HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ARTAB_10.25.2006 WorkshopMinutes of the Meeting of the
Public Arts Panel Subcommittee
of the Arts and Culture Board
City of Georgetown, Texas
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Panel Members present: Rich Bartko, Travis Cook, Natalie Dowling, Martha Lawlor, Linda Nix,
Ruth Robert
Staff Attending: Judy Fabry, Administrative Assistant, Georgetown Public Library
Others Attending: Rosemarie Dockery
Workshop Session
CaII to Order at 5:30 PM
A. Call to order and announcements from the Chair. Chair Dowling called the meeting to
order. She reported that since the last meeting the City had established December 18 as
the first date any artist could begin working on the children's room murals. She also
went over the time schedule for the RFP for the muralist: proposals are due at noon on
Monday, November 13 and the panel is expected to bring a decision to the full Arts and
Culture Board at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15.
B. Consideration and approval of minutes of last meeting
Ruth Roberts moved and Linda Nix seconded the motion to accept the minutes of the
last meeting as published. Vote to accept was unanimous.
C. Presentation by Justin M. Smith, blacksmith Justin and Kendall Smith presented samples
of Justin's work and photos of their recently completed project for the First Baptist
Church of Georgetown. For the library, Justin is proposing a bronze installation in the
plaza in front of the coffee shop. It consists of several poles with banners flying from
them and might be attached to the east wall of the plaza or could possibly be free-
standing. He imagined the work to be approximately 8 feet by 8 feet.
Panel members asked questions about the general concept and Travis suggested that a
literary reference might be made a part of the design The Smiths need to see the site,
learn about the construction of the wall, and confer with the architect about their ideas.
Justin thinks that it would only take him about 6 weeks to fabricate and install the
artwork, so there is time to complete it before the new library opens.
Natalie said that she would contact the Smiths on Thursday October 26, to let them
know whether the panel wants them to continue with their proposal and to tell them.
how to get m touch with the architect.
After the Smiths left the panel agreed that Natalie should ask themto come back with
some alternative designs at least one of which would incorporate literary references.
E. Discussion of RFP for children's room muralist.
Panel members agreed to come to the library to pick up copies of proposal packets as
they come in. Judy will notify panelmembers as the proposals become available. After
the deadline on November 13 Judy will copy the remaimng proposals and have them
ready for panel members to pick up by 4:00 p.m. The panel will meet at the library at
5:30 on. Tuesday, November 14 to begin discussing the proposals and will resume their
consideration at 10 00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 15, also at the library. They hope
to be able to bnng a recommendationto the Arts and Culture Board at 4:00 on
Wednesday, November 15.
The panel members agreed to have personally scored the proposals by the time they meet
on Tuesday. At that time they will submit their individual scores and assign panel scores
for each proposal. They agreed to be ready to discuss and defend their scores and be open
to compromise.
Linda Nix moved and. Ruth Roberts seconded the motion to adjourn at 6:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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iudy Fabry, Acting Secretary
Natalie Dowling, Chair
• Request for Proposal
City of Georgetown
Muralist for New Public Library Building
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The City of Georgetown is seeking a muralist to paint rain forest-themed designs on four walls
and solid coordinating colors on the remaining walls of the children's room (total 2,512 sq. ft. of
wall space) of the new public library building, which is scheduled to open in January 2007.
Work shall be completed between December 18, 2006 and January 19, 2007. Cost of the project
shall not exceed $14,999. The architect's conceptual designs for the murals are available.
Proposals shall include:
• Artist's biography and resume, with examples of previous work
• Written description of the proposed murals, not to exceed two pages
• Sketch of proposed design for each wall
• Proposed timeline for completion of work
• Proposed budget for the project
• An affidavit stating artist's level of insurance
The muralist will be selected by the Public Art Panel for the Georgetown Public Library, a
subcommittee of the City of Georgetown Arts and Culture Board. Proposals will be graded on
the following criteria:
• Appropriateness of design to the rain forest theme (20 points)
• Permanence of the art work in a high traffic, child -oriented location (10 points)
• Feasibility of completing the proposed artwork (20 points)
• Convincing evidence of the artist's ability to complete the work as proposed,
including such factors as budget, timeline, artist's experience, soundness of materials
(45 points)
• Cost (5 points)
Bid packets, in either paper or electronic form, containing the conceptual designs of the murals
and a sample of the contract that will be executed with the artist are available by contacting
Judy Fabry, administrative assistant for the Georgetown Public Library, at 512-930-3552 or
jkf@georgetowntx.org. A tour of the children's room of the new library, which is still under
construction, may be arranged by contacting Eric Lashley, director of the Georgetown Public
Library, at 930-2513, or epl@georgetowntx.org.
Sealed proposals must be received by the director of the Georgetown Public Library, 808 Martin
Luther King, Jr. St., Georgetown, Texas 78626, by 5:00 p.m. on