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Public Art Advisory Committee
Minutes
Cit of McCall Monday, August 31 —5:30 p.m.
y COMMUNITY 701 1 st Street, McCall ID
DEVELOPMENT McCall Community Center
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Conference Call —208.634.8900 Conference ID — 483117567#
COMMITTEE MEETING — Began at 5:30 p.m.
• CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Committee members Claire Remsberg, Susan
Farber(via phone), Karla Eitel (via phone), Craig Vroom and Dallas Young (via
phone)were present. Also, in attendance were Delta James, Economic Development
Planner, Bill Flood, Consultant, Amy Westover, artist, guest Valerie Swink (via
phone), guest Dave Thomas, and guest Dawn Matus (via phone).
• MINUTES APPROVAL
• June 29, 2020 [ACTION ITEM]Dallas moved, Susan seconded, a motion to
approve the minutes without revision. All members voted"aye"and the
motion passed.
• MCCALL PUBLIC ART PLAN
• Visioning with Bill Flood: Consultant Bill Flood engaged the committee in a
conversation about how committee members envision the future McCall
public art collection. Responses included: public art collection... facilitating
place making and gathering places; solidifying community identity and
representing a broad identity; provoking thought and conversation; durable,
beautiful and provocative; encouraging interactive "art-ing"; showcasing the
diversity of the area; integrating/complementing nature (i.e. nature walk); use
of wind, light, snow and other natural elements; arts becomes a destination;
captures the spirit of McCall; encouragement of works by indigenous peoples;
artwork that is unexpected; integrated artwork within other projects; revolving
art exhibits (outside and interior); sculpture in wooded areas; celebrate the
beauty of the area; quality artworks; challenging works; a collection that
means something as a whole.
• COMMITTEE MEMBER APPOINTMENT [ACTION ITEM]
• Committee members interviewed three prospective candidates to fill one
vacancy on the committee; Valerie Swink, Dave Thomas and Dawn Matus.
After concluding the interviews, the committee unanimously recommended
Dawn Matus to City Council for the committee vacancy. Karla moved, Claire
seconded a motion to recommend Dawn Matus to City Council for
appointment to the committee. All members voted"aye"and the motion
passed.
• PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
• Downtown
o Staff reported that the first outreach effort for this project is complete
and the artists are now working to provide three design options for
community input.
• Urban Renewal Area project: Project artist Amy Westover introduced herself
and provided an overview of the planned site visit. The committee expressed
interest in having an opportunity to meet Amy Westover and Bill Flood during
their McCall visit. Staff will arrange a meet and greet opportunity.
• Bus stop vinyl removal/replacement—funding for image removal [ACTION
ITEM]: Craig reported that he and Susan worked to remove the existing vinyl
images, but that they were difficult to remove. Only two more sites need to
have the vinyl removed. Craig recommended that a sign company such as
Rocky Mountain Signs be hired to complete the vinyl removal. Susan make a
motion to allocate up to $150 of the committee budget to hire a sign company
to remove the remaining vinyl images. Karla seconded the motion. All
members voted"aye"and the motion passed.
• GIFT PROPOSAL—JESSE SWIKARD SCULPTURE [ACTION ITEM]: The artist,
Jesse Swikard, has offered to donate a stainless steal sculpture that depicts a horse
on a pedestal (approx.10 ft. tall)to the City of McCall. The artist would prefer the
work to be placed somewhere prominent. The City would need to prep the site and
install a base. The Committee discussed the generous offer, but felt that no donated
works should be accepted into the public art collection until the public art plan is
complete as the plan will help identify sites for public artworks and a general vision
for the collection that would inform the committee's decision about acceptance of
gifted works. Kala make a motion to suspend acceptance of artwork gifts until the
public art plan is complete. Susan seconded the motion. All members voted"aye"
and the motion passed.
• FUNDING
Budget overview: No changes or updates to the budget this month.
• NEXT MEETING
• Monday, September 28, 2020. The committee discussed meeting at 4:00 pm
to allow more time for public art planning.
• ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
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