Item 4F
Item 4F
Approve contracts with Archie St. Clair in the amount of $280,000 and Liz Bonham in the amount of $5,000 to provide art for the new DPS Headquarters
Jim C. Blagg
The DPS public art project is made possible from Crime Control and Prevention Board funding.
1% of the funding for the new DPS facility can be utilized to purchase public art for the project
The total amount of the contracts for the project is $285,000
DPS Headquarters Public Art Project
The 3 basic components of the project consist of the following:
Sculpture for the main entry to the building
Sculpture for an interior courtyard
Painting (possibly a mural) inside main entry to the building
DPS Headquarters Public Art Project
The development of the project consisted of 5 meetings of a subgroup of the Crime Control and Prevention Board.
The subgroup included:
The Director of DPS
The Fire and Police Chief
Director and Deputy Director of the Community Services Department
DPS Headquarters Public Art Project
The Subgroup decided upon seven artists as finalists for the project.
The finalists made presentations based on their interpretations of the project.
The presentations were placed on a webpage for review by the subgroup several weeks before the final selection.
Two artists were selected at a meeting of the committee on September 18 and were then presented to the entire Crime Control and Prevention District Board, the Southlake Arts Council,
and the City Council.
DPS Headquarters Public Art Project
The Southlake Arts Council has reviewed and approved the contract template.
City staff will work with the artists throughout the creation and implementation phases of the project to make sure that the contract is being satisfied.
The Crime Control & Prevention District Board recommended these contracts to the City Council at their January 13 meeting on a vote of 6-0.
DPS Headquarters Public Art Project
Liz Bonham
Representative Art
Liz Bonham
Wisteria on White Chapel
Liz Bonham
Southlake Public Library Mural
Liz Bonham
Shady Oaks Barn
Liz Bonham
Rough sketch of proposed art for DPS Headquarters
Representative Art
Archie St. Clair
Archie St. Clair
Archie St. Clair
Archie St. Clair
Archie St. Clair
Questions?
Jim Blagg
ext 8601