Fiscal Note
Funding for this resolution is available in Planning's 2015 Capital Budget (project 10056).
Title
Seeking Common Council approval of Art in Public Places funding award to South Metropolitan Planning Council, Inc. on Behalf of the Leopold Neighborhood Association as recommended by the Madison Arts Commission.
Body
WHEREAS, the Common Council adopted Resolution ID #30476 on March 19, 2002, adopting the Public Art Framework and Field Guide for Madison, Wisconsin and recommendations contained in the framework; and
WHEREAS, the Public Art Framework and Field Guide recommends the Madison Arts Commission create opportunities for community partnerships for Art in City-Building; and
WHEREAS, the Madison Arts Commission, whose mission it is to make the arts an essential part of the lives of all of Madison's citizens, re-established the Art in Public Places (AIPP) program at their Wednesday, May 9, 2012, meeting; and
WHEREAS, funding for these projects are identified as potential expenditures in the Municipal Art Fund in the 2015 Capital Budget; and
WHEREAS, at the July 14, 2015 meeting of the Madison Arts Commission, members reviewed the request of the South Metropolitan Planning Council, Inc. on Behalf of the Leopold Neighborhood Association to receive AIPP funding to commission artist Sonia Valle to create a site-specific gateway project ; and
WHEREAS, the result of this project will be the creation of a permanent work of art by Sonia Valle, involving members of the community including students from Leopold Elementary, that celebrates the unique characteristics of the neighborhood and serves as a welcoming gesture to students who walk or bike to school along that path; and
WHEREAS, the Madison Arts Commission recommends funding the South Metropolitan Planning Council, Inc. at $10,000 for the design of one vertical sculpture flanking the side path off the mainline Cannonball Path; and
WHEREAS, the City's ability and willingness to fund this pr...
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