09-21-2017 (Public Arts Advisory) Agenda Packet Public Arts Advisory Board
CITY F WYLIE NOTICE OF MEETING
Regular Meeting Agenda
Public Arts Advisory Board
Wylie Arts Festival Sub-Committee Meeting
September 21, 2017 — 6:00 p.m.
Wylie Municipal Complex
City Council Chambers/Conference Room
300 Country Club Road, Bldg. 100
Wylie, Texas 75098
Lynn Grimes Chairman
Lisa Green Vice Chairman
Michael Schwerin Board Member
Minerva Bediako Board Member
Nancy Peirce Board Member
Brooke Lopez Board Member
Anita Jones Board Member
Carole Ehrlich Board Liaison
Carole Ehrlich Secretary
In accordance with Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code, this agenda has been posted at the Wylie Municipal
Complex, distributed to the appropriate news media, and posted on the City website: www.wylietexas.gov within the
required time frame. As a courtesy, the entire Agenda Packet has also been posted on the City of Wylie website:
www.wylietexas.gov.
The Chairman and Board request that all cell phones and pagers be turned off or set to vibrate. Members of the audience
are requested to step outside the Council Chambers to respond to a page or to conduct a phone conversation.
The Wylie Municipal Complex is wheelchair accessible. Sign interpretation or other special assistance for disabled
attendees must be requested 48 hours in advance by contacting the City Secretary's Office at 972.516-6023 or TD
972.516.6026.
CALL TO ORDER
• Welcome new board member, Minerva Bediako.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
• Update regarding the 2016 Thoroughfare Public Art Projects. (C. Ehrlich,
PAAB Liaison)
Executive Summary
Staff will provide an update on the progress of artists Michael Szabo and John Davis and the fabrication
designs of the three sites.
Artist Michael Szabo will be installing "Entwine" on September 27, 2017. We invite anyone wishing to
view the installation to come by Site #1 at the Municipal Complex on the 27th.
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Prairie Crossing will be installed on or before the end of November 2017.
John Davis is revising his base plan to submit to the City and has completed over half of the sculpture
"Lift Off'. Installation should be later this year.
• Discussion regarding LED items left from the Bluegrass on Ballard, July 1,
2017.
Executive Summary
Staff has been able to give the Parks and Recreation Department the items left from the Bluegrass.
They have paid $375.00 for the products remaining and will sell them at their Glow in the Park during
the Boo on Ballard event.
• Update regarding the mosaic art wall at Fire Station #3.
Executive Summary
Staff has completed the repainting of the wall holding the "100 Years, A Visual History WFR" mosaic.
Members can drop by the art site to see the improved wall. It is now a darker color to hinder the runoff
damage from showing.
• Update regarding the addition of an art piece of T. F. and Hattie
Birmingham located at the Brown House.
Executive Summary
Staff has added the bronze sculpture of T. F. and Hattie Birmingham to the City of Wylie art collection.
This sculpture was created from a photo of the couple on their 50th wedding anniversary. It was
fabricated by artist Jack Bryant (deceased) with the assistance of his son and daughter. It was placed
there in honor of their son Ovid Birmingham who opened the Birmingham Trust giving annual
scholarships to WISD students.
Cost of the sculpture was $65,000.
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Consider and act upon approval of the minutes from the August 17, 2017 Public
Arts Advisory Board Regular Meeting. (C. Ehrlich, PAAB staff liaison)
2. Consider and act upon the appointment of the 2017 WAF jury panel.
Executive Summary
Each year the board takes volunteers to serve on the jury panel for the Wylie Arts Festival. This year Nancy
Pierce, Lisa Green and Anita Jones have volunteered to serve. Formal action should be taken to place these
volunteers in their positions
All meetings will be after the regular PAAB meeting or during the work day with 72 hour notice.
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ADJOURNMENT
SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING
WYLIE ARTS FESTIVAL JURY
The Jury Selection Panel for the Wylie Arts Festival will meet immediately
after the PAAB Regular meeting to review and jury the WAF applicants.
This meeting is open to the public and will be held in Council Chambers.
