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Agenda 08-21-21 City of Boynton Beach Art Advisory Board Workshop Agenda Saturday, August 21, 2021, 10 AM to Noon Hybrid Meeting In Person Boynton Beach Community Rooms City Hall, 100 East Ocean Ave, Boynton Beach, FL 33435 (Entrance on Seacrest Side) Online with Zoom Online: https:Hus06web.zoom.us/j/81837541310 Phone Call-In 929 205 6099 Meeting ID: 818 3754 1310 Passcode: 415622 Masks Required and Social Distancing in City Hall Art Advisory Board Members Courtlandt McQuire, Chair Marcia Levine, Vice Chair Board Members: Kelli Drum, Clovis Moodie, Ace Tilton Ratcliff, Saddam Silverio Alternates: Roland Dubree, Ellen Jones City Staff Glenn Weiss, Public Art Manager, Catherine Cherry-Guberman, Minutes Specialist Doors Open to Public 9:40 AM I. Call to Order 10:00 a. Roll Call b. Agenda Approval or Amendments II. Discussion: 35 Minutes Each Topic (See Attachment 1) TOPIC Start A. Recommended program objectives and the resulting recommended 10:05 artwork themes, types and locations within the city in a priority order. B. Evaluation and recommended proposals for Kinetic Biennial, Ave of the 10:40 Arts and new programs in the FY22 & FY23 for the betterment of the City and grant opportunities. BREAK: Five Minutes 11:15 C. Recommended policy and methods to enhance public art education, 11:20 communication and participation especially by diverse communities, city visitors and artists. III. Additional Public Comments 11:45 IV. Adjournment 12:00 Noon Boynton Beach Art Advisory Board Workshop Agenda, August 21, 2021 Page 1 Masks Required and Social Distancing in City Hall Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Pagel Attachments Number 1: Questions for the Topic Number 2: Ideas for Public Art Project Number 3: Report on Visual Arts, Avenue of the Arts and Kinetic Number 4: Promotion, Education and Diversity Notice The City shall furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary to afford an individual with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in and enjoy the benefits of a service, program or activity conducted by the City. Please contact the City Clerk's Office (561)742-6060 or (TTY) 1-800-955-8771, at least forty eight hours prior to the program or activity in order for the City to reasonably accommodate your request. Additional agenda items may be added subsequent to the publication of the agenda on the City's web site. Information regarding items added to the Agenda after it is published on the City's website can be obtained from the office of the City Clerk. Attachment 1 Introduction, Questions for Each Topic, Sept 9 Meeting A 2-hour discussion that will lead to a set of recommended objectives, collaborations and potential projects for Art in Public Places and the visual arts in Boynton Beach. In each of three discussion areas approved by the City Commission, the workshop will ask: 1. What is your evaluation of the current and recent past activities? What are Pros & Cons? Successes? What is missing? 2. What is your vision of these activities in relationship to the residents, businesses, non-profits, visitors and artists? How do you think these activities serve the City?Who are the activities serving? 3. What particular activities, locations and collaborations do you think should be part of the near future. The discussion should be completely open to ideas, even those that outside our current fiscal or managerial abilities. At the September 9 Art in Public Places meeting, a summary of the workshop will be presented for prioritizations of recommendations to the City Commission. Boynton Beach Art Advisory Board Workshop Agenda, August 21, 2021 Page 2 Masks Required and Social Distancing in City Hall Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 2 Attach 2: Potential Themes, Types and Location of Public Art Project, Aug 9, 2021 Nature Park Design Enhancements Quantum Eco Park An artist will join the design team for the Eco Park and proposed artistic ideas for the design of the walking paths, pavilion locations, gateway, seating, signs, lighting, plantings, trees and other stand elements of a nature park. Fabrication or installation drawings will be produced by the artist. The artist will also propose locations and scopes of work for future artist