Arts Commission Regular Meeting of the Arts Commission - This meeting will be held with some members attending in person and others attending remotely.
REGUALR MEETING of the ARTS COMMISSION April 15, 2024, at 6:00 PM Austin City Hall, Council Chambers, Room 1001. 301 West 2nd Street, Austin, Texas 78701 Some members of the ARTS COMMISSION may be participating by videoconference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than Noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, call or email Jesús Varela at jesus.varela@austintexas.gov or at 512-974-2444. CURRENT COMMISSIONERS: Celina Zisman - Chair, Heidi Schmalbach - Vice Chair, Kate Csillagi, Monica Maldonado, Felipe Garza, Gina Houston, Michael Vernusky, Acia Gray, Faiza Kracheni, Amy Mok, Nagavalli Medicharla AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the minutes of the Arts Commission Regular Meeting on March 18, 2023. 1. DISCUSSION ITEMS Discussion of Chair’s Report on Continuing the Conversation by Chair Zisman Report of the Art in Public Places Liaison concerning actions taking during the April 1, 2024 meeting of the Art in Public Places Panel by Commissioner Maldonado Update on actions taken at the March 20, 2024 Downtown Commission meeting by Commissioner Mok 2. 3. 4. Presentation by Sharon Maidenberg, Executive Director and CEO of The Contemporary Austin, on their strategic plan, the leadership role the Contemporary would like to continue to play within the ecosystem, observations, and concerns. Presentation by Fred Evins, Project Manager with the City of Austin Economic Development Department assisting the Austin Economic Development Corporation, on the new community creativity center planned for the City’s Permitting and Development Center. STAFF BRIEFINGS Staff briefing regarding an update on the Hotel Occupancy Tax by Laura Odegaard, Cultural Investment Program Manager Staff update on the Cultural Arts Funding Programs by Jesús Pantel, Cultural Funding Supervisor DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS Approve the Final Design for the Art in Public Places Dove Springs Health Facility Paloma Pavilion Project Approve the Final Design for the Art in Public Places Brownie Neighborhood Park Project Approve the Final Design for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport …
HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX UPDATE APRIL 15, 2024 C I T Y O F A U S T I N EC ON OMI C D EVEL OP M EN T 1 Hotel Occupancy Tax – March 2024 o Total HOT Collections March 2024 = $703,336 o 51% towards FY24 Approved Budget of $152,172,894 o Cultural Arts Fund March 2024 = $67,169 HOT Cultural Arts Fund - FY24 Approved Budget for FY24: $14,525,594 FY24 HOT Cultural Arts Fund in the bank: $7,342,417 HOT Collections (FY22-FY24) $15.65M $12.87M Questions
Cultural Arts Funding Update Jesús Pantel, Cultural Funding Supervisor Cultural Arts Division Economic Development Department April 15, 2024 C I T Y O F A U S T I N EC ON OMI C D EVEL OP M EN T 1 Status Reports Current Contracts, Payment Updates, and Pending Program Launches Grant Funded Activities for April and May Operationalizing Community Feedback C I T Y O F A U S T I N EC ON OMI C D EVEL OP M EN T 2 Contracts and Payments Update Elevate Nexus Thrive Year 1 Thrive Year 2 Arts Ed Relief Grant Total Contracts 51 36 See year 1 19 200 199 (99%) 199 (99%) 199 (99%) 163 (81%) (4%) Signed & Processed Contracts Test payments issued & verified Payment 1 Issued Payment 2 Issued Payment 3 Issued Total Dist. to date 51 (100%) 50 (98%) 50 (98%) 16 (31%) n/a 36 (100%) 36 (100%) 36 (100%) 36 (100%) n/a See year 1 See year 1 30 (83%) - (0%) n/a 19 (100%) 19 (100%) 18 (95%) - (0%) n/a $5,217,250 (83%) $232,500 (91%) $3,901,500 ( 100%) $3,028,500 (78%) $405,000 (85%) Total Allocation $6,250,000 $255,000 $3,901,500 $3,901,500 $475,000 C I T Y O F A U S T I N EC ON OMI C D EVEL OP M EN T 3 Nexus Launch Tuesday, April 16 Tuesday, May 14 Friday, May 31 • Application opens at 10am • Submittable new application platform – Supported by The Long Center • Application closes at 7pm • Staff application support available 10am-6pm through Open Office Hours • Awards announced • Applications reviewed by staff from across the City of Austin June 1-Sept 30, 2024 • Activities must occur within the grant period • Shorter than usual grant period to accommodate transition to new application platform October 31, 2024 • The latest a Final Report is due • Final Reports are due 30 days after the final activity has concluded, rounded to the end of that month Visit austintexas.gov/Nexus to learn more. C I T Y O F A U S T I N EC ON OMI C D EVEL OP M EN T 4 Nexus Application Assistance Provider Type of Support Dates Contact Cultural Funding Staff 1:1 Application Support Location TBD By appointment and May drop-in assistance days Culturalarts@austintexas.gov Open Office Hours In person or on Zoom Every Tuesday April 16 to May 7 from …
