HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-13 CAC Regular Meeting Minutes
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CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
MINUTES
1. CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the Cultural Arts Committee was called to order by Chair Hauer on
Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., in the Administrative Conference Room, City Hall,
located at 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Committee Members Maureen Boren, Lori Flint, Tom Mitze, Kristen Olson-Stone
(Alt.), Pia Rose, Ann Simley, Vice Chair Carol Adney, and Chair Liz Hauer.
Absent: None.
Liaison(s)
Present: Mayor Karina Quintanilla
City Staff
Present: Erica Powell, Management Analyst; Amy Lawrence, Deputy Director of Economic
Development; and Monique Lomeli, Recording Secretary
3. NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT:
None.
4. ACTION CALENDAR
A. RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF EIGHTEEN (18) SCULPTURES AND
UP TO SIX (6) ALTERNATE SCULPTURES FOR THE 2025/2026 EL PASEO
SCULPTURE EXHIBITION
Management Analyst Powell narrated a PowerPoint presentation and responded to
Committee inquiries.
The Committee recessed at 10:00 a.m. and reconvened at 10:10 a.m. with all members
present.
Following discussion, MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER ROSE, SECOND BY
COMMITTEE MEMBER FLINT, CARRIED 7-0 to recommend the City Council approve
the following sculptures for the 2025-2026 El Paseo Sculpture Exhibition:
1. Nine Ancestral Feathers by Adrian Susnea Litman (8’x8’ art pad)
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2. Ode to Calder II by Chris Rench (8’x8’ art pad)
3. Growing Wings by Hilde DeBruyne (8’x8’ art pad)
4. In My Element by Lovemore Bonjisi (8’x8’ art pad)
5. Unbearable Lightness of Being by Patricia Vader (8’x8’ art pad)
6. Champion by Russell Whiting (8’x8’ art pad)
7. Over the Falls by Alex Gall (8’x8’ art pad)
8. Miracle Towers by Charles Sherman (8’x8’ art pad)
9. Vortex of Creation by Ivan Butorac (8’x8’ art pad)
10. Gilded Godiva by Karen & Tony Barone (8’x8’ art pad)
11. Extended Expanse by Jennifer Kapnek
12. Artemis by Lyle London (8’x8’ art pad)
13. Tickets Please by Stephen Landis (8’x8’ art pad)
14. Spiral 1-2 by Ray Katz (8’x8’ art pad)
15. Water Totem by Anne Faith Nicholls (8’x8’ art pad)
16. Living Steel by Diego Harris (8’x8’ art pad)
17. Hopes and Dreams by Tim Shockley (8’x8’ art pad)
18. Ristra by Alex Barrett (8’x8’ art pad)
19. Rattlesnake Shake by Jimmy Descant (8’x8’ art pad alternate)
20. Mind the Gap by Aaron Alderman (8’x8’ art pad alternate)
21. Spiral Dance by Harold Linke (8’x8’ art pad alternate)
22. Life Leaf by Hilde DeBruyne (8’x8’ art pad alternate)
23. Resolve by Steve Grater (8’x8’ art pad alternate)
24. Human Nature by Art Garcia (Large Pad)
25. Ristra & 5. Bruto by Alex Barrett (Large Pad Alternate)
5. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS & COMMENTS
A. CITY STAFF
None.
B. ATTENDANCE REPORT
None.
6. ADJOURNMENT
The Cultural Arts Committee adjourned at 12:08 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Monique Lomeli, Senior Deputy Clerk
Recording Secretary
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ATTEST:
Erica Powell, Management Analyst
Secretary
APPROVED BY CAC: 4/10/2024