Public Art Committee of the Arts and Culture Commission
Regular MeetingReno, NV · July 8, 2024
Agenda
AGENDA
Public Art Committee of the
Reno Arts & Culture Commission
Hybrid Meeting
McKinley Arts & Culture Center, Boardroom
925 Riverside Drive, Reno, NV 89503
Monday, July 8, 2024
11:00 a.m.
Members:
Vacant, Chair Brenna O’Boyle
Constance Hightower, Vice Chair Megan O’Reilly
Kelli DuFresne Sara Paschall
Alysia Dynamik Vacant
Chelsea Houston Vacant
Kylie Howard
Council Liaison: Devon Reese
Staff Liaison: Megan Berner
Public Notice
This agenda has been physically posted in compliance with NRS 241 (notice of meetings) at Reno City
Hall – 1 East First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. In addition, this agenda has been electronically posted in
compliance with NRS 241 at reno.gov, and NRS 232 at notice.nv.gov. To obtain further documentation
regarding posting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 775-334-2030 or cityclerk@reno.gov.
This meeting will be held in the Boardroom at the McKinley Arts & Culture Center and via the Zoom video
conference platform.
Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting may do so at the designated physical location or may
hear, observe, and provide public comment virtually by pre-registering using the following link which will
provide the Webinar ID and call-in phone number:
https://links.reno.gov/3VVYtyb
You can also join the meeting by typing zoom.us/join into your computer browser and entering the Webinar
ID: 850 8360 9305. NOTE: This option will require a computer with audio and video capabilities.
Alternatively, you can join the meeting by telephone only by dialing 1-669-444-9171, entering the Webinar
ID: 850 8360 9305, and pressing #.
Accommodation
The City of Reno, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, wishes to make all its public
meetings accessible to the public. Persons who require special accommodation or assistance in attending
this meeting may contact Arts & Culture at 775-333-7750 at least 48 hours in advance so that arrangements
can be made.
Supporting Material
Staff reports and supporting material for the meeting are available by contacting Megan Berner at 775-333-
7750 or bernerm@reno.gov and on the City’s website at reno.gov/meetings. Pursuant to NRS 241,
supporting material is made available to the general public at the same time it is provided to the public
body.
Order of Business
The presiding officer shall determine the order of the agenda and all questions of parliamentary procedure
at the meeting. Items on the agenda may be taken out of order. The public body may combine two or more
agenda items for consideration, remove items from the agenda, and/or delay discussion on or continue
scheduled agenda items at any time. Items scheduled to be heard at a specific time will be heard no earlier
than the stated time but may be heard later.
Public Comment
Public comment is limited to three (3) minutes per person. Unused time may not be reserved by the speaker,
nor allocated to another speaker. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment
until the matter is included on a subsequent agenda as an action item. Comments received prior to 4:00 p.m.
on the day preceding the meeting will be transcribed, provided to the public body for review, and entered
into the record. Comments received after 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding the meeting will be provided to
the public body for review prior to adjournment and entered into the record.
On specific agenda items, the presiding officer may prohibit comment if the content of comments is a topic
that is not relevant to, or within the authority of, the public body, or if the content is willfully disruptive of
the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to
personal attacks or interfering with the rights of the other speakers. Any person making willfully disruptive
remarks while addressing the public body or while attending the meeting may be removed from the room
by the presiding officer, see NRS 241, and the person may be barred from further audience before the public
body during that session. See, Nevada Attorney General Opinion No. 00-47 (April 27, 2001); Nevada Open
Meeting Law Manual, §8.05.
Other examples of disruptive conduct include, without limitation, yelling, stamping of feet, whistles,
applause, heckling, name-calling, use of profanity, personal attacks, physical intimidation, threatening use
of physical force, assault, battery, or any other acts intended to impede the meeting or infringe on the rights
of the public body or meeting participants.
In-Person
Persons wishing to address the public body at the meeting shall submit a “Request to Speak” form to Megan
Berner.
Virtual
Pursuant to NRS 241, persons not in attendance who wish to submit public comment may do so by (1)
completing the online public comment form found at reno.gov/publiccomment; (2) sending an email to
bernerm@reno.gov; or (3) during the virtual public comment period of the meeting.
To provide public comment via Zoom, log in to the Zoom webinar at the above link and utilize the “Raise
Hand” feature during any public comment period. To provide public comment via telephone only, press *9
to “Raise Hand” and *6 to mute/unmute.
A. Introductory Items
A1. Call to Order/Roll Call
A2. Public Comment – This item is for either public comment on any action item or
any general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for
each commentator.
A3. Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action) – July 8, 2024
A4. Approval of the Minutes (For Possible Action) – June 10, 2024
A5. Council Liaison Report – Item for general announcements and informational
items only. No action may be taken on this item.
A6. Staff Liaison Report – Item for general announcements and informational items
only. No action may be taken on this item.
