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Home My WebLink AboutC27140-D Embracing The Desert LightContract No. C27140A-D REQUEST: SUBMITTED BY: DATE: CONTENTS: CITY OF PALM DESERT COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF REPORT CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE HONORARIUMS FOR ARTISTS MICHAEL HAYDEN, TIM PRENTICE, PETER ERSKINE, AND DEWAIN VALENTINE FOR THE "EMBRACING THE DESERT LIGHT" PROJECT RICHARD L. TWEDT NOVEMBER 8, 2007 1. ARTIST INFORMATION 2. SAMPLES OF PREVIOUS ARTWORKS Recommendation: By Minute Motion, approve honorariums in the amount of $2,000 to each artist. Funds are available in Account No. 436-4650-454-3010. Executive Summary: At its meeting of October 17, 2007, the Art in Public Places Commission selected four artists to create models and/or presentation drawings for the "Embracing the Desert Light" project. The proposed "Embracing the Desert Light" project is a partnership between the Redevelopment Agency and the Art in Public Places Commission in conjunction with the revitalization of the El Paseo medians from Highway 111 to Highway 74 and from Portola to Highway 111. The project will be funded using $150,000 from the Public Art fund and $50,000 from the Redevelopment Agency's El Paseo revitalization account. Discussion: At several meetings with design consultants for El Paseo, it was suggested to put some kind of "signifier", banners, signs, etc., in the medians from Hwy 74 and Portola to Hwy 111, which would create a common look to those ends of El Paseo to lead people to the street's main concentration of boutiques, galleries, restaurants, and businesses. The concept of installing permanent, sequential artworks created with common design elements and material on the medians was suggested and accepted by the various participants, i.e. City staff, design consultants, and the Art in Public Places Commission. Staff was instructed by the Art in Public Places Commission to research and identify several artists that work with "light" as their primary medium for the potential project. The Art in Public Places Commission selected four artists from approximately twelve that were presented to them for consideration. Achard Twedt, ublic Arts Mgr. Approval: Carlos Ortega, y Manager heila Gilligan, ssistant City Community Services Paul Gibson, Director of Finance CITY COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED ✓ DENIED RECEIVED OTHER MEETING DATE J ► - G `] AYES :&...85(111 Fe(ft4sz)rff rim- L3,eae j K< / NOES : N ABSENT: 011Ci ABSTAIN: N VERIFIED BY: Q.0,Kir4 Original on File withJCity Clerk's Office MICHAEL HAYDEN T'hinking Lightly lncorporated: Michael Hayden: Resume Page 1 of 4 _� i '� �IiHINKIT�IG :::'r LIC�H'1�LY �.��_. 507( Hall Road. Santa Rosa.CA 95401 -551 1 -['FL:707-546-0664 FAX:707-546-0661 t.hinkl�soni_c...net Michael Hayden Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae: Born: January l5, 1943 Recipient: Six Arts Urants, two Architecture /lwards, and otic Artist Award. Incorporated: 1967 "Intersystems" with: architect - Dik 7ander, poct - F31ake Parker & composer- John Mills-Cockell 1969 "Haydcn-Arn Productions, 1,td." with Dr. Robert Arn 1984 "1'hinking Lightly, Inc." with Kristina Lucas Board Member: "Alliance of Technology and Art, lnc." (Dii-ector "Video Rin�" (Coordinator and Administrator "Softwarehouse" (Coordinator "The Color Xerox Facility" (Administrator) "Soft Arkiv" (llirector) "Los An�eles Contemporary �xhibitions" (Co-Chair) "Royal Canadian Academy of Artists" (Llected Vlember) "Luther Burbank Center of the Arts" (llirector) "Calil��rnia 1Vluseum oi�Art" (Vice Chair) Public since Exhibitions: 1965 109 Group F;xhibitio»s 1� "I�wo Man Sho��-s 36 Onc Man Sho��-s Public 25 - in liSA. Canada, Ln�la�id. Scotland. Korea & I-Iolland Collections: Commissioned 4 Muscums & 1'ublic Gallcries http:!