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Minutes
Public Art Commission
8:00 a.m.
November 17, 2017
Attendance
Commissioners: Friend, Garrington, Newman, Bussell, Merchant, Block-Brown, Lemhouse
(council liaison), Seltzer (staff liaison)
Absent
Fuhrmark
Approval of minutes October 20, 2017
Approval of minutes with corrections
Citizen Issues
None
Council liaison update
Councilor Lemhouse provided an update on several Council items including: an engineering
assessment of needed improvements to Pioneer Hall, evaluation of the need for a new water
treatment plant, street pavement management plan, funding for new police officers and
improvements to North Main Street (Road Diet) including additional crosswalks. Lemhouse also
explained that the City Council does not have authority over the Parks and Recreation
Department which is governed by a separately elected body.
Update on Gateway
Seltzer noted that a conference call is scheduled with Susan Zoccolla and Public Works to plan
the logistics for the delivery and installation of Threshold. Landscape architect Tracy Pedicord
is preparing a landscape plan based on input from the artist. Public Works will install a camera
to capture the process of the installation.
Visual Presentation
The PAC discussed the goal to create a visual presentation about Public Art in Ashland. They
agreed that Bussell will work with Fuhrmark to develop an outline of the presentation for review
by the PAC at a future meeting.
Public Art Development Workshop
Friend provided a general overview of the workshop planning with SOU, the Oregon Arts
Commission and the Oregon Center for the Arts. The event is scheduled for April 21, 2018 and
the goal is to create an educational event designed to assist emerging local and regional public
artists gain knowledge and to make connections to successfully compete for public art
commissions. PAC will develop a digital Save the Date, a digital evite to send to regional artists
and a list of potential attendees. Newman will compile a list of contacts for southern Oregon,
Bend region and Eugene area, Merchant will compile a list of local artists who responded to
previous public art RFQs, Garrington will compile a list of art centers and art commissions.
These lists will be sent to Bussell for a final potential attendee list. Friend will ask Fuhrmark to
design the invitation.
Citizen Issue
Anne DiSalvo, representing the Ashland Gallery Association, addressed the group asking for an
update about the PAC projects to be included in the annual Gallery magazine.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30.
Next meeting:
Friend will determine if the December meeting is needed or whether it will be cancelled and then
will notify PAC members.