Cultural Council Agenda and Packet 2023 03 16

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Cultural Council Agenda DATE Page 6 of 10 - Scott: Community Resilience is not only for the people that are here but also for the people who will move here. It is a great statement of our community. - JR: his wife is one of the artists but he was completely recused from the process but mentions that a lot of thought went into this process and that many members of the community were interviewed. The artists put a lot of consideration into the idea of resiliency and it was never meant to be a memorial. He believes that a lot did get muddled and that the artist team (Rica and Arabella) always saw this as an art piece and not a memorial. - Mark: there were originally birds and instead is just the singular statue now. - JR: yes, the sculpture has changed but it was still never meant to be a memorial. Side note that Sharon has entered the meeting. Mark: Where are we with the carry over budget for the public art funds? Sharon: has sent a request to the finance department to carry over $22,575. Grace and Sharon will discuss the carry over amount outside of the meeting as Grace believes the amount is the full $25K. - Jeff: the carry forward process is in May so we have some time. Public art strategy for 2023: - JR says that the CAFE process was great and that the jury process was really strong. He thinks we should continue using Cafe and doing national calls, it was a solid process. It is completely separate from our 2023 budget. - Grace: We are all in agreement that we don't want two year's worth of budget going to fire art. - Mark: prior Cultural Councils have been working through the Council's work plans in the past- he cites the attached sheet. "Respondents specifically mentioned interest in public art throughout the City, citing gateway areas such as McCaslin Boulevard, County Road 42 and South Boulder Road, as well as the Arboretum. 82% indicated an interest public art in the form of murals, reliefs, mosaics and sculpture. Respondents to community surveys expressed a desire for transparency and public input in selecting and acquiring public art that speaks to the Louisville community" is what we have been working on pre-Covid and that the LCC has been looking at public art to go in the rec center, metal murals at the skatepark. He thinks the question is `are we still following past ways or do we start fresh? If we are going to have a strategy as to what we are going to do - is it aligned with the Cultural Work plan or do we start over?' Grace: was not on the board in 2017 so those goals are not her passion. How do other people feel about it? - Beth: we are in a transitional limbo place. We can start fresh but also get one piece of art complete while revisioning our process. - Keely: looks at Lafayette and it feels it's full of life. Centralizing the art rather than spreading it to all the corners feels right. Beth: the idea is to have art everywhere. It would be cool to have a Main Street statement.