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FEBRUARY 2013 News Briefs Brief items from the past month related to public art in Florida

from the Florida Association of Public Art Professionals (FAPAP)

NATIONAL Jimmy LeFlore of San Antonio was elected to fill the one vacant seat on the national PAN Council in the recent elections in a VERY close race against FAPAP’s own Elayna Toby Singer of Palm Beach County. In fact, in perfect Florida style, a re-count was necessary! The winning margin was only two votes. Let’s continue to work to get a Floridian on that board!

FLORIDA 1) MARK YOUR CALENDARS – FAPAP CONFERENCE:

Reaching Across the Aisle: Public Art Partnerships

May 9 -11, 2013 (noon to noon) in Clearwater and surrounding area

The Florida Association of Public Art Professionals Annual Conference will take place in Clearwater, home to Winter the dolphin and miles of sugar-sand beaches. Conference highlights include:

“How to Win Friends and Influence Projects: Building Inter-Agency Relationships” Panel Discussion Representatives from the Florida Department of Transportation, Pinellas County and Municipal government, and private developers and developers’ agents will share their stories and the process by which public art has taken an integral role in their projects.

“It’s All in Who You Know” Break-Out Session Small-group activities will encourage Conference Attendees to share strategies that demonstrate how to foster partnerships in their local agencies. Group facilitators and panel guests will be on hand to generate discussion topics and answer questions about their organizations.

Reconnection Luncheon and Workshop Catch up with other FAPAP members as they recount their programs installations, success stories, and lessons learned and meet new organization members.

2013 Florida Public Art Year in Review FAPAP member organizations accomplishments in public art in the last calendar year, guest-curated by industry experts.

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Public Art Tours Walking and bus tours of public art installations in Clearwater, Safety Harbor, and Pinellas County.

A more complete guide to the 2013 FAPAP Annual Conference will be released soon, booking instructions, how to register, and scholarship information. We hope to see you in Clearwater in May!

Conference Hotel: Residence Inn Clearwater Downtown 940 Court Street Clearwater, Fl 33756 (727) 562-5400 The hotel is close to all of our locations, is within a 5 minute drive to the beach, and features a full hot and cold breakfast. Rates will be $109 a night for FAPAP Conference.

Put it on your calendar NOW and look for more details soon.

2) Time to RENEW your membership for 2013. FAPAP is working on a map of Public Art Programs in the state. Make sure your public art program is a member so that it will be highlighted as such on the map! We have identified over 60 public art programs in the state of Florida!

Renewals can be made through PayPal at the FAPAP web site: www.floridapublicart.org

BOYNTON BEACH A free Outdoor and Indoor Kinetic Exhibit, along with Symposium presentations to stimulate the creativity in all of us will be held February 8 – 10. Some of the objectives of this biennial International Kinetic Art Exhibit and Symposium are to:

• Celebrate the dynamic and compelling aspects of today’s kinetic art to the general public, public art professionals, as well as art and museum curators, and gallerists.

• Build public and private interest in collecting and/or commissioning kinetic art through exposure to its rich historical context and through exhibitions of its various contemporary forms.

• Motivate educators to incorporate kinetic art into the S.T.E.A.M. curriculum. The importance of addng “art” to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) is to utilize both sides of the brain and to make learning “fun.”

• Stimulate creative applications of various technologies in kinetic art, including “green” technologies. Learn more by visiting: http://intlkineticartevent.org/

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BROWARD

Artist Cheryl Foster recently completed an artwork for Broward County’s Public Art & Design Program, located in Roosevelt Gardens Park – a 5-acre neighborhood park with a 4,500 sq. ft. community center that opened in November 2007.

Foster created a multi-piece artwork that is located in the computer room and lobby of the community center, in the form of a series of tableaus that illustrate desired themes: education, family values, diversity, sharing, learning, parents teaching and sharing with children, and strong male presence. For example, Rock Solid, illustrates a strong family unit connecting to technology; Science Project displays an elder helping with a volcano science project; and Layup Shot shows a basketball duo.

The series of paintings are adhered to dibond, a lightweight, aluminum composite-clad substrate used for interior and exterior signs. The paintings are displayed above eye level, and appear to float on the walls.

CORAL GABLES A temporary display of a sculpture entitled “The Spiral” by Italian artist Enzo Carnebianca is now on the plaza of the Coral Gables Museum. Mr. Carnebianca’s work is in prestigious collections throughout the world, such as the Vatican in Rome. Ca’ d’Oro Art Gallery, generously provided this exhibition to the City.

