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Home My WebLink About2023-03-15 PAC Meeting Agenda Packet PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Russell Pritchard Gary Armstrong Barrett Newkirk Matthew Lesniak Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, this meeting may be conducted by teleconference. There will be in- person public access to the meeting location. To join meeting via teleconference, please use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81194643652?pwd=SHIxMjloK3UyNmpINDdsRkxJaXJtUT09 Meeting ID: 811 9464 3652 Passcode: 006733 Dial by your location: 669 900 6833 US (San Jose); 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma); 346 248 7799 US (Houston); 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC); 312 626 6799 US (Chicago); 929 436 2866 US (New York) Public comment may also be submitted to jay.virata@palmspringsca.gov. Transmittal prior to the meeting is required. Any correspondence received during or after the meeting will be distributed to the Commission and retained for the official record. A. CALL TO ORDER: B. ROLL CALL: C. PRESENTATIONS: 1. DesertX Billboard Project / Tyre Nichols Photography (Jenny Gil/Mara Gladstone) D. ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA: E. PUBLIC COMMENTS: This time has been set aside for members of the public to address the Public Arts Commission on items of general interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission, and agenda items if the member of the public cannot be present later in the meeting at the time the item is heard by the Commission. Additionally, members of the public may address the Commission on each item listed on the posted agenda at the time each item is heard. Although the Public Arts Commission values your comments, pursuant to the Brown Act, Wednesday March 15, 2023 5:30 PM Palm Springs City Hall 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Large Conference Room Public Arts Commission Meeting Agenda – March 15, 2023 Page 2 it generally cannot take any action on items not listed on the posted agenda. Three (3) minutes are assigned for each speaker. F. REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR: 1. Budget Update / Report G. REMARKS FROM THE VICE CHAIR: H. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/APPROVAL: 1. Discuss and approve a budget of $25,000 to sponsor the DesertX/ Tyre Nichols Billboard Photo project on the Gene Autry billboards. (Chair Pritchard) 2. Discuss and approved a budget of $40,500 for a one-year installation, from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, of the artwork “The Only Other Thing is Nothing” by artist MIDABI (AKA Michael Birnberg) to be installed in the “Art Park” part of the Downtown Park (City Owned Property), at Museum Drive and Museum Way. (Chair Pritchard) 3. Discuss and approved a budget of $9,000 for the purchase of the art installation “Taming of the Horses” (six horse sculptures) by artist Christopher Myers currently installed on the Tahquitz Canyon Way median art pads. (Vice Chair Armstrong) I. PROJECT UPDATES: 1. Utility Box Artwork update 2. Juneteenth Project 3. Advocacy Tablets (Commissioner Newkirk) 4. OnePS Picnic (Commissioners Newkirk and Lesniak) J. REPORT FROM DIRECTOR/STAFF: ADJOURNMENT: The Public Arts Commission will adjourn to a April 12, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. in the Large Conference Room of Palm Springs City Hall located at 3200 E. Tahqutiz Canyon Way. It is the intention of the City of Palm Springs to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, or in meetings on a regular basis, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, the City will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact the Office of the City Clerk, (760) 323-8204, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible. Pursuant to G.C. Section 54957.5(b)(2) the designated office for inspection of records in connection with the meeting is the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way (760) 323-8204. AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING I, JAY VIRATA, Community & Economic Development Director for the City of Palm Springs, California, certify this Agenda was posted at or before 4:00 p.m. on March 9, 2023, as required by established policies and procedures. /s/ Jay Virata ______________________________ Jay Virata, Director Public Arts Commission Meeting Agenda – March 15, 2023 Page 3 (GS-33015) Please contact your sales office regarding licensing. City of Palm Springs, CA YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET REPORT Report generated: 03/02/2023 12:27 User: JayV Program ID: glytdbud Page 1 FOR 2022 10 ACCOUNTS FOR: ORIGINAL TRANFRS/ REVISED AVAILABLE PCT 150 Public Arts Fund APPROP ADJSTMTS BUDGET YTD EXPENDED ENCUMBRANCES BUDGET USED 1502550 PAF Public Arts 1502550 40105 Contractual Servi 60,000 35,605 95,605 11,200.00 2,500.00 81,905.00 14.3% 1502550 50035 Materials and Sup 5,000 0 5,000 2,099.03 .00 2,900.97 42.0% 1502550 50055 Insurance 3,695 0 3,695 2,876.65 .00 818.35 77.9% 1502550 50105 Repairs and Maint 30,000 43,458 73,458 18,362.50 .00 55,095.65 25.0% 1502550 50108 PS Art Museum Spe 50,000 0 50,000 .00 .00 50,000.00 .0% 1502550 50130 Administrative Se 16,605 0 16,605 12,453.75 .00 4,151.25 75.0% 1502550 60015 Other Equipment 0 35,093 35,093 .00 .00 35,092.94 .0% 1502550 60030 Public Art - Acqu 217,600 70,565 288,165 21,800.00 .00 266,365.31 7.6% TOTAL PAF Public Arts 382,900 184,721 567,621 68,791.93 2,500.00 496,329.47 12.6% TOTAL Public Arts Fund 382,900 184,721 567,621 68,791.93 2,500.00 496,329.47 12.6% TOTAL EXPENSES 382,900 184,721 567,621 68,791.93 2,500.00 496,329.47 City of Palm Springs, CA YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET REPORT Report generated: 