CALENDAR YEAR 2025
DELINQUENT REFUSE COLLECTION
ACCOUNT NO. TOTAL LIEN DUE SERVICE ADDRESS APN
PM5329 $373.54 8332 OLANDA ST A 6265020048
PM5797 $373.54 14926 INDIANA AVE 4 6241007052
PM6067 $373.54 8018 ADAMS ST B 6270011021
PM6304 $373.54 14050 ARTHUR AVE 6242027024
PM6390 $373.54 15144 FAULKNER AVE 6239007005
PM6392 $373.54 15147 FAULKNER AVE 6239005024
PM6480 $373.54 15727.5 ORIZABA AVE 6270024025
PM6533 $373.54 16417 CALIFORNIA AVE 7103024020
PM6575 $373.54 16649.5 VERMONT AVE 7102028017
PM6652 $373.54 6715 72ND ST 7101008029
PM6749 $373.54 7219.5 MARCELLE ST 7102007003
PM6790 $373.54 7814 ROSE ST 6242026012
PM6961 $373.54 7221 JACKSON ST 7102006021
PM6977 $373.54 6614.5 SAN MARCUS ST 6237019003
PM6982 $373.54 14625 GUNDRY AVE 6237006023
PM7002 $373.54 16457 ORIZABA AVE 7103023014
PM7003 $373.54 16453 ORIZABA AVE 7103023014
PM8625 $373.54 6739 MOTZ ST 7101004012
PM393 $373.54 13418 1/4 OBISPO AVE 6264013078
PM5972 $372.60 15350 PERILLA AVE 6268010016
PM695 $372.02 14058 ARTHUR AVE 6242027024
PM1902 $371.46 6517 SAN MATEO ST 6237029020
PM2267 $371.46 7027 SAN CARLOS ST 6237008017
PM5945 $371.46 6708 MOTZ ST 7101006010
PM6769 $371.46 7301.5 PETROL ST 6241024023
PM597 $368.54 13909 DOWNEY AVE 6265020065
PM1269 $368.54 15344 AVOCADO AVE 6268011018
PM1411 $368.54 15532 VERMONT AVE 6270014006
PM1461 $368.54 15555 ORIZABA AVE 6270017014
PM1464 $368.54 15557 ORIZABA AVE 6270017013
PM1506 $368.54 15638 DELCOMBRE AVE 6239011014
PM1604 $368.54 15758 GUNDRY AVE 6240008001
PM1769 $368.54 16442 VIRGINIA AVE 7103020016
PM1836 $368.54 16626 VERMONT AVE 7102029008
PM1841 $368.54 16629 VERMONT AVE 7102028008
PM1873 $368.54 6449 SAN MARCUS ST 6237030005
PM1955 $368.54 6553 SAN VINCENTE ST 6237028022
PM1962 $368.54 6601 72ND ST 7101008040
PM2018 $368.54 6625 MARCELLE ST 7101006018
PM2092 $368.54 6701 72ND ST 7101008031
PM2458 $368.54 7311 CORTLAND AVE 6236015013
PM3010 $368.54 8337 WILBARN ST 6265026090
PM3050 $368.54 8408 HARRISON ST 7103030029
PM3378 $368.54 14925 GARFIELD AVE 6241025039
CALENDAR YEAR 2025
DELINQUENT REFUSE COLLECTION
ACCOUNT NO. TOTAL LIEN DUE SERVICE ADDRESS APN
PM3800 $368.54 16429 INDIANA AVE 7103019013
PM3874 $368.54 8135 HOWE ST 6265009013
PM3959 $368.54 15539 COLORADO AVE 6270014017
PM4058 $368.54 7321.5 MOTZ ST 7102009038
PM4072 $368.54 13827 RUTHER AVE 6265012011
PM4154 $368.54 8061 MADISON ST 6270017012
PM4167 $368.54 7026 MYRRH ST 6240006007
PM4191 $368.54 6519 SAN VINCENTE ST 6237028017
PM4202 $368.54 8325 3RD ST 6241005005
PM4228 $368.54 15126 RANCHO OBISPO RD 6268041058
PM4249 $368.54 13622 FANSHAW AVE 6265005005
PM4374 $368.54 8222 DENBO ST 6265018022
PM4590 $368.54 15157 HAYTER AVE 6268027037
PM4659 $368.54 6816 SAN MATEO ST 6237015004
PM4720 $368.54 15714 OLIVA AVE 6268020049
PM5176 $368.54 8459 TEPIC DR 6270028027
PM5560 $368.54 14515 COKE AVE 6268038015
PM5599 $368.54 15348 VERDURA AVE 6268012017
PM5834 $368.54 15303 RANCHO CENTINA RD 6268042049
PM6088 $368.54 6821 SEVERN DR 6239008007
PM8256 $368.54 14424 COKE AVE 6268038027
PM8723 $368.54 8439 SOMERSET BLVD 6241007034
PM614 $368.52 13921 FACADE AVE 6242017009
PM8142 $368.45 6653 SAN LUIS ST 6237019023
PM4465 $367.97 14133 ORIZABA AVE 6265014012
PM1128 $367.86 15309 COLORADO AVE 6270013031
PM9152 $367.65 15359 ILLINOIS AVE 6240017016
PM792 $367.56 14522 CASTANA AVE 6268039016
PM9203 $367.39 7434 CORTLAND AVE 6236019009
PM2520 $367.34 7348 CORTLAND AVE 6236018028
PM4187 $367.34 8128 2ND ST 6241011006
PM6322 $367.34 14413 GUNDRY AVE 6237008017
PM8606 $367.26 6514 ALONDRA BLVD 7101012027
PM1346 $367.14 15507 VIRGINIA AVE 6270019023
PM1762 $367.10 16437 GEORGIA AVE 7103022021
PM2386 $367.10 7132 TREVES DR 6236007018
PM3794 $367.10 15703 OLIVA AVE 6268020013
PM5821 $367.10 13606 FANSHAW AVE 6265005002
PM8191 $367.10 15309 RANCHO OBISPO RD 6268042056
PM495 $367.10 13630 JETMORE AVE 6265007007
PM9815 $367.07 8117 RANCHO PODEROSO RD 6264016085
PM9777 $365.96 8448 MADISON ST 6270020037
PM2472 $355.98 7319 LIONEL ST 6236025022
PM2119 $353.16 6733 72ND ST 7101007019
CALENDAR YEAR 2025
DELINQUENT REFUSE COLLECTION
ACCOUNT NO. TOTAL LIEN DUE SERVICE ADDRESS APN
PM4295 $349.91 7027 MYRRH ST 6 6240005037
PM4689 $349.29 15348 PIMENTA AVE 6268022018
PM2878 $347.43 8219 WILBARN ST 6265025040
PM9484 $346.64 8128 3RD ST 6241010007
PM1208 $346.38 15329 CASTANA AVE 6268025008
PM1580 $339.75 15727 ORIZABA AVE 6270024025
PM1144 $318.11 15312 VERMONT AVE 6270013023
PM3826 $309.86 13903 FLORINE AVE 6242016011
PM1193 $307.26 15325 RANCHO VERDE DR 6268042023
PM453 $300.66 13516 PARKER PL 6236009007
PM9077 $293.44 8018 1ST ST 6241013005
PM7045 $293.36 8139 MCKINLEY AVE 6264002007
PM7046 $293.36 8141 MCKINLEY AVE 6264002007
PM706 $291.92 14107 ANDERSON ST 6265016012
PM3686 $291.92 15302 BELLOTA AVE 6268025034
PM3969 $291.92 15609 ARAVACA DR 6239012007
PM3816 $291.76 8113 HARRISON ST 7103022028
PM6934 $291.76 15318 VERMONT AVE 6270013023
PM7034 $291.76 15524 CALIFORNIA AVE 6270017005
PM1748 $291.28 16426 CALIFORNIA AVE 7103023007
PM6542 $291.28 16428 CALIFORNIA AVE 7103023007
PM8465 $291.28 14703 SAN ANTONIO AVE 6237029001
PM1439 $291.25 15545 GUNDRY AVE 6240027010
PM8561 $287.10 13639 WIEMER AVE 6265007015
PM2243 $286.60 7014 MYRRH ST 6240006010
PM2354 $286.60 7114 CLOVERLAWN DR 6236005021
PM2980 $286.60 8325 WILBARN ST 6265026080
PM3691 $286.60 8114 CENTURY BLVD 6265010003
PM5292 $286.60 13438 JETMORE AVE 6264012032
PM5471 $286.60 15107 BELLOTA AVE 6268028001
PM5726 $286.60 15727 VIRGINIA AVE 6270022049
PM1741 $286.28 16423 BIXLER AVE 7103018024
PM4888 $286.28 6527 SAN MIGUEL ST 6237027023
PM6538 $286.28 16425 BIXLER AVE 7103018024
PM6539 $286.28 16425.5 BIXLER AVE 7103018024
PM6978 $285.72 6523 72ND ST 7101009040
PM778 $272.56 14509 CASTANA AVE 6268038038
PM3373 $268.45 14910 CALLE LAS BRISAS 6241031010
PM2643 $267.26 7830 HOWE ST 6242028021
PM10095 $262.18 6652 1/2 SAN VINCENTE ST 6237021011
PM1458 $258.34 15555 BRAYTON ST 6240006038
PM4737 $258.34 8418 COLONY CT 6270035015
PM8797 $258.34 6829 1/2 MOTZ ST 7101004018
PM3710 $257.03 7905 ADAMS ST 6270002018
CALENDAR YEAR 2025
DELINQUENT REFUSE COLLECTION
ACCOUNT NO. TOTAL LIEN DUE SERVICE ADDRESS APN
PM386 $254.33 13405 DOWNEY AVE 6264010014
PM1577 $246.71 15726 DELCOMBRE AVE 6239011020
PM9191 $246.49 16607 EUREKA AVE 7102030019
PM1102 $243.50 15302 SAN JOSE AVE 6239006014
PM4686 $238.67 6642 SAN CARLOS ST 6237024009
PM6251 $228.54 15112 BELLOTA AVE 6268029040
PM3542 $225.67 13833 FAIRLOCK AVE 6242011003
PM2343 $218.03 7108 TREVES DR 6236007014
PM2606 $217.82 7608 RACINE AVE 6242018011
PM3340 $211.42 8302 RANCHO DORADO RD 6264009045
PM2104 $211.10 6714 MOTZ ST 7101006011
PM6655 $211.10 6728 CARO ST 7101004001
PM3629 $206.10 13827 FACADE AVE 6242009006
PM4141 $206.10 7257 1/2 MOTZ ST 7102010038
PM4672 $206.10 16222 VIRGINIA AVE 7103015005
PM6991 $206.10 16456 ORIZABA AVE 7103022028
PM7000 $206.10 15707 VIRGINIA AVE 6270022027
PM9440 $206.10 15723 VIRGINIA AVE 6270022048
