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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 19, 2004 <br />Action Agen-d~a.. <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Public Art Project Finalists (Southern Community Park and Homestead <br />Aquatics Center) <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Na <br />Commission <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Public Art Selection Committees for INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Homestead Aquatics Center and Martha Shannon, ext, 2335 <br />Southern Community Park <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To make a presentation and receive BOCC approval for the finalists for the <br />Southern Community Park and Homestead Aquatics Center Public Art Projects (BOCC <br />approval must be secured before the public art aspect of these projects can move forward). <br />BACKGROUND: On October 1, 2003, the Board of County Commissioners designated 1 % of <br />County funds allocated for the Southern Community Park and the Homestead Aquatics Center <br />projects for public art. The Orange County Arts Commission was also given permission to work <br />collaboratively with the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission on these two projects. <br />Based on this action, a national call for qualifications was distributed to artists by direct mail and <br />posted electronically by email and via various websites, Artists living in Orange County were <br />encouraged to apply. Artists were asked to submit a letter of interest, relevant experience/ <br />current resume, up to 15 images of their work or a 3-minute videotape of their work, annotated <br />image list or video description, references, and optional supporting materials. <br />108 responses were received for the Homestead Aquatics Center Public Art Project, and 48 <br />responses were submitted for the Southern Community Park Public Art Project, The public art <br />selection committees for these two projects have met and selected final artists, Public <br />comments have also been received, <br />The artist team of Laura Haddad and Tom Dnagan (Seattle, WA) have been selected to join the <br />design team for the Southern Community Park Public Art Project, Artist Ray King (Philadelphia, <br />PA) has been selected for the Homestead Aquatics Center Public Art Project. The artists <br />selected have excellent credentials and years of relevant public art experience. They were <br />