materials; Box Measurements; Test Location and Trial co County Judicial Building Renovation $100K cr/co County Main Library Renovation $100K ks/md Crosswalks Ground Plane Art - what pilot location(s)? md DDI Main Street Lighting $100K de Liberty Warehouse Art Wall $25K+ de Neighborhood Public Art (eg, OEWD summer interns paint on removable panels) ? New Downtown Parking Garage ? Parks Art Bathroom Walls * 2 in 2017, Tunnel, etc. cr Police HQ co Sidewalk Etching One Line Poems md SmART Grant kb Transportation Hub (on hold for now) Katie suggested we start documenting projects’ going forward—before and after shots, or even shots during the process. Still, motion, maybe aerial photography. Timelapse video executing the art would be terrific (eg, setup a GoPro or the like). Also write up (and put on the web) artist bio, project statements, materials, etc. Stacey noted that Durham’s public affairs department could do it; she will ask. American Tobacco Campus still interested in a mural project if the approval process can be made easier. Ditto for containers like photoville—Kelly McChesney Flanders is the point person. Update on bus shelters: East Campus, Five Points & Golden Belt; some sort of ribbon cutting in the works, maybe ride the Bull City Connector—involve Duke and BCC ridership Stacey asked about status of CAB business/Public art match grant program. On hold per CAB until the capacity building grant process completed. Maybe the alley from the Corcoran St. garage could be a site, Lucy Stokes might be interested. Dan mentioned that metal saved from the demolishment of Woolworth Building and rail road station may be in storage to be used for future projects. Black Wall Street Garden: Marcia McNally and Nnenna Freelon are working on a mural concept.Stacey- PAC 5 concern about security in Black Wall Street Gardens from dance studio. Talking with Kevin Lilly about up lighting trees. Brian and Katie are talking about handling call for artists for the Frontier Alcoves Feb 15, 2017 Durham Public Art Committee Minutes page 3 of 5 Rotary Park—Stacey pitching to the next 2 presidents of Rotary to rehab the park to make it more active and possibly involve Sister Cities Chris-worked with the County about crafting an RFQ for the Judicial building. Looking at Submittable as an online platform. County has committed $100,000 to the Judicial building and $100,000 to the Main Library renovation for public art. Stacey noted it might be appropriate to have a county representative on the PAC. Repaving of Foster Street is an opportunity for ground plane art. Central Park has approached City Manager about ground plane art on Foster in the park district. Museum of Life and Science also interested in ground plane art in their pedestrian walk way. Hills interested in CCB Plaza. Stacey and Matt talking about moving South Bank Planters and wrapping with art for May opening of Unscripted DDI-Lighting project: Brian meeting with Matt soon Neighborhood Public Art—murals tie in with Durham Public Schools summer job program. Maybe hook up with Artsigators and Mural Durham. Good to take advantage of other initiatives that are already in place. Dan interested in this. Dan-good to get some sort of recognition of PAC endorsed/supported projects. Chris working on increasing branding by listing local supporters on the Fence. New public garage—should be finished by the end of 2018. Parks Art—murals on the walls of restroom building in the parks. Police Headquarters: Kathy suggested we prioritize sculpture outside or mural inside Charlene will implement the community input process as soon as possible. Get funding to support community process. Stacey: gallery in the corridor is confirmed and cases for memorabilia Chris: memorabilia can also be digitized; Met with Alice Sharpe and Lynn Richardson— finding ways to hold archive collections. Sgt. Dave Piatt collecting police memorabilia SmART is on track with selection of artists for garage wrap Transportation Hub is on hold pending construction. Lobbying for public art 1% to fund public art professional, annual public art plan, UDO changes, grant application, public art website Look for new PAC members – maybe architect for Durham Innovation District Feb 15, 2017 Durham Public Art Committee Minutes page 4 of 5 Sandra Wilbur of Duke Diet and Fitness --intersection with South Ellerbee wetlands and rails to trails initiative. Durham Area Designers have asked Chris to present present Public Art. Chris asked if anyone from the committee would tag-team and/or attend with him. Anticipated topies: durhan public art strategic intiatives, project statuses, developer variance pooling, UDO changes, and bus shelters. Meisha asked to please send her any grants we see. The meeting was adjourned at 10:09 a.m. Submitted by Margaret DeMott Feb 15, 2017 Durham Public Art Committee Minutes page 5 of 5