2026-10-19 - Oklahoma City Arts Commission

02:02Mhm.

04:05>> Mhm.

04:30>> All right, we will begin the regular

04:31meeting of the Oklahoma City Arts

04:32Commission for October 19th. And before

04:35the Commission votes on each item, I

04:37will ask staff to provide details of

04:39each case, and I will ask if the

04:41applicant has anything to add, and I

04:43will ask if the members of the public

04:45wish to speak. Uh if you wish to address

04:47the Arts Commission, you will be

04:48recognized. Please go to the central

04:50podium, state your name and address for

04:52the record, and begin your comments.

04:54Please limit comments to no more than 3

04:56minutes. Our next item is to receive the

05:00meeting minutes from the August 31st

05:03special meeting.

05:06I will need a motion

05:09and a second.

05:11We have a motion and a second.

05:18>> So, I wasn't here last month.

05:21>> Oh, then you are

05:22>> be absent or should I go ahead and

05:23approve them even though I wasn't here?

05:25>> Um

05:26>> That would that Would that affect our

05:28>> Uh you would say abstain, I think.

05:30>> Abstain?

05:31>> I think

05:32Okay. I think that we asked

05:39>> My screen has It doesn't have

05:41>> If you weren't here.

05:45>> I mean, I apologize. I just I wasn't

05:47here, so I

05:49>> Dustin,

05:50the question is if somebody was absent

05:53for that meeting, can they still accept

05:54the minutes?

05:55>> Yes.

05:59>> I'm lost.

05:59>> I think we have four on the line.

06:00>> It doesn't have the voting thing on

06:02>> You can take your vote.

06:04>> She's got it, but I don't. Yeah, but I

06:05can't make any motions, either.

06:09>> If you verbally make a motion, I will

06:11record that.

06:14What was your vote for this?

06:16>> I.

06:17>> Okay.

06:20>> And Teresa will need to vote, too.

06:23>> Yeah. I.

06:24>> I.

06:25>> And And Denise.

06:31>> Wanda, what's your vote?

06:32>> I.

06:35>> All right, and uh the motion passes.

06:40All right, we'll move on to item 3A, the

06:42amendment to Plaza Walls Curatorial

06:45Plan, murals to be located in the Plaza

06:48District, approximately

06:51Northwest 16th, and between North

06:54Indiana Avenue and North Blackwelder

06:56Avenue. And I believe Robbie will

06:59present this item.

07:04>> All right.

07:05Good afternoon, commissioners. Robbie

07:06Jones, special projects manager in the

07:09Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.

07:13This item is for an amendment to the

07:15Plaza Walls Curatorial Plan. The plan

07:18was first adopted in 2015 to streamline

07:20the review process for numerous murals

07:23that are painted in the Plaza District.

07:25The Curatorial Plan is coming before

07:27Arts Commission today to request an an

07:30amendment to add two additional sites.

07:33Location six is at 1624 North

07:37Blackwelder Avenue.

07:40And location seven is at 1742 Northwest

07:4416th Street.

07:47Both sites have received certificates of

07:49approval for murals from Urban Design

07:51Committee. And in order for the proposed

07:54sites to be added to the Curatorial

07:56Plan, they must receive a recommendation

07:58from the Arts Commission.

08:00The Curatorial Plan requires changes to

08:03approved locations and changes to

08:05curators to go to Arts Commission before

08:07changes can be made. The amendment also

08:10includes a change in curators. Jesse

08:13Warn and Dylan Bradway would become the

08:15new curators.

08:18The Mural Syndicate will present a

08:21They will present project reviews to the

08:23Arts Commission annually, providing Vera

08:26waivers and making any necessary

08:28revisions to the curatorial plan for the

08:30following two-year period. So, the next

08:34project review will begin at the

08:36February 2027

08:38Arts Commission meeting. The

08:40recommendation is to recommend to Urban

08:43Design Committee for a certificate of

08:45approval.

08:48And

08:49>> Are there any questions from

08:51commissioners?

09:03No discussion on this? We will have to

09:07have a motion if we want to recommend.

09:10>> So moved.

09:25>> [clears throat]

09:31>> We have a

09:32motion and a second and waiting for the

09:34vote.

09:34>> Who was the second?

09:36>> Uh second was Salvador. Uh Commissioner

09:38Ontiveros.

09:39>> Got it.