CERTIFICATION
I certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted on this 15h day of September, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. as required by law in
accordance with Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code and that the appropriate news media was contacted. As a
courtesy, this agenda is also posted on the City of Wylie website: www.wylietexas.gov.
Carole Ehrlich,City Secretary Date Notice Removed
Public Arts Advisory Board
CITY OF WYLIE
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Minutes
Regular Meeting
August 17, 2017 — 6:00 p.m.
Wylie Municipal Complex
Council Chambers/Conference Room
300 Country Club Road, Bldg. 100
CALL TO ORDER
The Public Arts Advisory Board meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m. by Chair Lynn Grimes. Board
members present included: Michael Schwerin, Anita Jones, Lisa Green, Brooke Lopez, and Nancy Peirce.
Board members Minerva Bediako was absent.
Staff present included: Carole Ehrlich, board liaison and Craig Kelly, Public Information Officer.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
• Update regarding the 2016 Thoroughfare Public Art Projects. (C. Ehrlich, PAAB
Liaison)
Staff Comments
PAAB Liaison Ehrlich gave a short update on the three projects underway. She explained that she had
been in contact with Michael Szabo who reported a four month delay in the projects. Szabo stated in the
discussion that fabricating was behind and he had hired additional fabricators to try and make up some of
the time. He gave an installation date or November 27, 2017.
The board mentioned their disappointment with the delay and asked if Entwine which Szabo stated was
close to completion could be installed earlier and then Prairie Crossing installed around the November
date. Ehrlich said she would check with him and see if that was possible.
Ehrlich reported that Site #3 with John Davis was still waiting on soil samples so his structural engineer
could revise his base plan. He indicated he was over half way complete with his art fabrication.
Ehrlich estimated it would be mid-December when the art dedications could be scheduled with Site #3
possibly earlier.
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• Overview and discussion regarding Bluegrass on Ballard, July 1, 2017.
Board/Staff Comments
Public information Office Kelly gave a short report on the event. He stated that he believed the new layout
with the music in the park worked very well. He mentioned the delay of getting vendors in due to the rain.
He suggested to the board that next year there be three entrances for check in with a member present and
instructing vendors at each location. He said the sign in would be much more efficient. Board members
agreed with this process.
Board members overall were pleased with the event. The discussion regarding vendor fees was to leave
the fees the same for next year and try and increase the number of vendors/booths. Kelly stated that the
park could easily hold 150 booths.
Liaison Ehrlich reported the event raised $11,719.00 for the Public Art Fund.
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Consider and act upon approval of the minutes from the June 15, 2017 Public Arts
Advisory Board Regular Meeting. (C. Ehrlich, PAAB staff liaison)
Board Action
A motion was made by board member Peirce, seconded by board member Jones to approve the minutes
from the June 15, 2017 Public Arts Advisory Board minutes. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0
with board member Bediako absent.
2. Consider and act upon the appointment of a board chair for a term from August
2017 to July 31, 2018.
Staff Information
Each year the board nominates and appoints a new board chair for the Public Arts Advisory Board. The board is
requested to appoint a new board chair.
Board Action
A motion was made by board member Green, seconded by board member Jones to appoint Lynn Grimes
as the Chair of the Public Arts Advisory Board for one year commencing August 2017 and ending July
2018. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0 with board member Bediako absent.
3. Consider and act upon the appointment of a vice chair for a term from August 2017
to July 31, 2018.
Staff Information
Each year the board nominates and appoints a new board vice chair for the Public Arts Advisory Board. The board is
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requested to appoint a new board vice chair.
Board Action
A motion was made by board member Peirce, seconded by board member Lopez to appoint board
member Green as the Vice Chair of the Public Arts Advisory Board for one year commencing August 2017
and ending July 2018. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0 with board member Bediako absent.
ADJOURNMENT
Board Action
A motion was made by board member Lopez, seconded by board member Schwerin to adjourn the
meeting at 6:35 p.m. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0 with board member Bediako absent.
Lynn Grimes, Chair
Carole Ehrlich, Secretary