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Home My WebLink About21 - Sculpture in the Civic Center Park ExhibitionCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH City Council Staff Report May 13, 2014 Agenda Item No. 21. TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Tim Netherton, Library Services Director — (949) 717 -3819, thetherton @newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Tara Finnigan, Public Information Manager PHONE: 949 - 644 -3035 TITLE: Sculpture in the Civic Center Park Exhibition ABSTRACT: The City Arts Commission and Arts Orange County have been working with City staff on the inaugural Civic Center Park Sculpture Exhibition. The City Arts Commission has recommended 10 artworks and proposed a location for each within the Civic Center Park for the City Council's consideration. If approved, the 10 sculptures will be on display for a two -year period. RECOMMENDATION: Approve the 10 sculptures and the proposed locations within the Civic Center Park as recommended by the City Arts Commission for the temporary sculpture exhibit. FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: The current adopted budget includes sufficient funding for this project. DISCUSSION: Background In August 2013, the Newport Beach City Council authorized the City Arts Commission and City staff to implement a temporary sculpture exhibit in Civic Center Park. The City Council approved the installation of 10 sculptures in year one of the project and additional 10 in year two. The temporary exhibition would feature public art in locations previously identified by PWP, the landscape architecture firm that designed the 14 -acre Civic Center Park. The pieces installed in year one would be on display for two years and would be removed and returned to the artists in 2016. Those installed in year two, 2015, would be removed in 2017. The Council approved a budget of up to $125,000 for the first year of the project. Following the issuance of a request for proposals in the fall of 2013, the City of Newport Beach (City) selected Arts Orange County (Arts OC) to provide public art coordination and site 425 management services for the inaugural, Civic Center Park sculpture exhibition. The Arts OC project team includes Green Public Art Consultancy and Display, a company that specializes in art installation. On January 9, 2014, the City issued a "Call for Entries ", inviting artists, private collectors, galleries and museums /nonprofit organizations to submit artworks for consideration for the temporary exhibition in the Civic Center Park. The Call for Entries closed on February 28, and resulted in 260 artworks, submitted by 171 artists from across the United States, to consider. To narrow the field of candidates, Arts OC assembled a jury panel comprised of: • Dan Cameron, interim director and chief curator, Orange County Museum of Art • Richard Turner, artist and co- director, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University • Christina Varvi, art conservator, Rosa Lowinger & Associates • Rita Goldberg, chair, City Arts Commission • Robert Smith, member, City Arts Commission (lead Commissioner on the project) • Charles Ware, member, City Arts Commission. The panel individually reviewed all of the submissions. Each panelist then scored each piece through a private, online scoring process based on the following criteria: 1. Artistic Merit — the artist has strong professional qualifications and the artwork is of high quality and demonstrates originality and artistic excellence. 2. Durability — the artwork is made of high - quality materials, requires minimal maintenance and can withstand the outdoor elements of coastal Orange County. 3. Practicality — the artwork is appropriate for audiences of all ages and does not exhibit unsafe conditions that may bear on public liability. 4. Site Appropriateness — the scale of the artwork is suitable for the environment and the artwork is suitable for viewing from all angles. The scores were tallied and the field was narrowed to 30 pieces The jury panel assembled on March 28 to discuss each of the remaining artworks as a group and vote for the final selections. The panel chose 10 artworks and three alternates. The panel then spent time in the Civic Center Park, selecting locations for each piece, generally based upon PWP's Art Master Plan. A subsequent site visit - involving the consulting team, City staff members and Robert Smith, City Arts Commissioner - helped to further refine the proposed locations based upon existing site sensitivities such as the need to protect habitat and the public view plane, maintaining clear public access to all the park's walkways, and maintaining the aesthetics of the new park. Assistant City Manager Steve Badum, the former project manager for the Civic Center Project, participated in the walk through along with David Aeppli, the art installer working with Arts OC on the project. Aeppli confirmed that all pieces identified as finalists could be installed in the recommended locations within the project budget. The project team believes that the proposed locations within the park will enable park visitors to view the artworks from multiple angles while also maintaining the integrity of PWP's park design. All of the proposed placements would ensure that the existing View Plane that covers the site from Civic Center Drive southward would not be pierced. 