TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Mark Leyman, Director of Parks and Recreation
Martin Betz, Cultural Arts Manager
SUBJECT:Title
City Hall Lobby Public Art Project Request for Qualifications (Parks and Recreation Director Leyman).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the City Hall Lobby Public Art Project Request for Qualifications.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
If approved, the project will be supported through the Public Arts Trust Fund with $250,000 allocated to produce the artwork, $50,000 allocated as a contingency fund, and $16,000 allocated for stipends to the finalists (4 X $4,000). An additional $1,500 will be allocated and awarded if the chosen artist also proposes and incorporates an educational component to their project. The total cost of the project is $317,500.
The current Public Arts Trust Fund allocated balance is $295,000. The unallocated balance as of October 4, 2018 is $1,134,597.
BACKGROUND:
In 1975, Manhattan Beach's Sister City, Culiacan in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico presented to the City, a mural by artist Miguel Angel Vasquez as part of the dedication of the new City Hall. The artwork titled The Men of the World Join Together to Create the New Man, installed in the City Hall lobby, is made up of lacquers and epoxy on 16 plywood panels. In 2003, the mural was covered with a temporary wall and drape system due to public complaints regarding the imagery.
On September 19, 2017, City Council directed staff to follow procedures defined in the Cultural Arts Master Plan and requested the Cultural Arts Commission establish an Ad-Hoc Arts in Public Places Committee (ACCP). The ACCP was charged with developing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ), reviewing proposals and selecting top candidates to present to the Cultural Arts Commission. Thereafter the AACP's final revie...
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