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Cultural Development Board Meeting of January 15, 2019.
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PERSONAL APPEARANCE:
a. PETER IGLESIAS, CITY MANAGER
Ms. Spain welcomed City Manager Peter Iglesias and gave an overview of the role of the Cultural Development Board (CDB), including their review and scoring of the Cultural Grants. She stated that the Board is also in charge of donation recommendations, specifically art, which felt it was important to have a professional Board of arts professionals to advise and make recommendations when necessary causing the creation of the Arts Advisory Panel (AAP). Ms. Spain clarified that the AAP recommends to the CDB, which makes recommendations to the City Commission.
NEW BUSINESS:
a. DAVID HAYES - ARTWORK ACQUISITION
The Board was provided with a proposal through Mayor Valdes-Fauli to permanently acquire the David Hayes sculpture Quadraped #2 currently on temporary loan and installed in the City Hall courtyard. They were informed of the purchase price of $25,000 and that Art Acquisition funds could be used for this purpose. After a brief discussion the following motion was made:
Dr. Mayorga made a motion to recommend acquisition of the David Hayes sculpture Quadraped #2. Mr. Pantin seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.*
*This item was approved at the City Commission meeting of January 22, 2019.
b. HANK WILLIS THOMAS - ARTWORK ACQUISITION
Staff reported that the studio of Hank Willis Thomas approached the City with a proposal to purchase the twenty-two (22) Speech Bubble artwork signs from the “The truth is I welcome you” for two hundred thousand dollars ($200.000). The Board discussed the positive public response to the work and asked that more be done to engage the public with the pieces, including the artwork benches. Staff talked about the structure of the artwork, stating that it’s likely the signs could withstand extreme weather; however, it would be advisable to remove and re-install them when necessary. The Board discussed the estab...
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