designed sculptures, gates and unique landscapes. $10,000 plus free apartment for 3 four months. Woolbright Entranceway to Boynton League Baseball Park, 300 Woolbright Road at 1-95 In the 800 foot long open space on the southside of Woolbright, an artist will develop at a landscape artwork design as the structure for a gateway to the City from 1-95. The artwork will include at least 35 trees that will be planted in the fall of 2021 . The full artwork may include berms, stones, low walls, sculptural elements, lighting, sidewalks, etc. $5,000 design fee. Neighborhood Collaboration Mural and Tree Scape Forest Hills Park with the FDOT Soundwall In Forest Hills Park, an artist or artist team will develop an 800 foot long by 30 feet wide artwork with drought tolerant trees, scrubs, grasses and stones with companion painting on the FDOT soundwall. The artist(s) will develop the design in cooperation with the Chapel Hill neighborhood. Elements of the project will be fabricated, planted or painted by neighbors. $2,000 design and community coordination. $8,000 mural painting and leadership. Cost for trees and plants from others. At least a three month approval process with FDOT between design approval and wall painting. Recognizing Solid Waste Workers Amphitheater Performance and 40 Signs Throughout the City A writer and photographer will be hired for "ride along" interviews and to photograph all solid waste drivers and their routes. They will develop a digital book about the people driving every Boynton street twice a week that will be presented as a slideshow at the Town Square Amphitheater. At a key point along the route of each driver, a quote from the driver would be displayed on a standard street sign produced by the Public Works sign department. A second version of all the signs would be presented together on the exterior wall as Public Works. $15,000 artist fee for the partnership. Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 3 Attach 2: Potential Themes, Types and Location of Public Art Project, Aug 9, 2021 Sidewalk Tales Everywhere that Sidewalks are installed or repaired. Through an open competition of all ages in Boynton, West Boynton and Palm Beach Counties, five teaching artists will be selected to work with students age 5 to 18 to develop designs for imprint drawings in wet concrete sidewalks. The artists will go to several art classes in Boynton public and private schools and lead and drawing project for sidewalk imprints. The lead artists would select 5 designs and convert them to metal or urethane stencils for use by public works sidewalk contractors. Total 25 designs for City wide use. Watching the Parade Boynton Beach Blvd FDOT Sidewalks Boynton Beach sidewalks between Seacrest and Federal will be rebuild in 2023. An artist with community assistants would be hired to collect shoes from hundreds of Boynton Beach residents. The shoes would be used to make imprints in wet concrete at the edge of the sidewalk as though the parade watchers had been standing there. An online database would be developed that named the owner of the shoes and signs would show photographs of parades from the past. The artist would also collaborate with FDOT to detail the general pattern of the sidewalk. Lifeguard Stands at Ocean Front Park In collaboration with Boynton Foundation and Public Works, a design competition would be held for Florida architecture students for ideas that could be incorporated into a final design in the future. $1 ,000 first prize and two $500 runner ups. Spinners Two The City has seven spinner poles and the City or CRA has empty properties on various widely traveled streets like Seacrest, BB Blvd and MLK. Plus right of way space is available. A call for artists will be issued for new images to be converted to spinners. We could reuse the existing 5 spinners artworks and produce two more. The cost per spinner top is $500 assuming that public works will fabricate the top. Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 4 Attach 2: Potential Themes, Types and Location of Public Art Project, Aug 9, 2021 Town Square Light Projections Outdoor video projectors have substantially improved over the last ten years such that purchasing and operating not a risky venue. The City could purchase projector and drivers for the three sides of the amphitheater, the back of the Arts & Cultural Center or the fourth floor of City for projections on the lawn or figus tree. Projection artworks can be leased from experience projection artists or secured for free from artists that would like to try for the first time. ARP Grants to Boynton Artists with Boynton Fabricators Through the City's ARP funding, artists will be given a grant up to $15,000 to create a new public artwork in collaboration the Boynton Beach fabricator. The artist or the fabricator must have a residence or business in the census tracts between Miner & Woolbright and Federal & 1 -95. The Public Art Program will find a location to display and promote the artwork for a year to enhance the reputation and business prospects of the both the artist and fabricator. Total Budget: $100,000. $90,000 in grants. $10,000 promotion. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) ARP Grant Wells Landing on MILK Way The NEA ARP grants are to replace lost funding in during the pandemic and does not require a match or a specific program. But the NEA does wish to know how the funds will assist communities hardest hit by the pandemic and communities of color. Therefore, City needs to propose a purpose for the funds. As the future Wells Landing is affordable, the construction is exempt from the Art in Public Places ordinance. Therefore, the City will work with the developer, existing residences, businesses and churches to develop a public art project(s) for Well Landing. The funds will be 50% for management and 50% for art - most likely murals. Traffic Cabinet Boxes Wraps Various Locations By piggy backing the Palm Beach County contract, wrap various cabinets. $1 ,000 each. Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 5 Attach 2: Potential Themes, Types and Location of Public Art Project, Aug 9, 2021 Conrad Pickel Recognition Tours, Promotion and Installation of Blocks Conrad Pickel is the most regionally and nationally recognized Boynton Beach visual artist in the history of the City. In the past, annual tours and lectures have been held with the CRA, Historic Society and Public Art. At least ten buildings exist in Boynton with his stained glass. Currently, the City owns about twenty glass and concrete blocks. They were saved from the Congregational Church on Federal Hwy. The blocks can be re-installed someplace as public art. The City could have a consistent web and printed brochure on Pickel's work in Boynton and nearby cities. Annual tours could return. Celebrating Lawn & Fa4ade Art Single Family Home Neighborhoods (No HOA Restrictions) Throughout the single family neighborhoods in Boynton Beach, creativity frequently appears on the lawns or facades of the homes. Self made works appear as mailboxes and installations of fish. Items are purchased for the house including relief sculptures of suns, moons and fish, concrete lion sculptures and whirligigs. During the construction of older homes decorative concrete air vents can be seen for attics and garages. To celebrate the accomplishments of family members, images of recent graduates or awards for math excellence, etc appear on temporary yard signs. Collaboration with Events The Public Art Program would seeks ways to contribute to City events: Fourth of,July, Pirate Fest, ,Juneteenth, MLKing ,Jr Celebration, CRA Night Market, Pride Month, etc. Collaboration with Schools The Public Art Program would seek to engage student artists at public, charter and private schools in the public art program. Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 6 Attach 2: Potential Themes, Types and Location of Public Art Project, Aug 9, 2021 Kinetic Instagram #kineticart #kineticsculpture Moving Projections Chicago: https2 Jartonthemart Jacksonville: httr)s://www.voutube.comZwatch?v=IaWSO���OC8 Fort Lauderdale: https:ZZwww.artscalendar.comLLicihttheNiciht/ Video Billboards Times Square: http:llarts.timessguarenyc.orgZtimes-sguare-artsZproiectsZmidnight- -momentZindex.aspx Static Lights Lights on Tampa: https://Iiahtsgnlampa.orci/licihts-on-tampa-2021 Opa Locka Poems: https:ZZ w.nbcmiami.comlentertainmentZ6-in-the-mixZopa- locka-liqht-district-proiects-r)oemsZ25081 Qj'j' Resources Child Poems on Roofs in Miami: https:ZZwww.omiami.org/video Static Lights Lights on Tampa: https://Iiahtsgnlampa.orci/licihts-on-tampa-2021 Opa Locka Poems: https:ZZ w.nbcmiami.comlentertainmentZ6-in-the-mixZopa- locka-liqht-district-proiects-r)oemsZ25081 Qj'j' Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 7 Attach 3: Report on Boynton Visual Art, Avenue of the Arts and Kinetic, Aug 18, 2021 Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition: 2007 to Present The annual outdoor sculpture exhibitions began in the first years after the passing of the Art in Public Places ordinance. Rather than spending the Art in Public Places fees entirely on public artworks, the Arts Commission decide to sponsor an annual outdoor sculpture exhibit. At that time, similar outdoor exhibitions could be seen in Delray Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, Key West, Lakeland and the giant one in Sarasota. Typically, artists loaned the artwork for 12 months for a $1,000 fee that included delivery, removal and installation. All the sculptures were for sale. Local newspapers and magazine covered the events and brochures were produced. Cash prizes for best-in-show and people's choice were a frequent part of the exhibition. Florida, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Texas were primary sources of artists. Today the exhibitions continue in Lakeland with small shows in Coral Springs and Orlando. Tamarac recently produce an exhibit. Art Basel has sculpture exhibit each year in Bass Museum park. After the famous painted cows in Chicago, Florida cities produced flamingos, sea turtles, swans, manatees, dolphins etc. until the Great Recession as private business sponsored and purchased the works. Tampa took a different route with "Lights on Tampa" produced every two years. Kinetic In 2013, the Arts Commission began the Kinetic exhibition and symposium. The Kinetic was designed to bring together the best artists making kinetic sculpture and create an internationally unique art event in Boynton Beach. The first year included a catalogue and DVD that focused on the images and thoughts of the artists. The five Kinetics have included the outdoor artworks and a weekend of indoor exhibitions, art talks/panels and community participation in art creation. The funding has been higher than standard outdoor sculpture. In 2021, the Kinetic weekend with music, food trucks and beautiful weather attracted at least 5,000 people. Town Square was filled as were the restaurants at Federal & Ocean and the Marina. ArtSea Living had a successful crafts and art tent show. Seniors in the morning with a more age diverse crowd later. Ethnic diversity did not the demographics of Boynton. Sun Sentinel, PB Post and TV ran more than one story. Significant social media due to Rubem Robierb's famous husband. Durable outdoor kinetic sculpture is made by a very tiny group of practicing artists — maybe less than 100 worldwide. Kinetic artist uses wind, gravity and momentum to move the sculpture. These sculptures (or optical indoor paintings) are a 20th century experiment with limited expansion by younger artists. 21st Century Kinetics In the 21s' Century, artwork that move or appears to move will continue to expand. Robotic and Al will get assessible to use for artworks. Digital fabrications with 2D and 3D machines will expand in both scale and complexity. Digital projection on buildings and landscape will mature. New materials with refract light uniquely. Inflatables with grow. Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 8 Attach 3: Report on Boynton Visual Art, Avenue of the Arts and Kinetic, Aug 18, 2021 Murals versus Outdoor Sculpture In general, sculpture contributes to the pedestrian texture of the space. They can be touched and contribute to a space like a bench or tree or doorway. The sculpture make exclamation mark that can be seen or ignored. They take a small outdoor area and give it importance. Murals are observed like paintings. People stop and look at them. Except in the overload of Wynwood, murals don't enhance the pedestrian texture of the plaza, lawn or street. They stick to the wall and disappear if the pedestrian is next to them. Murals need distance. Murals In the last 20 years, the success and affordability of murals replaced the outdoor sculpture exhibitions in redeveloping downtowns and warehouse neighborhoods. Philadelphia