REPORT TO ARTS COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Review and Recommendation of Public Art for Civic Center Lobbies
Report
BACKGROUND
Phase I of the Civic Center project is currently underway and includes:
* New 119,874 square-foot, four-story, Net Zero Energy and Certified LEED Platinum City Hall
* Renovated Public Safety Headquarters (i.e., lobby, entry and tenant improvements)
* New two-story, 15,002 square-foot Emergency Operations Center
* Approximately 6 acres of open space
* Pedestrian improvements along Olive Avenue
* Frontage improvements along Mathilda Avenue from W. Olive Avenue to El Camino Real including a new multiuse pathway and walkways for public use
* Civic plaza
* Outdoor amphitheater
Subject to Council Policy 6.4.4 (Art in Public Places), the project will incorporate 1% of construction costs for public art, totaling $508,966 for Phase I. Three locations have been identified for the public art:
* Amphitheater: a large-scale sculpture for $338,966
* City Hall: interior lobby niches on each floor (four total) for $100,000
* All America Way at Mathilda Avenue: temporary, rotating sculpture program for $70,000
This report addresses the lobby niches where $100,000 ($20,000 per niche plus artist design stipends, installation and project contingencies) has been allotted for the artwork (Attachment 2 - Rendering of Lobby Niches). Art for the Amphitheater has already been approved and is in fabrication, and art for the rotating sculpture program will be brought to the Arts Commission and City Council for review in the future.
In May 2022 a Request for Qualifications was distributed through public art websites, artist networks and City website inviting artists residing in California to apply for the City Hall niches (Attachment 3 - Call for Artists). A total of 45 artists applied and a 9-member community selection panel, including art professionals, residents and project staff, reviewed the artist qualifications. The community panel selected ten artists to...
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