PM769 $206.10 14503 PASSAGE AVE 6268037006
PM6748 $205.85 7218 MOTZ ST 7102007013
PM5592 $205.61 8014 1ST ST 6241013004
PM1800 $203.46 16600 EUREKA AVE 7102031025
PM6365 $201.50 15014 INDIANA AVE 6241007024
PM6364 $201.46 15012 INDIANA AVE 6241007024
PM895 $201.46 15010 INDIANA AVE 6241007024
PM8952 $200.87 8826 CHESTER ST 6268019006
PM3785 $191.92 13820 FAIRLOCK AVE 6242010007
PM1855 $187.77 16649 VERMONT AVE 7102028017
PM5914 $186.60 15327 HAYTER AVE 6268027033
PM8316 $186.60 6500 ALONDRA BLVD 7101012020
PM10230 $185.21 15311 HAYTER AVE 6268027019
PM3736 $172.67 13353 RANCHO DORADO RD 6264009044
PM8624 $171.58 8214 DENBO ST 6265018042
PM3947 $169.16 6816 SAN LUIS ST 6237017004
PM4057 $168.34 7323 MOTZ ST 7102009039
PM4256 $167.10 8215 OLANDA ST 6265004058
PM5173 $161.04 15328 MINNESOTA AVE 6240017008
PM5470 $161.04 15322 EL CAMINO AVE 6239009004
PM5544 $151.75 15715 VIRGINIA AVE 1 6270022043
PM5026 $147.10 16303 HUNSAKER AVE 7101011015
PM2149 $147.10 6812 SAN JUAN ST 6237012003
PM4822 $146.67 15132 RANCHO CENTINA RD 6268041050
PM3605 $146.55 15340 NARANJA AVE 6268011039
PM3606 $146.55 15342 NARANJA AVE 6268011042
CALENDAR YEAR 2025
DELINQUENT REFUSE COLLECTION
ACCOUNT NO. TOTAL LIEN DUE SERVICE ADDRESS APN
PM5939 $146.55 7422 LIONEL ST 6236026016
PM1260 $141.91 15342 VERDURA AVE 6268012018
PM4900 $140.00 15538 VIRGINIA AVE 6270030005
PM5264 $134.23 8558 FLOWER AVE 7107003004
PM10370 $131.89 8120 3RD ST 6241010006
PM10397 $130.16 6815 SAN MIGUEL ST 6237012022
PM1822 $126.10 16618 VERMONT AVE 7102029010
PM2511 $125.67 7342 MARCELLE ST 7102005006
PM6782 $125.67 7342.5 MARCELLE ST 7102005006
PM10139 $125.67 14705 SAN ANTONIO AVE 6237029001
PM8641 $125.01 7326 MOTZ ST 7102008014
PM6597 $121.94 6533.5 SAN MARCUS ST 6237030025
PM2516 $120.43 7345 ROOD ST 6236023074
PM4799 $120.43 14501 ORANGE AVE 6237011010
PM4983 $120.43 15351 1/2 GUNDRY AVE 6240005027
PM6523 $120.43 16252 1/2 GEORGIA AVE 7103014012
PM10333 $120.43 14930 TEXACO AVE 6241026039
PM845 $120.43 14722 JETMORE AVE 6241005033
PM1980 $120.30 6612 SAN LUIS ST 6237018003
PM2595 $118.54 7547 HAPPY ST 6242013020
PM2235 $117.34 6851 SAN MARCUS ST 6237015016
PM6750 $115.43 7219 MARCELLE ST 7102007003
PM5171 $114.23 7265 JACKSON ST 5379032022
PM908 $112.84 15108 COLONY CT 6270035006
PM606 $104.33 13915 FAIRLOCK AVE 6242014004
PM9428 $103.32 6609 MOTZ ST 7101003013
PM10360 $102.58 15309 BELLOTA AVE 6268026034
PM7060 $98.37 8109 1ST ST 6241011017
PM2407 $97.07 7217 MARCELLE ST 7102007003
PM9017 $96.09 14311 ORIZABA AVE 6241003025
PM1811 $91.28 16611 LAKE AVE 7102029017
PM6562 $88.30 16611.5 LAKE AVE 7102029017
PM650 $86.60 13947 MCCLURE AVE 6242029006
PM1149 $80.16 15314 RANCHO CENTINA RD 6268042078
PM10403 $73.38 15163 HAYTER AVE 6268027038
PM2778 $68.66 8119 HOWE ST 6265011021
PM1919 $68.66 6533 SAN MARCUS ST 6237030025
TOTAL DUES $89,627.42
To: Honorable City Council
From: John Moreno, City Manager
By: John King, AICP, Planning and Building
Director
Date: July 14, 2026
SUBJECT: PUBLIC ART SELECTION – HAY TREE PUBLIC MARKET COMMUNITY ROOM
BACKGROUND
Building on the City’s long history of embracing the arts, on May 27, 2025, the City Council approved the Public Art Master Plan. In consideration of best practices in the public art sector, the Plan recommended the establishment of a Public Art Advisory Committee comprised of two City Council members, a minimum of two arts professionals, and a minimum of one community stakeholder.
Also on May 27, 2025, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1200 which established revised regulations for art in public places (revising Chapter 17.112 of the Paramount Municipal Code) and formally created the Public Art Advisory Committee.
On January 29, 2026 and March 4, 2026, the Committee provided staff with direction for soliciting artist proposals for public art inside the community/event room inside the Hay Tree Public Market now under construction.
DISCUSSION
With the feedback from the Committee, in April the Planning and Building Department staff issued a Call to Artists with a May 18, 2026 submittal deadline. Outreach included City social media and postings with the California Arts Council.
The following were the submission requirements:
• Artwork. One or two color sketches or mock-ups. A proposal did not need to be a finished piece but should have been as detailed as possible to represent the artist’s intention.
• Resume. A professional resume detailing relevant past projects and providing professional references.
• Digital images of past work. Four digital images of previously completed artwork. • Letter of Interest. A letter indicating the artist interest and creative approach.
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• Community value (Optional). A one-page letter describing how the project will engage the Paramount community. Preference would be given to proposals that include an outreach plan. Possibilities noted for outreach include the Paramount Historical Society, the nearby residential neighborhood, and/or other Paramount-based community groups..
On June 18, 2026, the Committee reviewed the submissions received by the deadline date. Following a thorough review and discussion of the merits of each of the applications, the Committee recommends proposals from the following three finalists. Each incorporates community engagement and participation in their proposals.
Adrian Litman – “Thriving Paramount”
Kacie Lyn Martinez – “Woven through time”.
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Piece by Piece. Title Forthcoming.
The complete proposals for each of the three artists are attached for discussion and final selection.
FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed public art will have a fiscal impact of $90,000, which is fully budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget with $65,000 of allowable art expenses from the Art Fund and $25,000 for other expenses from the Capital Project Fund.
VISION, MISSION, VALUES, AND STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
The City’s Vision, Mission, and Values set the standard for the organization, establish priorities, uniformity and guidelines; and provide the framework for policy decision making. The Strategic Outcomes were implemented to provide a pathway to achieving the City’s Vision. This item aligns with Strategic Outcome No. 2: Community Health - Provide diverse recreational and cultural amenities that support healthy lifestyles and a sense of community; and No. 5: Attractive and Well-Maintained Infrastructure - Develop and maintain City-owned infrastructure, parks, facilities, and amenities that enhance quality of life and the attractiveness of the community.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Review art proposals of the three recommended finalists and select one proposal for public art inside the Hay Tree Public Market Community Room.