/��ww.thinkinblightly.com;hayden/resume.html 7/2/2007 "l�hinking Lightly Incorporated: Michael I-iaydcn: i'ortiolio 1'age 1 of 1 f_ `� �I�HIN.�ING :�_�� LIC1H'1�LY �•��-, 5076 Hall Road. Santa Rosa. CA 95401 -551 1 TL1,:707-j46-0664 FAX:707-546-0661 thinklt(a`sc;n�c.net Michael Hayden PORTE COUCHERE DE LA LUMIERE , ('algary ?4' x 24' x 30' �250,O00 �4 olass coated, holoDraphically treated acrylic panels, mounted and supported by mirror-polished stainless stcel frame 8c columns. Sculptui•e stands at a busy downto«-n corner and is the cntrance to �l�lle i1M000 Centre corporate otficcs. Previ�3us �;.�'.K �ext http://w�w«-.thinkin�]ightly.com/portColio.cgi?item=HA] 1 C/26/2007 l hinking Lightly lncorporated: Michael l-iayden: YortTolio Yage 1 oi 1 ( �� l"HINI�II`�1C i `�'� LItiH'I�LY r•r�=, 5076 I iall Road, Santa Rosa,CA 95401 -55 I 1 'TEL:707-546-0664 FAX:707-546-0661 thinklt(a;soi�ic.net Michael Hayden PORTE COUCHERE DE LA LUMIERE f� .�,�.k 4�de'� .. yp. FI'•� ��`�� Y � �� Caigar�� 24' x 24' x 30' �?50,000 54 glass coated, holographically treated acrylic panels. mounted and supported by mirror-polishcd stainlcss steel frame & columns. 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'\ 1� �;. �,, � � M.} a tiv� � A, � . 4 �`"� -�-V--� ��:�j�r'�'�`x�;; .:� ' �I i�6'# ` �� ,'� �m \��*�`�'• .,�..� '� .� �, ��.��^ —` ' .� t: '�' �� - -,~�'• �f. •.. . '"�,w. .1• r ""rry .��,. . , �. -�j , �'- � -• 7' o + �� ■�� < a{ .. �.M� ��f 1 - ■��g -� �. Jculptor Yeter Lrskine Into - �culpture.org Yage 1 01 J . ! . • - - About ISC �� '�� Membership News&Events Peter Erskine Sculpture Magazine 1100 Palms Blvd. Sculpture Communiry Venice, CA 90291 Sculptors Portfolio U.S.f�. Destinations Phonc: 3l 0-396-46]5 Resources Fax: 310-396-9083 Store Email: crskinep!a;aol.c��ni FAQ Home � Make a Contribution Join Email List - , � � Search Clrek rma,�e to enln�•ge. Peter Erskine Biography Peter Erskine's "Secrets of the Sun: Millennial Meditations" is a culmination of his inter interplay of light, space, and architecture. For thirty years his sculpture has explored th light falls on modulated surfaces. "Secrets of the Sun" uses the emotional impact of arl full range of nature from its most elemental expression as pure light to its most comple global ecology. After Erskine graduated from Yale in 1963, he traveled to India on a Fulbright Fellowst- light on the relief surfaces of classical Indian sculpture continues to influence Erskine's Throughout the 1980's, Erskine focused on site-specific architecturaf sculpture. This w� throughout the United States and Europe, including New York's Whitney Museum Scul His work is included in numerous public, corporate, and private art collections worldwic In 1989 and 1990 Erskine fnvented a new interactive Solar Spectrum art medium. In 1S the Sun: Millennial Meditations" premiered at the ancient Trajan's Market in the Romar exhibition sponsored by the Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation. In 1993 the City of f "Secrets of the Sun" (SOS) as the cultural centerpiece for their bid for the 2000 Olymp� at historic Union Station in Los Angeles in 1995. SOS has received wide coverage in tl eight magazine cover stories in four languages, over 150 articles in the world press, ar satellite TV broadcasts. TV and radio stories featuring Erskine's Solar Rainbow Art ha� broadcast in over 100 countries. littp://�vww.sculpture.oi•g/portfolio/sculptorPage?sculptor _id-100068=� 7/2/2007 �culptor 1'eter L~rsk�ni; lnto - �culpture.org Yage .i oi J • 1992 Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation grant, "S.O.S. Rome" for installa and developing future "S.O.S."venues . 