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Art in Public Places City of Austin Cultural Arts Division 5202 East Ben White Boulevard, Suite 400 Austin, TX 78741 512.974.7700 / aipp@austintexas.gov PROCESS SUMMARY Brownie Neighborhood Park AIPP Projects Project Summary The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is undertaking a series of park improvements throughout Austin, including at Brownie Neighborhood Park. This park is located in Austin City Council District 4 and its improvements are funded by a 2018 Bond. To best meet the needs of the community, as well as Capital Improvement Park projects, with the approval of the AIPP Panel and the Austin Arts Commission, AIPP staff issued prospectuses outlining a joint artist opt-in period and a joint selection process for Brownie Neighborhood Park, Duncan Neighborhood Park, Emma Long Metropolitan Park, Highland Neighborhood Park and Reznicek Fields, and Oertli Neighborhood Park. This will more easily facilitate an artist’s ability to opt-in to multiple commission opportunities at once and allow a single jury, consisting of community members from each park area, to select multiple artists with fewer meetings and a quicker timeline. Project Backgrounds & Public Art Goals Brownie Neighborhood Park Project Background The Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) is planning to implement the next phase of the Brownie Neighborhood Park Concept Plan. In 2018, the concept plan process received input from surrounding residents who provided the vision for the future development of the park. In 2020, the Parks Department installed a new irrigated sports field and in 2021 the Parks Department revisited the plan to prioritize the improvements for the next phase. The project will soon be bid out for construction pricing. The park renovation is anticipated to begin in the fall of 2022. The next phase of implementation at Brownie Neighborhood Park will include a picnic pavilion, irrigation system expansion, a loop walking trail, solar security lighting, benches, picnic tables, a new playground, a new drinking fountain, a vehicular turnaround with ADA parking spaces. The design will reflect sensitivity for the nearby creek and provide green infrastructure opportunities in collaboration with Austin’s Watershed Protection Department. For more information on the Brownie Neighborhood Park Concept Plan and implementation, visit: https://www.austintexas.gov/browniepark Public Art Goals & Priorities The AIPP program seeks to commission works of art of redeeming quality that advance public understanding of visual art and enhance the aesthetic quality of public places. This can be accomplished through the selection of a qualified artist or artist team who …
KAT QUAY AUS WESTGATE EXPANSION: FINAL DESIGN REVIEW PROPOSAL- MARCH 2024 ARTIST STATEMENT Spatial Weaving is an analog deconstruction of a Cartesian-coordinate (3D XYZ planar grid) digital space. The wall installation is an exploration of the shared binary origin that underscores and intertwines both physical and virtual ontologies. All communication is inherently dependent on a binary system. From analog languages, such as Morse code, operating within an electric signal on/off functionality, to the digital’s binary code expression through a 0 versus 1 digit system, and our visual discernment of objects in an expanse by the contrast of positive to negative space, we rely upon distinctions made by the isolation of a differential that distinguishes itself from background noise. The meaningful gestures, sounds, or actions viable for identification provide the foundation of messaging. Specified materials within the work act as visual metaphors, from gridded metal as background to woven perforated metal’s moiré effect as image artifact. Weaving is reliant upon a construction of over/under, a binary itself, and reference to oscillating between flat planar surfaces and dimensionality. The comparison of weaving, an ancient craft tradition, to interference patterning, further underscores the influence of analog’s binary base on the digital realm. Austin is technology-oriented community, and in my studio practice, I explore the permeability, intertwining, and subsequent entanglement of physical/digital realities. When traveling through the Austin Bergstrom Airport, I'm struck by how “rendered” the high-ceiling, open-plan constructed space feel. The seriality of build via the repetition of windows, ceiling trusses, and gates leave an impression of digitally-generated order. Spatial Weaving provides an opportunity for linkage from the AUS West Gate Expansion’s virtually created origins to its future actualized space and the subsequent visitors’ physical experience of the terminal. SUMMARY Spatial Weaving is a 48’W x 12’H x 18”D wall installation that is to be located above the rest area within the new West Gate Terminal Expansion at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). The artwork is housed within an overall open steel framework that attaches to the Terminal’s struc- tural beams. This framework is the primary weight-bearing structure that houses and supports the (8) approxi- mately 6’W x 12’H x 1’D “art bays” that altogether form the installation composition. Each art bay has a background pattern of various attached square and rectangular perforated metals that allow the white wall behind it to show through, while also serving as a backdrop to the …
