MARCH 2012 News Briefs Brief items from the past month related to public art in Florida

from the Florida Association of Public Art Professionals (FAPAP)

NATIONALPublic Art Network Award NominationsDeadline: March 16Presented each year in conjunction with the PAN Preconference the Public Art Network Award is given annually in recognition and honor of innovative and creative contributions and/or exemplary commitment and leadership in the field of public art. It can be given to either an individual or an organization (private or public entity). The PAN Award is not a project award – the 2012 Year in Review Call for Projects will be distributed next week!

Public Art Network Preconference, June 7-8, in San AntonioThe program schedule is now online. Last year's PAN Preconference was our largest yet and 2012 is sure to bring even more arts professionals, innovative ideas and cogent conversations! Coupled with San Antonio’s vibrant history and culture the Preconference will be located at Pearl - a LEED, adaptive re-use project. New this year, we are introducing PAN Preconference exhibiting. Highlight your services and/or products by exhibiting in the main session room at Pearl. For more information check out our exhibiting opportunities!

Art in the Airport Workshop, June 24-26, Albany, NY. Info:http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=v7zszkcab&v=001y4Ou-PBFbAY2W48kGCV23CTk3XAweKRm-sDwXr2lmdfS2yynh0WXVtlCBwpbkD7-dZlfiEHwE70zdLdEi9Qc81RU0bhK27cJFO0sCH2T-n3415vZakHYHQ%3D%3D

FLORIDA1. MAY 3 - 5, Annual FAPAP schedule now on the web site www.floridapublicart.org2. Florida Public Art YEAR IN REVIEW will use CaFE for submissions (the same system for the national PAN Year

in Review) and will feature special recognition of outstanding public art in Florida from the past year juried by Helen Lessick and Jay Williams. Projects completed during calendar year 2011 are eligible to submit. All projects submitted as well as those receiving special recognition will be presented at the FAPAP Conference in Fort Myers. Submission information will be available soon.

3. GET YOUR HOTEL ROOMS NOW for Conference in Fort Myers. The special rates for this boutique are not guaranteed after March 15.http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path=rates&checkInDate=03&checkInMonthYear=042012&checkOutDate=05&checkOutMonthYear=042012&brandCode=in&hotelCode=fmymb&GPC=FAP&_IATAno=99801505

4. NEED FIANCIAL HELP? Scholarships are available for up to $500 to attend the FAPAP Conference in May.

Applications are due March 16. 2012 FAPAP Scholarship & Travel Subsidy Application

BRADENTONThe Public Art Debut and Dedication of Chrysalis Launcher at 9th St W and 12th Ave W (Manatee Apparel Graphics N of McKechnie Field) was held March 2.

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BROWARDPort Everglades Cruise Ship Terminal Renovation Projects Three South Florida artists have been selected to design, fabricate

and install functionally-integrated artworks for three cruise ship terminals that are under renovation at Port Everglades.

Carlos Alvarez, from Miami, will design the ceramic and steel artwork that will line the highly-visible walls of the elevator core for Terminal 26; Mark Fuller from West Pam Beach will create a mobile of suspended fish sculptures that visually move in the desired direction of the passenger traffic flow within Terminal 19; and Xavier Cortada, also from Miami, will design monumental scale starfish to be suspended from grids attached to the ceiling in Terminal 2’s main waiting room.

Cortada is also creating a glass and ceramic mural with a pelican sculpture that will engage embarking passengers.

These terminals (T-2, T-19 and T-26) will serve embarking cruise ship passengers; and it is intended that these art projects will have a functional aspect such as wayfinding within the terminal, and help to promote tourism by improving the cruise passenger experience.

DELRAY BEACH1) The City of Delray Beach has proposed raiding the public art fund (currently at $123,000) in order to help

close a $3.2 million reduction in revenue resulting from the deletion of a planned Fire Service Fee. The Planning and Zoning Board, to which such an amendment is submitted for a recommendation, refused to approve the recommendation. The amendment, however, had its first reading on March 6. It will have a public hearing on March 20.

