Public Art Committee
Report to the City Council
March 21, 2023
Presentation by Chair Emily McPartlon
Vice Chair Jean Goldman
Thanks to all members:
Emily McPartlon
Jean Goldman
Edythe Bresnahan
Stuart Lynch
Harley Jensen
Vickie Jo Sowell
Rick Tejada-Flores
Judith Wetterer
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2022 Accomplishment:
Light on the Bay Mural
In August 2022, the community
celebrated the installation of
Guillaume Ollivier's Light on the
Bay, at 1456 63rd Street across
from Fire Station #35
Community Development Department 2
2022 Accomplishment:
Purchase Award
3 -Four welded copper 2’ x 3’
sculptures: Ant, Mosquito,
Stag Beetle, and
Grasshopper
by Ken Kalman -purchased in 2022 -to be installed on City Hall exterior in 2023
2022 Accomplishment:
Bus Shelter Installations
Temporary public art at
four bus shelters by:
Joey Rose
Jessalyn Aaland
Nora Pauwels
4 2022 Accomplishment:
Visual Arts Grants
Four Visual Arts Grants
awarded - one work installed in
2022, three to be installed in
2023:
▪ Therese Lahaie
▪ Juan Lopez
▪ Steve Bronson
▪ Los Pobres Aristas
5 Therese Lahaie
2022 Accomplishment:
Updated Website
Art in Public Places Program Website updated to include:
▪ A collection of the 40 plus murals now found in Emeryville o 5 City-Commissioned works – 2 added in 2022
o 15 PangeaSeed SeaWalls festival murals – all added in 2022 o Murals installed in compliance with the Art in Public Places Program by private developers
o Murals installed by businesses or organizations independent of the City - a large “Spare the Air” mural was installed in 2022
▪ A revised diagram of the art in City Hall allowing self-guided tours, with the 2021 Otocast smartphone guided tour with recordings from participating artists
▪ A current “What’s New” section consisting of images of works installed in 2022, to be revised in 2023
6 2023 Top Priority:
New Projects to be included in the Capital
Improvement Program
7 Other 2023 Priorities:
Explore opportunities to collaborate
with Ned Kahn
8 PAC endorsed a
possible installation
by Ned Kahn at
Point Emery and/or
City Hall Fountain,
pending site
feasibility analysis
Other 2023 Priorities:
Neighborhood Convergence Restoration
Restoration of the
painted sculptures,
associated lighting and
back wall that make up
the work Neighborhood
Convergence at
Powell Street under I-80
March 21, 2023
9 Louise Stanley
Vickie Jo Sowell
2023 Second Top Priority:
Phase VII Bus Shelter Art
PAC will recommend
commissions for
Phase VII of the
Sharon Wilchar
Temporary Art Bus
Shelter in 2023, while
closing out Phase VI
10 Other 2023 Priorities:
Complete Phase VI Bus Shelter Art
The last artists selected as
part of the Temporary Art Bus
Shelter Program in 2023 for
Phase VI include:
▪ Michael Murphy
▪ Courtney Shennish
In 2023 a QR code for the
City’s Art in Public Places
Program was added to all
posters
11 Other 2023 Priorities:
Rotten City Cultural District
The three years of additional State funding for the
Rotten City Cultural Arts District may offer
additional partnering opportunities between the
City and the District’s other partners for art
programming
March 21. 2023
12 Mural at Tipsy Putt by Lily Therens
Thank you!
March 21, 2023
13 Jenny Shraff
Mark Bullwinkle
Sofie Ramos