Arts Commission Informational ReportDATE:
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
February 15, 1996
MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
TOWN MANAGER
ARTS COMMISSION INFORMATIONAL REPORT
MEETING DATE: 2-24-96
ITEM NO.
Arts Commission
RECOMMENDATION:
For information, only.
DISCUSSION:
Attached is a background report from the Arts Commission. Committee chairs will provide project status reports at the
meeting, including upcoming tasks/activities.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Three of the Commission's projects require funding. The total cost of current fiscal year projects is estimated at $12,855.
The Town allocated $4,250. The Commission has successfully raised $6,330 from other sources.
Budget Revenues Balance
Town Arts Com.
Art in Council Chambers $ 810 $0 $ 810 $0
Music in the Plaza $ 6,490 $3,960 $2,530 $0
Forbes Mill Footbridge Mural $ 5.560 $ 290 $3,000 $2.280
$12,860 $4,250 $6,330 $2,280
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Attachments:
1. Arts Commission Background Report
a. Public Art: Gifts and Loans
b. Art in the Council Chamber
Distribution:
Arts Commission
PREPARED BY: Regina A. F
Community S Dffector
Reviewed by: Attorney Finance Revised: 2/21/96 10:22 am
Reformatted: 10/23/95
MEMORANDUM
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
To: Town Council
From: Arts Commission
Subject: ARTS COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEES
Date: February 15, 1996
Forbes Mill Footbridge Mural Project Subcommittee
The Forbes Mill Footbridge Mural Committee is currently developing and coordinating an art/historical
interpretive youth mural for the interior of the Forbes Mill footbridge. The Forbes Mill footbridge, an
integral part of the Los Gatos Creek Trail, rises from the foot of Forbes Mill Museum above Highway 17
to connect the east side of the Los Gatos Creek to the west side near Old Town. Over the years the interior
of the footbridge has been the target of vandalism and graffiti. It is expected that the mural project will
deter further vandalism on the bridge; expose Los Gatos youth to art, nature, and Los Gatos history;
encourage youth to take responsibility in enhancing the community; attract more people to the Los Gatos
Creek Trail and Forbes Mill Museum; and share the history of Los Gatos with the public.
The Committee anticipates that 50 to 156 volunteer Los Gatos youths ranging in age from 6-18 years will
create the historical drawings. Youth from a diversity of ages, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds
are expected to participate. A subcommittee of volunteers is working with the youth to provide art
direction in the creation of mural sketches and several workshops have already been held to facilitate this
process. Mural sketches will be exhibited in the Town Council Chambers from March 1 - 28, 1996 (before
painting begins on the footbridge). The Art Selection Panel will assign panels to participating youths on
the basis of overall design.
There are 156 individual panels on each side of the footbridge. The panels measure appi ox. 44" wide x 40"
high. Prior to painting, the bridge will be and cleaned, sanded and primed with a special metal primer.
Music in the Plaza (MIP) Subcommittee
Music in the Plaza is a summer series of free musical concerts held in the Town Plaza Park on Sunday
afternoons. It is an extremely popular event which has enriched the community and added vitality to the
downtown area since 1988. Five to ten performances of various musical styles are planned each season;
the number of concerts actually presented is dependent upon donations, grants and project costs. The MIP
Subcommittee coordinates the concert program by securing musical performances and other services,
coordinating fundraising efforts, managing MIP funds, and implementing advertising and promotional
strategies. The Town, in turn, provides the use of the Plaza park and Town stage, provides limited
insurance coverage, executes contracts and retains the stage crew.
The Subcommittee has already submitted one grant application, pursued a variety of donation possibilities,
and scheduled weekly meetings to develop a concert series which:
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Meets the highest quality artistic standards;
Allows community members to share a common experience;
Supports a variety of styles, forms, and multi -ethnic and cultural origins; and
Meets the social and cultural needs of the entire family.
Public Art Subcommittee
The Public Art Subcommittee serves two primary functions: it recommends Art Selection Panel members
to the Arts Commission and considers initial art work placement as it relates to art work offered to the
Town for public installation. The Committee, in conjunction with the Arts Commission, recently
recommended the appointment of five Art Selection Panel members to the Town Council. The Public Art
Subcommittee will work with the Art Selection Panel over the next several months to:
Review the Town's public art policy;
Evaluate agreement renewal options for the sculptures loaned to the Town by Paul
Gorenuic and Eric Zimielis;
Advise the Forbes Mill Footbridge Mural Project Subcommittee, upon request.
Art in the Council Chambers Subcommittee
The Art in the Council Chambers Subcommittee serves three primary functions: it coordinates efforts which
allow artists to exhibit work locally, it strives to support activities that allow the public access to a wide
variety of art expression, and it works to enhance the environment surrounding the Civic Center. The
Subcommittee has scheduled seven (7) exhibitions for the Council Chambers during 1996; in keeping with
Town policy, each exhibit is scheduled to run from one to three months. A reception is coordinated to kick
off each new exhibit and announcements are widely distributed. A sponsorship program is currently in
place which allows individuals to "adopt" an art exhibit, which means s/he pays for printing appropriate
advertising materials, usually postcards. A number of Council members, commissioners, staff, and private
citizens have sponsored exhibits in the past, and press coverage from the Los Gatos Weekly Times has been
extensive. The Art in the Council Chambers program is popular among local artists and citizens alike.