426 Arts OC then notified each artist that his or her artwork was a finalist. The artworks are to be loaned to the City at no cost and the artists are responsible for shipping their work to the Civic Center. To help defray these costs, Arts OC recommended and incorporated into the project budget, an honorarium for each artist. The honoraria range from $2,500 to $6,000 for a total of $49,106. As Arts OC was notifying the artists, one artist determined that the expense of temporarily moving his sculpture from the east coast to the west coast and eventually back again was too prohibitive. He removed his artwork from further consideration. (When responding to the call for entries, the artist had mistaken Newport Beach, CA for Newport, RI.) Thus, the first alternate, "Double Doily ", is now among the finalists. The 10 artworks (and their artists) recommended by the panel for the City Council's consideration include: "Big Wet Dog" — Matt Babcock "Brandi" — Curt Brill "Pretty Boy" — David Buckingham "Cub Triptych" — Gerardo Hacer "Odyssey" — Ray Katz "Sphere 108 "" — Ivan McLean "Wintering" — Arny Nadler "Red" — Jonathan Prince "Red Gateway" — Chris Rench "Double Doily" — Jennifer Cecere The City Arts Commission publicly reviewed the artworks at its April 17 meeting and approved forwarding the recommendations to the City Council for final consideration. If the Council approves the artworks and the proposed location for each piece, installation will take place in early to mid - August. The City Arts Commission plans to host an event in September to introduce the exhibit to the community. As this is a temporary exhibit, these 10 pieces will be scheduled for deinstallation in late summer / early fall 2016. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Staff recommends the City Council find this action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. NOTICING: 427 The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of the meeting at which the City Council considers the item). ATTACHMENTS: Description May 13, 2014 Presentation EM ATTACHMENT A City of Newport Beach Sculpture in the Civic Center Park Exhibition GREEN ,.AmrtS PUBLIC o ART P; DRAW (ORNrx (ONSULTANCY 429 TIMELINE & BREAKDOWN OF SUBMISSIONS: January 14 - Call for Artists Opened February 28 - Call for Artists Closed 171 Artists Submitted 260 Artworks Submitted March 19 - Jury Panel Completed Online Scoring Process March 28 - Jury Panel Met to Make Final Selections 430 JURY PANEL MEMBERS: Outside Experts: • Dan Cameron, Interim Director and Chief Curator, Orange County Museum of Art • Richard Turner, Artist and Co- Director, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University • Christina Varvi, Art Conservator, Rosa Lowinger & Associates Newport Beach Arts Commissioners: • Rita Goldberg, Chair, Newport Beach Arts Commission • Robert Smith, Chair, Sculpture Exhibition Committee • Charles W. Ware, Jr., Arts Commissioner 431 SELECTION CRITERIA: Artistic Merit: • Artwork is of high - quality and demonstrative of originality and artistic excellence • Artist has strong professional qualifications Durability: • The artwork is made of high - quality materials which can withstand the natural outdoor elements of coastal Southern California • Artwork requires minimal to no maintenance Practicality: • Artwork is of appropriate subject matter for audiences of all ages • Artwork is safe and shall not exhibit unsafe conditions or factors that may bear on public liability Site appropriateness: • Artwork is suitable in scale to be seen in environment • Artwork is suitable for viewing from all angles 432 10 Selected Works + 3 Alternates Finalists_ "Big Wet Dog" — Matt Babcock "Brandi" — Curt Brill "Pretty Boy" — David Buckingham "Cub Triptych" — Gerardo Hacer "Odyssey" — Ray Katz "Sphere 108 "" — Ivan McLean "Wintering" — Arny Nadler "Red" - Jonathan Prince "Red Gateway — Chris Rench Alternates: "Double Doily" —Jennifer Cecere "The Big Game" — David Tanych "Rejoice" — Douglas Lochner 433 Artwork Site Locations J ART MASTER PLAN 0 O DEC 07. 2011 434 a, FDA �U 1. 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Sphere 108" by Ivan McLean 9' round sphere Stainless steel rods 450 I;) � ail K, �Olwi- NEWRCRT BEACH CMC COMPLLx I ART MASTER aawcwearoaw�wvyar 6. Sphere 108" 6uUHTHUA BouLP: nHp a A1(O OAV NUE I ' ny wi r _uoe DEC 07.2011 i 451 452 7. Double Doily by Jennifer Cecere r � 1 'Yri r' 5'x5'x5' Powder coated aluminum 453 -- M//MACM�TTHH \HUR BOULEVARD 'J MI THUR BWLFVNO - ¢ •�' ' a t ... ,p� '��+. 34�+T�t �$•✓ s �MrouEU � ° - ^� ntDrwoo nveHUB ^...^ ART MASTER PLAN r•. . a 7. Double Doily �..V�; �. • ;i =r fp ■ 454 455 8. Wintering byArny Nadler (2) 12' x 5' Painted steel 456 i l� �+MUnmuuevro r 71 ^..,.......^ .. ART MASTER PLAN F AIACPRTHUR BOULEVARD 8. Wintering we w.a • ..� cos.. DECO.2011 O «� 457 EM 9. Pretty Boy by David Buckingham l � 11' x 4'x 4' Recycled steel a. 459 MAV THUR WULCVMD W THUR OWLEVMD i6 MEL ART MASTER RAN 9. Pretty Boy F 4'. E"Imil DEC 07 Em 461 10. Odyssey by Ray Katz 22'x18'x20' Steel 462 o�� r i711k►. �.i�+r I I , � � ,..... , - ART MASTER PLAN 10. Odyssey e a !� 463 EM IT City of Newport Beach's inaugural Sculpture in the Civic Center Park Exhibition 1. Brandi 2. Red Gateway Curt Brill Chris Rench 5. Big Wet Dog 6. Sphere 108" 7. Double Doily Matt Babcock Ivan McLean Jennifer Cecere 3. Red 4. Cub Triptych Jonathan Prince Gerardo Hacer 41 � —r i r7� 10. Odyssey 8. Wintering g, pretty Boy Ray Katz Arny Nadler David Buckingham O ^� DEC `20I1 465