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Meeting Time: Monday, March 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM
Meeting Place: Town of LAH Kitchen
26379 Fremont Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
1.Call to Order occurred at 7 pm
Committee Members Present: Roger Burnell, Stacey Newman, Gail Solomon and
Robyn Aber
Committee Members Absent: Farah Tabatabai, Oana Olteanu, Julie Arnheim
Associate Member present: Kjell Karlsson
Guests in Attendance: Jordan Fong, Foothill College Instructor, Fine Design/Art,
Fine Arts & Communications
Tribute to Retired PAC Member Karen Druker occurred on March 7, 2017 at the
Town Council meeting. Robyn researched and Roger purchased an engraved
vase to present to Karen. Karen was surprised and pleased; she thanked the
Committee. Roger commented that the Council seemed genuinely stunned and
awed that a Committee would recognize and publicly display their appreciation
towards a former Committee member. Apparently this was unheard of.
2.Minutes of the Regular Meeting from February 13, 2017 were approved.
Stacey moved for the February minutes to be approved; Robyn seconded it.
Unanimous approval. Motioned passed.
Minutes of the Regular Meeting from January 9, 2017 remain unavailable.
January Minutes to be distributed for approval at the April PAC meeting.
3.Presentations from the Floor (Public Visitors)
Gail invited Foothill College Instructor Jordan Fong to attend the PAC meeting and
introduced him. Jordan has agreed to advise/help PAC identify artists/art for
acquisition.
4. Reports from any Members Travelling or Unable to Attend- None.
5. Prior & Standing Business: Artwork Administration.
A.Roger presented a Review of Prior Acquisition: Sculpture: “Blue”
•The Committee has dropped all legal intentions against Alan Osbourne, the
fabricator. The donor’s brother may follow up with him on his own.
LAH Public Art Committee
Regular Meeting Minutes
•Scott Atthowe is now finishing the piece for us. The donor is paying for this
work. Scott Atthowe is making adjustments to fit the existing base, paint
and install the piece. It is anticipated that the sculpture might protrude
slightly from the pre-poured cement base. If so, PAC has a plantings
design to accommodate.
• Final Parklet Design, Titling & Dedication Plaque reviewed.
Roger has ordered a second “”Award-winning”)bench for the parklet and it
should arrive in time for the planned “Ribbon Cutting”.The donor is paying
for this bench. The first bench was previously donated by Roger.
“Ribbon-Cutting” will likely be May 25th. The previously targeted April 6th
date needed to be pushed back to accommodate the donor family ‘s
attendance, and travelling committee members.
Schedule: Reception 5:00-5:30 pm, Ceremony/unveiling/acknowledgments
5:30-6:00 pm.
Robyn crafted a press release, met with members of the Marketing Sub-
Committee (Gail, Oana, Robyn) to get their inputs, and presented a revised
draft of it to the PAC. The press release discusses the artist, her sculpture,
the donors and the Town’s public art program. The press release needs
fine-tuning but will be ready by mid-April.
Action Item: Roger will check the drafted press release for accuracy and
replace the “placeholder” quotes with actuals from the Donor and the
Mayor.
Action Item: Oana will set up a gmail account for people to use to contact
the Committee should they want/need to. PAC plans to include the email
address in the press release. Stacey motioned for a gmail account to be
opened until such time that there is a Town account that we can move it to
(Kjell mentioned that the Town is looking to establish government
accounts). Gail seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
B.Review of Committee Master Program & Document (s)
“Just Kid Play”- signage and the engineering required to mount the piece
was discussed. Mods will be made by RB and submitted.
“Peaceful Thoughts”- Roger asked the artist Michael Gustavson for
examples/recommendations of signage used by other collectors. The artist
did not provide any ideas other than to say that he doesn’t like any signage
attached to his art nor signage that might block the viewing of his art. All
on the Committee are encouraged to ideate regarding signage for this
piece. Imaginative non-standard designs are welcomed.
“Inspiration Bench”- signage is needed here too. Should be of similar ilk
to the “Peaceful Thoughts.”
C.Review/Discussion of Sourcing, Donorship, Form of Contributions,
Mechanics
Roger informed the Committee that there is a generous donor who
particularly likes “Runners” by Richard Starks. Roger brought samples of
the work to the committee meeting and suggested ways in which we might
have “Runners” modified from their current design. He proposed, as an
example, using reflecting ovals on the sculptures’ corrosion-resistant Cor-
ten steel “faces” as one possible, creative choice. More to be discussed at
PAC’s next meeting.
Two ’big picture’ issues came up during our discussion of “Runners”:
1)Several PAC members (Gail, Robyn) indicated a preference to diversify
the artists whose works we’re acquiring rather than purchase multiple
pieces from the same artist. This would be relevant to “Runners,” since
we have committed to purchase “Just Kid Play” from Richard Starks
already.
2)Q: How much say does a donor of funds have on how the PAC uses
these funds? Do we need approval of a donor of funds to acquire a
piece of art or is that at the Committee’s discretion?
Roger discussed his difficulty in getting the Town to release funds to use for
deposits on the PAC-selected and Town-approved art. Deposits are
needed/required by the galleries of Richard Starks and Michael Gustavson
to secure the pieces. Roger will work with the Town to move things along.
D.Further Review of the Site Selection Program is ongoing.
6. Prior and Pending Business
A Committee member is needed to give an update on “Blue” and the ‘Parklet’ as
well as present the art pieces/locations/signage of the three previously approved
pieces of art at the April 20th Town Council meeting. Roger is unavailable (in Spain)
to attend the meeting. Any volunteers? If not, Roger will propose alternative
approachs.
7. New Business:
Frederick Prescott Studio Kinetic Sculptures were discussed. Committee
members had been asked to look at the catalogue and decide if they like the art or
not and rank order the pieces they like most. In order of preferences, Robyn likes
the rooster, colt and coyote. Roger likes the flamingo and horse. Farah likes the
giraffe, calf and bull. Stacey likes the dragon, giraffe and flamingo if PAC goes in a
nonsensical manner. Stacey prefers the horse, coyote and heron should PAC go in
a more serious Town focused direction. Gail and Julie do not favor FPS art for the
Town.
Action item: Robyn will print the most popular pieces, in color, for PAC to discuss
at the April meeting.
General Interest Item: “Harmony Frame”, the picture frame presented by Scott
Vanderlip to PAC at February’s Committee meeting, has been installed, and it has
been well-received by the LAH community.
Action Item: Committee members are to look at the LAH PAC charter and give
feedback/input/thoughts regarding the charter to Roger via email for consolidation.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 pm.
The Next Meeting of the Public Art Committee is Monday, April 11th, 2017.
Minutes submitted by Stacey Newman.
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