A D R I A N L I T M A N Art & Design
4284 Deer Trail rd.
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
[email protected]
www.adrian-susnea-litman.com
Artist Statement
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the past 25 years, I have been working on a variety of Public Art projects integrating art into architecture as well as designing free standing two and three dimensional pieces that create a sense of encounter and engagement through visual distinction or interaction.
As an artist, I find inspiration and fuel for creative expression by contemplating the world around me. My inspiration is enhanced by concepts introduced by contemporary science, social issues, politics and cultural diversities.
I use abstract and figurative interpretations to convey messages and emotions with sensibility, combining control and passion. Depending on the scope of design, volumes, shapes and vibrant luminous colors are crafted to converge in an elegant harmony, stimulating the mind and emotions of the viewer.
Having an eclectic approach to design, I feel comfortable flowing from dramatic subjects to whimsical and humorous themes.
I have a broad range of artistic skills and experience of working with a variety of durable materials like stainless steel, copper, brass, bronze, porcelain and glass as appropriate for harmonious integration with the site's architectural style and environment.
The public art project for the Hay Tree Public Market Event Room offers a beautiful opportunity for visually enhancing the selected indoor wall location and reflect the theme of Celebrating the History of Paramount.
This project presents a great interest to me because of the multiple options for materials use and creative design possibilities.
The location is adequate for a low relief three-dimensional stainless steel framed glazed tiles or porcelain mosaic designs that create an identity and a sense of place inspired by the history and culture of the area.
The stainless steel square tubing element frames are attached to the wall with stainless steel bolts and the design tile or mosaic panels are inserted within the framing and also attached to the wall with bolts. This particular type of modular design is ideal for long term maintenance and easy repairs in case of vandalism.
Interior mural installations are one of my favored artwork creative form of expression.
As requested in the RFQ, I will be available for a short interview and respond to any other requirements for this project.
In all my public art projects I had to work at various levels with government agencies, architects and structural engineers and met with members of the art commissions and community to discuss the details of design and projects implementation.
All of my public art projects involved a certain level of local code restrictions and technical constraints depending on location, materials, public safety and the structural engineering guidelines.
In regards to my artistic practice I have to say that creativity and inspiration to produce high quality innovative and timeless, meaningful artwork comes from a hard work process of research, brainstorming and cooperating with people of various skills who might be part of putting together the final art piece. For that matter, I would contact the Paramount Historical Society and cooperate with any of the Paramount based community groups.
As a basic principle, I create public art designs with flexibility in order to allow the project stakeholders and community input and participation.
A D R I A N L I T M A N Art & Design * 4284 Deer Trail rd. * Santa Rosa, CA 95404 * 510.386.7859 [email protected] * www.adrian-susnea-litman.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I started to learn about art at a very early age, playing with art materials in my father's Art Design and Restoration studio.
In 1964, I was accepted into the Fine Arts High School N. Tonitza in Bucharest, Romania where I studied art techniques including drawing, painting, graphics, engraving, sculpture, fresco, mosaic and ceramics.
After finishing the Fine Art High School, I attended the National Art Institute, graduating in 1974 with a Master’s degree in Graphic Arts Design. Since 1980 when I relocated to California, I worked as a Graphic Designer and Art Director in the San Francisco Bay / Silicon Valley Area until 2002 when I retired from the corporate world and started Adrian Litman Art & Design Studio. I create an eclectic body of commissioned art pieces for Civic Public Art, Corporate and private clients, including custom paintings, murals, frescoes, mosaics, sculptures, stained glass panels, fountains and wall treatments, all of which facilitate the harmonious integration of art with architecture.
Education
Fine Arts High school "N. Tonitza" - Bucharest, Romania.
University of Bucharest National Art Institute. Bucharest, Romania. Master in Graphic Arts Design. 1974.
My current artistic activity includes about 44 public art projects in sixteen cities in California and Oregon and more than 100 art pieces in private collections in ten countries of the World.
Selected list of Civic and Commercial completed art projects:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * City of Sacramento, CA
Fruitridge Community Center. Large wall mosaic for the swimming pool area.
Work in progress.
* City of Saratoga, CA.
"Lollipop Fiesta" - Stainless steel and corten kinetic sculpture. 14'H x 8'W x 8'D.
Installed in front of the main public library in Saratoga, CA. Nov. 2025. * City of Santa Rosa, CA
Stainless steel kinetic sculpture - "Urban Fiesta" - 14'H x 8'W x 8'D. Installed in downtown Santa Rosa, CA. 2025.
City of Geyserville, CA
Corten and stainless steel sculpture/bench - "Dancing Birds" - 9'H x 4'W x 4'D. Downtown park. 2025. * City of Tracy, CA
25' high metal sculpture for the new Community Center. Work in progress. Estimated installation date, June 2026. * City of Milpitas, CA
Two large size portraits of people who had an outstanding contribution to the city.
Round shape, 36" diameter. Installed in the atrium at Barbara Lee Senior Center in Milpitas, CA. December 2024. * City of Palm Desert, CA
Stainless steel sculpture - "Nine Ancestral Feathers" Installed downtown on El Paseo drive. 15'H x 6'W x 6'D. 2024. * City of Santa Clarita, CA
Painted wood blocks sculpture - "Joyful Rhythms" - 8'H x 4'W x 4'D. Installed downtown Santa Clarita. 2024. * City of Encinitas, CA
CorTen sculpture - "Bunny Serenade". 8'H x 3'W x 2'D. Installed at the entrance of Equestrian Park. 2024. * City of Porterville, CA
Two stainless steel and CorTen kinetic sculptures funded by the Clean California Grant celebrating the Tule River American Native ancestry. 2024.
"Eagle over the Tule Hut" - 16'W x 167'H - "Dance of the Ancestral Feathers" - 16'H x 8'W. * City of Petaluma, CA
Four sculptures installed at the Haven at Deer Creek housing development. 2024. "Magic Birds" - Corten and stainless steel kinetic sculpture. 8'H x 4'W x 4'D. "Monarch Butterfly" Stainless steel sculpture.12'H x 6'W.
"Hearts Carousel" - stainless steel kinetic sculpture. 14'H x 6'W x 6'D. "Creatures of the Land" - Stainless steel kinetic sculpture. 14' x 6'W x 6'D. * City of Cloverdale, CA
"Bunny Serenade" - CorTen sculpture - 3'w x 8'H - "Hammurabi Code" - CorTen sculpture - 4'w x 11'H. 2024. * City of Santa Rosa, CA
"Celebration" - Stainless steel sculpture - 8'H x 3'W Installed in downtown. 2023. * City of Los Altos, CA
"Dynamic Rhythms" - Painted wood blocks sculpture - 6'H x 4'W x 4'D. 2023. Rosita Park, Los Altos, CA. * City of Santa Rosa, CA
"Tame the Fire" - Stainless steel sculpture - 14'H x 3'W x 2'D. Fire Station #2. 2022. * City of Los Altos, CA
"Cosmic Bliss" - Stainless steel kinetic sculpture. 14"H x 7'W x 7'D. Installed in N. El Monte Park. 2022. * City of Mountain View, CA
"Magic Birds" - Stainless steel kinetic sculpture. 15"H x 12'W x 12'D. "Shoreline Wonders" Corten and copper sculpture. 15'H x 7'W x 3'D. Both sculptures installed at Pyramid Park in Mountain View, CA. 2022 * City of Newport Beach, CA
"Celestial Carousel" - stainless steel kinetic sculpture - 15'H x 12'W x 12'D. 2021. * City of Palm Desert, CA
"Celestial Cluster" - Stainless steel kinetic sculpture 13'H x 6'W x 6'D. 2020. * City of Santa Rosa, CA
"Foamy Delight" - Stainless steel sculpture - 7'H x 3'W x2'D. Installed at the corner of 4th st. and E st. 2020. * City of Santa Rosa, CA
"Splash & Fire" - Stainless steel sculpture installed in front of Fire Station #1. 8'H x 6'W x 2'D. 2020. * City of Milpitas, CA - Centre Pointe
"Convergent Energies" - Stainless steel sculpture for Centre Pointe condo development entrance. 16'H x 12' D. 2019. * City of Elk Grove, CA
“Historic Elk Grove” - Mural design depicting the milestones in the City of Elk Grove history from 1850’s to nowadays. 10’H x 25’L. Installed in November, 2019. * City of Elk Grove, CA
“The Grapes of Wrath” – Stainless steel sculpture installed in the Alley of the Arts - Community center. 4’x4’x12’. 2019. * City of Milpitas, CA - Centre Pointe
“Scape Undulations” - Powder coated steel and stainless steel low relief design on a 4'H x 180'L concrete wall. 2019. * City of Pasadena, CA - downtown location.
"Galactic Cluster" - Kinetic sculpture - 10' diameter and 16' high. 2018. * City of Los Altos, CA - Village Park
"Alegria" - Kinetic sculpture - 8' W x 15' H. 2017.
* City of Geyserville, CA - Sculpture Park.
"Cosmic Fusion" - 15' tall kinetic sculpture. 2016.
