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Home My WebLink AboutC23850 Artwork at Entrada Del PaseoCONTRACT NO. C23850 CITY OF PALM DESERT Community Services STAFF REPORT REQUEST: CONSIDERATION TO SEND OUT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE ENTRADA DEL PASEO ART PROJECT SUBMITTED BY: RICHARD L. TWEDT DATE: JUNE 9, 2005 CONTENTS: A. LETTER FROM REUEL YOUNG B. COPY OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Recommendation: 1. Instruct staff to proceed with seeking the Request for Proposals for the competition. 2. Authorize design honorariums of $5,000 each to three finalists to create maquettes for the Entrada del Paseo art project from budget #436-454-30- 10. Executive Summary: Reuel Young of Interactive Design gave a presentation to the Art In Public Places Commission regarding the aspects of the public art component for the Entrada del Paseo project. The Commission agreed that his philosophy should be incorporated into the RFP, which will be sent out to artists. At its May 18, 2005, meeting, the Commission unanimously approved the Request for Proposals for the Entrada project in the amount of $250,000. The vision takes into account the purpose of the new Visitor Information Center, who will be suing it and creating an educational experience by tying the project to the Information Center and park environment. Visitors would be led through the park with a series of progressive art elements that incorporates the park environment, geography, and historical aspects of the local area. Three artists will be selected by the Art in Public Places Commission to create maquettes for the Entrada del Project, which will be presented to City Council for final selection and artist. CONTRACT NO. C23850 Discussion: The following public artists that have been recommended to be included in the competition are: • Tom Otterness, the Battery Park project in lower Manhattan, New York; • Jackie Farrara, the walkway and sculpture at the Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego campus; • George Trakas and Doug Hollis have created many projects, both created pieces at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Sand Point headquarters in Seattle, Washington; • Jody Pinto, the Fingerspan covered walkway at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the newly completed BIG, (Beach Improvement Group project for the City of Santa Monica, California) among several other projects that link the natural environment to the man made environment; • Terry Allen, for his integrated lead covered talking eucalyptus trees at the Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego; • Ned Symth, the Upper Room, Battery Park City, New York; • Mary Miss, the South Cove Waterfront, New York; • Richard Fleischer, the walkways at MIT; • Brad Goldberg, the Pegasus Plaza and Mimi's Garden, Dallas, Texas; • Robert Irwin created the gardens at the Getty Museum in Santa Monica and has developed many other public projects, which create a sense of place and community; • Alexis Smith has several public art projects that address the same aspects of the Entrada del Paseo project; • Ned Khan, the Children's Garden at the Huntington Botanical Gardens; and • Cliff Garten's East End project in Sacramento, California. SubmittedZ, rrd j t ublic Arts Mgr. R rt Kph'n, ector of S ecial Pr, cts f Sheila illig n, A ommunity Carlos Ortega, ity M ger Servi s Pall Gibson, Dir@06of Finance ENO PROJECT RECORD MEN ■E❑ I N T E R A C T I V E DESIGN DATE 7 Aug 2003 TO VIA FROM PROJECT SUBJECT DISTRIBUTION C O R P O R A T I O N ARCHITECTS + 199 S. Civic Drive, Suite 10 Palm Springs, California 92262 Lauri Alayian T: (760) 323-4990 r: (760) 322-5308 email Page of mail@interactivedesigncorp.com Reuel Young IDC No. 0006 Art in Public Places We are proceeding with development of the above; referenced project In accordance with our understandmg of the materWhzues noted below. Unless we receive written clarificeuon or amendment by the third business day from the date of this project record, the following will be considered u confirmed instruction and understanding. 0 M Song Meeting at site, 7 Aug, 2003 L Alayian Art in Public Places for Palm Desert Visitor Information Center I . Art that is specific to Palm Desert a. Honor its history i. Citizens ii. Development pattern b. Educate about its environment i. Desert c. Educate about the geology i. Saber tooth tigers in Coachella Valley ii. San Andreas fault 2. Art that is children friendly a. Climable — touchable b. Something that is an unchanging backdrop (one can experience one's own changes in context of something that does not change.) 3. Art that integrates with the specific site a. Complements/enhances the garden b. Responds to Memory Lane c. Views to the mountains 4. Art that leads one on an itinerary — through time or space a. Create a path of discovery i. Pike Place dance steps ii. Timeline at Cincinnati Riverwalk Respectfully, Reuel C:\Documents and Settings\dthompson\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"iOLK83\0006 art in public places 7 Aug.doc 0 The Entrada del Paseo Project Request for Proposals The City of Palm Desert's Art in Public Places Commission would like to invite professional artists to submit Request for Proposals for the Entrada del Paseo project. The Entrada del Paseo project will be located at the new Visitor Information Center and throughout the Eric Johnson Memorial Gardens. (Mr. Johnson was a recognized horticulturist and landscape designer throughout the Southwest. His innovative and pioneering work included using lush, colorful, water -efficient plants with native desert plants, earning him the name, "Landscape Guru" of the Coachella Valley.) The Art in Public Places Commission is interested in concepts that are sequential in nature that will lead people from the Visitor Information Center through the gardens. Subject areas for artists to explore include, but are not limited to the following: 1. Art that is specific to Palm Desert a. Honor its history, citizens, development pattern, educate about its environment, desert, mountain ranges to the south and north, and geology, i.e. Saber tooth tigers once roamed in the Coachella Valley, and the San Andreas Fault is only twenty miles from Palm Desert 2. Art that is children friendly a. Climbable/touchable 3. Art that integrates with the specific site a. Complements/enhances the garden b. Responds to Memory Lane c. Views of the mountains 4. Art that leads one on an itinerary — through time or space a. Create a path of discovery through the gardens. The budget for the Entrada del Paseo project is $250,000. This will include all costs associated with construction and installation of the artwork(s). Three artists will be selected by the Art in Public Places Commission to create finished proposals. Each artist will be paid $5,000 design fee. The three proposals will be forwarded to the Palm Desert City Council who will select the artist to complete the commission. Deadline for proposals is Friday, January 6, 2006. Please include concept description, resume, visual documentation of previous public art projects, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of materials. Send materials and direct inquiries to: Richard L. Twedt Public Arts Manager City of Palm Desert 73-510 Fred Waring Drive Palm Desert, CA 92260 760-776-6380 rtwedt(a�ci. palm-desert.ca. us www.palmdesertart.com This packet contains photographs of the buildings, gardens, and landscaping developed to -date at the Entrada del Paseo site, as well as images of the landscaping and buildings planned for construction in the future. rdens } a deb P aseo l a �` Eric {°nnso3� ' � se q t� �� _ 1� � 5.y�t _ v,��}f, naS�y,i.. i` .._ �..:.�^, • t�,,�f�r'�1`,+.� 1` , Guistot,Restaura�td� T _� vjsl ort�stin9l \' enders o `Gornmuder nity guil ;4t (undcOngtructi°n1.• Gardens ttuture) Matti -Sensory tptannedi serf �,(is�tor's Center Palm D� nder construction) Visitor's Center t.under construction) Visitor's Center (under construction) and ianA sfnnina Phase One — Eric Johnson Memorial Gardens Eric Johnson Memorial Gardens 77_ Oasis water feature at Eric Johnson Gardens Walkway at Eric Johnson Gardens Eric Johnson Gardens Eric Johnson Gardens Cuistot Restaurant (left) and Eric Johnson Gardens iti 1. tY. 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