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2021-2022 Council Study Session Commission Update
June 21, 2022 presented and submitted
Tracy Merrigan, Chair
Russell Pritchard, Vice Chair
Commissioners
Gary Armstrong
Shawnda Thomas Faveau
Matthew Lesniak
Barrett Newkirk
Jay Virata, Director, Community and Economic Development
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2021-2022 Four Goals & Priorities
October 2021 we finalized our Council requested Priority
Matrix with four priorities
1.Update Public Art Ordinance
2.Evaluate & Update Public Arts Maintenance,
Survey Collection
3.Relaunch “Art is Everywhere” Public Arts
Neighborhood Grant Program
4.Create an art installation on public property
that supports & promotes social issues through
public art
We also committed to reorganize our workflow to adhere to council
direction & increase communication with other commissions.
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2021-2022 Four Goals & Priorities
✓Update Public Art Ordinance
•November 2021, commission approved
✓Evaluate & Update Public Arts Maintenance, Survey
Collection
•January 2022, commission approved three-year
maintenance plan & submitted updated Public Art
Inventory to city staff
✓Relaunch “Art is Everywhere” Public Arts Grant Program
•February 2022, commission approved, council approved
•March 2022, commission relaunched community outreach
at the PS One Picnic
✓Create an art installation on public property that supports
& promotes social issues through Public Art
•March 2022, commission approved PS Culturally Strong
mural project
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2021-2022 Additional Accomplishments
✓Approval of AIDS Memorial by Philip K. Smith
•June 2021 approval, June 2022 installation approval
✓Commission & Installation of Public Art
•July 2021 approval of “TOT” by Richard Becker,
December 2021 installation
•May 2022 approval of purchase of “Fossils of the Future”
by E Tyler Burton
✓Temporary Art
•June 2021, commission approved loan of “The Art of
Taming Horses” by Christopher Myers & “The Wishing
Well” by Serge Attukwei
•November 2021, commission approved extending loan of
“Popsicles” by John Cerney
•April 2022, commission approved extending loan of
“Suspended in Time” by Gonzalo Lebrija
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Courtesy the artist and DAP
Photography by Lance Gerber. Courtesy the artist and Desert X.Photography by Lance Gerber. Courtesy the artist and Desert X.
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2021-2022 Additional Accomplishments
✓Temporary Art continued
•June 2021 “Stop in the Name of Love” utility box
program initiated
•Continued maintenance of Public Art Bench Project
✓Juneteenth Celebration at JOJ
•June 2021, public outreach & artist demonstration
✓Submission to Measure J Community Projects
•December 2021, Rainmaker sculpture restoration
✓Palm Springs Art Museum, Airport & Conv. Center Loans
•May 2022, commission approved renewal of art loans
•Commission Ongoing Conversations
•Relocation of John Clement sculptures, Renewal of Richard
Wyatt mural, Filipino American Mural Project, Eco Art
Walk, Asphalt Art & Lawrence Crossley
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2022-2023 Six Priorities in Consideration
1.Commence initiatives with other Commissions
2.Asphalt Art
•Help the city improve traffic safety with dynamic public art
Butterfly mural in Asheville, NC, by Sound Mind Creative. Photo by Justin Mitchell.
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2022-2023 Six Priorities in Consideration
3.Eco Art Walk Planning
•Along Tahquitz Creek from S Indian Canyon to Sunrise
“Anna” by Vladimir Prodonovich
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2022-2023 Six Priorities in Consideration
4.Social Voices
•Permanent public art installations in a central location
supporting and promoting social issues through art
5.Promote PS Public Art Collection
•City marketing resources
•Social media
•Community outreach
6.Continue ongoing commission work
We thank the city for its continued dedication to the value of public art
in Palm Springs. Presented by Tracy Merrigan & Gary Armstrong 6/22