Public Art Committee
Regular MeetingDurham, NC · August 13, 2024
Agenda
Public Art Committee
AGENDA
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Location: General Services Department, 2011 Fay St. Durham, NC 27704
For more information on how to join, visit:
https://durhamnc.gov/453/Public-Art-Committee
Committee Members
Jaime Chaves, Vice-Chair Anjali Matthew Heather Wilson
Kierston Deck Rachel Mutschler Student Members
Lana Dennis, Chair Eliza Redmann Samantha Gonzalez
Amanda Frystock-Ronan Tony Santiago Oliver Hess
Mark Iwinski Molly Trask DCAB Liaison
Alexis King Bren Vienrich-Felling Aya Shabu
Malinda Love Myra Weise
I. Call to Order and Guest Introductions (5:45 – 6:00 p.m.; 15 minutes)
a. New member introductions
II. Approval of Minutes (6:00 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.; 5 minutes)
a. Action: To approve the July 2024 meeting summary minutes.
III. Adjustments to the Agenda
IV. Announcements (6:05 – 6:25 p.m.; 20 minutes)
a. City of Durham
i. Student Member application now open
ii. Wheels final design & fabrication update
iii. CPAP Instagram
iv. Durham Cultural Advisory Board (DCAB) liaison
b. Durham County
i. Public art updates & PAC member feedback
V. New Business & Presentations (6:25 – 6:50 p.m.; 25 minutes)
a. Scott Whiteman, AICP, City/County Community Planning Manager - UDO presentation
(15 minutes)
b. UDO questions & discussion (10 minutes)
VI. Old Business (6:50 – 7:10 p.m.; 20 minutes)
a. PAC Task Force Updates & Next Steps
i. Goal 1: Support the Durham Cultural Roadmap.
1. Initiatives:
a. Assess other regional and national Public Art Plans
b. Identify core areas of need (Programming, Training, Funding,
Mapping (areas that need public art), Collection assessment
c. Articulating the vision of a Public Art Plan and advocating for its
inclusion in the Durham Cultural Roadmap
2. Task force lead: TBD
3. Task Force members: Dennis, Mutschler
4. Next meeting?
ii. Goal 2: Support Capacity Building for Local Artists.
1. Initiatives:
a. Identify cultural, historic, public art, and creative opportunities
in the Comprehensive Plan and other City plans
b. Revise UDO advocacy letter to include Comp Plan initiatives,
examples and research (i.e. other cities that have similar UDOs
Boston and Atlanta, Greensboro), PAC presents to DCAB, PAC to
sign, release to Planning Department
2. Task force lead: Eliza Redmann
3. Task Force members: Chaves, Santiago, Iwinski
VII. Public Questions (7:15 p.m.)
a. Questions submitted by the public prior to the meeting will be shared.
VIII. Adjournment (7:15 p.m.)
a. Final thoughts and other reminders by Chair & Vice-Chair.
IX. Documents
a. Goal 1: Support the Durham Cultural Roadmap.
i. Homework: Identify cultural, historic, public art, and creative opportunities in
the City’s Comprehensive Plan, City's 2019 Durham Sesquicentennial Honors
Commission, and Durham Racial Equity Task Force's “2020 Report of the
Durham Racial Equity Task Force.”
b. Goal 2: Support Capacity Building for Local Artists.
c. Goal 3: The Public Art Committee will develop the skills needed to assess, identify and
address where implicit and explicit bias may impact or affect arts and culture in Durham,
in order to develop a set of best practices for public art with a focus on anti-racism,
community accountability and equity, and to uplift intergenerational, gender diverse,
racially diverse, and LGBTQIA+ artists.
d. City’s Comprehensive Plan:
https://www.engagedurham.com/DocumentCenter/View/599/Durham-
Comprehensive-Plan_Adopted_October2023
e. City's 2019 Durham Sesquicentennial Honors Commission:Final-Published Attachment -
13082 - REPORT - SESQUICENTENNIAL HONORS COMMISSION.pdf (durhamnc.gov)
f. Durham Racial Equity Task Force's “2020 Report of the Durham Racial Equity Task
Force”: https://www.durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/32853/FINAL-REPORT-
Durham-Racial-Equity-Task-Force-72220
For updates on City of Durham’s Cultural & Public Art Program, visit:
https://www.durhamnc.gov/450/Cultural-Public-Art-Development
For updates on Durham County’s Public Art Program, visit:
https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-a-e/engineering-and-environmental-
services/durham-county-public-art-program
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