Plaza del Sol
Public Art Artist Selection
Kristin Dance
City Council
June 2, 2026
2City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 • 1% for public art ($21,000)
• Additional Funding ($79,000)
• Total Public Art Budget ($100,000)
Contingency and artist stipends - $10,000
Artist commission - $90,000
• Community Workshop
Council Policy 6.4.4 – Art in Public Places
Project Overview
3City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Process Overview
RFQ & Artist
Selection
Public Art Review
Committee
Arts Commission
Recommendation
Council Design
Proposal
Selection
• 11-member
committee
• Location Selection
Seating area
adjacent to retail
spaces
Lighting project
• RFQ Dec. 2025
• 16 applications
• Review
Committee
selected five
artists to submit
conceptual
designs
• Arts Commission
review and
ranking
• Review AC
Recommendation
and select one
design proposal
4City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Plaza del Sol
5City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Selected Location
6City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Conceptual Designs
7City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Charles Gadeken
8City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 1 – Charles Gadeken
9City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 1 – Charles Gadeken
10City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Luminous Waveforms
(Phil Spitler and Victoria Mara Heilweil)
11City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 2 – Luminous Waveforms
12City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 2 – Luminous Waveforms
13City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Mandy Palasik Studio
14City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 3 – Mandy Palasik Studio
15City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 3 – Mandy Palasik Studio
16City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 James Peterson
17City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 4 – James Peterson
18City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 4 – James Peterson
19City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Studiofolia
James Dinh
20City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 5 – Studiofolia (James Dinh)
21City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Proposal 5 – Studiofolia (James Dinh)
22City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Arts Commission Ranking
#1 Charles Gadeken
#2 Luminous Waveforms
#3 James Petersen
#4 Studiofolia/James Dinh
#5 Mandy Palasik
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• 3 • 4 • 5
23City of Sunnyvale – Plaza del Sol, Artist Selection – June 2026 Questions?