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Home My WebLink AboutC22660 Michael Todd - "Lily Pad" Artistic Bench on El PaseoContract NO. C22660 CITY OF PALM DESERT COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF REPORT REQUEST: Consideration to approve artist Michael Todd to create "Lily Pad" as an artistic bench for El Paseo SUBMITTED BY: Richard L. Twedt DATE: June 10, 2004 CONTENTS: 1. Photocopy of artwork 2. Artistic bench sponsorship requirements 3. Michael Todd's resume Recommendation: By Minute Motion: Concur with the Art in Public Places Commission to commission Los Angeles artist, Michael Todd, to create "Lily Pad" as an artistic bench for the El Paseo Artistic Bench project in an amount not to exceed $10,000 from account #436-4650-454-4001. Executive Summary: At its meeting of May 19, the Art in Public Places Commission unanimously voted to approve the design "Lily Pad" by Michael Todd to be commissioned and installed as an artistic bench on El Paseo. Council approved the bench designs and allocation of $10,000 for fabrication at their meeting of May 13tn Discussion: Michael Todd is an intemationally acclaimed Los Angeles artist who has exhibited his artwork throughout the United States and Europe in some of the most important museums and galleries. His work has been written about in twenty-seven books and catalogues and has been included in over 50 art joumals and magazine articles. Mr. Todd's name recognition and stature in the art world would be a positive addition to the permanent public art collection of the City of Palm Desert. Submtted by: chard L. Twedt ublic Arts Manager ,'/ Carlos rtega Cityjnager aul Gibson, Director of Finance Contract No. C22660 Sheila Gilligan Assistant City Man =T•' r Community Services Robert Kohn Director of Special Programs Contract No. C22660 CITYOFPRLfflQESERT 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92260-2578 TEL: 760 346-0611 FAX: 760 340-0574 info@palm-desert.org El Paseo Artistic Bench Project: Contract No. C2266O The "Artistic Bench" project started as an idea of Linda Jacques, co- owner of Tre' Contemporary Gallery and John Nagus, co -director of the Art at El Paseo Square Gallery. They approached Richard Twedt, Public Arts Manager for the City of Palm Desert with the concept and suggested it be presented to the Art in Public Places Commission to sponsor a design competition. The Commission approved the concept, as did the City Council. Both the El Paseo Gallery and Business Associations wholeheartly endorsed the project. The initial phase of the project was for the Public Art Program to advertise the design competition. The twenty "Artistic Bench" designs in this display represents the selections the Art in Public Places Commission made at their April 21st meeting from a national call that was sent out to artists, arts organizations, and galleries for proposals several months ago. The "Artistic Benches" will be created when a "sponsor" selects and pays for the expenses involved in fabricating, shipping and installation of the artwork by the respective artist. The sponsor will own the bench and will assist with the site location on El Paseo. Each bench will have a small plaque installed identifying the sponsor, artist, and title of the bench. The original artistic bench will remain in its location; however, if the bench is designed as a limited edition, the sponsor and artist can sell copies of it. Sponsors need to consult with the property owners where the bench will be located and provide a letter of endorsement from the property owner to the Public Arts Manager prior to installation. For additional information, please contact Richard L. Twedt, Public Arts Manager, City of Palm Desert, 760-776-6380, email rtwedt@ci.palm-desert.ca.us. Contract No. C22660 Biography and Exhibition H i s t o r Born June 20,1935, Omaha, Nebraska EDUCATION 1957 B.F.A., University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN Magna Cum Laude 1959 M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, CA AWARDS y 1957-59 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship 1961-63 Fulbright Fellowship to Paris 1974-75 National Endowment for the Arts TEACHING POSITIONS 1959-61 University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1966-68 Bennington College, Bennington, VT 1968-76 University of California, San Diego, CA 1976-77 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 1977 Pasadena Art Center, Pasadena, CA 1978 Otis/Parsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 1964 Hanover Gallery, London, England Pace Gallery, New York, NY 1965 Henri Gallery, Washington, DC 1968 Henri Gallery, Washington, DC Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI 1969 Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA (traveled to UCLA Art Galleries, Dickson Art Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 1970) 1971 Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY 1972 Fine Arts Gallery, California State College, Fullerton, CA University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN 1973 Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto, CA 1974 Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY 1975 Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI Seder Creigh Gallery, Coronado, CA 1976 Hammerskjold Plaza, New York, NY Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Zabriskie Gallery, NewYork, NY 1978 Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, CA Charles Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 1979 ARCO Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, DC Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York, NY Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1980 Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, CA Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1981 Diane Brown Gallery, Washington,DC Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY 1982 Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, CA Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1983 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL B. R. Kornblatt Gallery, Washington, DC 1964 Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, CA Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1985 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL B. R. Kornblatt Gallery, Washington, DC 1986 Bemis Project Gallery, alternative work - site, Omaha, NE Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA 1987 Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL B. R. Kornblatt Gallery, Washington, DC Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1988 Chapman College, Orange, CA Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1961 Huysman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1962 American Cultural Center, Paris, France Galerie J, Paris, France 1963 Phase Exhibition, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1964 Annual Exhibition 1964: Contemporary American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Pace Gallery, NewYork, NY P.V.I. Gallery, NewYork, NY 1965 Beyond Realism, Pace Gallery, New York, NY Pace Gallery, Boston, MA 57 Royal Marks Gallery, New York, NY World House Gallery, New York, NY Young America 1965: ThirtyAmerican Artists Under Thirty -Five, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1966 Annual Exhibition 1966: Contemporary Sculpture and Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI Primary Structures, Jewish Museum, New York, NY Rigelhaupt Gallery, Boston, MA Royal Marks Gallery, New York, NY 1967 American Sculpture of the Sixties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 1967Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1968 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Faculty Show, University of California, San Diego, CA 1970 Living American Art, Maeght Foundation. St. Paul -de -Vence, France Monumental Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH 1970 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1973 Sculpture in the City, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY 1974 California -Hawaii Regional, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA First Annual Sculpture Exhibit, Art Gallery, California State University, Northridge, CA Glassboro Sculpture Exhibit, Glassboro, NJ Paramus Sculpture Exhibit Paramus, NJ Public Sculpture/Urban Environment, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 1976 Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (traveled to the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC) 1978 Photographs by Sculptors, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 1979 Aspects of Abstract: Recent West Coast Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1980 Sculpture in California, 1975-80, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA Six L.A. 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