* City of Geyserville, CA - Sculpture park
“Silver Tulip" - 7'W x 3'D x 15' H kinetic sculpture - 2017. * City of Cloverdale, CA - downtown.
"Morphing Orbits" - 15' tall kinetic sculpture. 2016.
* City of Hillsboro, OR - downtown.
"Dynamic Orbits" - 17' high stainless steel kinetic sculpture. 2016. * City of Napa, CA.
"Celestial Orbits"- 14' high sculpture installed in downtown Napa, CA. 2013. * City of Milpitas, CA - Alviso Adobe Park art project. Large outdoor "Historic Farm Wagon" sculpture. 2012. * City of Marin, CA - Martin Luther King School.
"MLK Legacy" Art on acoustical panels installation. 2011. * City of Milpitas, CA - The new Senior Center art project.
Four wall sculptures, Fireplace mosaic and a large Mural. 2011. * City of Milpitas, CA.
"Birds of Paradise" -The Transit Shelter art project. 2011. * Stanford University School of Law - Stanford, CA.
"The Four Elements of the Universe" - Six sculptures, one fresco and six paintings project for the lobbies of the five newly constructed Munger buildings on Campus. Completed in 2016. * City of Campbell Development Dept. - Campbell, CA.
"Elegant Energy" - 250 SF mosaic design for the Park Towne Place in the Historic downtown Campbell, CA. 2011. * DIAP Architects & Planners - San Mateo, CA.
Fresco a secco on cement panels 50"x74" - reception area. 2008. Several Stained Glass Window designs. 2010. * El Farolito Restaurant - Healdsburg, CA
Interior wall sculpture and outdoor signs project. 2014. * Da Anza Cupertino Aquatic Center - San Jose, CA.
"Youth Dynamics" - Stainless steel sculpture - 4' x 34' suspended above the swimming pool. 2012.
Stained glass window - 5.5' x 5.5'. 2012.
* Fremont Surgery Center , MedSpa29 - Fremont, CA.
Copper and brass water feature sculpture. 3'x3'x9'. 2008.
Stained Glass window - 3' x 3'. 2009.
* Mental Health Association of Alameda County , CA.
Complex sculpture hanging design to improve the looks and acoustical quality of the offices. 2008.
* Humane Society - Palo Alto, CA.
Animal copper design sculptures for display on six windows (6'x8'). 2008. * San Francisco Perinatal Associates - San Francisco, CA. 12 oil paintings project for a new 10,000SF medical office. 2007. * Rackable Systems - Fremont, CA.
Oil painting - 48x48" - purchased for the permanent collection. 2000. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Redwood City, CA - Finalist for the First Responders Memorial art project. 2024. * Capitola, CA - Finalist for Begonia Festival Commemorative project. 2023. * Moorpark, CA - Finalist for the Tierra Rejada Park project. 2023. * King City, CA - Finalist for the downtown sculpture project. 2023. * City of Milpitas, CA - Finalist for the Montgomery Overpass mural. 2021. * City of Alameda, CA - Finalist for the Alameda College of Liberal Arts art project. 2021. * City of Las Vegas, NV - Finalist for Southwest Ridge art project. 2021. * City of Fremont, CA - Finalist for the Dustenberry Park art project. 2020. * City of Sunnyvale, CA - Finalist for the Swimming Center project. 2019. * City of Santa Rosa, CA. - Finalist for the Meter Made art project. 2016 * City of Wylie, TX. - Finalist for the Disc Golf Park art project. 2016. * City of Davis, CA. - Finalist for the 3rd. street art project. 2012. * City of Snoqualmie, WA - Finalist for the new Community Center sculpture design. 2011. * City of Santa Clarita, CA - Finalist for the Aquatic Center Mural design. 2010. * Union City Art Board - Union City , CA - Finalist metal art design for the Union City Sports center. 2009.
* Brighton, CO. - Finalist metal art design for the new Government building. 2009 Adrian Litman Art & Design - 4248 Deer Trail rd - Santa Rosa, CA 95404 510.386.7859 - [email protected] - www.adrian-susnea-litman.com Completed Projects IMAGE ID SHEET
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The 9' high and 19' long mural is an allegorical visual description of Elk Grove evolution from the timewhen
Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga entered the region in
1808 until nowadays of dynamic ways of life that are
characteristic of Northern California.
Installed in the main lobby of the new Community Center. 2019. $25,000.
02-Thriving Legacy
This mural commemorates and celebrates 20 people who had an outstanding contribution to the development of the City of Milpitas, CA.
Installed in the atrium at the Barbara Lee Senior center in Milpitas CA. 8'H x16'L. 2018. $34,000 03-Human Quest
" Humanitas, Providentia, Virtus: A Human Quest " is an artistic depiction of the human intellect evolution from the prehistoric times to present technological revolution and space exploration.
Installed in the Munger building #5 at Stanford University School of Law, Stanford, CA. 8'H x 18'L. 2018. $38,000.
04-Scape-Undulations
This mural is a sequence of landscape vignettes, including symbolic images of the natural surroundings, interlaced with dynamic shapes moving in different directions reflecting the busy traffic on the freeways, cities streets and suburban roads in the Silicon Valley Bay Area.
Stainless steel framing with powder coated components. Installed at Centre-Pointe in the City of Milpitas, CA. 2019. Size:5.5'H x 180'L. $100,000.
City of Paramount Hay Tree Public Market Event Room estimated budget for wall mural design, fabrication and installation
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1. Design and project coordination $ 15,000
2. Materials, tiles, glazes, metal $ 12,000
2. Fabrication $ 20,000
3. Transportation and installation $ 6,000
3. Professional liability insurance $ 1,800
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Time line for design, fabrication and installation is 60 days.
WOVEN
THROUGH TIME
Prepared for: Paramount Public Art Advisory Committee
Prepared by: Kacie Lyn Martinez
Date: 5/18/26
An triptych participatory tapstry on the Past, Present, and Future of Paramount
LETTER OF
INTEREST
Visually, the work will combine organic movement, layered textures, and contemporary fiber techniques to create a cohesive and welcoming public artwork that reflects both individual stories and collective connection.
My participatory work is about holding space for cocreation, but the piece in this proposal goes beyond that. There will be a predetermined color palette and yarns, and specific sections for participatory weaving. The overarching design of Woven through Time will use my organic visual style as shown below to ensure the piece is cohesive and aesthetically excellent.
My experience leading participatory workshops and interactive installations has taught me how art can create moments of openness, healing, and dialogue within communities. I would be honored to collaborate with the City of Paramount to create a meaningful artwork that residents can feel connected to long after the installation is complete.
I would also be happy to participate in a recorded interview for public listening and/or viewing.
Thank you for your consideration.
Warmly,
Kacie Lyn Martinez
To the Selection Committee,
I am excited to submit my proposal for the Hay Tree Commons public art opportunity because the project aligns deeply with my artistic practice of creating participatory installations that foster connection, reflection, and collective storytelling.
My proposed work, Woven through Time, is a community-centered textile installation that invites Paramount residents to actively contribute to the artwork through guided public weaving sessions. The final piece will consist of three interconnected tapestry panels representing the past, present, and future of the community.
Throughout my practice, I create spaces where people can slow down, reflect, and recognize themselves as part of a larger shared narrative. I am especially interested in how public art can cultivate belonging and encourage meaningful interaction across generations and backgrounds.
This proposal is designed not only as a finished visual artwork, but also as a process of community participation. Residents will be invited to contribute woven gestures, fibers, and reflections connected to memory, identity, and hope for the future. These contributions will become physically embedded into the final installation.
WOVEN THROUGH TIME
PROPOSAL
Woven through Time is a large-scale participatory textile installation exploring collective memory, present connection, and future possibility within the Paramount community.
The final artwork will consist of three interconnected woven tapestry panels installed side-byside as a triptych spanning approximately 5 feet tall by 7 feet wide.
Each tapestry represents a different temporal theme:
Past — memory, ancestry, traditions, personal and community history Present — connection, identity, resilience, everyday life Future — hope, dreams, legacy, collective vision
The installation will be created through a combination of community participation and artist-led weaving. Community members will contribute fibers, woven gestures, and written reflections during six guided public weaving sessions.
After the community workshops, the artist will complete and unify the tapestries to ensure visual cohesion, structural integrity, and a contemporary aesthetic suitable for long-term public display.
The final piece will embody both individual stories and collective movement through layered textures, flowing forms, and evolving color transitions.
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ARTICIPATORY INSTALLATIONS MAP OF
ERA,2019
Interactivecircularweavingcreated
withaschool.
