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DATE: October 17, 2001
TO: City Council
FROM: Arts Administrator via Director of Economic Development
AGREEMENT: TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AT THE PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT OF JAY WOLF SCHLOSSBERG-COHEN MURALS ENTITLED"JOSHUA TREE
NO. 1"AND "JOSHUA TREE NO. 2".
RECOMMENDATION:
That City Council approve the Agreement between the City and Jay Wolf
Schlossberg-Cohen, for loan of two murals by artist Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen to
be installed in the easternmost end of the new terminal in the Palm Springs
International Airport, for a period of five years beginning in October of 2001.
BACKGROUND:
Artist,Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen is loaning two 4-1/2-foot-high by 13-1/2-foot-wide
acrylic collage murals to the City. The Mural Project, created specifically for the City
of Palm Springs,is a collaborative effort between Joshua Tree National Park and the
City of Palm Springs promoting the arts and the natural beauty of the Coachella
Valley and surrounding desert. The murals show Palm Springs' relationship as a
"Gateway"to California's Deserts and Public Lands. The murals will be displayed on
the northeast and southeast facing walls of the passenger boarding and de-planing
area in the easternmost end of the new airport terminal.
The mural project has been approved by the Airport Commission and the Arts
Commission. The only cost for the project is crating and shipping to be paid from the
the Public Arts Fund account #150-4408-50015 in an amount not to exceed
$2,500.00. The Agreement presented here for approval covers requirements for
shipping, installation, maintenance and insurance and an option to purchase the
murals, should the City so desire, for$40,000. No General Fund money will be used
for this project.
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1) Proposed Minute Order
2) Depiction of Site
REVIEWED BY DEPT.OF FINANCE
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MINUTE ORDER
APPROVING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY AND JAY WOLF SCHLOSSBERG-COHEN, IN
A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY, FOR LOAN OF TWO MURALS
ENTITLED "JOSHUA TREE NO. 1" AND "JOSHUA
TREE NO. 2" BY ARTIST JAY WOLF
SCHLOSSBERG-COHEN TO BE INSTALLED IN
THE EASTERNMOST END OF THE NEW TERMINAL
IN THE PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT, FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS
BEGINNING IN OCTOBER OF 2001.
1 HEREBY CERTIFY that the Minute Order approving the Agreement between the City and
Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen, in a form acceptable to the City attorney, for loan of two
murals entitled Joshua Tree No. 1"and"Joshua Tree No. 2" by artist Jay Wolf Schlossberg-
Cohen to be installed in the easternmost end of the new terminal in the Palm Springs
International Airport, for a period of five years beginning in October of 2001, was adopted
by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the
17th day of October, 2001.
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