Pre-fabrication Review: Spatial Weaving, Kat Quay Report Date: March 25, 2024 These comments are based on proposal documents and email correspondence with the artist. Project Overview: Artist Kat Quay proposes a wall mounted sculpture, Spatial Weaving, for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s West Gate Terminal. The sculpture references Austin’s growing tech industry and binary systems, and is intended to generate visual disconnections in spatial perception. The 48-foot-wide x 12-foot high x 18-inch deep steel sculpture will be composed of openwork steel grates and perforated steel three-dimensional forms, mounted in a gridded, overlapping configuration that will produce moiré patterns and other optical effects. Materials and fabrication: The sculpture is constructed of two types of steel: stainless and carbon steel. Modular elements will be fabricated separately and parts will be joined during installation. Contractor Hensel Phelps Construction will construct a main frame of carbon steel 2” square tubing, to be bolted and welded directly to the metal wall struts. The structure will be primed with Sherwin Williams Steel Spec 4012 gray primer (an alkyd). The artist reports that Steel Spec 4012 was specifically recommended for this project by Sherwin Williams employee Zak Galla due to its formulation as a stand-alone protective coating.1 Quay and fabricator Stephen Marchio will construct eight auxiliary frames, or “art bays,” of 1” stainless steel angle iron, sized 69.5” wide x 139.75” high x 12” deep to allow them to slot into the main frame during installation. During fabrication, holes will be drilled into the art bays to receive the bolts that will affix them to the main frame. Sculptural elements will be cut from flat carbon steel grates and perforated stainless steel sheet. To promote corrosion resistance, all carbon steel components will be coated with Permalac EF clearcoat, an acrylic topcoat. Some bent forms will be fashioned from stainless steel perforated sheet, in some cases edged with stainless steel strap attached with stainless hardware. Certain grate or perforated elements will require individual supportive frames so that they can be affixed at the correct angles to produce the optical effects. Those smaller frame constructions will also be fabricated by the artist and Marchio of 1” stainless steel angle iron, to which will be attached the sculptural elements using stainless steel hardware. The bent forms, coated carbon steel gridded elements, and small individual constructions will be attached to the art bays using stainless steel screws and binding barrels, positioned so …
Process Summary Project: Terminal Expansion Phase II / West Gate Expansion Art in Public Places Project Terminal/Apron Expansion and Improvements Phase II A, B and C Art in Public Places Project at Austin- Bergstrom International Airport. The Terminal Expansion Phase II C project by Artist Kat (Kohl) Quay was re-sited within the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s West Gate Expansion. Pre-Qualified Artist Pool SELECTION PANEL Leslie Moody Castro, Independent Curator, Austin, TX • • Fernando Andrade, Artist, San Antonio, TX • Alex Rubio, Artist, San Antonio, TX • • Phillip Townsend, Fellow in African American Art at The Blanton, Austin, TX Julia Hendrickson, Associate Curator, The Contemporary, Austin, TX PROJECT TEAM Julie Harris, Program Manager; Properties Group, Aviation Dept., City of Austin • Gabriel Gomez, Contract Specialist; Properties Group, Aviation Dept., City of Austin • Terra Goolsby, Artist, District 2 • • Cory Hurless, Curator; Program Manager I, Aviation Dept. City of Austin • Burton Jones, Architect; Public Works Project Manager, City of Austin • Rohini Kumarage, Aviation Project Manager, City of Austin • Chris McCray, Designer, AIPP Panel Chair and Project Liaison • Janet Zweig, Artist, Terminal Expansion AIPP Project Phase I PROJECT SUMMARY The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program of the Cultural Arts Division, Economic Development Department, seeks to commission three professional visual artists (or artist teams) to design, fabricate, and install artwork for the second stage of the Terminal Expansion Project at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). Applicants must have been selected as a participant in the 2018-2020 