proved the community value of murals starting in the 1990s and Miami's Wynwood proved tourist value in the 2000s. Downtowns with mural programs include West Palm Beach, Hollywood, Gainesville, St. Petersburg and Jacksonville. Rather than the sculptures, murals could be very large, colorful for social media, speak to contemporary themes, and basically look "hip" and "cool". They crossed over between graphic design, painting and music videos. It was affordable to have very famous street artists make a work in your city. And unlike sculpture with its significant monetary and workspace needs, any artist of any background and culture could have success. The newest murals are digital projections. The lower price and durability of outdoor digital projectors has made civic projections possible. Cheap software for digital works on cellphones, monitors or projections has increased the number of practicing artists and museum/gallery interest. Outdoor Sculpture (Not indoor) In todays artistic production, outdoor sculpture remains a small and shrinking discipline — as it has been since modern architecture dismissed carved building elements. With the small pool of artists, it means that outdoor sculpture is more unique and unusual for the visitors to see. It also means that the number of talented artists and especially innovative sculptors is small. The demographics are still primarily white males, although the success of women in public art has increased their numbers. The new places for outdoor sculpture have been festivals like Coachella and Burning Man and sculpture parks. The festivals have large budgets to commission innovated work and the sculpture parks have significant donors to commission new work. Building a downtown sculpture collection as tourist attraction has been attempted in the western and central USA. Miami's design district combines sculpture, architecture and urban design. Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 9 Attach 3: Report on Boynton Visual Art, Avenue of the Arts and Kinetic, Aug 18, 2021 Avenue of the Arts and Kinetics History (Unfortunately, much information has been full reconstructed from Arts Commission minutes and records.) Season Theme and Artists 07-08 No theme 08-09 No theme 09-10 Eco or Environmental 10-11 Texture 11-12 Coastal Life 2013 Kinetic. Ralfonso, Tom Brewitz*, Paul Daniel, Lin Emery, Jeff Kahn, John King, Rein Triefeldt, Jeffery Laudenslager, David Langley, Sarah Younger, 13-14 Diversity and Character: Dale Rogers (2), Robert Cordisco (2), Cecilia Lueza,* Garrett, Timothy Werrell (3), Mary Angers, Craig Gray*, Marsha De Broske 2015 Kinetic. Ralfonso, Tom Brewitz,* Paul Daniel, Lin Emery, Jeff Kahn, John King, Rein Triefeldt„Debbie Mostel*, Edwin Cheong, Bill Wood, Jerzy Kedziora, Bernard Zubrowski 15-16 Sense of Place: Beju LeJobart*, Bill Wood(2), Jim Gallucci(2), Mary Angers, Isabelle Garbani, Craig Gray*, Claudia Jane Klein*, Joe Hernandez*, Steve Blackwood 2017 Kinetic: John King, Tom Brewitz*, Paul Daniel, Ron Schroer, Jim LePaso, Antony Castonovo, Don Redman, Craig Gray*, Kevin Duval, Stefan Radu Cretu, Elayna Toby Singer*, Amos Robinson, Darren Miller, Doug Taylor, Beju LeJobart* 17-18 Albert Paley Sculpture 2019 Kinetic: Jeff Kahn (2), Jeffery Laudenslager, John King(2), Tom Brewitz*, Jim LaPaso, Mike Roig, Beju LeJobart*, Darren Miller, Peter Pereira*, Lloyd Goradesky* 20-21 Cecilia Lueza Sculpture* 2021 Kinetic: Darren Miller, Frank Hyder*, Kirk Seese, Adrian Landon, Rubem Robierb*, Robert Coon*, Lloyd Gordesky* Spinners: Caron Bowman*, Tracy Guiteau*, Raquel Williams*, Cynthia Simmons*, Gillian Kennedy Wright*, Anthony Burks, Sr.* Notes: * Florida Artist Artist of Color Woman Artist Number of Sculptures (2) Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 10 Attach 3: Report on Boynton Visual Art, Avenue of the Arts and Kinetic, Aug 18, 2021 Visual Art Exhibitions At some point in the history of the program, visual art exhibitions were curated in the library and city center. A significant research effort is required through old Arts Commission agendas and minutes to identify the artists. No visual images have been found. Prior to the construction of Town Square, the exhibitions were held every six months with an opening reception. Boynton Beach Arts & Cultural Center Since