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Home My WebLink About~Master - PAC Meeting Agenda 08/04/22AMES PUBLIC ART COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA – August 2, 2022 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM City Hall, Room 135 Commission Members: Erica Briest (Chair), Armaan “Guppy” Gupta (Vice-Chair), Kyle Hauswirth (Secretary), Oakley Cadogan (Treasurer), Angie DeWaard (Past Chair), Taylor Carlson, Sahar Kaissi, Joseph Merchant, Brian Phillips (Interim City Liaison), and Candace Zwank Guests: I) Call to Order (Erica Briest) II) Consent Agenda - Monthly Items A) Approval of June 7, 2022 Minutes (Kyle Hauswirth) B) Treasurer’s Report (Oakley Cadogan) C) Commission Committees Reports and Comments 1) Outreach (Erica Briest Chair; Oakley Cadogan, Joe Merchant, Elias Simpson, Candace Zwank) (a) Neighborhood Art -- Pieces are damaged! (Erica/Brian) (b) AAOSE – New booth to take the place of canceled Garden Art Fair – August 20th Farmer’s Market (Erica/Joe) 2) Public Relations (Taylor Carlson Chair; Erica Briest, Guppy) (a) Digital frames for festival and events (Elias Simpson) - document from Elias with research. Are we finished thinking about this and ready to take action? 3) Collection Management (Kyle Hauswirth, Sahar Kaissi Co-Chairs; Angie DeWaard) (a) Solar lighting for existing sculptures (Sahar) III) Public Forum / Guests IV) Chair’s Report and Comments (Erica Briest) A) Garden Art Fair: Sunday, July 10 from 10am-4pm (canceled) B) Farmer’s Market: Saturday, August 20 from 9am-12pm (make up for Garden Art Fair) C) Damaged art: S. Dakota (wind) & Airport Rd roundabout (DUI) V) City of Ames Liaison Comments/Updates (Brian Phillips) VI) Status Updates - No Action Needed Today A) Revamp / Revise Art in the Parks (Erica) 1) Claire met with Keith about potential options Outreach took over as the lead on this project at the June meeting B) “What To Do With Public Art” features on social media (Taylor/Kyle) VII) New and Continuing Business – Action Needed A) Determine a Location for “Riding High” for Neighborhood Art Program B) Glowforge Laser Cutter (Candace Zwank) 1) Potential to partner with the Octagon to have PAC contract with the Octagon to purchase and house the cutter, and allow PAC free use of it (plus cost of materials) (let’s take some action on this) C) Ice Arena Mural request (Angie DeWaard) 1) Taylor Bassett, ice arena manager, has requested a mural potentially be put in the stairway at the arena if funding could become available. (a) PAC discussed classifying the ice arena as a park so money could be shuffled around to provide funding from the Art in the Parks budget line. The Ice arena is operated by the parks and recreation department of the City of Ames (jointly with ISU). (b) Awaiting input from Taylor, as she is looking at project internally. D) Priscilla Sage Pieces in City Auditorium (5 min) 1) Message received on City website from Tom Jackson originally inquiring about lighting for pieces. 2) No information found in archives, so inquiries were made by Olivia and Aspen. No information from either, but Aspen received information from Auditorium management. 3) Carly sent deaccession notice on Feb. 16, 2022 4) Tom Jackson attended meeting on March 2, 2022 (a) Priscilla Sage to be contacted to review state of pieces. If they can/should be repaired, we will look for alternate locations for hanging (b) Brian to review city auditorium paperwork for verbiage on renters removing artwork (c) We are looking at internal processes on how to improve information on how to care for pieces. If pieces need unique care long-term, we need to look at either maintaining them as a commission or hiring individuals (within City or outside) to care for them. We will want to consider this when purchasing new pieces. 5) Artist that Priscilla Sage recommended to repair the pieces has not responded to our requests for repair estimates, so outside estimates were sought to determine if the pieces will be repaired or deaccessioned. E) Decommissioned Fire Hydrants (Angie DeWaard) (5 min) 1) Call for artists issued; Deadline July 31. F) Solar lighting of existing sculptures (Sahar) 1) An estimate was received for about $80,000 to light all the sculptures around Ames in the PAC inventory. This amount means it requires much higher approval and calls for bids than just PAC getting an estimate. Do we want to pursue this idea further? G) Damaged art 1) Spikey Smooth: under warranty and damaged in a wind storm. The artist has been contacted to make repairs. No PAC funds required. 2) Monolith: damaged by drunk driver. The artist has been contacted to make repairs. Artist’s time, travel, and cost of repair will be reimbursed by either the drunk driver’s insurance, filing for restitution, or PAC may have to just pay him and try to get the money back later. It could be quite some time before this item comes off the agenda (justice is never swift). (a) This sculpture has been partially hidden by landscaping since its installation. When it is repaired, does PAC wish to install a taller pad or a platform for this sculpture to be more visible above the roundabout landscaping? H) Discussion of next project (10 min) 1) These are just some ideas that have come up (a) Adopt-an-Intersection (Art in the center of the intersection) (b) Decals for AAOSE (pending Main Street approval) (c) Mural contest in Ames Parks (d) Possible tattoo festival tie-in for “Modern Art Festival” VIII) For the Good of the Order – Group Discussion / New Ideas (5 min) IX) Adjournment (Erica Briest) Next Scheduled PAC Meeting: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 5:30 pm Upcoming/Recent Dates of Note: • Sat., August 20 – 9am-12pm: Farmer’s Market PAC Booth • September is the Octagon Arts Festival!