2) Since February 2011, through an inter-local agreement between the City of Delray Beach and Palm Beach the County, Elayna Toby Singer, the County’s Public Art Administrator, has been providing public art

administration services to the City of Delray Beach. Since September 2011 Elayna has facilitated an “Internal Master Planning” effort for Delray which involved strategic conversations with stakeholders to address public art priorities outlined in the City and CRA’s master, strategic and cultural plans as well as in the City’s public art ordinance. As part of this process, each stakeholder group was presented an overview of national public art best practices, sample projects and the public art project process - from scope development to long-term maintenance. Later this month Ms. Singer will present the planning process’ Final Report, including key findings and

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recommendations, to the City’s Public Art Advisory Board. In April Ms. Singer will present the Report to City of Delray Beach Commissioners.

3) An Eagle Scout Monument (left) was donated to the city and sited with a base paid for from the Public Art Fund over the objections of the Public Art Advisory Board as to both the site and the need for a granite base as a part of a piece of public art.

FORT MYERSThere is a new Public Art map for the city.

FORT PIERCE1. The City is planning to install a highwayman trail with information Kiosks.

2. After a year long extension the Wow3 outdoor sculpture show is closing April 15. Plans are underway for a wow4 exhibit in 2013-14.

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GAINESVILLECarl Reed from Colorado College came and recreated a sculpture that was damaged by the Reitz Union on campus. The work was originally made out of wood, but the climate (and termites) did a number on it over the past 15 years. He created the new work, called "Union Arch," out of concrete. He moved granite blocks that were part of the original sculpture to the new site. They function as seating for the students.

JUPITERArtists Daryl McCann, Lucy Keshavarz and Jesse Etelson will showcase their recent work, presented by EcoArt South Florida and the US Green Building Council at Jupiter’s annual Artigras festival of the arts. Their public EcoArt featured a "living wall," art-as-stormwater treatment, and sculptural habitats for small animals, birds and bees designed for natural areas in restoration.

MIAMITo solve ADA issues that were delaying the repair of “Dropped Bowl” by Oldenburg and Van Bruggen “bumps” were placed around the perimeter of the sculpture.

The following new projects have been opened in the past month:1. Carlos Alves and JC Carroll, Verde Garden2. Robert Chambers, Orbitals I and II and Light Field, South Dade Performing Arts Center

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Maggie Taylor

3. Christopher Janney, Harmonic Convergence, Miami International Airport. A video about street murals in the Wynwood industrial district of Miami: http://player.vimeo.com/video/32424117

ORLANDOThe Orlando International Airport is currently in the process of having its art collection appraised.

TALLAHASSEEOrlando artist Martha Lent recently completed and installed seven large, wall mounted sculptures for the brand new Pediatric Emergency Room at the Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, FL. These were inspired by Martha’s recent paintings of “Florida’s Flora and Fauna” http://marthalentdesign.wordpress.com/flora-and-fauna, capturing the native plants and animals which live throughout north Florida.

CALLS FOR ARTISTS

BOCA RATONBig Art: Miniature Golf ExhibitionDeadline: February 29, 2012Big Art: Miniature Golf will be an interactive exhibition, a miniature golf course located in the main gallery of the Boca Raton Museum of Art which equals 5,000 square feet. The course will be open to the public from July 18 - October 7, 2012. Individual designers or teams of designers are asked to submit proposals for the design of an individual hole. Eligibility: any artist, including: architects, engineers, landscape architects, furniture designers, etc. Each selected proposal can also request a stipend for materials, construction, and shipping. Individuals or teams may submit more than one entry but each entry requires a separate registration and submission. TheMuseum is utilizing CaFÉ, www.callforentry.org for applications

CITY OF TAMPA FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION I-4 – Selmon Expressway Connector ProjectBudget: $5,000Deadline: April 13, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.seeking to commission an artist to create an artwork suitable for transferring into a banner/mural in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation, District 7 Office. For more info

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WINTER PARKSculpture exhibition, Art on the Green 2,Budget: $1,000 installation fee. Plus one $500 People’s Choice Award.Deadline: April 2-Exhibition of 8 sculptures in Downtown Winter Park September 2012 – April 2013 Olga Viso, Rollins College graduate and executive director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, one of the most important contemporary art museums in the United States, will serve as guest curator for Art on the Green 2012. Artists nationwide who have participated in at least three previous juried shows are encouraged to submit entries for the competitive selection processApplication deadline in April. Information at 407-599-3498 or www.cityofwinterpark.org (Art on the Green button).

PLEASE LET US KNOWLet us know about any public art related news from your area – new art work, loss of art work, press or legislation affecting the arts, new personnel, etc. Send news of the month to Terry.Olson@ocfl.net by the 1st of the following month. www.FloridaPublicArt.org

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