Arts Commission Regular Meeting of the Arts Commission - The meeting will be held at the Cultural Arts Division (5202 E Ben White Blvd, Suite 400, Austin, TX, 78741)
AUSTIN ARTS COMMISSION AGENDA Regular Meeting – Monday, January 27, 2020, 6:00 P.M. City Hall, Council Chambers Room 1001 301 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701 CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Jaime Castillo – Chair, Michelle Polgar – Vice Chair, Brett Barnes, Lulu Flores, Bears Rebecca Fonte, Felipe Garza, kYmberly Keeton, Amy Mok, Krissi Reeves, Celina Zisman CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 P.M. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approve the minutes for the Arts Commission Regular Meeting on December 9, 2019 b. Approve the minutes for the Special Called Meeting on January 13, 2020 2. STAFF BRIEFINGS a. Hotel Occupancy Tax report, presented by Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Acting Deputy Director, Economic Development b. Cultural Funding Review Process, presented by Alberto Mejia 3. CHAIR’S REPORT a. Art In Public Places Arts Commission Liaison Report – Commissioner Barnes b. Downtown Commission Liaison Report – Commissioner Garza c. Quality of Life Commission Updates CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL – 6:30 PM Time Certain The speakers signed up prior to 6:30pm will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items posted and/or not posted on the agenda. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Appoint a Chair to the Art in Public Places Panel Nominating Committee b. Approve the Final Design by Yareth Fernández for Dove Springs Recreation Center, Art in Public Places Project c. Discussion and Possible Action on meeting calendar and locations d. Discussion of Cultural Funding Review Process (see discussion question below) What does a thriving Austin cultural system look like to you? 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Discussion and Action Items i. Discussion and possible action on formation of a guidelines working group ii. Omnibus iii. Working Group Updates A. Update from Creative Space Bond Working Group – Commissioners Reeves (Chair), Flores, LaTouf and Barnes and Music Commissioners Oren Rosenthal, Chaka Mahone and Stuart Sullivan A. Cultural Funding Program Responsiveness Working Group – Commissioners Castillo, Polgar, Mok, and Fonte (Chair) B. Joint Arts and Music Land Development and Permitting Working Group – Commissioners Polgar (Chair), Reeves, community members Zac Traeger and David Sullivan, and Music Commissioners Oren Rosenthal and Graham Reynolds C. TEMPO Program Guidelines and Goals Working Group – Commissioners Fonte, Barnes (Chair), Zisman, Polgar, community member Jade Walker and AIPP Panel members 6. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION Next Regular Meeting will be on Monday, February 24 @ 6pm at Cultural Arts Division Bluebonnet Training Room – 5202 E Ben White, Suite 400, Austin, TX …
AUSTIN ARTS COMMISSION REVISED AGENDA Regular Meeting – Monday, January 27, 2020, 6:00 P.M. Economic Development Department, Cultural Arts Division, Bluebonnet Training Room 5202 E Ben White, Suite 400, Austin TX 78741 CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Jaime Castillo – Chair, Michelle Polgar – Vice Chair, Brett Barnes, Lulu Flores, Bears Rebecca Fonte, Felipe Garza, kYmberly Keeton, Amy Mok, Krissi Reeves, Celina Zisman CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 P.M. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approve the minutes for the Arts Commission Regular Meeting on December 9, 2019 b. Approve the minutes for the Special Called Meeting on January 13, 2020 2. STAFF BRIEFINGS a. Hotel Occupancy Tax report, presented by Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Acting Deputy Director, Economic Development b. Cultural Funding Review Process, presented by Alberto Mejia 3. CHAIR’S REPORT a. Art In Public Places Arts Commission Liaison Report – Commissioner Barnes b. Downtown Commission Liaison Report – Commissioner Garza c. Quality of Life Commission Updates CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL – 6:30 PM Time Certain The speakers signed up prior to 6:30pm will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items posted and/or not posted on the agenda. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Appoint a Chair to the Art in Public Places Panel Nominating Committee b. Approve the Final Design by Yareth Fernández for Dove Springs Recreation Center, Art in Public Places Project c. Discussion and Possible Action on meeting calendar and locations d. Discussion of Cultural Funding Review Process (see discussion question below) What does a thriving Austin cultural system look like to you? 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Discussion and Action Items i. Discussion and possible action on formation of a guidelines working group ii. Omnibus iii. Working Group Updates A. Update from Creative Space Bond Working Group – Commissioners Reeves (Chair), Flores, LaTouf and Barnes and Music Commissioners Oren Rosenthal, Chaka Mahone and Stuart Sullivan A. Cultural Funding Program Responsiveness Working Group – Commissioners Castillo, Polgar, Mok, and Fonte (Chair) B. Joint Arts and Music Land Development and Permitting Working Group – Commissioners Polgar (Chair), Reeves, community members Zac Traeger and David Sullivan, and Music Commissioners Oren Rosenthal and Graham Reynolds C. TEMPO Program Guidelines and Goals Working Group – Commissioners Fonte, Barnes (Chair), Zisman, Polgar, community member Jade Walker and AIPP Panel members 6. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION Next Regular Meeting will be on Monday, February 24 @ 6pm at Cultural Arts Division Bluebonnet Training Room – 5202 E …
