HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary 14LAH Public Art Committee
Minutes 01/14/19
1.Called to order by Chairman Milgram: 6:09 p.m.
In attendance: Robyn Aber, Diane Brauch, Stacey Newman, Nicole Andrews
Absent: Farah Tabatabai – Associate members: Gail Solomon in attendance, Kjell Karlsson absent
2.Minutes of December 2018 meeting approved as corrected.
Moved: Robyn Aber, Second: Nicole Andrews
3.Presentations from floor: none
4.Open Items:
A.Digital Art online Gallery – Mee-Ching posted artist submission criteria on the public art
committee website. Nicki will send her images to Mee-Ching. We will include a link to contact
Nicole at her website. Ultimately there will be a button on the town page to connect directly to
our online gallery. Diane, Robyn, and Nicole have posted various Calls for Artists and had several
responses which have been replied to.
After first artist has been posted we will do an ad in Town Crier. Robyn will do the first one in February.
Robyn wrote an article for the next issue of the LAH town paper. Diane will continue with ads on
NextDoor and Patch.
B. Bird sculpture update: Robyn created an impressive Power Point presentation on the installation of
bird sculptures. Birds are approx. 16-20”, will be mounted on a tree with a spike, will cost $1000
for 5 birds, and the artist, Sally Diggory, will install. Robyn will make the presentation to the
Town Council at the February meeting that proposes acquisition and site placement.
ACTION: Committee members should try to attend council meeting.
C. Art donation/naming - David met with Deborah. For the proposed amount of the donation she
thought it possible to name something for the donor. Town has a policy “Gifts and Donations”
for us to check. David and Nicole will meet with mayor 1/15 about this issue and about the
possibility of a major sculpture in the new town complex.
D. Foothill College sculpture competition – Nicole has had no response from Foothill but will continue to
contact them.
E. Robinson kinetic art – Farah absent, so no presentation
5.New Business – Events Calendar – What events do we want to attend a support a booth?
Earth Day April 14, town picnic June 2, Hoedown Sept 14 – will look into possibility of campout. We will
make improvements to our presentation and will aggrandize this for next meeting.
6. Adjourned: 7:26 p.m. Next meeting February 11, 2019.
Respectfully submitted, Diane Brauch, scribe