Public Arts Board Meeting

Public Arts Board * March 9, 2020 * 4:00 pm, City Hall Building – Study Session Room In Attendance: Cheryl Lockstone, Lynne Siano, Ally Richardson, Douglas Shaw Elder Also: Debby Williams (Public Art Manager) Item 1 – Lockstone called the meeting to order at 4:08. Item 2 – Welcome Item 3 – Approval of Minutes Richardson moved to approve the minutes from February; seconded by Siano. The motion was unanimously approved without discussion. Item 4 – Update of Finances The finance report as of March 6, 2020 reflected the following: • Current balance of $76,037.74. Pending credit for Utility Donations for November 2019- through February 2020 for $2,300.00 This includes the $10,000 Toyota grant. Committed funds include $4,000 for ongoing maintenance; $18,600 for more bike racks; $2000.00 for Artful Inlets Artist Honorariums; and $5,000 for NAC administration. • Correction was made in the meeting to the posted march Agenda listing $500.00 for Artful Inlets Artist honorariums should be listed as $2000.00 • Corrected NET available funds total $46,437.74. Item 1 - Election of Vice-Chair – Lynne Siano was elected Vice- Chair. Nomination made by Elder and seconded by Richardson. Vote was unanimous Item 2 - Artful Inlets – The selection panel met on February 26, 2020. 22 designs were submitted. The selected artists are Ken Hall, team, Michael Wilson and Bonnie Amspacher, Kody Haskins, Laura Nelsen and Kris Wilson. All the artists who submitted have been notified. Item 3 – Sammo Ducky – Discussed notification of Sammo Ducky artists’ whose duck has been removed from park sites due to vandalism or wear and tear. Lockstone to compose notification letter to send to artists and provide to board for acceptance. Item 4 - Public Art Workshop – Workshop held with low attendance. PAB discussed if workshops were part of our mission. NAC is interested in using the workshop information to present at the Oklahoma Arts Council’s Statewide conference. The next workshop with Shevaun Williams has not been scheduled.The PAB discussed ways to increase awareness and attendance and would like to be included on future planning. No action was taken. Item 5 – Bike Rack Project – No update Item 6 – Public Arts Master Plan - The board discussed the amount of time Debby Williams, NAC Public Arts Manager is spending on the Public Arts Master Plan and commended her on the substantial time and effort she had put into the project since we began the planning process in 2018. The original plan was to self-perform, and PAB members that are no longer on the board were to assist Williams in helping to write the plan. We discussed that it is unattainable for us to perform a Master Plan that usually takes a team of people to put together with a substantial cost associated with it. We will use the information we have gathered in the future; 2) The board requests that any activity by NAC Public Arts Manager on behalf of the PAB for the Public Arts Master Plan is put on hold. Siano made the motion to put the Public Arts Master Plan on hold until the PAB determine a budget amount and how this project is funded using our funds & additional funds/or a cost estimate to be approved by the NAC Board to use the Publics Art Manager as our consultant. The motion was seconded by Elder. Motion passed unanimously Item 7 – NAC Public Arts Manager Report for NF% for Art Projects Ruby Grant Park: The selected artist is Valerie Thebarge of Washington, D.C. Richardson made the motion to approve selected artist and seconded by Siano. Vote was unanimous and will move forward to the NAC Board Williams provided the PAB with a report that includes an overview and updates regarding Norman Forward % for Public Art projects. Current projects include the following: Senior Wellness Center-The Ad Hoc group voted unanimously to have the Center located on the Porter campus of the Norman Regional Hospital. We are hoping that funds for a work of public art for the Senior Center will be available. Andrews Park- This week I will begin contacting the Selection Panel to decide on the date for our first meeting. The skate park design is nearing completion. We might be able to use some of those skate park enhancements in the park proper so the colors or motifs can unify the overall park aesthetics. Indoor Aquatic and Multi-Sport Facility-The Ad Hoc Advisory group is working on the final plans and possible budgeting options. Reaves Park - Work on the biggest portion of this project will be ready in about 9 months. The City has budgeted $100,000 for the public art component at Reaves Park. Remaining Norman Forward Projects The remaining project with designated funds for public art is scheduled to begin in 2020 at Griffin Park. Public Art is SmART (NAC Program)-The Prezi and other resources for the East Branch Library’s Prairie Wind are now on the NAC’s website. Item 8 – Discussion/Recommendation of open Mayoral board positions. Michael Bendure has indicated that he would like to resign from the board in an e-mail to Mayor Clark & Board Chair Lockstone. He will not tender his official resignation until we have approval of new board members. Board members had a lengthy conversation about candidates that were interested in open board positions as all were qualified and wanted to serve on the board. We are a small board of seven. Siano asked about the possibility of a larger board so we could fulfill our mission. This part of the discussion was tabled for a future discussion. Two candidates were selected to send to Mayor Clark for consideration. Our recommendations are Amy Johnson & Liz Barfield. Elder made the motion to approve and was seconded by Richardson. Vote was unanimous. We will reserve all candidates as recommendations for future board seats from the appointing agency as all were excellent selections. Item 9 – Discussion not on Agenda: Inventory and Maintenance: PAB will document and provide information to NAC public art that are not included on Museum Without Walls. Elder will provide list of Sammo Ducky locations, Lockstone will from a committee to provide bike rack and sculpture locations. The board discussed the possibility of a generalized maintenance plan for future discussion. Item10 - Adjournment -Lockstone moved to adjourn the meeting; Richardson seconded. Meeting adjourned at 5:35 pm.