HomeMy WebLinkAboutApril 4, 2022 _Minutes
Public Notice - Art in Public Places Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, April 4, 2022
AIPP Board members present: Susanne Graf, Tracy Gordon, Kathy Langenwalter, Courtney St.
John, Lindsea Stowe
Others present: Molly Eppard, AIPP Coordinator
1. Approval of March 7, 2022 meeting minutes.
2. Swearing in of AIPP Board members – Tammy Nagel, Town of Vail Clerk
3. No citizen input.
4. AIPP Board Training – Matt Mire, Town of Vail Attorney
• Standard training for purposes of the Board being appointed officials.
5. AIPP Strategic Plan RFQ Motion to Award Contract
• The Board votes unanimously to award the contract in the amount of $25,000 to ThereSquared
LLC and Stilwell Cultural Consulting LLC to update the AIPP Strategic Plan, Policies and
Guidelines
6. Vicki and Kent Logan sculpture donation & site update.
• Molly is meeting April 5 at Logan’s w ShipArt to look at work and asses the removal, transport,
bases, and installation, followed up with a logistics call on April 7.
• We plan to install the sculptures by Middlebrook (birdhouses) and Singletarry (large totem) by
the end of May.
• The Board reviews the preliminary landscaping design submitted by the TOV landscape
architect. Kathy confirms that the site of art placement is in the Board purview. She reads per
the policies and guidelines:
o Section X. Art in Public Places Project Selection Criteria
▪ A. Site Selection Criteria
• 1. Prior to selecting a site for an artwork, The AIPP Board shall take into
consideration:
• g. Site design, including landscaping, drainage, grading lighting and
seating consideration.
• The Board would like to discuss the landscaping with the TOV landscape Architect, Todd
Oppenheimer at the May 2 meeting to confirm planting materials.
• The Board decides to meet at the sculpture locations to review placement and suggested
planting materials.
• They comment how this area of the transportation center is the first and last impression for
many visiting Vail.
7. Skatepark & Parking Structure Summer Murals
• Molly shares images from over 22 Colorado artists who have created murals at the soon to
open Acoma House in Denver.
• Molly discusses many potential locations and sites for future murals around the VV parking
structure.
• The Board motions to invite artist Kaitlin Ziesmer (www.kaitlinziesmer.com) to create two
murals in the skatepark adjacent to the mini-pool and half-pipe. The Board budgets $5,000 at
this time but may want to look at an additional more visible location to include in the scope of
work.
8. Coordinator Updates.
• SummerVail has decided to return funding to CSE for this summer given a lack of available
staffing.
• Molly distributes brochures from Art of the State in Arvada.
• Molly has a call scheduled with parade/puppet/lantern artist Chantelle Rytter to discuss
possible involvement with Vail’s lantern festivities. @chantellerytter
• The Evergreen redevelopment has $200,000 allocated to public art.
• Molly had a discussion with the Director of Fountainhead Arts about their artist residency in
Miami and best practices for studio programs. @fountainheadarts
• Molly had a virtual meeting with LMNL Studio out of San Francisco about broadening virtual
presence.
• Last art walk April 6
• Next meeting: May 2
9. Board meets on site at the Vail Village Transportation Center to discuss landscaping and
placement of the sculptures being donated by the Logan collection.
• The Board thinks the central planter where the Middlebrook (birdhouse sculpture) is being
placed is especially tired, overgrown, and this is a great opportunity to clean up the area.
• They do not want the plantings to compete with the art, but rather compliment it. They note
many of the areas where the bed is overgrown, and branches of the existing trees are growing
into the lampposts and into the stair area.
• They think the large boulder in the front should be relocated and determine the balance of the
artwork within the site.
• They would like to hear from Hannah Sorrenson (lead of Vail flower crew) as to what she might
suggest for plant materials given her knowledge of blooming cycles.
10. Meeting adjourned.