09:44>> You'll have to do it. And mine came up

09:47automatically.

09:47>> Mine didn't come up, so.

09:55>> Who was the second?

09:57>> Yes.

09:58>> Okay.

09:59Who was the second?

10:03Oh, one. Who was I missing?

10:06Oh, you said me.

10:07>> Commissioner Wilson.

10:09>> What was your vote?

10:11>> Oh, yes.

10:16>> And the motion has passed.

10:20All right, I will move to item 3B.

10:24Tentatively untitled work by Aditi and

10:27Dane Hinds digitally created mural

10:30designed to be located at the softball

10:32indoor practice facility 2701 Northeast

10:3550th Street in Ward 7.

10:38And Leondre, can I ask you to present

10:41this item?

10:43>> Good afternoon commissioners. Leondre

10:44Latimore, public art project manager.

10:46And as you mentioned, we have a project

10:48for the softball indoor practice

10:49facility.

10:51We're going to this next slide. So, this

10:52is where the work will be located. Uh

10:54the address is 2701 Northeast 50th

10:57Street. As you can see, it's going to be

10:59located on the same site as Devon Park

11:01and the building will be directly

11:02adjacent to it as well.

11:05So, the work envisioned for this project

11:08actually let me take a step back. So,

11:10you may all remember that a few times

11:13now we've come to you with a different

11:15approach with some of our projects.

11:17That being that when the artist present

11:19their conceptual design reports

11:21initially, that it'll be purely

11:22conceptual and that the intent is for

11:25the artist selected to then work with

11:27the selection committee and stakeholders

11:28to further refine the design. This has

11:30worked out pretty well for us in recent

11:32memory and it's something we would like

11:33to continue whenever feasible. And this

11:36is going to be a similar approach as I

11:38just mentioned. So, the two windows that

11:40you see there currently have designs

11:42that are placeholders on them and that's

11:44where this artwork is intended to be

11:45located. So, the selected artist team

11:48would

11:49digitally design two murals that will be

11:52actually digitally printed onto the

11:53glass. The exact terminology is escaping

11:56me, but what I can tell you is that it's

11:57it's not a vinyl wrap. It won't be

11:59applied that way. It would actually be

12:00infused in with the glass. So, the

12:02design will actually be pretty sturdy

12:04itself. So, the dimension of these

12:06windows you see here are 28 ft in length

12:09and 12 ft in height and then another one

12:10is 21 ft in height as well. Excuse me,

12:1321 ft in length.

12:16So, here's the concept by the artist.

12:18And by the way, the artist duo is Addie

12:20and Dane Hines. They're a local muralist

12:23team based out of Norman, Oklahoma.

12:25They've completed over 50 murals around

12:28the city. One recently being the one

12:29done at O'Connor the Boardwalk. If you

12:31haven't been there, they just completed

12:33a beautiful mural there. Say all that to

12:34say that they have lots of experience

12:36and they also have 10 years combined

12:38experience specifically in graphic

12:39design as well. So, this image you see

12:41here is the initial concept and of

12:44course this will be further refined

12:46after the artists are under contract and

12:47able to work more with the selection

12:49committee. But of course, this is

12:51supposed to convey the spirit of

12:52softball. And as you can see the colors

12:54there loosely resemble the USA softball

12:56team's logo as well.

12:58One of the things that I can tell you

13:00that was discussed by the committee

13:01already, not directly with the artist

13:03but amongst the group is that they would

13:04like to see more diverse representation

13:07as far as the wide range of of diversity

13:10that they have in the sport of softball.

13:12It's commonly known as a women only

13:13sport but what we've learned is that

13:16actually softball is for everyone and

13:17that they have ages ranging from young

13:19children all the way up to the elderly

13:21age as well as it being for multiple

13:24genders as well. So,

13:26all of that is intended to be reflected

13:28as the design is further refined and the

13:30artists work more and more with the

13:31selection committee.

13:35I'm sorry.

13:36So, that's the only image I have. I'm

13:37happy to answer any questions for you

13:38all.

13:40>> Commissioners, do you have any

13:41questions?

13:46>> Yes, commissioner.

13:48>> You said that the art is going to be

13:50fused onto the glass?

13:52>> Yes.

