Cultural Council Agenda and Packet 2023 03 16

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Cultural Council Agenda DATE Page 7 of 10 - Mark: we are far behind and we don't have the budget or the staff for the Art On Loan idea that he and Mayor Stolzman discussed. The two big projects the prior Public Art Subcommittee was considering was to paint the bridge over 36 in equity and diversity colors and the other was to do Art on Loan.We can't do the same as on South Public Road because we don't have the budget. - JR: We have to figure out what we can do with the budget we have - Grace: we can do some Art on Loan with $25K. Not 7 pieces, but we can start with a piece on Main Street and a piece not on Main Street and if we can work on smaller pieces we can start that process of spreading it out to multiple areas. - Sarah: maybe we can work in conjunction with more committees to get ideas together and be collaborative. Maybe we can go to other councils to let them know that we are here and willing to partner. - Grace: like what we're doing with the Library Foundation - Beth: and what we're doing with LRC and Greg's underpass art. DBA expressed interest in working with LCC - Jeff: the LRC has money for projects that they are working on as well on similar objectives- this may be a way to have joint collaborations and meetings to talk about plans and programs. All grants are for the downtown area. Work with parks and Public Landscaping board, or Recreation Advisory Board to talk about collaborations. If they are doing a new playground, while they are out there they can lay a pedestal and save some money for LCC. - Grace: Will City Council approve a pedestal if there are no specs on the sculpture? - Jeff: will have to research this - Chris: echoes what Jeff said to collaborate. He says that the council has talked about collaboration amongst boards and commissions. It is a great idea and thinks the more we can get art into nooks and crannies of the city is great. Disbursement of the art is very political and people get excited and that there is an advantage to be gained in public support with the budget because people take ownership of the piece. Lots has changed in Louisville since the 2017 plan was put together. He thanks us for all we have done on the LCC. He leaves after this. - Beth: brainstorms LCC should revisit doing something with the bridge over 36, perhaps a sculpture trail at the Arboretum, a McCaslin piece perhaps at the intersection where the Pride flags go up, a mural "welcome to Louisville", and Rock Creek areas. She loves the murals and art in the underpasses. - Scott: can we have a list of where we can put art. - Mark: there was a proposal to put art in the underpass by the school. A lot of that proposed art has to be worked with private property owners. There used to be a long list of ideas and places. There weren't people to volunteer and do the groundwork. It's a good time for this version of LCC to do their version of it. We don't need to pick up someone else's ideas. - Grace: we should add that to the agenda for the retreat. We can start with the 2017 plan and also brainstorm more, then pull out what we want to do.