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CITY OF PALM DESERT
COMMUNITY SERVICES
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE MICHELLE
O'MICHAEL'S SCULPTURE TITLED "MOON RIVER" AS A
REPLACEMENT ARTWORK FOR THE 2009/10 EL PASEO
INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT� COu�TCIL�
APPROVED ���:
SUBMITTED BY: RICHARD L. TINEDT RECF�ZVFD L���ti�:;;
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DATE: DECEMBER 11, 2008 �''��g���E"—"—�i ~�
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Recommendation: orig�n�z on�� �e w� —
By Minute Motion: 1) Approve Michelle O'Michael's sculpture "Moon ive�'t�l's ��er.k U,�f;�
replacement artwork for the 2009/10 EI Paseo Invitational Exhibition; 2) approve
an honorarium in the amount of$2,575. Funds are available in Account Number
436-4650-454-4002.
Executive Summary:
At its November 19, 2008 meeting, the Art in Public Places Commission voted to
approve Michelle 0'Michael's sculpture "Moon River" as a replacement artwork
for the 2009/10 EI Paseo Invitational Exhibition. Her sculpture was chosen from
the five alternates that were approved by the Commission at its June 18, 2008
meeting.
Discussion:
Woods Davy, an artist who had been previously selected and approved by the
Art in Public Places Commission and the City Council as part of the 2009/10 EI
Paseo Invitational Exhibition, chose to withdraw his artwork from being displayed
in the Exhibition. Thereby, the Art in u � laces Co sio adhered to the
p c ss of sidering the five alterna s se cted� rat r rk Stephenson.
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Ri ard Twedt, Public Arts Mgr. heila Gilligan, Assis ant Ci gr.
Community Service
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Carlos Ort , City Manager Paul Gibson, Director of Finance
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Michelle O'MICHAEL
933 Dorothy
Houston, Texas 77008
832.545.9883
713.861.7080
momichael(a�sbcqlobal.net
www.hallfinancial . com/content-art . asp
www. texassculpturegarden. org/content-
artists . asp?artwork=1021
www. sculptureranch. com/sculpture-mom-guardians .htm
www.wacoartsfest . org/sculpture/
SUBMITTED SCULPTURES:
1. Moon River:
120" x 54" x 38"
Steel and Polyester
O 2007 �
Moon River-1: Front view
Moon River-2: Side view
2. Prairie Fire:
120" x 54" x 78"
Steel and Polyester
O 2006
Moon River-1: Front view
Moon River-2: Rear view
Michelle O'MICHAEL
933 Dorothy
Houston, Texas 77008
832.545.9883
713.861.7080
momichael(c�sbcqlobal.net
www.hallfinancial . com/content-art . asp
www. texassculpturegarden. org/content-
artists . asp?artwork=1o21
www. sculptureranch. com/sculpture-mom-guardians .htm
www.wacoartsfest . org/sculpture/
� SELECT AWARDS, COMMISSIONS & ACQUSITIONS
2008 - Cover Image Plano/Allen/Frisco/McKinney City Map
- Public Art Commission, Frisco, TX: Fire Station #6
2007 - Houston Arts Alliance Fellowship Grant
2007 - EI Centro College, Dallas, TX, Public Art Sculpture Competition Winner
2007 - Hall Financial Group, Frisco TX, Acquisition: "Blue Strake"
- Diverse Works, Houston, TX, Creative Capital Workshop Grant Recipient
2006 - Hall Winery, Napa CA, Acquisition: "Racks"
2005 - Diverse Works, Houston, TX, Creative Capital Grant Recipient
2004 - Johann Eyfells, Sculptor, Fredricksburg TX, Honorary Acquisition for
Sculpture Ranch and Foundation: "Guardians"
2004-06 - Bayou City Art Festival Juror
2003 - J. Q. Hammons, Inc., Embassy Suites, Rogers, AR, Commission
- Hall Winery, Napa CA, Acquisition: "Moebus Tower"
2002 - Hobby Center Relief Consultant
- M. D. Anderson, Children's Memorial Design Consultant
2001 - St. Stephens Episcopal Middle School, Acquisition: "Fandango"