Art in Public Places Program 201 East 2nd Street Austin, Texas 78701 512.974.7700 www.austincreates.com PROCESS SUMMARY Dove Springs Recreation Center Art In Public Places Project PROJECT SUMMARY The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program of the Cultural Arts Division, Economic Development Department (EDD) seeks to commission a professional visual artist, or artist team, to design and fabricate artwork for the Dove Springs Recreation Center at 5801 Ainez Drive Austin, TX 78744. The City of Austin requests qualifications from professional visual artists, or artist teams, who live and work in Williamson, Travis, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Burnet and Blanco counties. The total budget available for this project is $44,000. The call opened on July 18, 2017. Submission deadline is 5:00 pm on Thursday, September 14, 2017 and was extended to October 19, 2017. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Located in District 2 in south east Austin, Dove Springs Recreation Center offers Youth, Adult and Senior Programs as well as Sports Leagues and Special Events. The Parks and Recreation Department is expanding the existing building to provide a commercial grade kitchen and add flexible spaces to meet the desires for new and expanded programming from the $1.75M in funding allocated in the 2012 GO Bond for a renovation and expansion of the Recreation Center. The building expansion will be integrated with improvements to the park and play-scape, which opened in spring 2015. Construction on the expansion is scheduled to begin in October 2017 and continue through October 2018. The facility will be closed to the public during construction. ARTWORK GOALS AIPP Project is to select an artist/artist team who will design artwork that: Create an iconic artwork that heightens awareness of the facility; Demonstrate an interest in sustainable materials and builds upon the vision of the on-site wildlife habitat; Integrate educational elements that promote an investigation of the natural environment (educational elements could be physically or visually interactive); Consider the diverse community served by the center and the surrounding neighborhood; Enriches or adds to the depth/breadth of the City of Austin’s public art collection BUDGET The AIPP 2% for this project is generated from the 2012 GO Bond for a renovation and expansion of the Recreation Center. The total award for an artist contract is $44,000, inclusive of design, fabrication and installation, including engineering and permitting fees, travel and shipping expenses, insurance and other project-related costs. SELECTION PANEL PROJECT ADVISORS Jack White, visual …
AUSTIN ARTS COMMISSION MINUTES Regular Meeting – Monday, January 27, 2020, 6:00 P.M. Economic Development Department, Cultural Arts Division, Bluebonnet Training Room 5202 E Ben White, Suite 400, Austin TX 78741 CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Jaime Castillo – Chair, Michelle Polgar – Vice Chair, Brett Barnes, Lulu Flores, Bears Rebecca Fonte, Felipe Garza, kYmberly Keeton, Amy Mok, Krissi Reeves, Celina Zisman Commissioners Barnes, Fonte, and Keeton absent CALL TO ORDER – 6:20 P.M. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approve the minutes for the Arts Commission Regular Meeting on December 9, 2019 b. Approve the minutes for the Special Called Meeting on January 13, 2020 Move to approve by Polgar, Seconded by Flores 6-0 Commissioners Barnes, Fonte, Mok and Keeton absent Move to approve by Polgar, seconded by Flores 6-0 Commissioners Barnes, Fonte, Mok and Keeton absent Commissioner Mok arrived on the dais Economic Development Motion to move 2.a until speaker arrives Motion Polgar Seconded Zisman 7-0 Commissioners Barnes, Fonte, and Keeton absent 2. STAFF BRIEFINGS a. Hotel Occupancy Tax report, presented by Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Acting Deputy Director, b. Cultural Funding Review Process, presented by Alberto Mejia 3. CHAIR’S REPORT Attended the January 25th Community Meeting, and the conversations that he heard were encouraging. The Arts Commission and the Community are having the same conversation. There was an understanding that this process is a large undertaking. Challenging everyone to help more than they have helped before. “If we don’t fix it, who will.” a. Art In Public Places Arts Commission Liaison Report – Commissioner Barnes b. Downtown Commission Liaison Report – Commissioner Garza c. Quality of Life Commission Updates – Jaime will be attending the next African American Quality of Life Commission. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL – 6:30 PM Time Certain The speakers signed up prior to 6:30pm will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items posted and/or not posted on the agenda. a. Jessica Nero with Blue Lapis Light – Interim year feedback, this gives the City an opportunity to fix what happened in FY18, and we will be back in the FY18 position, which we don’t want to be. b. Asante Abdullah, New World Audience – Music group that building infrastructure for a wide range of artists. c. Asaf Ronin, Austin Creative Alliance – Speak with lots of Artists, some are concerned about waiting until FY22 funding access, losing lots of resources, losing lots of venue …
