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I'M CALLING THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 20. WHAT IS TODAY? SEPTEMBER 21ST 2023 TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 8 26 PM. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL? I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CASSIE. HERE. STEVE PRESENT. ESTHER. HERE. GLORIA HERE.
JOSEPH HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM AND ANITA WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT AND, UH, JOHN HAD TO LEAVE. HE WAS WATCHING HIS BOYS. I SEE WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS , SO WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS NOW WE WILL GO . UM FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES UNDERWEIGHT. SORRY. DISCUSSION ON, UM UPDATED DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2023 WILEY ARTS FESTIVAL. WE HAVE APPROVED ABOUT 100 AND 30 VENDORS WITH THE PANEL. UM THERE ARE A FEW MAYBE 20 THAT HAVE NOT PAID YET, SO THOSE MAY BE REMOVED IF THEY'RE NOT, UH IF THEY'RE NOT PAID BY THE END OF THE WEEK. UM HOWEVER, WE HAVE 84. ON HOLD AND WE HAVE 61 BOTH SLEPT. SO WE NEED TO MEET SHORTLY. AND DECIDE ON THE FINAL. REVIEW. SO, UM, IS. EVERYBODY ON THE PANEL OF AVAILABLE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
PERHAPS THE 28. I'M NOT AVAILABLE NEXT THURSDAY, NOR MY WEDNESDAY FOR WEDNESDAY, PROBABLY. WEDNESDAY YEAH, WE COULD DO WEDNESDAY. OKAY? 27. UH HUH. AT SIX O'CLOCK. SO WE'VE RECEIVED MORE APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR, AND THERE'S STILL SIX WEEKS TO GO. THEN WE'VE EVER RECEIVED BEFORE. AND, UM IT'S IMPRESSIVE. IT JUST GETS BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT UNLESS ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, SIDE NOTE, I APOLOGIZE. I'M ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY. SOMETHING ELSE. WEDNESDAY. SIX O'CLOCK, YEAH. YOU'RE OKAY. NO, NO, NO, I'M I'M ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR SOMETHING ELSE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK THAT NIGHT, AND DENTON. OH OKAY. SO WHAT OTHER TUESDAY'S ARE NOT GOOD DAYS TO ME, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT UM P. N. C AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M BOOKED ON MONDAY. YOU'RE BOOKED ON MONDAY, MONDAY AND THURSDAY. I'M BOOKED HEARING IS JOSEPH WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS. I MEAN, I CAN'T IF YOU NEED ME TO, BUT I AM THE ONLY ONE WITH NO LIFE SO I WONDER IF JOHN COULD STEP INTO BECAUSE HE WAS THE ALTERNATE. MAYBE YOU DO IT, OR WE CAN WAIT TILL THE FOLLOWING WEEK. IF THE FOLLOWING WEEK. I'M WIDE OPEN. OKAY? IF WE CAN DO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY? YOU CAN DO THAT? DEFINITELY. OKAY OCTOBER 4TH AT SIX PM AWESOME. OKAY THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE ART FESTIVAL. NOW WE WILL GO INTO DISCUSSION ITEMS. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERING ACT UPON THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES. OF AUGUST 17TH 2023. SOMEONE WOULD MAKE A MOTION, RIGHT? YES WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 17TH 2023 2ND THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. OH, ARE WE VOTING? RAISING OUR HANDS? HMM. UH, NO, WE CAN'T. OH, YOUR MIC IS ON AND IT SAYS. THAT ME? MOST RUNNING YOU. I'M STEVE. STEVE. I'M HERE. YEAH, THIS IS
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YOU HERE. CHRISTINA. GOOD JOB. I WANT TO SEE WHO THIS ONE IS. NERVOUS.THE MOTION PASSES. WHERE. FIVE IN FAVOR AND ONE ABSENT TO ABSENT. TO ABSENT. ALRIGHT THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL WALKING TRAILS FACE TO SELECTION PANEL FOR THE FINAL ARTIST. OKAY YOU ALL HAVE, UM, BEEN THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS. YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE SELECTION PANEL. SO UM, I WOULD MAYBE, UM , ASKED FOR A DISCUSSION FROM EACH MEMBER AS TO YOUR THOUGHTS, AND, UM AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A MOTION ON IT. SLEEP. I AGREE WITH THE DECISION OF THE PANEL.
