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PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, CITY OF AMES
MEETING MINUTES – October 4, 2022
AMES CITY HALL, ROOM 135
In Attendance: Erica Briest (Chair), Kyle Hauswirth (Secretary), Saahar Kassi, Angie DeWaard, Candace
Zwank, Joseph Merchant
• Call to Order- 5:30
• Consent Agenda-
o Remove Art in the Park from the Consent Agenda
o Motion to Approve- Hauswirth
▪ Second- DeWaard
• Guests-
o None
• Chair’s Report-
o Point out that Erica is totally stoked that November is military family month.
o Erica holds military families near and dear to her heart, as she is part of a military family,
and November has Veterans Day as well.
o Take some time to try to find some Military Art and thank a veteran.
• No City Liaison Report
• Status Updates
o Art in the Parks-
▪ Before Claire had to step off she was doing work with the new park going in
Ames and it was kind of left hanging.
▪ Art in the Park is usually every 3 years, but wasn’t done last year due to the
anniversary celebration.
▪ Children’s Memorial Park is another option that could be utilized.
▪ Question was raised if it wouldn’t make sure sense to start from scratch for Art
in the Parks instead of working from a previously orphaned project.
▪ Art in the Parks Subcommittee was proposed as a way to keep up on the
project.
• Joe, Angie, Kyle, and Candace volunteered as members of the Art in the
Parks subcommittee.
o What to do with Public Art
▪ Draft has been done and posted online.
▪ It will be put up on Social Media when it is done.
o Solar Lighting-
▪ Sahar recommended to start with the 10 largest sculptures.
▪ Angie recommended a subcommittee, and moved to create a subcommittee to
deal with the solar lighting.
• Candace seconded.
• New and Continuing Business-
o Ice Arena Mural Request
▪ Recommended to be moved to the “No Action Necessary” part
o Decommissioned Fire Hydrants
▪ No updates are known
o Damaged Art- Monolith
▪ Nothing Visual Today
▪ ISU Research Park has offered $5000 and a staff member to participate in the
selection process.
o CyRide Stop Art
▪ Merchant contacted CyRide representatives and hasn’t heard back after sending
a more detailed proposal to them.
▪ Puget Sound Link-Light Rail system has a whole system of public art and a
pictogram system that has different symbols for different stops.
o PAC Booth items for festival appearances
▪ Next festival is Art Walk, in June.
▪ Merchant recommended a system they purchased for Town and Gown for
displaying the AAOSE art.
• Discussion of next project-
o Adopt-an-Intersection
▪ Idea to function as a similar system as the Storm Drain or Transformer wrap,
where we look for submissions, and do the work in the spring.
o Potential Calendar of Ames’s Public Art
▪ Received well, discussed as something for 2024.
• Motion to Adjourn- Hauswirth
o Second- Merchant
• Adjournment at 6:53