1991 Solar Energy Industries Association grant for"S.O.S. Rome" . 1992 Grant from ISES Italy for organizing "Secrets of the Sun: Rome" . 1992 Grant from ENEL for printing the 5000 copies of the100 page, color catalo Rome" exhibition • 1992 American Academy in Rome grant for"S.O.S. Rome" installation . 1992 Siemens Solar Energy Inc., grant for"S.O.S. Rome" . 1992 City of Berlin, Germany, grant to create and install"S.O.S. Berlin" . 1993 Siemens Solar Energy GmbH, grant for"S.O.S. Berlin" . 1993 �ufthansa German Airlines, grant for"S.O.S. Berlin" . 2000 Grant from Ferrovie dello Stato for"CROMOS" project in Rome, Milan anc S.ELECTED EX.H.I.BITI_ONS . 1966 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, National Sculpture Biennial . 1968 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, National Sculpture Biennial • 1969 Blossom Music Center Invitational, Kent, Ohio . 1973 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut • 1974 Byrd-Hoffman Foundation, New York; solo exhibition . 1976 Kornblee Gallery, New York; solo exhibition, Indianapolis Museum, Indian. . 1978 M.I.U. Art Gallery, Fairfield, lowa; solo exhibition . 1981 Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, California; solo exh . 1982 Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, California . 1985 Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, California . 1986 Jeffery Linden Gallery, West Hollywood, California • 1988 Century City North, Los Angeles, California . 1988 Works Gallery, Long Beach, California . 1989 Works Gallery, Long Beach, California . 1991 "Earth and Human Action", Commerce Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvani: . 1992 "Secrets of the Sun: Millennial Meditations I", Trajan's Markets, Rome, Ital • 1993 Sharon Truax Fine Art, one-person exhibition, Venice, California . 1993 "Secrets of the Sun: Millennial Meditations I", Haus der Kulturen der Welt, . 1995 "Secrets of the Sun" Union Station, Los Angeles, California . 2000 "Sonne, Mund und Sterne. Kultur und Natur der Energie." Kokerei ZollverE Germany SELECTED.COLLE.CTIONS • Agnes Gund, New York, New York . Sandra Payson, New York, New York . Samuel Adams Green, New York, New York . Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, Meriden, Connecticut • Edmund Pillsbury, Fort Worth, Texas . Elizabeth Morrison, Los Angeles, California . Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Dwight, Washington, D.C. . Mr. and Mrs. John Tremaine, Greenwich, Connecticut . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Woelfle, Winnetka, Illinois . Mr. and Mrs. Donald Danneman, New York, New York • Mr. and Mrs. Montagu Guild, Malibu, California . Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fauerso, Fairfield, lowa littp://w��w.sculpture.org/portfolio/sculptorPage?sculptor_id=100068� 7/2/2007 Sculptor Peter Erskine Info - Sculpture.org Page 5 of 5 . 2000 New Light on Rome, Solar Environmental Art in 5 ancient Roman sites . 2000 Cromos, Solar Environmental Art in Italy in the Rome, Milan and Florence plus in 30 high-speed bullet trains, sponsored by Ferrovie dello Stato, and the V Fund . 2001 Cromos, Solar Environmental Art in the Milano Stazione Centrale, Italy, ac permanent installation. . 2001 Secrets of the Sun Installation, Wallingford Senior Citizens Center, Wallinc Dedicated May 19, 2001. TEACHING . 1967-68 Philadelphia College of Art, Instructor, Basic Design . 1967-71 Union College, Assistant Professor, Sculpture and Basic Qesign . 