Public Art Committee

SUMMARY MINUTES Wednesday, December 18, 2019 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. General Services Department 2011 Fay Street, Durham, NC 27704 Committee Members Present Antonio Alanis Patricia Harris Laura Ritchie Marcella Camara Kyesha Jennings Katie Seiz, Chair Mya Castillo-Marte Caitlin Margaret Kelly Wade Williams Margaret DeMott* Monet Marshall Chantal Winston, Vice-Chair Caroline Dwyer Charlene Reiss * Cultural Advisory Board member ** Student Representative City of Durham Staff and Representatives Present Alexandra Benson, GSD Fallon Thompson, GSD Rebecca Brown, GSD *Cultural Advisory Board member I. Call to Order and Guest Introductions II. Approval of Minutes – November 2019 a. MOTION: Motion to approve Public Art Committee summary minutes from November 2019. (Reiss, Kelly 2nd) b. ACTION: Approved with corrections to the Item 5, Section A. III. Adjustments to the Agenda None. IV. Announcements and Presentations a. Foster in the Park – Development Agreement Public Art Mural i. Taylor White, a member of the City of Durham’s Pre-Qualified Artist Registry, provided an update via Skype presentation on the initial design concept for the park, and requested feedback from PAC members. Using feedback from community engagement sessions to inform her work, the Call-In Number: 1-857-232-0157 Conference Code: 769537  Public Art Committee design concept features a blend of energetic people in an abstract form aiming to represent universal humanity with ties to flora and fauna illustrated in the background. Committee members have been invited to submit their individual feedback on the proposal via email to be compiled and sent to the artist. Some feedback include a stronger representation of Durham’s diverse community and variance on the pink and purple hues used as skin tones for the figures in the design. The artist will plan to host further engagement sessions to gain model representations of the people of Durham to be used in the updated design. The Committee requested revisions to the design prior to making a final recommendation of approval. The final design and member poll will be sent via email before the next PAC meeting. V. Updates/Old Business a. Fundraising Update i. No updates, further discussion pushed to a later meeting. b. Neighborhood Public Art Program i. The Advocacy and Project Cultivation Task Force provided an update on their team’s work to draft an outline for the Neighborhood Public Art Program, which can be located in the Google Drive following this link. Members of the Committee are encouraged to submit their edits, comments, and suggestions to the document. ii. The Neighborhood Public Art Program is a pilot initiative of the Public Art Committee to facilitate equitable opportunities for the placement of public art works created by local artists in Durham neighborhoods. In alignment with PAC’s mission and values statement, PAC will collaboratively develop best practices and procedures for the program with the communities it seeks to serve and provide support at all stages of implementation. Priority will be placed on neighborhoods currently lacking public art. The group led a sticky note activity where committee members listed their metrics for what success looked like in this pilot program. VI. Adjournment 10:01 AM Call-In Number: 1-857-232-0157 Conference Code: 769537  Public Art Committee Respectfully submitted, Rebecca Brown Call-In Number: 1-857-232-0157 Conference Code: 769537