- Strother's Memorial Commission, Baylor Women � Children's
Hospital Dallas, TX: "Mother & Child"
- The Arts Alliance of Clear Lake, Board Collection Acquisition
2000 - Hall Financial Group Permanent Collection Acquisition for the
Texas Sculpture Park, Frisco, TX: "La Mujer Roja"
- Texas Commission on the Arts & Cultural Arts Council of
Houston/NEA/Harris County Cultural Connections Grant Recipient
-Visual Arts Alliance, O'Michael Project Grant Recipient
1999 - E. Noel Museum, "Big Sky Texas" Collection Acquisition
-VAA, Juror Clint Willour, Award: "1999 Annual Show
- E. Noel Museum, Odessa, TX, Future Atkins, Juror, Award:
"Metal Arts `99"
- E. Noel Museum, Odessa, TX, AWARD: "Metal Arts `97"
SELECT SHOWS:
2009
o Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX: "2008-09 City Hall Annex Exhibition"
o City of Waco, Waco TX: "Waco National Invitational"
2008
o Darke Gallery, Houston, TX: "O'Michael's Hot"
o Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX: "2008-09 City Hall Annex Exhibition"
o Mossrock Gallery, The Woodlands, TX: "O'Michael"
o Stella Haus Gallery, San Antonio, TX: "O'Michael Expanded"
o Louise Hopkins Center for the Arts, Lubbock TX: "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"
o Peel Gallery Shop, Houston TX: "Virtually Mine"
o Foundry, Houston TX: "Scissors (Michelle O'Michael), Rock (Greg Haas)
Paper (Keith Hollingsworth)"
o Marble Falls, TX: "Sculpture on Main"
o N. Richland Hills, TX: "Public Art Program"
o Blue Star Art Center, Co-curate by Steering Committee (Cakky Brawley, Riley
Robinson, James Surls, George Schroeder, Susan Budge, Jesus Morales and
The Art Guys) Nomination: "TX Uprising 2007"
o City of Waco, Waco TX: "Waco National Invitational"
2007
o Marble Falls, TX: "Sculpture on Main"
o N. Richland Hills, TX: "Public Art Program"
o Blue Star Art Center, Co-curate by Steering Committee (Cakky Brawley, Riley
Robinson, James Surls, George Schroeder, Susan Budge, Jesus Morales and
The Art Guys) Nomination: "TX Uprising 2007"
o City of Waco, Waco TX: "Waco National Invitational"
o Benini Foundation & Sculpture Ranch Solo: "Moon River"
o Metropolitan Gallery, Austin, Texas, representation
o Craighead Green Gallery, Solo artist, Dallas, TX: "Intrigue Times Three"
o OMSI-D, Houston Foundry, solo, sponsored by Culinair, Houston, TX:
"Rhapsody in Blue, Red, Copper . . ."
o North Harris Montgomery College, Gary Conner Curator, Houston, TX: "2007
Invitational"
o Kemp Art Center, Wichita TX, Curate Patricia Meadows: "Art on the Green"
2006
o Chinati Open Building 98 House, solo, Marfa TX: "O'Michael Marfa"
o Houston Center for Photography & Houston Its Worth It, TX: "Show Us Why"
o EI Centro College, Dallas, TX: "O'Michael at EI Centro"
o City of Waco, James Surls,juror, Waco, TX: "Waco National"
o Tate Modern Gallery, Bankside London: "Mail Art"
o E. Noel Museum, Odessa TX: "Metal Arts 2006"
o Rose Marine Gallery, Curator Juanne Peck, Ft. Worth, TX: "Reduce Reuse
Recycle"
o Texas A&M at Corpus Christi TX, Curator Greg Reuter: "O-So-Bay Biennial"
o Kemp Art Center, Wichita TX, Curator Patricia Meadows: "Art on the Green"
o Midland College, O'Michael 8� Clintsman, Midland, TX: "Oilfield Relics"
2005
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o BBAP: Museum Blvds, Houston TX: Round 1: "O'Michael, Blue Strake"
o Diverse Works, Houston, TX, Creative Capital Grant Recipient
o Gallery 101, curator, Wayne Gilbert, Houston, TX: "Chunks"
o Art Car Museum, Houston, TX: "Faces"
o United Nations Association, Houston, TX: "UN 60th Anniversary Celebration"
o The Clear Lake Arts Alliance, Clear Lake, TX, Website Entry Image.
o Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX: "Beaux Arts Ball"
o Benini Foundation & Sculpture Ranch Solo: "Guardians, MTA"
o Sculpture Dominion, San Antonio, TX: "2005 Invitational"
o Theathre Collide (Set Sculpture), Houston, TX: "Faust Fest"
o Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas TX, Solo: "Sensuality of Line"
o Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX: "O'Michael @ L. Collins"
2000 - 2004
o Williams Tower, Houston, Juror Sally Sprout: "VAA 21st International Open "
o Blue Star Art Center, San Antonio, TX, Co-curate by Bill FitzGibbons and
George Neubert: "TX Uprising"
o Beaumont Art League, Juror, Catherine Anderson: "Tri-State National"
o Art Car Museum, curate Noah Edmonson, Houston, TX: "Insects & Animals
o Art League Houston, Sculpture Court Solo: "La Familia Roja"
o Visual Arts Alliance, Juror, Clint Willour: "20t" Annual"
o One City Bank by Kinzelman Art Consultants, Houston, TX: "O'Michael"
o Nature Discovery Center curator, Sabra Booth: "Art in Nature"
o The Arts Alliance of Clear Lake, solo: "Burn Rate"
o Texan Stadium Sculpture Competition
o Wildwood Sculpture Garden, Kenwood, CA: "Spirit of Triumph"
o Coastal Art Works Invitational, San Francisco, CA: "O'Michael 8�Clements"
o Georgia State Museum, Russia: "American Art Collection"
o North Harris Montgomery College, curator by Meridith Jack: "9th Annual
Sculpture Vision
o First City Tower, Houston Sculpture 2000: " O'Michael, Glover, Jack and John
Henry at First City Tower"
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
2007 - "Paper City" Art Notes on Rhapsody by Catherine Anspon
- "Waco Cultural Fest article: http://www.wacoartsfest.org/sculpture/
- "KBRU" Waco, Anticipating Inspiration entry image
2006 - "Paper City" Commentary on Blue Strake by Catherine Anspon
2005 - The Clear Lake Arts Alliance, Clear Lake, TX, website Entry Image
2004 - Fox TV News (Channel 26), Feature: "Gossamer Tide"
2003 - "ArtLies" Summer 2003 review by Loli Fernandez
- "Dallas Times", Dallas, TX, "Memorial Sculpture at Baylor Medical"
2001 - John Leinhard's Engine's of Our Enginuity Website Article
2000 - "Sculpture Magazine", "Dispatches", Article by Jackson
Rushing, III, Chair, University of Houston Art Department
- "ArtLies" Spring 2000 review by Catherine Anspon
1997 - Houston Chronicle, Feature Article: "Woman of Steel"
1993 - "Museum & Arts Magazine" (Publication), Houston TX: "EI Pinatero"
MEMBERSHIPS/ EDUCATION:
2007 — 2008 -Artist Rescue Mission Board 1999 — 2008
- International Sculpture Center, NJ, Professional Member
2005 — 2008 - Diverse Works, Houston, TX, Patron
1999 — 2008 - Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Patron
1993 — 2008 - Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Board Secretary 2000 -2006, 2007
Advisory Board
1980 — 2008 - TX Executive Women (`89 News Editor, `92 8�`93 WOM Art
Chair, `99 WOM Screening (Committee Chair, 2000 Program)
1987 — 2008 - Lawndale Art � Performance Center
1997 — 2008 - Women in Visual � Literary Arts, (2000 Program)
1990 — 2007 - Houston Art League (`92-93, Artist-of-Year Comt.) 4
2004 — 2007 - Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX
2002 — 2006 - Texas Society of Sculptors
1994 — 2005 -Visual Arts Alliance, 98/99 Vice-President,
1999 — 2001 - Houston Sculpture 2000 (Program & Indoor Committee Chair)
- UT Austin, BA
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