Michoacan,MX
WEFEELWENEED,2019 Interactive collective psyc
heweb
ataconference
Albuquerque,NM
MUNCIEHOPES,2018
Participatoryweavinga50ftwall of hope in downtown Muncie, IN WOVENSEEDS,2019
4oral historytapestriesata
farmer’smarketandcenter
Rutland,VT
YOUANDME,2019 Interactive weaving
performanceat
agallery
NorthBennington,VT
GARDENLOVELETTERS,2019
Participatoryweavingaltar
atacommunitygarden
NewYork,NY
COMMUNITYTAPESTRIES,2018-
2019
Collectiveweavingserieswith
nonprofits&communitygroups
NewYork,NY
EXPERIMENTSINSOCIAL
LISTENING,2019
Documentingcollective insights
ataconference
NewYork,NY
INTERTWINEDSHINE,2024
Publicweaving installationatThe
OtherArtFair
SantaMonica,CA
THESKELETONSINMYCLOSET,
2025
Publicweaving installationatArt In
OddPlacesfestival West Hollywood, C
A
COMMUNITYASPRACTICE,
2021-2022
Polyvocal collageand letter
exchangeatLGBTQcenter
Torrence,CA
ARCHWAYWISHES,2025 Interactive lights and origami t
unnel at community gathering Laguna Beach, CA ROOTEDNESS, 2026 Interactive cyanotype wall at a private storytelling series Dana Point, CA THREADSOFHOME,2026 Interactive woven house at
theDia
Del NiñoFestival Fullerton, CA POOL POSTE, 20
26* Interactive letter exch
angewall at
apool opening Irvine, CAWOVEN
WAVES,2026*
Publicart loomattheDoheny
Surf&ArtFest
DanaPoint,CA
*=forthcoming
My weaving practice combines organic
movement, layered textures, and contemplative
color palettes to create immersive works that feel
both grounded and emotionally resonant. Inspired
by natural systems, memory, and human
connection, my pieces often feature flowing lines,
soft transitions, and intuitive compositions that
invite viewers into a slower and more reflective
experience. I frequently incorporate nontraditional materials such as handwritten reflections, paper elements, recycled textiles, and
LED lighting to expand weaving beyond traditional
fiber techniques into participatory and multisensory installations. The result is work that balances sculptural presence with warmth,
vulnerability, and collective storytelling.
LANDSCAPES
WOVEN
4 x 8 ft
LED lights, yarn 4 x 4.5 ft
LED lights, yarn, wood
7ft x 3 ft
Yarn, paper, wood
6ft x 4 ft
Yarn
Commissioned by The Other Art Fair, Intertwined Shine explored how participatory art could disrupt traditional art fair dynamics, where audiences are typically positioned as consumers rather than contributors. The fair organizers also wanted a piece that responded to this historic time of divisiveness and polarization by inviting guests to co-create a living artwork that embodied the collective spirit, our individual glow, and the resilience our communities need to move forward together.
CONTEXT
ARTISTIC APPROACH
IMPACT
Participants contributed woven materials, reflections, and gestures into a continuously evolving installation that asked people about their unique shine. Designed using human-centered interaction principles, the piece invited intuitive engagement without requiring prior artistic experience. The work emphasized tactile interaction, vulnerability, and collective authorship while maintaining strong visual cohesion and sculptural presence.
Duration: 4 days
Scale: 20 ft x 12 ft
Participants: 2000+ people
Materials: LED lights, yarn, recycled fabric,
reflection cards, markers
Funded by: The Other Art Fair & Saatchi Art
An interactive weaving installation transforming thousands of art fair attendees from passive viewers into active co-creators.
INTERTWINED SHINE
Contemporary art collectors, art industry
professionals, participating fair artists, and
families
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
KEY IMPACT AT A GLANCE
WHO PARTICIPATED
Guests wove 5 separate looms to
become one large loom.
Most of the reflections spoke of
hope, family, and community.
Thousands of attendees engaged directly with the installation across the duration of the fair. The project generated sustained interaction, emotional reflection, and social connection among strangers within a high-volume event environment. Intertwined Shine demonstrated how participatory art can create meaningful intimacy at scale while challenging assumptions about audience, authorship, and artistic value.
Santa Monica, CA 2024 The Other Art Fair
BEFORE:
With the piece placement at the
entryway, people reported
entering the fair from that place of
peace.
CONTEXT
ARTISTIC APPROACH
IMPACT
KEY LEARNING
Duration: 3 months
Scale: 50 ft x 12 ft (outdoor)
Participants: 1500+ people, YWCA Women’s
Shelter and OUTreach LGBTQ Center
Materials: Recycled fabric, markers
Funded by: Muncie Arts & Culture Council
The work merged traditional textile practices with participatory civic engagement. Installed in a highly visible downtown corridor, the piece evolved daily through community contribution, emphasizing process, stewardship, and shared authorship over static art object creation.
The installation also incorporated digital participation through the #munciehopes campaign, extending engagement beyond the physical site. The site was up for 3 months.
Created during a residency with PlySpace and the Muncie Arts and Culture Council, Muncie Hopes responded to cycles of negative media narratives and a lack of spaces for public dialogue. Residents were invited to contribute written hopes for their families and the city onto strips of recycled clothing, which were then woven into a large-scale public tapestry downtown.
A 50-foot public weaving installation transforming downtown Muncie into a collaborative space for civic hope, collective imagination, and stewardship.
MUNCIE HOPES
General public, families, LGBTQ individuals,
women in temporary housing, and neighbors
of the nearby low income community of
color
Muncie, IN 2018 Muncie Arts &
Culture Council
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
KEY IMPACT AT A GLANCE
WHO PARTICIPATED
The wall became a unifying symbol
during a time of political
polarization.
After storms, people would
voluntarily restore the wall
becoming stewards of the art.
Over a thousand residents contributed directly to the project through weaving, writing, fabric donation, and stewardship after weather damage. The installation became both artwork and social infrastructure—a visible archive of collective care and aspiration. The project demonstrated how participatory art can create emotionally accessible entry points into civic engagement and place-making.
NEWS COVERAGE
Muncie Hopes established core themes that continue throughout my practice: public vulnerability, collective authorship, and transforming ordinary spaces into emotionally resonant communal experiences.
PlySpace Resident
Artist Kacie Lyn
Martinez Outdoor
Weaving Project
32: Participatory
Weaving with Kacie Lyn
Martinez
Why is all that fabric
going up at
downtown Muncie
Open weaving hours encouraged
hundreds of people to linger,
engage deeply, and connect.
CONTEXT
ARTISTIC APPROACH
IMPACT
Duration: 2 days
Scale: 8 ft x 8 ft x 30 ft (outdoor)
Participants: 400+ people
Materials: Origami, LED lights, markers, metal
frames
Funded by: Three Arch Bay Housing
Association
This Laguna Beach community wanted more than the traditional craft table at their annual holiday gathering. They wanted real engagement, and commissioned Archway Wishes – an exploration on how temporary public art could deepen emotional connection within neighborhood environments. Participants were invited to write 3 wishes (for self, for family, for neighborhood) and add them to a luminous tunnel of origami and light.
An immersive light and origami installation transforming a neighborhood gathering into a shared ritual of reflection, wonder, and community identity.
ARCHWAY WISHES
Neighbors and guests of all ages, with a
focus accessibility and interaction between
adults and young children. This is the
neighborhood’s first ever art installation.
Laguna Beach,
CA
2025 Three Arch Bay
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
KEY IMPACT AT A GLANCE
WHO PARTICIPATED
People reported never
experiencing intergenerational play
like this before.
This piece became the hearth of
the event that people would revisit.
The installation combined architectural scale, sensory immersion, and participatory ritual. Rather than functioning as passive decor, the artwork relied on community contribution to complete its visual and emotional form. The work intentionally balanced aesthetic beauty with emotional accessibility, inviting participation across generations.
Wishing – often a private, childlike act – became communal and visible. Participants paused to read one another’s wishes, bridging generations and fostering moments of reflection, play, and connection Archway Wishes transformed a standard neighborhood event into an experience of collective reflection and belonging. Participants lingered, conversed with strangers, revisited the installation multiple times, and described feeling emotionally moved by witnessing shared hopes visualized in public space. The project demonstrated how participatory installations can help communities build identity and memory through temporary shared experiences.
“Seeing all those glowing wishes together felt like
looking at the heart of the community, all in one
place...The experience doesn’t end when the event
does either—it sticks with people.”
EVENT ORGANIZER
CONTEXT
ARTISTIC APPROACH
IMPACT
Duration: 1 evening
Scale: 8 ft x 15 ft
Participants: 60 people
Materials: Cyanotypes from seaweed foraged
at Doheny State Beach, markers for
participation
Funded by: Doheny State Beach Foundation
In partnership with Doheny State Beach Foundation, California State Parks, OC Supervisor Katrina Foley’s Office, and the Hilton, Rootedness explored how participatory art could deepen people’s emotional relationship with public land. The installation was designed to be a central, integrated keystone of the storytelling evening – as a way to deepen engagement on the night’s theme.
A polyvocal installation of event guests’ different definitions of ‘rootedness’ to create the backdrop for a culture bearers’ discussion at a non-profit fundraiser
ROOTEDNESS
Local conservationists, Acjachemen tribal
members (local indigenous tribe),
environmentalists, business leaders, artists,
and civic leaders
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
KEY IMPACT AT A GLANCE
WHO PARTICIPATED
Deep engagement and reflection
which honored extroverted and
introverted thinking.
Most people reported having never
experienced anything like it.
I created 60 abstract cyanotypes that used foraged seaweed to create a dynamic underwater rootsystem when placed side-by-side. In the blank spot on each art piece, people reflected on the evening’s theme writing or drawing their definition of ‘rootedness’. They added their defintions to the wall, which emerged as backdrop to the conversation between an indigenous musician and a local curator on how they use art to stay rooted. Throughout the evening, the discussion was held by the backdrop of definitions creating a powerful audience experience.