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DELRAY BEACH, FL The Delray Beach Public Art Advisory Board is participating in the FLOR 500 Celebration. In collaboration with the efforts of public artist Xavier Cortada, who is doing a promotion for the Anniversary and it is 500 wildflowers you would have found in the various counties when Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida 500 years ago. Delray Beach will be participating by placing nine planters on the front lawn of City Hall on Monday, February 4, 2013. At a later date, not yet determined, the planting of the nine different types of wildflower selected will be planted with the involvement of school children and the community.

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JACKSONVILLE

1) At PhotoJax 2013, the Jacksonville Photography Festival, a section of Laura street in front of MOCA Jacksonville was closed off Jan. 25 for the viewing party of #PhotoJax500, a community-response Instagram photo contest partially funded by Art in Public Places. Five hundred photos from Instagram users in Jacksonville were displayed on television screens in the street. The CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville’s new, edgy and growing artist colony, displayed prints of the #PhotoJax500 winners at their opening reception. The #PhotoJax500 presentation will be featured on an interactive video kiosk, as a new acquisition to the existing APP photo permanent collection located in the Main Library downtown. http://vimeo.com/58141969 Budget: $2,000

2) Clear Channel Outdoor is collaborating with Florida Mining Gallery and Harbinger to bring public art to Jacksonville. Beginning January 15, 2013 digital billboards throughout the city will display art along with advertising. The Highway Gallery – a city wide public art campaign – will feature work by Jacksonville artist TONY RODRIGUES, momentarily transforming space typically used for commerce and giving the public a chance to experience the magic of art.

Tony Rodrigues is no stranger to graphic imagery used as commentary. His past work includes line drawing, painting, print making and collage often incorporating appropriated imagery and graphic elements that he then uses to tell a sometimes mysterious story Highway Gallery images available as C-prints upon request, contact Florida Mining Gallery. Clear Channel Outdoor Jacksonville Below is a link showing a map of where the digital billboards are located http://clearchanneloutdoor.com/products/digital/don/jacksonville/http://clearchanneloutdoor.com/products/digital/don/jacksonville/

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KISSIMMEE During the 2012-2013 Kissimmee Sculpture Experience, Kissimmee Main Street will be distributing one downtown discount card with every ballot cast for the People’s Choice Award until July 13, 2013. Self-guided walking tour brochures are available at the Kissimmee Main Street Welcome Station at 421 Broadway, Kissimmee, FL 34741. Each brochure contains a detachable voting ballot that can be deposited after your self-guided tour to Kissimmee Main Street for your downtown discount card.

The downtown discount card provides residents and visitors deals that have created by a partnership between Kissimmee Main Street and Downtown Kissimmee merchants. The card contains 27 different deals in the downtown area that expire on Oct 31, 2013 and are good one time only. For a complete list of artists and more information on the Kissimmee Sculpture Experience visit www.kissimmeemainstreet.com or call 407-846-4643.

MIAMI BEACH The contracts and procurement approval process in Miami Beach have become more extensive and lengthier, affecting public art projects. There is currently a complete overhaul of the procurement process due to public corruption charges that the City’s former Procurement Director is facing. More can be read at http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/22/3061362/ex-miami-beach-procurement-official.html

NAPLES The city’s latest piece of public sculpture is by artist Kathy Spalding who studied at the Pratt Institute and now does large scale commissions internationally. She designed the extruded bronze sculpture for the new Robb & Stucky furniture store. The public art requirement for commercial and municipal construction in the City of Naples is $1 per square foot. Mr. Chen, who owns Robb & Stucky, was very enthusiastic about the public art component and commissioned Spalding for the project.

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ORLANDO Twenty of Dale Rogers’ cor-ten Big Dog sculptures are scattered around the grounds of the Mennello Museum of American Art in a temporary exhibit. The museum has cooperated with the Canine Companions for Independence to raise funds as patrons “adopt” a dog and have their name put on a ribbon around the sculptural dog’s neck.

TAMPA Tampa artist Catherine Woods’ ‘Kinetic Ring’ has been installed as a gateway sculpture designed to reflect the Westshore area’s active environment. The 24 foot tall sculpture of painted, tempered, laminated glass and coated steel and concrete was a public/private partnership commissioned by the City of Tampa Art Programs Division and the Westshore Alliance. MGA Sculpture Studio fabricated the work and collaborated with C Glass Studio on the design of the metal framework.