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool. PROJECT GOALS Art in Public Places seeks to commission works of art of redeeming quality that advance public understanding of visual art and enhance the aesthetic quality of public places through the selection of a qualified artist who can innovatively and thoughtfully design within the context of this project. The goal of the AUS Terminal Expansion Projects Phase II is to select three artists or artist teams who will, in collaboration with the Project Team, design artwork that: » enhances the travellers’ experience by piquing curiosity and/or conveying a sense of wonder; » distinguishes Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and reflects the nature and character of Austin; supports the Airport’s commitment to sustainability; » » contributes to a local, regional and national contemporary art dialogue; and » serves as a significant piece within the artist’s oeuvre. BUDGET Three artist commissions will be awarded in the amounts …
CITY OF AUSTIN ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM/CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION USER DEPARTMENT PUBLIC ART EVALUATION FORM FOR TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE As per Section IX.A of the AIPP Guidelines, the user and managing departments responsible for housing the artwork are requested to review the artist’s final design (attached) for technical feasibility and maintenance considerations. Please provide a response on this form, or on letterhead signed by your department director. Thank you! Department: Aviation Department Artwork Title/Description: “Spatial Weaving” is a 48’W x 12’H x 18” (approx.) wall installation that is to be located within the new West Gate Terminal Expansion at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). The installation is housed within a steel framework that attaches to the Terminal’s structural beams. Within that framework, the installation consists of an open metal framework structure containing perforated metal patterns and dimensional designs. Evaluation Date: 03/29/2024 Evaluator’s Name: Constance Y. White Services, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) Title: Art + Music Manager, Airport Guest EVALUATOR’S COMMENTS SITE: This wall-based artwork will be sited within the Airport’s new West Gate Expansion. It will hang on the Mezzanine wall that overlooks the play/rest area, directly over the entrances to the bathrooms. INSTALLATION: The artwork will be installed in two phases. First, the structural frame, which houses the main components of the artwork, will be installed summer of 2024. Through coordination with the sponsoring construction project, the West Gate Expansion general contractor Hensel Phelps will fabricate, paint, and install the frame. The frame will be directly attached to the wall steel. The exact placement height of the frame will be determined by Page Architects / Structures TX to attach directly to the Terminal steel beam structure while avoiding HVAC and electrical systems behind the wall. The artist and her fabricator will then be constructing (8) “art bays” using stainless steel. Each art bay will contain a unique combination of perforated metal and mesh dimensional forms. In the second phase of installation, the art bays will slipped into and attached to the structural frame. The bays will be installed between February and May 2025. SAFETY / LIABILITY: The installation height is likely to be high enough to prevent accidental breakage or vandalism. The artist and her installer will undergo any AUS-required safety trainings before installing in the West Gate Expansion construction site. MAINTENANCE: The artwork should be dusted annually, including inside the bays and behind the artwork (in …
Artist Selection Memo to File March 25, 2023 Date: From: Artist Selection Panel (Jurors and Advisors): Chris Taylor (Arts Professional); Lynn Osgood (Arts Professional); Terrence Moline (Arts Professional); Miguel Santana (Arts Professional); Xochi Solis (Arts Professional); Travis Timm (AFD representative); Chelsea Caloia (AFD representative); chief Eric Jakubauskas (EMS representative); Michelle Noriega (Capital Delivery Services). Art in Public Places Panel: Chair Stephanie Lemmo: Vice Chair J Muzacz: Arts Commission Liaison Monica Maldonado: Panel members Sarah Carr, Taylor Davis, Kristi-Anne Shaer, Lisa Woods. 3 AFD/EMS Loop 360 Stations AIPP Project – Selection Recommendations for AFD52/ EMS41 (Davenport); AFD53/EMS42 (Goodnight Ranch) and AFD54/EMS43 (Canyon Creek). Copy: Subject: Background: AIPP panel approved a Request for Qualifications for the 3 AFD/EMS Loop 360 Stations AIPP Project on September 12, 2022. Notice of the public art opportunity was sent directly to eligible artists. The original submission deadline of December 7, 2022 was extended to January 31, 2023. The Artist Selection Panel reviewed 56 artist applicants. The Jury was supported by staff Constance Y. White, AIPP Program Manager, Frederico Geib, AIPP Project Manager, and Ryan Runcie, AIPP Project Manager. 