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Public Art Advisory Committee
Minutes
September 15, 2015-4:30 p.m.
Legion Hall
216 East Park Street, McCall, ID 83638
COMMITTEE MEETING — Began at 4:30 p.m.
• CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Committee members Bob Youde, Alison Foudy, and Cynthia Dittmer were present.
Also present was City Planner Delta James.
• MINUTES APPROVAL
Alison motioned, Cynthia seconded to approve the June 4, 2015 minutes. Minutes
were approved.
• PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
Gift Proposal — "Taking Flight" by Alisa Looney: Staff reported that City Council
unanimously approved the Donation Agreement for this work and it is scheduled for
installation on Monday, September 28 at 11:00 a.m. Committee members were
encouraged to attend to meet the artist.
Alpine Playhouse Plaza - Finalist Artist Recommendation: Committee members
reviewed a revised project proposal from selected finalist artist Matt Babcock that
uses natural stone seating elements instead of concrete benches and reduces the
number of goat sculptures to three. The committee consensus was favorable to the
revised design. City Council will consider the Artwork Commission Agreement in
October.
Art for Rotary Park: Staff provided a draft Call to Artists for qualifications submittal
from artists interested in creating unique handrails for several locations within Rotary
Park. The committee reviewed the Call and suggested minor edits. The committee
directed staff to recruit a five -member project artist selection committee and
suggested the following possible committee members:
• Michael Burke, MIC member representative
• Irwin Mulnick, Parks and Rec Advisory Committee representative
• Artists Meg Henderson, Maggie Rosenthal, Sarah Jessup, or Donna
Burnstien.
• Alison Foudy agreed to serve as a Public Art Advisory Committee
representative
• Alison also volunteered to contact Craig Vroom to serve as Rotary Club
representative to the artwork selection committee.
Youth Arts: Alison and Cynthia presented ideas for a youth arts project, funded by
the Idaho Commission on the Arts QuickFunds program, that would likely result in
four murals — one created by middle school students, one by high school students
and two by kindergarten students. The committee discussed possible siting locations
for the murals including the Railroad Ave. retaining wall and Paul's blank wall facing
the 1st Street parking lot. Cynthia will connect with Kurt Wolf and the Parks Dept. to
learn what can be improved on the metal mural panel frames before they are
constructed.
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