Rootedness demonstrated how audience engagement can become central to a storytelling event. Participants described feeling calmer, more present, and more emotionally connected to each other and the coastline. The project also expanded the creative capacity of the park itself, contributing to one of the first participatory art initiatives in Doheny State Beach’s history.
“’Art in and of itself is a process of coming home to yourself,’ Martinez said. ‘It’s about vulnerability and expression. For me, art has been a way of processing different things I’ve gone through in my life and different identities that I have.’ˮ
NEWS COVERAGE
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Dana Point, CA 2026 Doheny State
Beach Foundation
ADDITIONAL
REFERENCES
HOW PARTICIPATORY ART TRANSFORMS EVENTS |
THREADS OF HOME CASE STUDY:
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THE ART OF PUBLIC VULNERABILITY | PARTICIPATORY INSTALLATIONS BY KACIE LYN MARTINEZ:
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Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, PhD
Assistant Curator
UC Irvine Langston OCMA
[email protected]
Briana Salatino
Fair Manager
The Other Art Fair
[email protected]
Kelly Boyd
Boad Member
Three Arch Bay
[email protected]
Elizabeth Miller
Program Manager
Arts Orange County
emiller artsoc.org
Scott Sherman
Program Manager
Doheny State Beach Foundation
[email protected]
PARTNERS SAY
I was completely blown away at what Kacie was able to help us achieve.
She provided the space we needed as an organization to come together and create something beautiful that will live on in our center for years to come.” Hanna Kleiner, LPCC (South Bay LGBTQ Center)
Honestly, what really stood out to me was how human Kacie’s whole approach felt.
It never came across as “here’s an art piece—look at it.” It felt like Kacie was inviting people into something gentle and meaningful without overthinking it. The installation was so natural that people just got it. Kids, adults, everyone jumped in without needing directions or feeling unsure.”
Kelly Boyd, Board Member (Three Arch Bay Housing Association) If you want something that actually means something to
people, work with Kacie.
She listens, picks up on the heart of a place or a community, and turns that into something that feels thoughtful and real, not forced or performative. The installation didn’t just look stunning—but Kacie designs how people will feel when they are inside it. Kacie really gets people, and that shows in how naturally everyone engages with her work.”
Kelly Boyd, Board Member (Three Arch Bay Housing Association) I've seen it happen again and again-- participants are always surprised and pleased, both by being part of a new creation, and by the connections they make with others over the course of the experience.
Kacie is able to bring both logistical expertise AND creativity to the spaces and projects she facilitates! This means there is freedom and space to imagine for participants, but all the details are thoughtful and plans have been made to allow for multiple points of entry.”
Megan Moskop-Toler, Educator & Professor (Hunter College) Two months after the event, the buzz about the Rootedness installation is only getting bigger.
The inclusive nature was so unique. The artwork turned out rad and everyone keeps asking me for more.”
Scott Sherman, Director (Doheny State Beach Foundation) Kacie’s installation is still one of my very favorite projects... and I’ve been curating artists for nearly 20 years.ˮ
Braydee Euliss, former Executive Director (Muncie Arts and Culture Council) I am continuously moved by the beauty and thoughtfulness of Kacie’s work, which has nurtured connections across the communities of Southern California.
Through painting, fiber, metal, watercolor, and participatory public art, she creates emotionally resonant work that explores themes of belonging, healing, vulnerability, and transformation. Beyond her studio work, Kacie has demonstrated a rare commitment to community engagement by leading large-scale collaborative art projects and workshops in which I have participated. Most notably, she recently created a participatory installation on the theme of rootedness that activated the collective imagination and creativity of an event, leading to an empathetic and impactful discussion on the preservation of our county’s local ecosystems and its Indigenous cultures.”
Michaëla Mohrmann, Assistant Curator (UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art)
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION TOTAL
Artist Design & Project Management Concept development, planning, coordination, administration $4,500.00 Artist Labor & Fabrication Weaving, assembly, finishing, installation preparation $12,000.00 Community Workshops (6 sessions) Facilitation and workshop preparation $3,600.00 Materials Fibers, yarn, rope, textiles, mounting materials, hardware $3,500.00 Community Participation Supplies Workshop materials, signage, prompt cards, setup supplies $1,200.00 Transportation & Delivery Travel, transport of materials and completed installation $1,800.00 Installation Installation labor and mounting hardware $1,500.00 Documentation Photography and process documentation $2,200.00 TOTAL $30,300.00
BUDGET
CONTACT
INFORMATION
Full Name: Kacie Lyn Martinez
Artist / Studio Name: Kacie Lyn Martinez / Catina Studio Instagram: @kacielynm (https://instagram.com/kacielynm) Website: www.kacielynmartinez.com
Mailing Address:
Phone Number:
Email: [email protected]
Primary Contact: Kacie Lyn Martinez
Kacie Lyn Martinez is an interdisciplinary artist creating participatory installations, woven sculptures, mixed media works, and community-centered art experiences that explore belonging, memory, emotional connection, and collective storytelling. Her work bridges contemporary art, social practice, and public engagement through immersive and accessible creative experiences.
COMMUNITY
VALUE
My facilitation approach is intentionally accessible, contemplative, and welcoming to participants of all ages and artistic backgrounds. The weaving process is tactile and intuitive, allowing people to engage without needing prior artistic experience. Through carefully designed prompts, material choices, and interaction structures, I create environments where participation feels natural rather than performative.
The outreach plan for Woven through Time is focused on cultivating both broad public participation and meaningful local connection. Potential outreach efforts include collaboration with the Paramount Historical Society to inform reflection prompts connected to local memory and intergenerational storytelling; engagement with nearby residential neighborhoods through open community weaving sessions; and invitations to Paramount-based schools, senior groups, youth organizations, and community centers to participate in dedicated weaving opportunities.
In addition to on-site engagement, outreach materials may include bilingual printed invitations, social media promotion, community flyers, and partnerships with local organizations already serving Paramount residents. The goal is to ensure that participation reflects a wide range of ages, experiences, and perspectives within the community.
While participation is central to the process, the project is designed first and foremost as a cohesive contemporary textile artwork. Community weaving will occur within intentionally designed compositional zones guided by a predetermined visual framework, color palette, and structural design. After the workshops, I will complete and unify the installation to ensure longterm visual integrity, artistic excellence, and durability as a permanent public artwork.
Ultimately, Woven Through Time seeks to create more than an installation to observe . It aims to create a shared act of authorship where residents recognize that their stories, reflections, and hopes are part of the evolving identity of Paramount itself.
Woven through Time is designed not only as a permanent public artwork, but as a collaborative civic experience that invites Paramount residents to see themselves reflected within the cultural fabric of their community. At the center of the project is the belief that public art can become social infrastructure: a space where memory, identity, and imagination are shared across generations through meaningful participation.
My methodology combines contemporary installation art with human-centered facilitation practices (from my decade working in the tech industry) that lower barriers to participation while maintaining strong artistic cohesion. Rather than treating engagement as an add-on activity, participation is embedded directly into the conceptual and physical structure of the work itself. Community members become contributors whose reflections, gestures, and woven elements are physically integrated into the final artwork.
The installation will consist of three woven tapestry panels representing the past, present, and future of Paramount. Through six guided public weaving sessions, participants will respond to prompts connected to memory, belonging, resilience, and collective hope. Residents may reflect on family histories, neighborhood traditions, what currently sustains community life, and the future they hope to create for generations to come.
A key element of the project is the use of handwritten reflections woven into the tapestry as small leaf forms inspired by the Hay Tree itself. These leaves will function as both symbolic and physical vessels of community voice. Hundreds of individual reflections will collectively form a living canopy throughout the installation, reinforcing the idea that communities are shaped through many small acts of contribution over time.
Kacie Lyn Martinez
Visual Artist | Participatory Installation Artist | Workshop Facilitator Costa Mesa, CA
www.kacielynmartinez.com
Threads of Home
2026, Fullerton, CA Interactive woven house installation for Día del Niño Festival exploring belonging, identity, and collective storytelling. Commissioned by Arts OC.
Rootedness
2026, Dana Point, CA Participatory cyanotype installation and storytelling environment created in partnership with California State Parks and community leaders. Commissioned by the Doheny State Beach Foundation.
Pool Poste Forthcoming)
2026 Irvine, CA Interactive public letter-exchange with original cyanotype walk wall created for a community pool grand opening. Commissioned by University Hills Housing Association.
Woven Waves Forthcoming)
2026, Dana Point, CA Public art loom installation engaging Doheny Surf & Art Festival attendees in collaborative weaving inspired by ocean movement and stewardship. Commissioned by Doheny State Beach Foundation and California Humanities.
The Skeletons in My Closet
2025, West Hollywood, CA Interactive public weaving installation exploring vulnerability, memory, and collective participation. Commissioned by Art in Odd Places Festival and West Hollywood Arts Commission.
Archway Wishes
2025, Laguna Beach, CA Immersive light and origami installation inviting neighbors to contribute wishes for self, family, and community. Commissioned by Three Arch Bay Housing Association.