1. Recommended Artists: -Adrian Aguilera and Betelhem Makkonen for AFD52/EMS41 (Davenport); -RE:Site Studio for AFD53/EMS42 (Goodnight Ranch); -Rudy Herrera for AFD54/EMS43 (Canyon Creek). "Aguilera/Makonnen Previous AIPP/TEMPO project in 2018, demonstrates ability to fulfill expectations. Portfolio demonstrates professional quality of work that expresses creativity. Their presentation fully demonstrated their intention for a site-specific work that reflects the mission of AFD/EMS, as well as one that specifically speaks to the themes of the roles of first responders. I also appreciated their sensitivity to social themes and storytelling making them a compelling candidate that stood out amongst all others." "RE:Site Studio More than 10 years of experience working as a collaborative design studio have done so many monuments around the country, but their eagerness to fully immerse themselves in a project’s location and spend time with stakeholders left an indelible mark on me and overall really sold the proposal. The scale of their studio allows them access to a network of contractors to acquire the best materials for the project. I particularly enjoyed that their art is meant to be interactive and durable enough to play in and around." "Rudy Herrera Portfolio of large-scale murals demonstrates ability to effectively utilize the public art sites in the brief. Ex: [The Last Parade]. Commitment to community and art experiences being part of the …
Sound Assessment & Disclosure Requirements Proposal Presentation to City of Austin Arts Commission April 15, 2024 Background • Council approved Resolution No. 20181018- 038 directing the City Manager to propose programs, rules, and ordinances necessary to improve compatibility between residents, lodging establishments, and music-related businesses. • The resolution was part of Council efforts to support music, arts and culture. Purpose • Policy related to residential development responsibility is still outstanding. • In addition to the sound ordinance and enforcement, the sound management system should also anticipate and address quality of life issues for residences in proximity to nightlife and entertainment establishments and districts. Ensure Accurate Expectations Policy Goals • Improve compatibility between entertainment uses with amplified sound and residential and hotel uses. • Anticipate, plan for, and minimize common conflicts between residential and hotel uses and entertainment-related amplified sound. • Ensure residential and hotel development projects understand the sound levels in the area so they can design and construct the building considering the sound impact from nearby code-compliant entertainment uses. • Provide residential development projects and new residents with accurate expectations about the level of sound that will be present in the environment, and the information they need to make informed decisions. Approach A commonsense solution that is not prescriptive and focuses on education and awareness Sound Assessment & Disclosure Requires residential and hotel developments near Outdoor Music Venues and Performance Venues to: • conduct a sound assessment • disclose to future residents when they sell or lease units about the presence of nearby venues, and that a sound assessment was conducted Description and Intent • Does NOT mandate building standards. • Requires residential developers to: Promotes Education and Informed Decisions 1. document that they have studied the sound levels in the area they are building. • This includes assessing the impact of legally compliant sound from nearby music and nightlife establishments. 2. disclose to future residents the presence of nearby music and nightlife establishments, and that a sound assessment has been conducted. Description and Intent • Residents are encouraged to ask questions about sound mitigation efforts, make informed decisions Promotes Education and Informed Decisions • Does NOT require anything further from Outdoor Music Venue Permit Holders or Performance Venues. • Their sound level is already regulated with a fixed sound level standard that is appropriate for the context, is predictable and doesn’t change when new residential is built nearby. …
