HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - PAC Meeting Agenda 03/05/24Ames Public Arts Commission
Meeting Agenda – March 5th, 2024
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
City Hall, Room 135
Commission Members: Kyle Hauswirth (Chair), Candace Zwank (Vice-Chair), Joseph Merchant
(Secretary), Erica Briest (Treasurer), Brian Phillips (Interim City Liaison), Karen Kedrowski, Michael
Pippin, Janice Reutter, Emily Simmons, Theresa Stromberg-Murphy, Julieanne Rogowski, Manu
Agnihotri, Roman Chikerinets
I) Call to Order (Kyle Hauswirth)
II) Consent Agenda – Monthly Items (2 Minutes)
a. Approval of February 6th Minutes (Joseph Merchant)
b. Treasurer’s Report (Erica Briest)
III) Commission Committee’s Reports and Comments (10 Minutes)
a. Outreach
i. Committee Goals Update
ii. Neighborhood Art
iii. AAOSE
b. Public Relations-
i. Committee Goals Update
ii. Digital Frames or frame display for festival and events?
c. Collection Management
i. Committee Goals Update
IV) Public Forum / Guests
V) Chair’s Report and Comments (Kyle Hauswirth) (5 Minutes)
VI) City of Ames Liaison Comments/Updates (10 Minutes)
VII) Old Business-
a. Art in the Parks (5 Minutes)
b. Decommissioned Fire Hydrants (3 Minutes)
i. Update on Fire Hydrants currently in Dog Park
VIII) New Business
a. AAOSE-
i. 2024 Jury Selection Details
b. Neighborhood Art
i. Subcommittee needs to be seated to make Neighborhood Art Selections
c. Schainker Plaza General Fund Request
i. Update from City Liaison
d. Ames Art Upkeep
i. Look into ongoing maintenance of collection.
ii. PAC has historically done maintenance after resident’s report issues with art.
iii. Define a process for annual review?
e. Roundabout Subcommittee (5 Minutes)
i. Working with ISU Research Park on this undertaking
Ames Public Arts Commission
ii. Current Budget includes $4,000 in restitution received from Monolith damage
and $5,000 commitment from ISU Research Park.
iii. Currently the subcommittee is looking at raising additional funds from local
businesses.
iv. Staff recommends potentially allocating another $16,000 - $20,000 from the
excess balance in the AAOSE budget line (Currently $41,083 before 2023/34
expenses; typical annual AAOSE expenses are $20,000)
v. Next Step is to finalize budget and selection criteria and prepare the Call for
Artists.
f. AMES (Accessible Map-Envisioning Sculptures) (Joe) (10 Minutes)
i. Sculptures of different animals/objects at each CyRide transfer point for
people/drivers to refer to when directing people around the transit system
ii. Ames gets a lot of visitors and out of country students that have a hard time
when they first get here.
iii. Simple Sculptures would help not only them, but also the visually impaired
community.
1. Ex. “If you hit the Dragon on the green line, you’ve gone too far”
iv. Update on Meeting with CyRide
g. Photography Contest/Calendar
i. Photos of Public Art/Ames?
ii. Marketing?
iii. Call for Artist Approval
IX) For the Good of the Order- Group Discussion / New Ideas
X) Adjournment
Next Scheduled PAC Meeting: April 2nd at 5:30 PM
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