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Franklin Bennett
Regular meeting of the Public Art For Neighborhoods Selection Committee.
Leigh Riley Evans,serving as the chair of the meeting today,called the meeting to order at 4:33PM.The Committee introduced themselves.
We start today with a developer presentation by Quincy Owens for the Ridge Group’s Domino project.
Owen’s gives a view of the property along the Monon trail were the potential murals will be.
Owen’s introduces the proposed artwork for the murals.”They are designed to be 8 feet tall and 24 feet wide” said Owen’s.
Owen’s answer’s question from the board about the style of the murals,the longevity of the murals and if the murals would be obstructed from the view from the Monon trail due to a fence.
The Committee voted three in favor of approval and four for resubmission.The project will be resubmitted at a future date.
Next up on the agenda is another developer presentation by Micheal Thottichira for Milhaus Versa project.
Thottichira goes over the location and what the proposed artwork will look like.
Thottichira is proposing murals for both Broad Ripple avenue and Guilford avenue in two alleys.
Thottichira says he estimates that the total cost for the project will be 70,000 dollars.
Thottichira fields questions from the board about the project.
The Committee will now vote on the proposed project.The Committee voted to unanimously approve the project.
We now move to the Street Corner Canvasses Partnership requests.First up is the Garfield Park Neighbors Association and the Garfield Park Art Center.
The Committee decided to approve the locations for the canvassing.
We begin with a report on the status of Public Art for Neighborhoods fund.All of the funds have been allocated according to Committee member Leigh Riley Evans.
We now move on to an update on the Public Art for Neighborhoods ordinance change planning.Proposal No.7, 2025 to City Council was defeated in committee, 5-0.
The Committee discusses forming a subcommittee to address Ordinance change.
The Committee discusses the meeting schedule for the upcoming meetings in regard to the Ordinance change process.
We now move to a report from staff liaison Julia Mooney Moore, Director of Public Art, Arts Council of Indianapolis about the status of approved developer projects.First up is a visual of a project at the Stutz that was approved.
We now move on to PAFN Grantee Projects.The Tarkington mural was completed.
A mural for Irvington Park is expected to be completed in the spring.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:08 PM.The next meeting will take place on May 1, 2025, at 4:30 PM at the Arts Council office.
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