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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 18, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- - e <br />SUBJECT: Temporary Installations Made for the Elements (T.I.M.E.) Public Art Project at <br />Cedar Grove Park <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Commission <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />- Call to Artists INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />- T.I.M.E. Project Public Art Selection Martha Shannon, 245-2335 <br />Committee Members <br />PURPOSE: To authorize the Interim Manager to sign the Letter of Agreement with artist Cindy <br />Newport for the Temporary Installations Made for the Elements (T.I.M.E.) Public Art Project at <br />Cedar Grove Park. <br />BACKGROUND: During the summer/fall 2009, the Orange County Arts Commission is co- <br />sponsoring a "Temporary Installations Made for the Elements (T.I.M.E.)" Public Art Project with <br />the Orange County Parks and Recreation Department. This project is modeled after a program <br />by New Mexico Arts. <br />This project will help to "grow" public artists in Orange County. The Arts Commission planned to <br />initially commission two temporary outdoor, visually engaging artworks to be exhibited in two <br />Orange County parks. The artworks would relate to a specific park and theme developed by the <br />artist selection committee. These small-budget temporary installations give local artists the <br />opportunity to "get their feet wet" in the public art arena. The T.I.M.E. project committee met <br />during the spring/summer of 2009. The list of committee members and the Call to Artists are <br />both attached. <br />Because the Arts Commission was notified of a decrease in the amount of FY 2008-09 state <br />Grassroots money available, the T.I.M.E. committee decided to fund only one temporary public <br />art project and selected Cedar Grove Park as the site. The deadline to apply for the Call to <br />Artists was May 7, 2009. Only Orange County residents were eligible to apply. <br />Cedar Grove artist Cindy Newport was selected for the T.I.M.E. project at Cedar Grove Park. <br />Ms. Newport will design and coordinate the painting of a working fuel tank located at the <br />entrance to this park on Hwy. 86 North in northern Orange County. This location at Cedar Grove <br />