Intertwined Shine
2024, Santa Monica, CA Large-scale participatory weaving installation transforming thousands of attendees into active co-creators. Commissioned by The Other Art Fair and Saatchi Art.
Community as Practice
20212022, Torrance, CA Polyvocal collage and letter exchange project with South Bay LGBTQ Center exploring identity, visibility, and collective care.
Partially funded by California for the Arts.
Map of Era
2019, Michoacán, Mexico: Interactive circular weaving installation created in collaboration with a local school community.
We Feel We Need
2019, Albuquerque, NM Collective psyche weaving installation created for the Art in America conference environment.
Woven Seeds
2019, Rutland, VT Oral history tapestry series created through public participation at a farmers market and community center.
You and Me
2019 North Bennington, VT Interactive weaving performance exploring intimacy and audience participation. Commissioned by Sage Street Mill Art Center.
Garden Love Letters
2019 New York, NY Participatory weaving altar installation created within a community garden environment.
Experiments in Social Listening
2019 New York, NY Participatory documentation and collective reflection installation created for a conference setting.
Muncie Hopes
2018, Muncie, IN 50-foot participatory public weaving installation inviting residents to contribute hopes for the future of the city. Commissioned by Muncie Arts & Culture Council.
Community Tapestries
20182019 New York, NY Collaborative weaving series developed with nonprofits and community organizations.
Art In the Park at Doheny State Beach
Ongoing monthly public creative wellness workshop hosted at Doheny State Beach.
Art Lab at Serendipity Labs
Ongoing reflective watercolor and intuitive creativity workshops for artists, professionals, nonprofits, and community groups.
Participatory Weaving Workshops
Ongoing Community-centered weaving experiences focused on collective storytelling and emotional connection.
Creative Facilitation & Dialogue
Ongoing Facilitator of collaborative reflection experiences integrating artmaking, storytelling, and community engagement.
● The Other Art Fair / Saatchi Art
● Doheny State Beach Foundation
● California State Parks
● Arts Orange County
● Sony Pictures Entertainment
● Asana, Inc
● Cocokind
● Three Arch Bay Housing Association
● South Bay LGBTQ Center
● Muncie Arts & Culture Council
● PlySpace Residency
● University Hills Housing Association
● Community organizations across Southern California and the Northeast 2026
202526
2022
2021
California Humanities grant (partner: Doheny State Beach Foundation) Artist-in-Residence, Serendipity Labs Costa Mesa, CA
The Arts Work: Showcase Grant, CA for the Arts Torrence, CA Artist-of-the-Month, Pastiche House Austin, Texas)
2020 Artist-in-Residence, Wanderlust Vintage Designs Los Angeles, CA 2019 360 Artist-in-Residency, Holes in the Wall Collective New York, NY Artist-in-Residence, 77Art Rutland, VT
Artist-in-Residence, Guapamacataro Center Michoacan, Mexico) 2018 PlySpace Artist-in-Residence, Muncie Arts and Culture Council Muncie, IN Living Studio Artist Residency, Semi-Finalist, Living Gallery New York, NY 2014 New Leaders Council Fellowship New York, NY
2009 Barbara Bush & Wellesley College: Civics Field Grant Ithaca, NY 2008 Aga Khan Edu Services & Wellesley College: Global Engagement Fellow Mumbai, India)
2025 Memoirs of Loss and Renewal, BJAC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Residency Open House, Serendipity Lab Costa Mesa, CA
Group Show, Sandrift Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
2024 Between, Point of View Gallery Santa Ana, CA
Inspiration and Celebration, Huntington Beach Art Center Huntington Beach, CA
2022 Coming Out Looking In, Asana New York, NY
Pride, South Bay LGBTQ Center Torrence, CA
2021 Print & Photography, Five 3 Gallery Laguna Beach) (s)Mother: care in a time of crisis, Bethany Arts Center Ossining, NY & online)
2020 100100, Pastiche House Austin, TX & online)
(s)Mother, Bethany Arts Center Ossining, NY & online)
2019 You and Me, Sage Street Mill North Bennington, VT Wicket Leeks, Flux Factory Long Island City, NY
Initiation, 77Art Gallery Rutland, VT
Entre Espacios, Apuzzo Gallery Kingston, NY
Petricore: desert meditations, Sill Space New York, NY 2018 PlySpace Summer Exhibition, Muncie Arts & Culture Council Muncie, IN Downtown Muncie Arts Walk, Aug - Oct, Muncie Arts & Culture Council Muncie, IN
nature, this structure, Coop Brooklyn, NY
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery Brooklyn, NY
The Living Studio, The Living Gallery Outpost New York, NY ● Participatory public art
● Community-engaged installations
● Fiber and textile art
● Interactive storytelling environments
● Creative facilitation
● Reflective and contemplative art experiences
● Site-responsive installation design
● Human-centered interaction design
● Collaborative artmaking
Art Training
2021 Center for Book Arts: Creative Publishing Intensive Seminar 2017 The Makerie: Modern Weaverʼs Retreat, Boulder CO Backstrap weaving, Southwest weaving)
Textile Arts Center, New York, NY (weaving)
Santa Fe School of Weaving, Santa Fe (weaving)
2016 School of Making Thinking, New York, NY (drawing)
2015 NYC Dept. of Small Business Services, New York, NY (art & craft entrepreneurship program)
Degrees
2013 MSc Joint Degree: Economic History & International Development), London School of Economics, London UK
2009 Double BA with Honors Middle Eastern Culture & Political Science), Wellesley College, Wellesley MA
Celebrating the History of Paramount
Proposal
Contact Information
Piece by Piece
Primary Contact: Maggie Bohlman
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/piecebypiecela/ Address: 1001 Wilshire Blvd #1151 Los Angeles, CA
90017
Primary Contact Phone:
Primary Contact Email: [email protected]
Lead Artist: Dawn Mendelson
Lead Artist Email: [email protected]
Letter of Interest
Dear Selection Committee,
Piece by Piece is honored to submit this letter of interest for the City of Paramount Public Art Program at the Hay Tree Public Market. We are deeply inspired by the opportunity to create a mosaic installation that celebrates Paramount’s agricultural roots, industrial evolution, and enduring sense of community while contributing a visually striking focal point within this new gathering space. The project’s emphasis on celebrating the history of Paramount strongly aligns with our experience creating narrative-driven public mosaic installations that connect people to place and shared memory.
Our connection to Paramount is longstanding and meaningful. Piece by Piece has already completed two successful public art projects for the City that reflect both our artistic capacity and our collaborative approach to community-centered design. In 2022, we created Brilliance of Community, a 20-foot mosaic mural for the Paramount Senior Center that uses flowing color and embedded imagery to celebrate the vibrancy of the community. In 2024, we partnered with City participants to create the City of Paramount Heart, a large-scale sculptural mosaic that symbolizes creativity, collaboration, and civic pride. These projects demonstrate our ability to create durable, engaging public artworks that resonate with residents across generations.
For the Hay Tree Public Market project, our proposed design combines the imagery weaving together the many identities that shaped Paramount over time. At the center of the composition stands the Hay Tree, envisioned as both a literal and symbolic anchor representing growth, resilience, gathering, and community continuity.
The proposed artwork uses a vintage map-inspired background that references the city’s historic street grid and agricultural parcels, creating visual depth while grounding the work in place. Horse-drawn hay wagons reference the era when Hynes was one of the largest hay markets in the United States, while dairy imagery acknowledges Paramount’s strong ties to milk production and agricultural commerce. The composition is intended to feel archival yet vibrant, blending storytelling with contemporary mosaic craftsmanship.
Artistically, the piece will utilize recycled ceramic and glass in the pique assiette mosaic tradition, incorporating layered textures, varied tile sizes, and hand-cut materials to create movement and detail. Earth tones, warm neutrals, deep greens, and weathered historic colors will echo the agricultural landscape and the brick-and-timber character of the Hay Tree Public Market building itself.
Piece by Piece specializes in large-scale mosaic installations that transform public spaces into meaningful visual narratives. Community collaboration remains central to our mission and process. Piece by Piece exists to empower individuals who have experienced homelessness or economic insecurity through mosaic arts education, wellness, and employment opportunities. Our certified Social Enterprise Artists help fabricate public commissions while building professional skills, confidence, and income stability. Many members of our artistic team have worked with Piece by Piece for more than a decade and bring extraordinary craftsmanship and lived experience to every project.
Lead Artist Dawn Mendelson has over 20 years of experience creating public mosaic works and leading collaborative art initiatives with marginalized communities. Her work emphasizes storytelling, inclusion, and the transformative power of public art to create connection and belonging. This philosophy strongly aligns with Paramount’s vision for an event and community space that welcomes residents and visitors alike.
If selected, we would welcome opportunities to engage the Paramount community throughout the design process through conversations with longtime residents, collaboration with the Paramount Historical Society, and opportunities for community storytelling connected to the city’s agricultural and civic history.
