Committee addresses West Side Art Trail relocation, electrical-box wraps and conservation needs
September 21, 2023 | Farmers Branch, Dallas County, Texas
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The Farmers Branch Arts & Culture Committee received updates on multiple public-art projects, including a relocation for the West Side Art Trail and progress on electrical-box artwork and conservation planning.
Speaker 1 said the land originally discussed for sculpture pads was ‘‘a verbal agreement’’ and not available: "the land that we were talking about was a... was a verbal agreement between the city and, whoever owns it," and Speaker 3 added the original parcel was not available as expected. Committee members identified an alternative parcel owned by Billingsley roughly "800 feet" away and described that a letter limiting liability and a survey request had been submitted and were in process. The site was described as approximately "40 by 80" feet.
Speaker 5 reported that artist paperwork is in hand for multiple pieces (certificates of insurance, artist statements, condition reports) and that plaques are being drafted to consistent city templates: "I will email you the 3 artist statement and I will try to get some kind of template," Speaker 5 said. The committee discussed mounting options (stand vs. flush with ground), conservation follow-up and the possibility of assessing a few pieces to develop a budget history for future conservation needs. Speaker 3 said volunteer conservators offered to assess condition at no cost.
On electrical-box artwork, Speaker 5 told the group that Rachel Johnson had opened a purchase order and the city was "ready to install," but staff must reformat art to the boxes' signal-box dimensions before deployment. The committee also heard from a member who recently visited Boise, where an electrical-box program included 216 wrapped boxes; members saw that as a potential model and asked staff to contact Boise's public-art director for lessons learned.
Next steps include completing the liability/permission paperwork for the relocated trail pads, finalizing plaque templates and formatting artwork for installation on signal boxes; staff will report back when the survey and agreements are complete. No formal acquisitions or conservation budgets were approved at this meeting.
Speaker 1 said the land originally discussed for sculpture pads was ‘‘a verbal agreement’’ and not available: "the land that we were talking about was a... was a verbal agreement between the city and, whoever owns it," and Speaker 3 added the original parcel was not available as expected. Committee members identified an alternative parcel owned by Billingsley roughly "800 feet" away and described that a letter limiting liability and a survey request had been submitted and were in process. The site was described as approximately "40 by 80" feet.
Speaker 5 reported that artist paperwork is in hand for multiple pieces (certificates of insurance, artist statements, condition reports) and that plaques are being drafted to consistent city templates: "I will email you the 3 artist statement and I will try to get some kind of template," Speaker 5 said. The committee discussed mounting options (stand vs. flush with ground), conservation follow-up and the possibility of assessing a few pieces to develop a budget history for future conservation needs. Speaker 3 said volunteer conservators offered to assess condition at no cost.
On electrical-box artwork, Speaker 5 told the group that Rachel Johnson had opened a purchase order and the city was "ready to install," but staff must reformat art to the boxes' signal-box dimensions before deployment. The committee also heard from a member who recently visited Boise, where an electrical-box program included 216 wrapped boxes; members saw that as a potential model and asked staff to contact Boise's public-art director for lessons learned.
Next steps include completing the liability/permission paperwork for the relocated trail pads, finalizing plaque templates and formatting artwork for installation on signal boxes; staff will report back when the survey and agreements are complete. No formal acquisitions or conservation budgets were approved at this meeting.
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