B. Business Items
B1. Review, discussion, and possible recommendation of up to three finalist artists for
the Public Safety Center Entry Vestibules public art project from the list of the
following artists in alphabetical order: Laura Alvarez, Yulia Avgustinovich,
Viktoriya Basina, Sonny Behan, Chris Bingham, Rafael Blanco, Graham
Carraway, Isaac Caruso, Robert Delgado, Robert Garcia, Anna Ganina, Gemma
Gene, Shane Grammer, Chelsea Hart, Jennifer Hartnett, Sylvia Hecht, Lori
Hepner, CJ Hungerman, Jeremy D. Jarvis Jarvis, Noah Jeppson, Catherine Lallier,
Kat Lam, Lee Lanier, MJ Lindo, Andres Martinez, Ndubisi Okoye, Pan Pantoja,
Guiseppe Percivati, Sasha Reisin, Arthur Richmond, Trinity Rivard, Amor Saraf,
Gavin Sewell, Mila Sketch, Samuel Turner, Royce Umberger, Jeff Whipple, Sam
Wilson. (For Possible Action)
B2. Review, discussion, and possible recommendation of up to three finalist artists for
the Public Safety Center Exterior Mural public art project from the list of the
following artist in alphabetical order: Wes Abarca, Laura Alvarez, Yulia
Avgustinovich, Jared Bader, Viktoriya Basina, Katie Batten, Sonny Behan, Chris
Bingham, Rafael Blanco, Brooke Brazil, Adrian Brooks, Sonny Brown, Erik
Burke, Graham Carraway, Isaac Caruso, Meredith Cheatwood, Tofer Chin, Bryce
Chisholm, Natalie Clare, Paz de la Calzada, Maria DeFelice, Sitki Dogan, Gabriel
Eng-Goetz, Ana Ganina, David Garcia, Robert Garcia, Gemma Gene, Shane
Grammer, Michelle Guerrero, Egypt H, Jason Harrington, Chelsea Hart, CJ
Hungerman, Dustin Hunt, Jeremy D. Jarvis Jarvis, Noah Jeppson, Phoebe Joynt,
Molly Keen, Michael Kirby, Andrey Kravtsov, Catherine Lallier, Kat Lam, Lee
Lanier, MJ Lindo, Gera Lozano, Charly Malpass, Ernesto Maranje, Andres
Martinez, Ricardo Attanasio Matlakas, Mila May, Hugo Medina, Jesse Melanson,
Elio Mercado, Damien Mitchell, Michael Montoya, Jonathan Muzacz, Ndubisi
Okoye, Pan Pantoja, Guiseppe Percivati, Osiris Rain, Mauricio Ramirez, Ansley
Randall, Rachel Raynaud, Efren Rebugio, Sasha Reisin, Trinity Rivard, Jolene
Russell, Amor Saraf, Mila Sketch, Stefan Smith, Christian Stanley, Ann Tarantino,
Jordan Tarrant, Jason Tetlak, Samuel Turner, Royce Umberber, Amy Vardijan,
Rebecca Wallace, Koda Witsken, Killamari Yo, Jeffrey Zimmermann. (For
Possible Action)
B3. Review, discussion, and possible recommendation of up to three finalist artists for
the Public Safety Center Community Engagement Room from the list of the
following artists in alphabetical order. Yulia Avgustinovich, Viktoriya Basina,
Sonny Behan, Chris Bingham, Rafael Blanca, Brooke Brazil, Erica Broadwater,
Isaac Caruso, Natalie Clare, Alyssa Cumpton, Jeanette Degollado, Roberto
Delgado, Ilena Finocchi, Anna Ganina, Robert Garcia, Gemma Gene, Shane
Grammer, Chelsea Hart, Jennifer Hartnett, Sylvia Hecht, Lori Hepner, Dustin
Hart, Jeremy D. Jarvis Jarvis, Noah Jeppson, Catherine Lallier, Kat Lam, Lee
Lainer, MJ Lindo, Andres Martinez, Alex Nason, Geno Okok, Ndubisi Okoye,
Pan Pantoja, Giuseppe Percivati, Efren Rebugio, Sasha Reisin, Arthur Richmond,
Amol Saraf, Gavin Sewell, Mila Sketch, Kristen Smith, Kati Toivanen, Samuel
Turner, Royce Umberger, Rebecca Wallace, Jeff Whipple (For Possible Action)
B4. Review, discussion, and possible approval of artist Nick Noyes to paint a signal
box at Double Diamond Parkway and Double R Boulevard, sponsored by the
Double Diamond Homeowners Association (HOA) in the amount of $1,000. (For
Possible Action)
B5. Review, discussion, and possible approval of a Call for Artists for outdoor artwork
at City Hall in an amount not to exceed $90,000. (For Possible Action)
B6. Discussion and recommendations to the Reno Arts & Culture Commission for the
fiscal year (FY) 25 work plan for Public Art. (For Possible Action)
C. Board/Commission/Committee Member Reports and Announcements – Limited to items
that do not appear elsewhere on the agenda. No action may be taken on this item.
D. Future Agenda Items – Discussion of items for future agendas. No action may be taken on
this item.
E. Public Comment – This item is for either public comment on any action item or for any
general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each
commentator.
F. Adjournment (For Possible Action)