13:53So, I should clarify that the artists

13:55themselves are not going to be

13:56responsible for doing this. They're only

13:58providing the design to the architects

14:00which is Studio Architecture. So, the

14:02design will then be coordinated with the

14:04construction documents and the same

14:05general contractor that constructs the

14:07rest of the building will be responsible

14:09for installing the glass.

14:10>> Okay, but they're going to come up with

14:12the the actual design

14:14>> Yes. and somehow and this is the part

14:17that I have a question about, it's

14:19somehow going to be

14:22not a not

14:24not a a vinyl wrap laid onto the glass,

14:27it is going to become incorporated into

14:29the glass?

14:30>> Yes, that's correct.

14:36>> Okay, understanding that it's probably

14:38closer to magic than science.

14:40Um

14:42What?

14:43Um

14:45I I I I guess I'm not um

14:48uh I I don't know enough about the art

14:50form to understand exactly how it gets

14:53placed

14:55into into the glass itself so that it's

14:58incorporated within the glass. It's not

15:01a wrap, it's not an application applique

15:04or something like that, but it's

15:06something that is actually

15:08fused into the glass?

15:10>> Right, that's correct. In in I say that

15:12it's not vinyl to um ensure you that

15:14it's not something that could be removed

15:16by someone, for example. Like you

15:17wouldn't be able to walk up to it and

15:19and physically remove it or or apply

15:22anything to remove it that way. You

15:23would have to physically damage the

15:25glass.

15:25>> Is it done in I see they've got red as

15:27part of this design, and I know that red

15:29is a color that is notorious for being

15:31subject to premature fading.

15:34Is it going to be done or does it have

15:36some kind of protective coat on it that

15:39will be uh somehow

15:43I didn't look at the I'm not familiar

15:45with the layout of that property, so I

15:47don't know what its orientation is and

15:49whether or not it's getting south light.

15:52Which which direction of light it's

15:54getting, so whether or not it's subject

15:55to an an extraordinary amount of direct

15:58light from the sun.

15:59>> Mhm.

16:00>> Which could

16:01make the fade

16:03chances

16:04could increase it depending on

16:07what kind of

16:09of uh

16:11other surface might be applied to it to

16:14that process.

16:15>> Mhm.

16:16>> I'm just what I'm concerned about is

16:18that if it's infused in the glass,

16:21so that it's not something that can be

16:23taken off, redone, and put back on,

16:25because it's not

16:27a a wrap or something like that, is it

16:30done in such a way that it's not going

16:32to it's not going to fade really fast

16:34over time and therefore become

16:36not

16:37since it's incorporated in the glass,

16:39that kind of makes it

16:41pretty permanent.

16:42>> Mhm. Yes, my understanding is that this

16:44will be permanent to answer your

16:45question.

16:46>> I just asked my friend Chat GPT and Chat

16:49GPT says that fused glass does not fade.

16:52>> Well, the process involves in

16:55putting it in a kiln

16:57and infusing it into the UV treated

16:59glass. So, the glass is already UV

17:02treated and the process

17:04retains that UV protection for the art.

17:07>> Okay.

17:08>> Thank you, Commissioner, for explaining

17:09that a lot better than me.

17:11>> I guess I wasn't certain if it was going

17:13to be something that was somehow

17:16sandwiched onto the glass or it was

17:18actually create the glass where the art

17:20is embedded in it.

17:22>> The

17:22The art will be embedded into the glass.

17:24>> Okay.

17:29>> I'm happy to answer any more questions.

17:30>> Okay.

17:32So, um are we

17:35do we want a recommendation

17:38for City Council for a public art

17:41commission agreement for this?

17:43>> So, this project actually would not need

17:45to go to City Council, so this would be

17:46just a recommendation for public art

17:48commission agreement directly with the

17:50artists.

17:51>> Okay. Do we have

17:52>> excuse me, I forgot to clarify to the

17:54art award for this is $9,000, so that's

17:56why.

17:58I may not have mentioned that earlier.

18:00>> Okay.

18:01We will need a motion.

18:04>> So moved.

18:08>> And a second?

18:12I have moved by Terry, Commissioner

18:14Cooper, and seconded by Salvador

18:17Ontiveros. You may vote.

18:28Any verbal votes need to be recorded.

18:46All right.

18:49It has passed and I will move to item 3C

18:53to approve the 2027 Arts Commission

18:56calendar.

18:57Robbie, if you can present this item for

19:00us.

