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REQUEST TO APPROVE AN ARTWORK FOR THE MANATEE POCKET MOORING FIELD FACILITY IN THE PORT SALERNO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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The Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC) appointed a Subcommittee to review applications submitted in response to the Call for Artists for a mosaic installation on the Manatee Pocket Mooring Field Upland Facility. A publicly noticed meeting was convened to review the 15 submissions. Using prescribed scoring criteria, Subcommittee members reviewed, scored, and discussed all applications. Three finalists were brought to the PAAC on July 28th. They reviewed the applications using the same criteria and made a recommendation of two artworks for final selection and approval. The funds are available in the Art in Public Places (AIPP) capital budget.
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PREPARED BY: Name: Susan Kores
Title: Director, Office of Community Development
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
The Martin County Art in Public Places Program was initiated in 1997 by Ordinance 1103, Chapter 13 in the Martin County Code of Ordinances, to enhance the quality of the visual environment in the Martin County community, both natural and constructed.
1. To promote the spiritual, intellectual, and aesthetic enrichment of the community through public art.
2. To select a diversity of public art for Martin County, Florida.
3. To select works of art which have aesthetic and technical merit and are appropriate in context to the location.
4. To select artists who are professionally and technically competent.
5. To disperse public art throughout Martin County, Florida in such a manner that it is visible and accessible to the greatest number of people.
ISSUES:
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