1971-72 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut, Instructor . 1972 Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, founded and designed Visua for this public high school arts facility serving the New Haven area • 1975-80 Maharishi International University, Fairfield la., Associate Professor of . 1978-80 Maharishi International University, Chair, Department of Art. . 1978-80 Maharishi International University, Dean of Faculty . 1993 Berliner Sommer Academie fur Bildener Kunst, Berlin, Germany, taught w Spectrum/Environmental Art workshop �� INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER I SCULPTURE MAG 19 Fairgrounds Road,Suite B t633 Connecticut A Hamilton,NJ 08619 Washington DC 20( P 609 689 1051 F 609 689.1061 P'202.234 0555 F Web Site Development by Cybermill Inc. http://��r��w.sculpture.org/portfolio/sculptorf'age?sculptor_id=1000684 7/2/2007 DEWAIN VALENTINE 1 esserae: 1 ranslucence, �rtists' l alk Yage 1 ot 4 I was also pleased to hear his ��v �'„c �a� F�;.,' frequent use of art historical references to make a point or = �'•��'t �'�=�" ��' clarify his impression of a work - I know I'm biased ;) ��v r:t rart.�c�. Alexander got his start working with resins through glazing =�°��er,c E�«�o��.,� r�aticnai G�� surfboards at the age of 13. In his twenties he started creating so� ��,v�tt (l�?� translucent and colored cubes and wedges that refiected the Dan Flav�n •�C i.. light and water of the area. He said he was influenced by his ;`,y�,s �,�iu��, impression of paintings by Vermeer. The smooth, glossy ;,�o�.aa ��r�+:d �: surface of the paintings made him think of them as being st�:cic�r,c a�t��r. � under water. Alexander stopped working with resins in the a�t early 70s when he realized the toll it was having on his body. � �,��y (6) He told a story of drinking a bottle of vodka everyday for a � Ap,;� (11) week without much effect when he realized how the toxins � �,��„�i, �iz) from the resin must have been impacting his system. When he � F�t�,-�;�,r.r, (lz) stopped working with the resin he also stopped drinking the � ��,�;��,r �1,�) vodka. ► ?ooF� (v3) � ?OU7 (Z10) DeWain Valentine first came into contact with acrylic � and polyester resin while in Tags junior high school in Colorado at the end of World War Two. In 1945 the government had ..rcr��c�ccu« (i) declassified acrylic, which 3�U'�'alk �1� cer�sorshiu (z) they had used for the c_t,arr�y (52) cockpits of airplanes. The `'�� c�„�,ner,�<,ry (�_ following year polyester resin CStJ Poinona (1 was also declassified. DeWain had been interested in the ;-,�;�t;�tion (�5) cutting and polishing of stone at the time. When pieces of ,r;u�<�urn (54) these new materials arrived at the school his teacher showed ;,r,-..5 a,cic;r (51 him how they could be cut, formed, polished and colored much a,�ycu��;n;t,�ar, (z easier than the stone. This experimentation woufd lead to his :>r�� r��.�Se (4 creation of new technologies that would a�low the creation of �;�.i.��c .��c (z) his monumental resin works starting in the 1960s. He moved ,�� (6) to Venice Beach where his works were inspired by his view of � ��,�� (ls) the joining of the sky and ocean at the horizon. DeWain's 8/ue ��'=�� ''• �6� Circles (1970) reflect his experience of swimming in the ocean -t��`:t (Z�s) off Catalina Island, which struck him for its drastic difference in ```:.``' (1) color from the water along the shore near his home. Larry Bell worked in glass Enter your Email rather than resin, though , ■� j � many similar issues and ideas f � Subscribe I Po 4 are reflected in his pieces. 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