sharon maidenberg Ernest and Sarah Butler Executive Director and CEO • Arrived in Austin September 2020 • 20+ years non-profit arts experience Mission Vision Values We invite you to discover contemporary art in settings that provoke thought and joy. Our programs join art with place in pursuit of a deeper experience, a bigger conversation, and a closer community. We believe in the capacity of art to transform lives. We dream of a future where more eyes, ears, hearts and minds are opened by contemporary art in all of its forms. Extending the welcome • • • Socially mindful • Always caring Staying curious • Making progress • Being here • Trying new things MUSEUM HISTORY TFAA establishes downtown presence (700 Congress) Art School opens Laguna Gloria Art Museum founded Laguna Gloria Art Museum becomes Austin Museum of Art (AMOA); establishes downtown space AMOA-Arthouse renamed The Contemporary Austin Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park established AMOA and Arthouse merge Texas legend Clara Driscoll donates estate Texas Fine Arts Association (TFAA) formed TFAA changes its name to Arthouse at the Jones Center TFAA / The Jones Center for Contemporary Art opens Construction is completed for The Moody Pavilions and Visitor Center at Laguna Gloria 1911 1943 1961 1983 1995 1996 1998 2002 2011 2013 2019 JONES CENTER • 15,630 sq ft • Gallery space with outdoor mural, rooftop space and sculpture in the heart of downtown Austin • Dynamic schedule of exhibitions with related public programming LAGUNA GLORIA • 14 acres on Lake Austin • Art-in-nature sculpture park • Community art school • Historic villa & property AT A GLANCE • $10.3M operating budget • 80 staff members, across 13 departments • 29 trustees • 70 artist instructors OUR IMPACT: 2023 4,000+ people served through family and community programs ≈89,609 people visited the Jones Center and Laguna Gloria 4,250+ people served through more than 50 public programs 6,700+ people attended art-making classes over 31K times 31 K–12 tours given to over 1,000 students from 22 schools INCOME by % (based on 2023) 12% 29% 59% SIGNATURE EVENTS Art Dinner Oct 25, 2024 • Annual event -- in its 11th year • Raised $1.4M in 2023 • Draws on eclectic group of guests, including the museum’s Trustees, business and thought leaders, art collectors, and internationally- renowned artists SIGNATURE EVENTS The Very ‘Rary Nov 3, 2024 • Annual afternoon of art and amazement • …
Implementing inclusive and equitable public development services as a non-profit partner to the City of Austin Arts Commission Austin Economic Development Corporation April 15, 2024 New Community Creativity Center at City of Austin Permitting and Development Center Thank You
REGULAR MEETING of the ARTS COMMISSION April 15, 2024, at 6:00 PM Austin City Hall, Council Chambers, Room 1001. 301 West 2nd Street, Austin, Texas 78701 The ARTS COMMISSION convened in a REGULAR meeting on 15, April 2024 at Austin City Hall, Council Chambers, Room 1001. 301 West 2nd Street, Austin, Texas 78701 Commissioner Zisman called the ARTS COMMISSION Meeting to order at 6:09 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Celina Zisman, Acia Gray, Michael Vernusky, Gina Houston Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Faiza Kracheni, Heidi Schmalbach, Monica Maldonado, Nagavalli Medicharla Board Members Absent: Kate Csillagi, Amy Mok, Felipe Garza CURRENT COMMISSIONERS: Celina Zisman - Chair, Heidi Schmalbach - Vice Chair, Kate Csillagi, Monica Maldonado, Felipe Garza, Gina Houston, Michael Vernusky, Acia Gray, Faiza Kracheni, Amy Mok, Nagavalli Medicharla AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Natalie Earhart from Almost Real Things spoke on their second annual Touch the Art exhibit and their Community Amplifier evens for the Nexus grant APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Arts Commission Regular Meeting on March 18, 2024. The minutes from the meeting of March 18, 2024 were approved on Commissioner Gray’s motion, Commissioner Houston second on a 8-0 vote with Commissioner’s Csillagi, Mok, and Garza absent DISCUSSION ITEMS Discussion of Chair’s Report on Continuing the Conversation by Chair Zisman An update was provided by Chair Zisman. Report of the Art in Public Places Liaison concerning actions taking during the April 1, 2024 meeting of the Art in Public Places Panel by Commissioner Maldonado An update was provided by Commissioner Maldonado Update on actions taken at the March 20, 2024 Downtown Commission meeting by Commissioner Mok An update was provided by Chair Zisman. Presentation by Sharon Maidenberg, Executive Director and CEO of The Contemporary Austin, on their strategic plan, the leadership role the Contemporary would like to continue to play within the ecosystem, observations, and concerns. A presentation was provided by Sharon Maidenberg, Executive Director and CEO of The Contemporary Austin, Presentation by Fred Evins, Project Manager with the City of Austin Economic Development Department assisting the Austin Economic Development Corporation, on the new community creativity center planned for the City’s Permitting and Development Center. A presentation was provided by Fred Evins, Project Manager with the City of Austin Economic Development Department, and Nick Harbaugh, Co-founder, Seven Mile Media STAFF BRIEFINGS Staff briefing regarding an update on the Hotel Occupancy Tax by …