the opening of the Arts & Cultural Center in 2021, bimonthly exhibitions have been held on the first floor gallery. Each exhibit had a brochure and opening reception. The Arts & Cultural Center is offering visual arts courses in the ceramics and painting studios. Galleries and Museum The City of Boynton Beach does not currently have a private art gallery, visual art non-profit space, a university gallery or an art museum. Residents interested in the visual arts need to travel to Delray Beach, Lake Worth, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach or Palm Beach. Recently Palm Beach has seen a significant expansion of NYC art galleries with seasonal galleries. Visual Art Studios The Boynton Beach Arts District, a series of 10 to 16 ground level warehouse spaces, provides studio space for artists. Monthly open studio events where held prior to COVID. Hopefully, the open studios will return this fall. The Arts District is located on Industrial Way, north of W. Boynton Beach Blvd. For about six months in 2021, Zero Empty Space had 10 studios spaces in a former restaurant in Renaissance Commons at Gateway and Congress. Some resident Boynton Beach artists have found studios in Delray and Lake Worth. Boynton Beach Visual Artists Many visual artists live between Delray Beach and West Palm Beach, but the number and names in Boynton Beach itself is unknown. Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 11 Attach #4: Report on Education, Promotion and Diverse Participation, Aug 18, 2021 Education The methods used to provide information about the artworks in Boynton Beach In Person Tours: Generally just Kinetic Brochures: All events K-12 in School Talks and Artmaking: Unsure Plaques: All outdoor sculptures Website: Just images. Not information GPS Cellphone Information/Tours: Discontinued at Lueza sculpture Promotion Social Media: Facebook & Instagram Not using Twitter. Not allowed to have TikTok account 2,200 Facebook Likes, Average Reach of 400 per post 800 Instagram Followers, Average Reach of 150 per post Press Releases to Media. One per Event Doorhangs. 500 for Pride Intersection Posters for Windows. No during COVID Postcards Mailed. None Email lists. Only about 300 arts interested people. City events Newsletter. Every two weeks to 20,000. Announce at City Commission. Not recently i-95 Clearchannel Digital Billboard. For Kinetic & MLK City Digital Outside Boards; For Kinetic & MLK Inside CityHall Monitor Displays: For MLK Information Tents or Projects at Events like July 4th, Night Market, Juneteenth, MLK, etc: Not recently. Diversity Participation Diversity of Art City Collection: Around 40 Works. 10% Diverse George Gadson: 1 Artwork Jermaine Johnson: 2 Artworks Edwin Cheong: 1 Artwork Diversity of Private Art Collection Around 40 Works: 5% Diverse George Gadson: 1 Artwork Suha Atiyeh Boustany: 1 Artwork (Zhou Hong: 3 Artworks copies of other artists) Avenue of the Arts 2013-2021 (without the 6 Spinner Artists) 48 Artists in Outdoor Exhibit. 6% Diverse 3 Artists of Color: Edwin Cheong, Cecilia Lueza, Rubem Robierb Diversity of Expenditure: Less than 0.5% funding for commissions or purchases to artists of color. Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 12 Attach #4: Report on Education, Promotion and Diverse Participation, Aug 18, 2021 Boynton Census Diversity 2020 Census: 80,300 Residents (Palm Beach County 1.4 Million) Non-Hispanic White: 47% Non-Hispanic Black: 30% (Palm Beach County 20%) Non-Hispanic Asian: 2 % Hispanic: 17% (Palm Beach County 25%) Foreign Born: 25% The area with most diverse population: Woolbright to Miner, 1-95 to Railroad Demographics Medium Home Value: $207,000 Homeownership: 60% College Degree: 30% Medium Household Income: $57,000 Poverty Rate: 14% (Equal White & Black) Highest Poverty Area: Boynton Canal to Miner. 1-95 to Federal. Facebook Members Age & Sex Diversity Live in Boynton (City & West): 120,000 Boynton Interested in Visual Arts: 48,000. Boynton, Delray & Lantana in Visual Arts: 92,000 Live in Boynton Beach: 60% Women/34% Men Boynton Interested in Visual Arts: 70% Women/30% Men Boynton & Delray Age Diversity: Even from 25 to 64 Little Bump for 65+. Boca & Wellington: 35-55 Higher Lantana, Lake Work and West Palm: 25-25 Higher Art Advisory Board Workshop,Aug 21, 2021 Page 13