19:05>> So, we always meet on the third Monday

19:08of the month. We have one Monday that we

19:12would meet on the fourth because the

19:13third is a holiday.

19:15Uh but these are the dates, meeting

19:17dates, and I just

19:24We always vote on them.

19:26>> Yeah. And you distributed that I I mean

19:29I was

19:31Okay.

19:35All right.

19:38I have a motion and a second and you may

19:41vote.

19:45Commissioner Cooper

19:47Oh, Commissioner Cooper and

19:50Commissioner Moisant are voting yes.

19:52>> If those dates list dates can be either

19:56emailed or mailed to us.

19:59>> I would be happy. Yes.

20:09>> Thank you, Cherry. That's what I was

20:10asking.

20:12Uh Commissioner Williams

20:28>> All right.

20:30Motion passes and we're moving to item

20:323D.

20:35Form nomination committee for 2027

20:38officers. Robbie, would you like to

20:40present?

20:42>> Yes, so at this meeting we just want to

20:44have volunteers that would like to be on

20:47the nomination committee.

20:50We usually have between three and five.

20:53We'll set up a meeting next within the

20:56next month to kind of talk about who you

20:59want to nominate. Make sure what

21:00generally happens is the

21:03vice chair would move to chair and then

21:07the commission advocate would move to

21:09vice chair. It doesn't have to be that

21:11way if those people aren't commissioners

21:14aren't wanting to move up, but we just

21:16need to form the committee at this

21:18meeting and then next meeting you all

21:21will vote on the committee.

21:26So if you would like to be on it, let me

21:28know. This is your moment.

21:32>> Okay.

21:36Any action there then?

21:37No. Excuse me.

21:40Do we need any further action there?

21:42>> Yeah, I need hands raised or something.

21:44I need to know who wants to be on the

21:46nomination committee.

21:51>> So we're automatically, right?

21:53>> Chair and vice chair is automatic on the

21:56nomination

21:56>> You are welcome to be on it. I just need

21:58to see a yes.

21:59>> Okay.

22:00>> [laughter]

22:00>> Okay. I assumed I was.

22:02>> And then at least one more person

22:04um

22:06you'd be interested in being on it.

22:14>> Okay, I see you.

22:16>> [clears throat]

22:21>> The commitment is you're going to talk

22:23amongst yourselves, sir. I probably will

22:25go ahead and just set up a team's

22:27meeting once you all have had a chance

22:28to discuss it to make sure that we have

22:31the um

22:33buy-in from whoever you are suggesting

22:35to be the

22:37um next commission advocate and

22:40make sure that our

22:42our other commissioners are wanting to

22:43move to the other positions. So, and

22:46then that's it. And you just tell me and

22:48I write up the staff report.

22:51Okay. Okay, that gives us four then.

22:53I've got Commissioner Williams,

22:55Commissioner Cooper, Commissioner

22:56Ontiveros, Commissioner Center. We can

22:58have one more. Anyone else?

23:01Going once, going twice. Okay, we're

23:03good.

23:05>> All right, there are uh I'll move to

23:07consent docket and there are no items on

23:08consent docket. Um so, I will turn to

23:12Commissioner Cooper for the advocate

23:13report.

23:28Well, now that we are well into fall,

23:30there are all sorts of activities going

23:32on.

23:33Um

23:35this

23:36this weekend, Oklahoma City Ballet is

23:39going to be presenting their shorts

23:41program, which is always really very

23:44interesting because they are diverse and

23:48there are several segments. So, it's

23:51this uh the 23rd to the 25th.

23:54Uh Carpenter Square Theatre is going to

23:57be presenting The Minutes

24:00by Tracy Letts. And if you may remember,

24:04Tracy Letts is the

24:06author from He's from Oklahoma and he

24:09wrote uh

24:11August: Osage County, which

24:14um had quite a bit of acclaim to it.

24:17And it will be uh Thursday through

24:19Sunday this week and next week.

24:23The National Cowboy uh Museum is going

24:27to be presenting on uh

24:30October 22nd

24:32Hallowest and I think that's a

24:35activity that includes um

24:38uh

24:39children.

24:42The Oklahoma Children's Theater

24:45on at the end of the month, the 29th

24:47through the 31st is presenting A Tale of

24:50Two Cities.

24:52And that will be presented on the campus

24:55of Oklahoma City University.

24:58And I'm looking here, the Future Makers,

25:02grades 4 to 12.

