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•Project: Beverly Sheffield Pool •Artist: Sun McColgin •Phase: Final Design •Sponsoring Department: Parks & Recreation •Project Budget: $100,000 •Council District: District 7 •Project Manager: Lindsay Hutchens Arts Commission Date: 01/27/2025 Beverly Sheffield Pool Project Background On July 28, 1956, the Northwest Pool and Bathhouse opened to the public. The pool was the first 50-meter regulation Olympic-sized pool in Austin, which allowed the city to qualify for national swimming meets. The Northwest Park Bathhouse was a modern-design circular bathhouse with open-air dressing rooms. The building is eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The name of the park and pool was later changed to honor former Parks and Recreation Director Beverly S. Sheffield. Updating the facility started with community engagement in 2022, culminating in an updated plan to ensure this site will continue to be a gem of the community and complement the future vision of Northwest District Park. “Shimmer” Final Design proposal for Sheffield Pool and Park By Sun McColgin November, 2024 ARTWORK DETAILS ● 16 – identical 8’ tall “tentacles” ● steel ● Painted ○ cobalt blue ○ powder blue ● 3’ tall hexagonal concrete base ● 4 tile sections tile ○ *handmade porcelain and limestone “Shimmer” tiles feature the sentiments, memories and ideas of the Sheffield Pool community – Great Horned Owl, Red Tailed Hawk, Monk Parakeet, Heron, Dogs, Dragonflies Aquatic life, Swimmers, and Swingsets (to name a few) Examples of Ryah’s handmade porcelain tiles depicting native Texas wildlife x X marks proposed sculpture site SCULPTURE SITE “Shimmer” in situ "Shimmer" preliminary design for Northwest Sheffield Pool In creating a design for artwork for the Sheffield Pool, I took cues from the neighborhood and community. I incorporated their many ideas and suggestions while staying true to my own artistic ideals. The themes of bright colors (especially blues), animals and community were extremely common during the input process. The sculpture I am proposing, "Shimmer," consists of 16 identical, ten foot tall, painted steel shapes that reference waves of water, tentacles, and aquatic plants that shimmer in the current. These steel pieces are alternately spaced forward and backward in a perfect circle and mounted on a circular, two foot tall, concrete base. This alternating spacing gives the illusion of the waves creating two different organic shapes, like a lotus flower simultaneously opening and closing.The sculpture makes use of space and light to evoke a sense of mass without being monolithic. The color palette will consist of two different hues of blues - the forward facing waves will be painted a darker, cobalt blue, while the rear facing waves will be painted a lighter, powder blue. The circular concrete base serves as a seating area designed to encourage interaction with the artwork and also serves as a meeting spot near the parking lot for friends and family. Inset into the concrete base and seating will be four tile features, equally spaced, that cascade from the top of the base, down the sides, and terminate at the ground. The tiles will be handmade porcelain and limestone by Austin artist Ryah Christensen. They will include many of the ideas and memories provided by the community - fireflies, Great Horned Owls, turtles, Monk Parakeets, Red Tailed Hawks, and swing sets are just some of the images that will be represented in these mosaic "streams" that spill over the edge of the base. I will also include a quote by Beverly Sheffield – "I don't believe we can get too much open space" – on one of the tiles. This wisdom is truer now more than ever! In conclusion, "Shimmer" is an artwork that reflects the joy and delight that Sheffield Pool and Northwest Park bring to so many people on a daily basis. It is my intent to honor the wishes of the community and the spirit of Beverly Sheffield with a vibrant, iconic artwork that captures the energy of a very special place in Austin. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RESULTS ● ASPECTS OF MY PRACTICE IN THE ARTWORK LANDMARK SCALE ○ ○ METAL FABRICATION ○ SMOOTH, ORGANIC SHAPES ○ INCORPORATION OF HANDMADE, PORCELAIN TILE ● ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IN THE ARTWORK ○ BRIGHT COLOR ○ COOL TONES THAT COMPLIMENT THE POOL ○ REPRESENTATION OF NATURE ○ REPRESENTATION OF OTHER PARK ACTIVITIES ● COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 5/18/24 - ON SITE OPEN MEETING 5/22/24 - ON SITE OPEN MEETING 6/1/24 - ON SITE OPEN MEETING 6/6/24 - OPEN STUDIO MEETING 5/20/24 - 6/10/24 - YARD SIGN UP AT POOL WITH LINK TO ONLINE SURVEY ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ONLINE SURVEY FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION DETAILS ● STEEL “TENTACLES” ○ ⅛” CARBON STEEL PLATE WELDED TOGETHER ○ STEEL WILL BE “PICKLED” BEFORE PAINTING WITH HIGH QUALITY EPOXY PAINT ○ STEEL WILL BE MOUNTED TO CONCRETE BASE WITH EPOXY ANCHORS ● CONCRETE BASE ○ REINFORCED WITH REBAR ACCORDING TO ENGINEER SPECS ○ MIXED AGGREGATE CONCRETE ACCORDING TO ENGINEER SPECS ○ POURED INTO WOODEN FORM ON SITE ● TILE COMPONENTS ○ HANDMADE MID FIRE PORCELAIN TILE AND APPROPRIATE GLAZE ○ MOUNTED INTO PREFORMED DEPRESSIONS IN THE CONCRETE BASE WITH CEMENTITIOUS THINSET AND SANDED GROUT ○ SEALED WITH PENETRATING SILICONE SEALER ○ EXPANSION JOINTS TREATED WITH SILICONE CAULK Pending engineer’s approval “SHIMMER” – PROPOSED TIMELINE November, 2024 - January, 2025 Final Design approval February, 2025 - November, 2025 Fabrication of steel and tile components December, 2025 - March, 2026 Concrete form building and concrete pour April, 2026 Installation complete