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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Public Art Selection Committee - 02/15/2018 South Burlington Public Art Commiee 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 (802) 846-4106 www.SouthBurlingtonVT.gov facebook.com/CityCenterSouthBurlington Thursday, February 15, 2018 6:00 pm Champlain Room, 575 Dorset Street Meeng Minutes Approved 5/10/2018 In Attendance: Trice Stratmann (Chair), Jennifer Kochman, Jean Sebastien Chaulot, Amanda Holland, Michele Bailey (Vermont Council on the Arts), Penne Tompkins Ilona Blanchard (Staff), Steve Roy (Wiemann Lamphere Architects), Caitlin Bullock (Humphries Poli Architects) 1. Call to order Trice Stratmann called the meeng to order at 6:05 PM. 2. Public Comments There were no public comments. 3. Public Art Presentation – Sobu Spaces 2020: Library + City Hall Ilona Blanchard provided an orientation on the Sobu Spaces 2020: Library + City Hall project and the funding status. This project is estimated to have a public art budget of approximately $70,000 between the two uses. She explained a spectrum for incorporating arts into the project; i.e. commissioning artists as part of design process to commissioning art for a specific site within the completed project. Funding for the construction of the project will not be set until a positive public vote (anticipated in November of 2018) and the art itself cannot be commissioned until then. Steve Roy and Caitlin Bullock walked the committee through the design options for the building, discussing public space features for each. The members discussed some of the options for incorporating art into the project. Penne Tompkins mentioned the story doors that were commissioned for one of the projects that Humphries Poli presented. In that case, the doorway was a custom size. Michele Bailey and Jennifer Kochman discussed the public art on the stairway at the new State Health and Human Services building. The Committee discussed integration of art into the building and functional items. Michele Bailey asked if some funding could be used during the design process so that installed art would not require redesign of construction documents in order for a piece to be integrated into the building. Ilona Blanchard stated this was a possibility. The committee asked that Humphries Poli provide pictures of how art has been incorporated into projects that they have worked on. The Committee decided to meet again in March to discuss options for commission art/artists to create art. 4. Other Businesses Amanda Holland noted that in the Pedestrian Bicycle Committee meeting, there had been a presentation on the Gotcha bikeshare program and one of the proposed sites in South Burlington is the public art area on Dorset Street at the corner with the new Garden Street. She wondered if it was something the committee would want to look at a later meeting. Ilona Blanchard said that she would check with city staff liaising with CCRPC on that project to see who might be able to provide information. 5. Adjourn Amanda Holland moved to adjourn the meeting and the meeting was adjourned at 6:45.