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Los Altos Hills Public Art Committee Meeting
November 12, 2018
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Attendees:
Robyn Aber, Member
Nicole Andrews, Co-Chair
David Milgram, Co-Chair and Meeting Recorder
Stacey Newman, Member
Gail Solomon, Associate Member
Absent:
Diane Brauch, Member
Farah Tabatabai, Member
Kjell Karlsson, Assoc Member
Courtenay Corrigan, Council Liaison
Call to Order w/ Quorum: 6:10 pm
October 2018 Draft Meeting Minutes as amended: Moved (N Andrews) and
seconded (R Aber) and approved for submittal.
Presentations from the Floor:
D Milgram described an email contact from K Druker apparently requesting the
purchase of Apple Gift Cards; the Committee identified this as a fraudulent email
scam.
Status of Open Items
●Digital Art/ Online Gallery
The publication in the NextDoor online Newsletter of a call for artist
contributors to the Online Gallery failed to elicit responses. One possible
explanation might be if the scope of the Newsletter item was limited to a
single neighborhood rather than to the whole of LAH.
ACTION ITEM: Request D Brauch to repost the NextDoor invitation more
broadly to the town and also to extend the invitation on Craigslist.
ACTION ITEM: N Andrews has prepared a selection of 12-15 images of
her artwork for consideration to the online Gallery and will contact Mee-
Ching Ng on the procedure for posting.
●Acquisition of Bird Sculptures
The artist, Sally Diggory, has reported that only two birds are available so
far, a nuthatch and a woodpecker. While identical in size and form, they can
be painted with different colors. A group of 5 (3 nuthatches and 2
woodpeckers) can be purchased for $1000. A possible site for an informal
installation and plaque might be at the entrance to the Rhus Ridge Preserve
Trail.
ACTION ITEM: D Milgram to ask Civil Engineer how bird sculptures
could be mounted to trees.
ACTION ITEM: R Aber to contact artist concerning custom plumage
coloring and weather coating.
ACTION ITEM: PAC members to visit Rhus Ridge site (and/or other
potential sites) to suggest possible locations for the bird grouping.
●Potential Art Donation
D Milgram and N Andrews reported on a meeting with C Corrigan regarding
the process to follow in securing TC approval for a donation involving a
naming request.
ACTION ITEM: D Milgram to invite D Padovan to the next PAC meeting
to discuss strategy for gaining TC approval.
●Loaner Art Policy Statement
Action Item: D Milgram to distribute the final corrected version of the
Loaner Art Policy to the PAC.
New Business
●Foothill College Call for Outdoor Sculpture Artists
Discussion was held on a possible program/competition to invite student or
faculty sculptors from Foothill College (and perhaps other local educational
institutions) to compete in producing a work of art for public outdoor display
as part of a showcase installation for a period of time.
ACTION ITEM: N Andrews to contact Jordan Fong of Foothill College to
discuss a possible future program.
Next Regular Meeting: December 10, 2018
Adjourned: 7:51 PM
Submitted by: David Milgram - December 4, 2018