03/02/2023 12:27 User: JayV Program ID: glytdbud Page 2 FOR 2022 10 ORIGINAL TRANFRS/ REVISED AVAILABLE PCT APPROP ADJSTMTS BUDGET YTD EXPENDED ENCUMBRANCES BUDGET USED GRAND TOTAL 382,900 184,721 567,621 68,791.93 2,500.00 496,329.47 12.6% ** END OF REPORT - Generated by Jay Virata ** Born and raised in Sacramento California, Tyre Nichols ’ photographs of landscapes, sunsets, monuments and the architectural vernaculars of his adopted town of Memphis Tennessee are the unassuming documents of a young man whose eye was drawn to the moments of beauty and evanescence that shape the rituals of daily life. “My vision is to bring my viewers deep into what I am seeing through my eye and out through my lens,” he writes. “People have a story to tell why not capture it instead of doing the “norm” and writing it down or speaking it. I hope to one day let people see what I see and to hopefully admire my work based on the quality and ideals of my work.” This work, now celebrated as part of Desert X, represents not just a vision that was brutally denied the opportunity to develop but the potential of all those young black men and women whose lives have been lost to state sanctioned violence. Sited on billboards along Gene Autry Trail, Nichols’ work is also a reminder that so many of these needless deaths take place at the side of the road. Here the silent beauty of these levitated images stands in stark contrast with the terror experienced by Nichols and so many others on the shoulder below. But as with the vision itself the message is one of hope: hope that with the passing of Senate Bill 50 California could lead the way in traffic stop reform; hope that we can create a society in which fragile and beautiful talents of young men and women such as Nichols can flourish and grow. To support please go to: https://www.gofundme.com/f/tyre-nichols Bio – to be written: Large-scale Public Sculptural Text 10 feet tall  20 feet long  Two 5/8” steel plates & acrylic, silver-iridescent paint  8,000 lbs  Freestanding/anchor-less  Engineered to 100 mph MIDABI, a label taken from the ﬁrst two letters of each name, Michael Daniel Birnberg, was born at home, in the second ﬂoor corner apartment, at 120 Thompson Street, in SoHo, NYC. Growing up in a family of art, meditation, and philosophy had a profound effect on forming the art and ideas he shares today. Beginning with small sculptures at music festivals, MIDABI has grown to exhibit in major locations like Palm Springs CA, New York City, and Burning Man. About the Artist Early in my life I established a deep commitment to divergent acts in hopes of attaining uncommon insight into the nature of reality. I utilize the power of text and compose my ﬁndings into an artistic practice as a means of sharing information; philosophical public intervention. The works are monolithic, monumental sculptures and murals that utilize scale and bold design. They agitate ideas and emotions within an observer, germinating and radicalizing into an actionable change in that life and the ethos of a community. Artist Statement MIDABI has created works in NYC, Miami, and sites in Southern California, as a means of public sociocultural intervention. His work brings novel concepts and thought provoking opportunities to the public forum. Deepak Chopra was so moved by the piece in Union Square Park, he posted it to his 2.7mil IG followers. MIDABI & Deepak spoke on a panel together at Basel 2021 about this piece and the importance of creativity. MIDABI & Deepak are currently collaborating in the metaverse. What is, is what is; the only other thing is nothing. As you take steps to expand your awareness, I want to dissuade you from using language and perspective that conforms to the hierarchical paradigm. You are not on a journey to go from somewhere lesser to somewhere greater. Reality exists on a horizontal plane, not a vertical one. All parts of creation are equally valid and relevant. The information that you seek is not on some fantastical plane existing in some OTHER place. You’re not reaching outward, through an empty space, you are pressing inward, within denser space. There is no other anything to know. There is only becoming more familiar and intimate with what is. There is no “other” thing. Nature does not know a lie. Nature knows no such thing as illusion. Nature (meaning all of creation) knows only itself as itself. Nature only is as it is; fully represented as itself at all time; incapable of being any other way. Lie and illusion in nature are literally impossible. Lies and illusions occur only in our minds. A misidentiﬁcation of what is.  Sometimes based on desire.  Sometimes fear.  Always only seen as a part, and never as whole.  To see things as they are is to see the totality of a thing’s existence. The revelatory connection between a thing’s truth and the illusion existing in your personal viewpoint is revealed when your eye is in alignment with nature. Thus humanity seeks revelation from illusion within “other” places, distant lands, magical states of being. Your current being is fully magical. You once knew this clearly, then became habituated to it. The magical became mundane, and wholeness of nature was divided between near and distant parts, desirable and undesirable states. And so the search for the wholeness of nature began and illusion was born. There is no other place.  No absence of truth.  There is only a more intimate and unﬁltered relationship with what is. Meaning of the work Budget Material Prep (restoration) 2000 Insurance 1500 Reengineering 1500 Transportation 5500 Installation 2500 Removal 2500 1yr Lease (artist fee) 25000 —————————————————————————— Total 40500 Michael Daniel Birnberg — 917-727-2713 — Eastern Lion LLC 18 Stuyvesant Oval Suite - 6A New York, NY 10009 - -www.midabi.art @midabi