Evaluation Committee
The Evaluation Committee evaluates applications submitted to the Town's Community Grant Program.
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PUBLIC ART
GIFTS AND LOANS TO THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
DATE LENDER/DONOR ITEM (Description/Term)
8/22/85 Lender: Rosanna Radding Number/count: 7 (All works are
not named, but are numbered).
Acrylic on canvas (abstract).
Est. Value: $300 - $800 per.
Artist: Rosanna Radding. Displayed
at the Neighborhood Center (208 E.
Main St.)
12/6/88 Lender: Paul Goreniuc Sculpture: "Space Dance for Peace
IV", 12'x12'x12', 1" thick, Corten Steel
Plate. Est. Value: $50,000. Term of
Loan: 12/8/88 to 12/8/91. Town has
option to buy.
5/22/91 Lender: Eric Ziemelis Sculpture: "Eolian," Completed
January, 1991. 12' high, 13 1/2' high
including base; 9' wide; 3' in depth
(excluding base); weight is 3,500 lbs.
Materials include steel & white
cement. Est. Value: $25,000
(Appraisal has not been obtained by
the Town.)
11/81 Artist: Conrad Szeliga
7-foot by 19-foot acrylic mural in the
Downtown Neighborhood Center
capturing a historic Victorian home
and sculpture of a Los Gatos cat, ...a
"composite' of the Town of Los Gatos.
Est. Value: $1,000 (A $1,000 check
was presented the artist by the Cultural
Resources Commission.)
12/29/88 Donor: Jack Wilson and "Train from Santa Cruz". Oil on
masonite. 48"x48". Est. Value:
$4,500. Artist: Jack Wilson
12/4/89 Donor: Eric & Mimi Carlson "Los Gatos". Watercolor.
36"(w)x29"(h). Est. Value: $250.
Artist: Sara Anderson
12/3/90 "Portrait of Billy Jones" Oil painting.
58"x46". Est. Value: $4,500. Artist:
Charles Ward
6/91 Donor: Southbay Cablevision
1992
Unknown Donor
Donor: Chrislow's
Donor: Sara Anderson
Unknown Donor
Art displayed in Library stairwell.
Winners of Chamber of Commerce
sponsored contest.
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Oil on masonite. 18"x24". Abstract.
Artist: Bruni
Watercolor. "Old Civic Center"
Artist: Melville Ray (1963). Displayed
at Neighborhood Center (208 E. Main)
Signed print #1/500. Spanish style
home. Artist: Vivian Phillips.
Displayed at Neighborhood Center
(208 E. Main)
Water Color; "Maria's Berry Farm
Water Tower." Artist - Sara
Anderson. Displayed at Parks
Forestry & Maintenance (Miles Ave.)
Oil painting; "Los Gatos Old Mill and
Train;" Artist: J. Gensiracisa.
Displayed at Parks Forestry &
Maintenance (Miles Ave.)
Forbes Mill by Ken Schirle, 1978
McCullough -Jones House by Vivian
Phillips, 1979
The Corner Drugstore by Deborah
Woods, 1980
Miles House by Jack Wilson, 1981
"Honeymoon House" by Armando
Delgado, 1982
Coggeshell-Place Home by Marilyn
Hoffman, 1983
Los Gatos High School by William
Cunningham, 1984
Sacred Heart Novitiate by Ruth
McNamara, 1985
Old Town by Patricia Young, 1986
Leo & Leona by Eleanor Stoffel, 1987
LOS GA TOS ARTS COMMISSION
ART IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1996 CALENDAR
Artist Medium Exhibit Reception Sponsor
1. Linda Fillhardt * Oil
Painting
2. Forbes Mill
Footbridge Youth
Mural Sketches
3. Carol Taylor **
Mixed
Media
1/5-2/29 Fri 1/19 Larry Anderson,
6-8pm Town Attorney
3/1-3/28 Fri 3/15
6-8pm
Joanne Benjamin,
Town Council
& Roger Poyner,
Atty. at Law
Acrylic 3129-5/30 Fri 5/17 Eric Carlson,
Painting 6-8pm Mayor Emeritus
4. Diana Marto Mixed
Media
5. Mattison Fitzgerald
6. Wanda Waldera
7. Yeung Ha
5/31-8/1 Fri 7/19 Jane Bradbury 1
6-8pm Bill Kalogeros,
Arts Advocates
Oil 8/2-9/20
Painting
Fri 9/20 Randy Attaway,
6-8pm Mayor
Acrylic 9/27-10/31 Fri 10111 Fawn Powers, PhD
6-8pm
Prints/ 11/1-12/30 Fri 11/15 Joan Schreiner,
Monotypes 6-8pm 6-8pm Former Town
Treasurer
A sponsor pays $115 dollars to the Arts Commission Art in the Council Chambers Deposit Account which covers the cost of printinf
500 color postcards at Modem Postcard. The sponsors name is noted on the postcard.
Receptions are on the third Friday of odd numbered months from 6-8pm. Dates are 1/19, 3/15, 5/17, 7/19
9/20, 10/11, 11/15_
For further information, please contact Anne Lamborn at 354-8493_
Los Gatos resident
Los Gatos Arts Commissioner
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