25:05It's a youth market. It's going to be

25:07October 24th.

25:09And these are targeting future artists.

25:14So, this is going to be really

25:17really a cool thing and it's going to be

25:19uh the 24th uh all afternoon from 12:00

25:22to 4:00 p.m.

25:24Where's it going to be, JB?

25:26>> Uh

25:26>> I can't read it.

25:29>> Right around

25:29>> Oh, oh, 545 Couch Drive. So, that's

25:32right here in the middle of downtown.

25:36That's right there by Civic Center.

25:37>> Yeah.

25:39>> And uh

25:41no charge, free entry.

25:45Okay, uh Oklahoma City Museum of Art

25:48this week is going to have a murder

25:51mystery.

25:54And I don't even know how that operates,

25:56but they've done it before and I think

25:58people have a lot of fun. Somebody dies

26:00in the museum and they solve the

26:02mystery.

26:04Um and that will be on the 22nd.

26:08Uh on

26:09uh October 31st, their exhibit Triumph

26:13of Nature

26:14which is a collection from the Chrysler

26:17uh Museum will be opening.

26:21The Oklahoma City Philharmonic will open

26:23its pop season on uh

26:26the 30th and 31st of October and it's

26:30going to be the title of the program is

26:33music to die for.

26:37And

26:38my next report will probably be full of

26:40all sorts of holiday offerings because

26:43everybody will have something going on

26:45during the holidays. I'd also like to

26:48mention that if you have questions about

26:50things going on,

26:52uh Allied Arts has a has a

26:54good performing arts calendar. That So,

26:57you can check out their website to see

26:59what's going on in the community.

27:02And that's my report.

27:04>> Thank you, Commissioner Cooper, for the

27:07advocate report.

27:09Any other uh Oh, wait. Any other things

27:11from staff to report from

27:14us?

27:17>> Yes, from

27:19Arts and Affairs. First of all, I want

27:20to um remind you that it's Arts and

27:23Humanities Month and the mayor read his

27:25proclamation the other day. Um

27:28I guess it was last Tuesday. So,

27:32I did let you know about that. This is

27:34just telling you

27:36how our ordinance is going to be

27:39changed. It had its second reading at

27:41City Council in September. So, by the

27:44time we get to our November meeting, it

27:47will be in effect. Um the commission is

27:50will be composed of 11 members instead

27:53of the 15.

27:55And

27:57I'll just read that last paragraph.

27:59That's news. It's Arts Commission shall

28:01include at least three members who are

28:03artists, performers, or architects. The

28:05remaining commission members shall have

28:07a history of being supporters of the

28:09city's artistic and cultural growth or

28:12are either artists or performers or

28:14architects or at the time of their

28:16initial appointment board members of an

28:18Oklahoma City-based arts or cultural

28:21organization.

28:22Consideration should be given for

28:24maintaining representation from across

28:26the city and from different

28:29constituencies within the city's

28:30artistic and cultural communities.

28:35Um this has happened along we always

28:38refer to the um chair, vice chair, and

28:43the commission advocate under those

28:45terms, but now it will be officially

28:47written in the

28:49um arts amendment.

28:51We have a new section, section two.

28:54Um you can read through there. It's just

28:57a basic protocol, but one thing that I

29:00want to point out is the quorum is going

29:02to be six members of the arts commission

29:05to make quorum unless there is a vacancy

29:08in the membership. So, if we have

29:09someone

29:11I guess we'd have to have two people.

29:12I'd have to think the math, but

29:14>> [laughter]

29:14>> if they resign, then in which case it

29:17shall be a majority of the remaining

29:19members. An action taken at any meeting

29:22shall require the affirmative vote of

29:23the majority of the voting members of

29:25the arts commission present at the

29:27meeting.

29:28So.

29:30Do you have any questions?

29:34Commissioner Clay, do

29:36>> I don't have a question, but um

29:40uh I would appreciate it if we could be

29:43furnished with a copy of this so we can

29:46see what the changes are.

29:48And uh

29:50save it for our own information should

29:52we choose to do so.

29:53>> Yeah, I'll send you both of those items.

29:56>> Thank you so much.

29:56>> Uh-huh.

30:02>> All right, any addition any additional

30:04member comments from commission members?

30:09And no public comment.

30:12Um

30:14I guess

30:16we can adjourn.

30:18We are officially