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Minutes
Public Art Commission
May 17, 2012
Regular Meeting
Attendance
Commissioners: Davis, Bussell, Capovilla, Pugh, Friend, Hepford, Hanks (staff)
Absent
Garrington
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 8:20 a.m.
Approval of Minutes
Minutes were approved as presented.
Citizen Issues/Proposals
None.
Historic Commission Presentation on Historic Way-finding project
Allison Renwick gave a presentation of a potential way-finding project that proposes the
incorporation of public art that will be presented to the City Council on May 21, 2013. The
Historic Commission was charged with developing a way finding signage program to
promote the various historic resources within Ashland, both for local use and culturally
related tourism.
The project involves a series of hubs and spokes in four historically prominent areas of
Ashland; Downtown, Railroad District, Skidmore-Academy and Gresham/Siskiyou. Each
hub would contain a piece of contemporary public art that would relate to the particular
prominent historic themes of each of the areas. The spokes would be historic markers and
descriptions of the various features/resources within that particular area.
The Commission clarified that the plan framework was conceptual at this point and the exact
locations, types of artwork, signage would be issues to work out after receiving feedback
from the Council presentation.
Renwick clarified that a goal of the project is to coordinate and collaborate with the Public
Arts Commission and utilize them as a resource as the project moves forward, most likely
through some sort of sub-committee participation. Renwick also stated that the funding
sources for the project had yet to be identified and that the Historic Commission had no intent
of taking money already allocated/earmarked for public art projects unless the Public Arts
Commission agreed, all subject to Council approval.
Public Arts Commission members were encouraging of the project but decided not to make
any formal motion of support or other comment until after the Council direction at the May
21 meeting.
Report from subcommittee on Calle Project
Bussell reported that she is in the process of scheduling meetings with the following local
artists; Kevin Christman, Clair Burbridge, Richard Jarel and J Ellen Austin, with the intent of
identifying existing works for purchase. The pedestal design was reviewed and a suggestion
was made to allow the incorporation of something to mitigate the electrical conduit exposed
on one side of the pedestal.
Hepford suggested that if a local artist did not work out, she would be interested in looking at
the possibility of making a connection with Ashland’s sister city, Guanajuato.
Review of Gateway letter to Council
Chair Davis composed a letter to provide the City Council with an update on the “Gateway”
project and asked for the Commission’s approval to distribute. Project phase four was
changed to “A review panel will then select one artist to execute their vision for which
$100,000 will be awarded.”
The edit and the overall letter was unanimously approved by the Commission for staff
distribution to Council.
Review of Refined Goals Document
Friend suggested that the Commissioners walk through the goals and add proposed/projected
completion dates for each of the tactics associated with each of the six goals. The
Commission discussed that some of the tactics seemed like on-going tasks/projects. The
Commissioners suggested that Friend go through the document and attach preliminary dates
to be reviewed at the next PAC meeting. Davis provided Friend with the original project
timeline for the Gateway project to assist in assigning dates relating to that major component
of the goals document.
Meeting adjourned at 10:00.