Downtown Mural Artist Selection Panel Special Meeting

Public Art —Downtown Mural W CITY OF Artist Selection WYLI E Panel Minutes Regular Meeting January 27, 2021— 6: 00 p.m. Wylie Municipal Complex — Council Chambers 300 Country Club Road, Bldg. 100 Wylie, TX 75098 CALL TO ORDER Announce the presence of a Quorum. PAAB Secretary Ehrlich called the meeting to order at 6: 16 pm with the following panel members present: Roger and Karen Nitz, Karen Newman, Cindy Ingram, and, Steve Shank. Janet Smith was absent. CITIZENS COMMENTS ON NON -AGENDA ITEMS Residents may address the Board regarding an item that is not listed on the Agenda. Residents must fill out a non - agenda form prior to the meeting in order to speak The Board requests that comments be limited to three ( 3) minutes. In addition, the Board is not allowed to converse, deliberate, or take action on any matter presented during citizen participation. No citizens were present to address the board. DISCUSSION ITEMS All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Board and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. Ifdiscussion is desired that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. A. Discussion regarding the artist' s proposed designs for the Historic Downtown Mural to be located at South Ballard and Oak Street. Panel Discussion PAAB Secretary Ehrlich reported that after the discussion of the last meeting where panel members asked if two designs by separate students could be combined into the mural, using the " I See you Wylie" design and adding music elements, Professor McIlnay checked with Shea Ameen, creator of the " I See You Wylie" design. She reported that Shea was not in favor of combining other elements of music into her original design. She stated that she had put a lot of work into the design and preferred it to be her original. The board was in consensus of leaving the design as originally presented and making just a few changes to the design. The changes included: using the green comea with highlights, presented in the " I See you Minutes January 27, 2021 Public Arts Advisory Board Page I Wylie" design of Shea' s; making the iris black with the imprint of the state of Texas in the middle with the heart in the location of Wylie. They also asked that around the cornea the words " Heart of Texas" be imprinted in Serif or a similar font. Shea Ameen was present for the meeting and agreed to all the changes. She stated that she was very excited to have her design selected and thanked the panel. I Ehrlich reminded the panel that she would take the fmal design with changes if approved to the Public Arts Advisory Board for recommendation to the Wylie City Council. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Consider and act upon, a recommendation to the Public Arts Advisory Board for the selection of the artist to be considered for Wylie' s Historic Downtown Art Project. (C. Ehrlich, Secretary -Art Coordinator) Panel Action A motion was made by panel member Shank, seconded by panel member Newman to approve the design by Shea Ameen with the following additions: using the green comea with highlights, presented in the " I See you Wylie" design of Shea' s; making the iris black with the imprint of the state of Texas in the middle with the heart in the location of Wylie. They also asked that around the cornea the words " Heart of Texas" be imprinted in Serif or a similar font. A vote was taken and the motion passed 5- 0 with panel member Smith absent. 2. Consider and act upon, the approval of the minutes of January 14, 2021. ( C. Ehrlich, ' Secretary -Art Coordinator) Panel Action A motion was made by panel member Shank, seconded by panel member Newman to approve the Selection Panel minutes from January 14, 2021 as presented. A vote was taken and the motion passed 5- 0 with panel member Smith absent. ADJOURNMENT Panel Action A motion was made by panel member Shank, seconded by panel member Ingram to adjourn the meeting at 7: 10 p.m. A vote was taken and the motion carried 5- 0 with panel membq Smith absent. Steve / ank, anel Member ATTEST: r Carole Ehrlich, Secretary 1 Minutes January 27, 2021 Public Arts Advisory Board Page 2