UH I WILL ADMIT, HOWEVER, THAT ERIC REALLY STRUCK A NOTE WITH ME WITH HIS PIECE. UM OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD NEED A LOT OF REFINEMENT. AH, BUT. MY THAT WAS MY INITIAL CHOICE. BUT THEN YOU KNOW, SHE CAME TO THE PODIUM WITH HE WAS FULLY LOADED. HIS HISTORICALLY HIS PIECE TELLS A STORY. AH! IT OBVIOUSLY, IT TAKES BOTH SPOTS ALONG THE TRAIL TO TELL THAT STORY, AND I LOVE THAT FACT. IT WILL ENCOURAGE. UH I BELIEVE ONE OF THE PANELISTS MENTIONED THAT ABLE TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF THE CATTLE HISTORY. TO ANYBODY WHO IS EVEN REMOTELY CURIOUS ABOUT THE PIECE HAVE TO READ ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW? SURE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, UM A PANEL THERE. WE WILL HAVE A LARGE PANEL AT EACH OF THE SITES THAT TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT PARTICULAR PIECE AND THE CATTLE TRIBE. I THINK MY BELIEF IS THAT IT WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO DIG INTO THAT STORY EVEN DEEPER, AND I LOVE THAT FACT. HE REALLY DID THE RESEARCH. I WAS MENTIONING TO JOSEPH AND SOME OF THE OTHER PANEL MEMBERS THAT UPON DEDICATION OF THIS IT WILL ENCOURAGE A CEREMONY. AH CADDO CEREMONIAL. CEREMONY AS IT WERE . AH TWO DEDICATED. I THINK IT DEMANDS IT. ALMOST UM SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. BUT I FULLY FULLY ON BOARD WITH THE PANEL'S RECOMMENDATION. I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOOD INSIGHT FROM EACH OF THE, UM SELECTION PANELISTS ABOUT EACH OF THE PIECES, BUT, UH, I THINK IT WAS ALMOST A UNANIMOUS THE OF THE DECISION AND I SUPPORT IT FULLY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS NEAT TO LISTEN TO ALL THE ARTISTS. UM I DID FEEL LIKE YOSHI DID THE MOST RESEARCH AND PUT THE MOST HEART INTO FIGURING OUT WHAT IT WAS. FOR ME, THE. PEACE IS A LITTLE BIT ABSTRACT, LIKE AS FAR AS SEEING A FIRE FROM THAT. BUT UM THE SCULPTING IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL ON IT, AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE TWO PIECES WORKING TOGETHER. SO I WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE GOT TONIGHT, AND THAT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE. I WILL MENTION I DID TALK TO JOSEPH AND ONE OF THE OTHER PANEL MEMBERS. I'VE FORGOTTEN HIS NAME.
UNFORTUNATELY JOSH THAT A LITTLE REFINEMENT OF THE SMOKE ELEMENT MIGHT BE BIRD. FROM A FROM A PRISON TAPE FROM A VISUAL STANDPOINT. BUT I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE PANEL TO MAKE
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THAT RECOMMENDATION ON THAT. I, UH. I'M LOOKING LIKE STEVE, WHEN I WHEN ERIC GOT UP. ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKED ABOUT WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SPACE AND THE SIZE OF THE ARTWORK. HOW HOW SOMETHING IN THE CASE OF PATRICK 6 FT FIVE BABY THAT WOULD BE LOOKING VERY IT WOULD LOOK VERY SMALL. WHEREAS THIS IS 10 POINT. 10.6. YOU KNOW, AND I LIKE THAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. SO PUTTING THAT IN REFLECTION AGAINST, UH PATRICK SAYS THAT THAT WOULD LOOK VERY SMALL BECAUSE IT'S 6 FT. TALL THAT IT MUST BE ABOUT A FOOT. SQUARE. UH THAT'S GONNA LOOK VERY SMALL, BUT, UM AND I REALLY LIKED IT OVERALL. BUT WHEN YOSHI GOT UP THERE AND. WHEN WE HAD THE OTHER MEETING WITH EVERYBODY. ALL OF THEM. HEARD ABOUT THIS, UH, AUTO TEXAS IN THE SIDE OF THE CATTLES. ALL OF THEM HEARD THAT, BUT YOSHI IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WENT DOWN THERE. AND HE DID ALL THAT RESEARCH. AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MAKE ME GO WITH WITH HIS HIS WORK. IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE SMALL AGAIN BASED ON THE SIZE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE PUT ALL THAT WORK INTO IT, AND, UH AND I SPOKE A LOT FOR HIS WILLINGNESS AND DESIRE TO WANT TO DO THIS PIECE FOR THE CITY OF WILEY AND, UH, AND BACK TO WHAT STEVE? YOU MENTIONED. I THINK THAT WAS HOPEFULLY THE CITY COUNCIL AGREE WITH US. AND THEN MAKE A BIG BIG DEAL ABOUT WHEN IT GETS PLACED IN AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE AND SO JUST KIND OF HIT EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE SELECTION PANEL FOR ME WAS AMAZING, BECAUSE I GOT TO SEE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF ALL OF THE ARTISTS WHO WHO SUBMIT WHO SUBMITTED THEIR OLD THEY'RE DESIGNED FROM ALL OVER. TO THE FINAL FOUR THAT WE CHOSE TO KIND OF SUBMIT THIS STUFF, TOO. THE REALIZATION OF ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAD WITH THEM. UM, WAS PRETTY AWESOME. AH! I WOULD SAY THAT, UM THE MISCONCEPTION ABOUT YOSHI'S IS THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY 14 FT. TALL. IT'S ACTUALLY LOOKS SMALLER. I THINK, BECAUSE, UH, ERIC MADE HIS NOT TO SCALE REALLY. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT YO. SHE SITS ON A 4 FT MOUND. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT IS THE FOREFOOT FIRE. THAT'S 16 ARMOR. WHAT? 14 FT WIDE AND THEN YOU HAVE THE 7 FT. PILLAR ON TOP OF THAT, SO WE'RE SITTING IN ABOUT 14 FT OF THE AIR. WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE PIECE. AND I AGREE WITH STEVE LIKE HAVING THE CATTLE HERE AND HAVING A CEREMONY. AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW , ONE I MENTIONED THE CATTO. AALTO TRIBE IN THE WHOLE MUSEUM AT THAT MEETING, AND THE FACT THAT HE TOOK THAT AND TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO GO ON HIS OWN TIME TO GO DOWN THERE. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. HE COULD HAVE JUST PHONED IT IN AND DONE WITH WHATEVER ELSE DID AND NOT DO THAT RESEARCH AND NOT TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND NOT EVEN GET THAT. I MEAN, HE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THAT STORY. HAD HE NOT GONE THERE AND SO AND TO TAKE THAT STORY FROM FROM THAT TRIBE. THAT IS, THAT IS THE CATTLE THAT IS THIS AREA. UM AND TO BRING IT TO WILEY AND THEN TO POSSIBLY FORGE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT TRIBE. FOR US FOR THE CITY TO HAVE EVENTS HERE IN THE FUTURE WITH THEM. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S AN AMAZING THING. HE DID SOME LEGWORK FOR US THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO SO. YEAH. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CITY PLUS THE TRIBE TOGETHER WOULD BE EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN THIS SCULPTURE. I THINK ALSO THAT HIS STORY WAS SO COMPELLING THE RESEARCH THE STORY THAT THE HEALING ASPECT AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED IN EITHER THE PLAQUES THAT ARE PUT THERE OR, YOU KNOW CAROLINE LIKE MY QR CODES, YOU KNOW IF THERE'S A Q R CODE, LIKE, DIG DEEPER, FIND OUT MORE AND THEN HAVE LIKE A CITY WEBSITE PAGE. THAT'S JUST TALKS MORE ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY POWERFUL. YEAH THE WILL HAVE A BRONZE OR A STONE PLAQUE. THAT HAS THE YEAR THAT THE PUBLIC ART WAS DEDICATED AND THE PUBLIC ARE BORED OF THAT YEAR. AND THE ARTIST'S NAME BUT WILL ALSO HAVE A PLAQUE THE SIZE OF THE PLAQUE ON THE HERC PIECE. THAT IS A WHOLE STORY. OF WHAT THESE TWO PIECES MEAN AND WHAT THEY MEANT TO THE CAT DOES. SO UM, AND THEN , OF COURSE, IT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. AND IT WILL BE INCLUDED ON AUTO CAST SO PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND HEAR FROM YOSHI. EXACTLY WHY HE CAME UP WITH THIS. YEAH AND IF YOU GO ON AUTO CAST, AND IT'S NOW ON OUR WEBSITE UM, EVERY ARTIST THAT HAS COMMISSIONED FOR THIS CITY[00:15:04]
SPEAKS ON THAT SITE. THE ONLY ONE THAT WE DON'T HAVE IS TURK TONGEREN BECAUSE HE'S DECEASED AND SOMEONE SPOKEN HIS BEHALF. AH BUT EVERY OTHER ONE IS FROM THE ARTIST AND WHY THEY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM. SO. WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE EMOTION? I WILL AFFORD A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I SECOND NOT TO ADJOURN. I'M JUMPING THE GUN. MY BAD. THERE'S UM THERE'S A, UM . RIGHT, UM. SO MAKE A MOTION TO SELECT THE FINAL ART ART TO WHAT IS IT TO ACT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL WALKING TRAILS? FACE TO SELECTION PANEL FOR THE FINAL ARTIST. UM DID YOU FIND IT? AND I'M LOAN COMPANY. YEAH. ARE YOU GOING TO OKAY, UH, MAKING MOTION TO ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MISSILE WALKING TRAIL PHASE TWO SELECTION PANEL. FOR THE FINAL ARTISTS GREAT TO THE TWO SIDES. YOSHI. I WILL. SECOND THAT MOTION. SO TO CLARIFY SITE ONE AND SITE TO BOTH GO TO YOSHI, RIGHT? THE MOTION PASSES WITH TO PRESENT FIVE AN AGREEMENT AND 2 TO 2 ABSENT. AND THEN WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD , I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. NOW I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND I WILL NOW SECOND THAT EMOTION. THE MOTION PASSES WITH FIVE IN FAVOR AND TWO ABSENT. WE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.