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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-08-2004 City of Auburn Arts Commission Monday, November 8, 2004 MINUTES Commissioners present: Herman Ansingh, Chair Anne Baunach, Nancy Colson, Bonnie Egbert, Linda Elliott, Amanda Flanery, Pat Gallagher, Steve LePenske, Barbie Sharrard, Pam Smith Commissioners absent: Kristen Brock and Don Gardner Visitors: Daryl Faber, Parks and Recreation Director; Councilmember Lynn Norman Staff present: Susan Gochoel, cultural programs manager, Lori Patrick, cultural programs coordinator Commission Chair Anne Baunach called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. and thanked Cultural Programs Manager Susan Gochoel for her contributions to the city's cultural offerings. Gochoel recently resigned to sail the world with her husband. Her last day is Nov. 19. Councilmember Lynn Norman thanked Gochoel for her leadership. I. Introduction and approval of minutes Commissioner Barbie Sharrard moved the October minutes be approved as submitted. Commissioner Herman Ansingh seconded the motion. MOTION APPROVED II. Vice Chair nomination for 2005 Commissioner Baunach reported that she, Commissioner Pam Smith and Gochoel, the nominating committee, discussed candidates for a vice chair in 2005. Their recommendation is Commissioner Kristen Brock. Current Vice Chair Bonnie Egbert will advance to chair in January 2005. Commissioner Sharrard moved the commission accept the nominating committee's recommendation of Commissioner Brock as vice chair. Commissioner Ansingh seconded the motion. MOTION APPROVED III. Prioritized list of public art projects 2005-2006 Gochoel reported the commission's public-art subcommittee recently visited five potential public-art sites. The sites were identified at an earlier meeting Gochoel had with Ingrid Gaub, assistant city engineer. After discussing the merits of each site, the sub- committee recommended Auburn Way South and F Street as the top priority in 2005. The intersection will be reconfigured and include a traffic light. Construction is estimated to start in January 2005 with completion in late summer. The sub-committee's second recommendation is the M Street grade separation at Highway 18 and the railroad tracks for the 2006 public art project. The project will have large concrete walls, and Gochoel (more) City of Auburn Arts Commission November 2004 minutes, Page 2 suggested requesting some funding in 2005 to contract with an artist who would work with the city's engineering design team early in the process. Gochoel said the Auburn Municipal Airport approached her about how it might go about including artwork on the airport's seven hangar walls. Six of the walls are behind chain- link fencing, and one is accessible from the street, presenting potential for vandalism. The airport has no funding, but Gochoel said an open 2-D or 3-D mural competition among high-school students is a possibility. The commission agreed to forward the prioritized list of potential public-art projects to the City Council's Planning and Community Development Committee for consideration. IV. Storefront Studio Project & City Hall Gallery Exhibition Program Gochoel reported on the Storefront Studio Project, a collaborative project of graduate architecture students from the University of Washington who are working with downtown property and business owners, city staff and the Auburn Downtown Association to create a new vision for downtown. Auburn is the third in a series of communities selected for Storefront Studio Projects. Seattle's University District and White Center are previous sites. The Storefront Studio Project has expressed interest in displaying its designs and streetscape renderings in the City Hall Gallery. Gochoel said the Blue Earth Alliance's photography exhibit was dropped from the 2005 gallery schedule because only four images in the exhibit are by Auburn native Wes Pope, two of which have sold and won't be included in the exhibit. That opened a window for the Storefront Studio Project exhibit of the students' drawings and renderings at the City Hall Gallery from January 28 to March 10. The students' work show the existing assets of downtown transformed into designs and streetscape renderings that convey and array of possibilities for revitalizing and enhancing downtown. Several downtown storefront windows will also feature the students' work. V. Any Other Business The Auburn Justice Center opening is Friday, Nov. 12. Lighting artist Sidney Genette's light installation in the lobby, "Blue Neutron Blue," as well as exterior blue neon lighting on the marquee and outdoor canopy will be dedicated with the building. Genette will attend the ceremony and be available to discuss his work with the public. The BRAVO! performance, "Dances of China," by the Chinese Performing Artists of America is Friday, Nov. 19. (more) City of Auburn Arts Commission November 2004 minutes, Page 3 Gochoel reported The Seattle Opera's Young Singers BRAVO! performance, Nov. 5, was well received. About 150 people attended. The opera hosted a pre-concert reception for Commissioner Emeritus Gertie Sprenger, a lifetime honorary Seattle Opera trustee and opera education pioneer. Many Auburn community members attended the reception. Gochoel said all the free tickets to the 133rd Army Band's "Red, White and Blue Christmas" concert, 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 5 have been given out. She held back a handful of tickets for interested commissioners. The Army Band will present a private concert at 11 a.m. for friends and family. The band plans to videotape the private performance and send it to troops serving overseas in time for Christmas. There was no other business. The meeting adjourned at 5:27 p.m. The next regular meeting is 4:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 13 in the City Council Conference Room at City Hall, 25 West Main St.