As artist Catherine Woods explains, ‘Westshore is an area ‘on the move’ with it’s lively collection of restaurants, shopping areas, and hotels. I wanted ‘Kinetic Ring’ to reflect that activity - to be bold and to have a sense of movement. This was achieved by creating a dynamic ‘pinwheel’ framework which holds four c-shaped panels of painted, laminated and tempered glass. The dynamic circular form appears to deconstruct and coalesce as the viewer moves by. The images on the glass panels are photographs of the Westshore area captured in motion and abstracted.

She adds, ‘Kinetic Ring’ represents a new direction in my work. Utilizing flat architectural glass panels to create dynamic three-dimensional form, the glass units function as modular building materials, as one might employ plates of metal. Utilizing durable architectural glass allows for overlapping translucency that other materials cannot achieve, imparting an intriguing, glowing lightness to the sculpture. '

Photographer: Mike Rixon

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ST. LUCIE St Lucie County Slow Food is spearheading the local event for International Slow Art Day on April 27th

They will bus or caravan around the County to each piece of the permanent Art In Public Places collection. The public is welcome to follow to every piece or meet at various pieces where they will have the artist commissioned for the piece and/or the curator/committee who/which commissioned it. Slow Food will offer culinary art along the way.

It will begin after a Downtown Ft. Pierce Art event which ends at 1pm.

CALLS FOR ART BRADENTON Bradenton Central Community Redevelopment Authority will commission exterior art for (1) the entrance to a grocery store to be built on a site of historic significance and (2) a free standing panel for a bus shelter on the site. Imaginative approaches are sought to interpret the African American history of the site in a free standing form and in materials that will be permanent in the Florida environment. Budget for entrance piece: $45,000. Budget for shelter panel: $4,000 design only. Artists may apply for one or both. Deadline February 28, 2013. Information at http://www.bradentonccra.com/#!minutes-budgets-notices/c17hk. awykell@ddabradenton.com

CORAL GABLES international call for entry for 2 large fountain monument/sculptures in two prominent traffic circles closes on February 15, 2013. This major project has a budget of $1,040,000, as well as $35,000 in kind services from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. A portion of the funding has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Applications should be submitted to www.callforentry.org. Questions to: Economic Sustainability Department, 305-460-5311.

JACKSONVILLE Art in Public Places is launching a downtown mural program with the first mural commissioned by private business owner, Ron Chamblin with matching funds from the non-profit Downtown Vision Inc. It will be installed during the month of February on the façade of the used book emporium and coffee house in our core downtown redevelopment area, also known as the Spark district, a target area using arts as the revitalization tool designed to implement strategies to activate the core with creative energy and vibrant streetscapes. Local and regional artists were invited to present proposals and, in consultation with Art in Public Places, graffiti-street artist Shaun Thurston was awarded the commission. Budget: $6,500

The second mural project, commissioned by Art in Public Places, will be installed on the twin stairway towers of an existing city-owned parking facility. Each tower is constructed of two 10’ x 50’ concrete walls. St. Augustine, FL artists Felici Asteinza and Joey Fillastre of Milagros Art Collective will paint the northeast tower while

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Neptune Beach, FL artist Sean Mehan paints the northwest. These towers are on very visible street corners and will indicate to audiences at the street and pedestrian level that one has entered into the Spark district. The target date of completion for these murals is April 1. Budget: $17,500 (each tower)

Jacksonville is looking forward to our One Spark festival of arts and technology in April. Art in Public Places will be active in this festival which will showcase our downtown efforts and collaborations. http://www.beonespark.com/

PALATKA $25,000 for Art in Public Places for the river front park on the St. Johns River. Information at http://palatka-fl.gov or http://palatka-fl.gov/?page_id=2293 Deadline March 8.

GRANTS The National Endowment for the Arts announces application guidelines for Grants for Arts Projects for local arts agencies: Arts Works & Challenge America Fast-Track deadlines are March, May, and August 2013. “Enhancement of public spaces” is one of the project types called for. Visit the Art Works guidelines for LAA projects on our website for complete information.

Webinar for potential Art Works applicants

The NEA will present a webinar for LAA applicants covering the basics of the Art Works funding category, how to apply to the NEA, selecting work samples, and advice on preparing a strong application. There will be time for Q & A with NEA staff. The webinar will be January 29, 2013 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. EST at arts.gov. To join the webinar, go here.

PLEASE LET US KNOW Let 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.

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