We are available for interviews and would be honored to continue our partnership with the City of Paramount through the creation of a lasting artwork that celebrates the city’s history, resilience, and sense of community.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Maggie Bohlman
Executive Director
Piece by Piece
Itemized Budget
Category Hours
Allocated
Budget
Staff - Lead (Dawn) 110 $6,600.00
Design Fees 10 $1,500.00
Staff - Artist (luz) 50 $3,000.00
Project Management 75 $3,000.00
Staff Benefits $3,525.00
TOTAL STAFF FEES $17,625.00
Artisans 750 $22,500.00
Materials (including shipping
material)
$8,000.00
Travel $275.00
Delivery/packaging/shipment fee
(staff hours)
$600.00
Installation $4,000.00
Admin $2,000.00
Other (contingency) $0.00
TOTAL COST $55,000.00
Community Value
Piece by Piece believes that public art is strongest when it reflects the voices, stories, and participation of the community it represents. Our proposed Hay Tree Public Market mosaic is envisioned not simply as an artwork about Paramount’s history, but as a collaborative project created with the people who continue to shape Paramount today.
Community engagement has been central to our previous public art projects with the City of Paramount. During the creation of the City of Paramount Heart sculpture, Piece by Piece worked closely with local seniors and community participants, many of whom contributed handmade floral mosaic elements that became integrated directly into the final artwork. These collaborative sessions fostered storytelling, creativity, and meaningful intergenerational connection, while allowing participants to see themselves reflected in a lasting civic landmark.
For the Hay Tree Public Market project, we envision expanding this participatory approach through a series of approximately 2 - 3 community mosaic workshops hosted in partnership with the City of Paramount. These workshops would invite residents, seniors, youth, and community members to help create mosaic leaves for the Hay Tree canopy as well as selected background and decorative elements throughout the mural. Participants would have the opportunity to contribute directly to the artwork while learning about Paramount’s agricultural and cultural history.
We would especially welcome collaboration with the Paramount Historical Society to help inform the historical storytelling embedded within the mural design. Their insights and archival knowledge could help shape imagery related to the Hay Tree, dairy industry, hay markets, historic neighborhoods, and community landmarks. We would also be excited to reconnect with the seniors who participated in prior projects and invite them once again into the creative process.
As a social enterprise dedicated to empowering individuals who have experienced homelessness or economic insecurity through mosaic arts, Piece by Piece understands the profound role collaborative artmaking can play in building connection, belonging, and civic pride. Our workshops are intentionally welcoming, accessible, and intergenerational, allowing participants of all backgrounds and artistic abilities to contribute meaningfully.
The completed mural would stand not only as a tribute to Paramount’s history, but also as a reflection of the many hands, stories, and voices that make up the community today. By integrating community-created mosaic elements into the artwork itself, the project becomes a shared cultural asset, one that residents can recognize as something they helped build together.
We believe this collaborative process aligns strongly with the vision of the Hay Tree Public Market as a gathering space rooted in history, community, and shared experience.
Artwork
Resume or CV
Mission Statement
Our mission is to empower residents who have experienced homelessness or economic insecurity by providing free mosaic art workshops enabling them to build confidence, earn income, promote wellness and an improved quality of life.
Team Overview
Piece by Piece workshops nurture connection and creativity, bringing improved wellness to the lives of individuals facing complex issues that have made them vulnerable to homelessness and/or economic insecurity. Our community fosters hope and in so doing reduces barriers to success often faced by those who have lacked opportunity. Piece by Piece offers a way to develop individual talents and empowers our participants to reach their full potential. Our classes are open and affirming and a welcoming place for all.
The Piece by Piece Social Enterprise’s objectives are to provide a supportive community for individuals who have experienced homelessness or economic insecurity. Participants create mosaic art, earn income, and master soft skills while beautifying Los Angeles.
Lead Artists
Dawn Mendelson Dawn specializes in pique assiette, a style of mosaic that uses recycled materials, and has been creating mosaic art for more than 17 years. Her work is exhibited in institutions and private collections, and is available at galleries throughout the western U.S.
She has led the creation of multiple public works and community projects, including the award-winning “Broadway’s Blooming” community mosaic produced with Piece by Piece in 2015. Her work has been featured on HGTV and PBS, as well as in the Society of American Mosaic Artists journal, Groutline. Dawn serves as Piece by Piece's Artistic & Program Director for over 17 years.
Luz Mack-Durini Luz was raised in the small and picturesque country of Costa Rica. Working with mosaics for over a decade, she has traveled to study with several renowned mosaic masters from around the world. She has won several awards for her mosaic art and has been granted several scholarships, including The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, The Touchstone Center for Crafts in Pennsylvania, The Deavy Art Studio in Long Beach, and the Robin Brett Scholarship given by the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA). Luz works with a variety of materials, including glass, stone, metal leaf, and repurposed hand-made clay objects, incorporating different techniques to achieve unique effects in her work. For the last 14 years she has led workshops at Piece by Piece as an artist-instructor.
SHe also oversees production in the Social Enterprise.
Select Organizational Works
2025 “Urban Orchard Mural” Urban Orchard Park, 50ft x 3ft. (South Gate, CA) 2024 “Poppies and Lupine” My Angel Veterans Housing 11 ft x 10 ft LA Family Housing (Los Angeles, CA)
2022 Brilliance of Community 3.5 ft x 20 ft Community Center (City of Paramount, CA)
2020 Village Well Mural 20’ x 2’ Village Well Bookstore (Culver City, CA) 2017 “Spirit of Community” Mandala Series. 13 mandala panels from 3’ to 15’ dia., Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) 2015 “Broadway’s Blooming” Mosaic Garden. 40’ x 5’ mural, Broadway Village II – Deep Green Community Housing (Los Angeles, CA).
2014 “Entangled Bank.” 5 panel mural, 5’ x 15’, Irvine Valley College Life Science Building (Irvine, CA).
2013 Three-dimensional Leaves. 10 large-scale mosaic leaves on exterior of facility, Villas at Gower – A Community of Friends (Los Angeles, CA). “Giving is Universal.” 6 panels, Universal Studios (Hollywood, CA).
Digital images of past work
To: Honorable City Council
From: John Moreno, City Manager
By: John King, AICP, Planning and Building
Director
Date: July 14, 2026
SUBJECT: COVID-19 MEMORIAL – CIVIC CENTER AND VIRTUAL
BACKGROUND
In May 2021, during a City-sponsored vigil to remember and honor those who lost their lives to COVID-19, the City Council announced the future development and installation of a sculpture memorializing City of Paramount residents who lost their lives from COVID19 during the global pandemic.
According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, there were 222 deaths of Paramount residents attributed to COVID-19 between January 1, 2020 and May 31, 2023. The number of deaths of essential workers employed within Paramount and directly impacted by COVID is unknown.
At the May 28, 2026 and June 18, 2026 Public Art Advisory Committee meetings, Planning and Building Department staff led a discussion of possible art locations within the Civic Center and possible art types.
Following discussion, given the scarcity of examples of completed COVID public art memorials, the Committee recommended soliciting additional feedback from the City Council before requesting artist proposals.
DISCUSSION
The Public Art Advisory Committee reviewed two potential locations on the north side of City Hall, each of which would allow access from Jackson Street and complement without overwhelming other public art installations in the Civic Center.
There was consensus amongst Committee members that the memorial should be a permanent, lasting sculpture with some elements of color.
Committee members also came to a consensus about pairing a virtual memorial with the physical sculptural memorial. A virtual “memorial wall” would allow the public to submit specific names of deceased family members and friends to memorialize. The memorial Agenda Report July 14, 2026
COVID-19 MEMORIAL Page 2
wall could also honor and acknowledge caregivers, first responders, and health professionals who served those impacted by COVID.
Questions for the City Council
The Public Art Advisory Committee requests assistance with the following remaining question and follow-up questions:
1) Aside from a unique, permanent sculpture memorializing and honoring victims of COVID and located on a determined location on the north side of City Hall, what other limitations, restrictions, or specifications (if any) should be included in the art solicitation?
• If there are no limitations, restrictions, or other specifications, staff will request the broadest range of art proposals and art specialists.
• If there should be more specific direction or limitation, what artistic themes should be encouraged?
EXAMPLES – flower (forget-me-not; red rose; sunflower); kinetic art (includes movement, typically gentle); small archway.
2) For community input, should we invite a representative from one or three businesses (hospital, convalescent home, home health services provider) to assist with reviewing proposals after they are received?
FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed public art will have a fiscal impact of $115,000, which is fully budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget with $100,000 of allowable art expenses from the Art Fund and $15,000 for other expenses from the Capital Project Fund.
VISION, MISSION, VALUES, AND STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
The City’s Vision, Mission, and Values set the standard for the organization, establish priorities, uniformity, and guidelines; and provide the framework for policy decisionmaking. The Strategic Outcomes were implemented to provide a pathway to achieving the City’s Vision. This item aligns with Strategic Outcome No. 2: Community Health - Provide diverse recreational and cultural amenities that support healthy lifestyles and a sense of community; and No. 5: Attractive and Well-Maintained Infrastructure - Develop and maintain City-owned infrastructure, parks, facilities, and amenities that enhance quality of life and the attractiveness of the community.
Agenda Report July 14, 2026
COVID-19 MEMORIAL Page 3
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Provide direction to Planning and Building Department staff and receive and file.