11c. Memo
Public Art Program 2024 Annual Report
COMMISSION AGENDA MEMORANDUM Item No. BRIEFING ITEM Date of Meeting DATE: December 6, 2024 TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director FROM: Tommy Gregory, Senior Public Art Program Manager Annabelle Goavec, Public Art Program Coordinator Pete Fleming, Public Art Technician Christine Lee, Public Art Contract Specialist 11c January 14, 2025 SUBJECT: Public Art Program 2024 Annual Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In compliance with the public Art program's strategic plan, this is a briefing on the annual report for the Executive Director and Commissioners. In our briefing we will discuss our goals, the delivery of major construction projects, and collection restoration and asset management. Budget versus Actual spend to date for all Art projects. Project Name BIPOC Art C Concourse Expansion Checkpoint 1 Restroom Renovation SEA Gateway/NMTRP Skybridge Bollards Widen Arrivals Fire Department Artwork IAF Indigenous NSAT Boundary Total Budget Actual to Date $100,000 $55,050 $3,789,676 $192,476 $2,500,000 $1,115,931 $1,889,462 $746,836 $4,710,000 $567,500 $145,000 $44,800 $1,500,000 $164,162 $182,383 $182,383 $325,324 $325,324 $107,841 $ 107,841 $15,249,687 $3,502,304 Variance $44,950 $3,597,200 $1,384,069 $1,142,626 $4,142,500 $100,200 $1,335,838 $0 $0 $0 $11,747,383 Status of the C102066 Art pool funds The current Art budget is $23,570,820 actual spending to date of $3,502,304. Status of the C801332 Waterfront Art Pool The current Art budget is $ 1,868,000.00, actual spending to date of $0. Template revised April 12, 2018. COMMISSION AGENDA - Briefing Item No. 11c Meeting Date: January 14, 2025 Page 2 of 4 Cultural Programing- Will be reviewed upon approval of updated policy and guidelines. Working with cultural partners in the Puget Sound region to elevate our internal partnership with the Port's music program. Capital Projects/Commissions Restroom Phase 5: - D3: Shuli Sade's artworks were installed June 2024 - B3: Minhi England and Bill FitzGibbons installed their work in August 2024 - C16: Elyse Pignolet started fabrication and will install early 2025 - D1: Jeremy Bert and Jen Elek are about to start fabrication. Installation: early 2025 - D11: Einar and Jamex De La Torre about to start fabrication. Installation: early 2025. • Widen Arrivals project: Working closely with Sabine Marcelis on the bench and bus canopy project • C Concourse expansion project (CCE): 9 artists are under design phase • North Main: - 7 artists have been selected, 5 are under design phase, 2 are under fabrication. The first installation will take place Q2 2025. - Two pictures from Spike Mafford and 4 from Nikita Mehta were purchased and will be installed in the restroom located before Checkpoint 5. - Two artworks were also acquired for the Nursing room: Constellation by Kelsey Fernkopf and Naoko Morisawa, New Wave - Abstract Movement • Skybridges 1 and 6, Bollard project: KT Hancock installed her artwork; A Color for Every Destination early December. Sandra Williams and Kyle Olson installed their artwork; Origins of Fire, Rainier at the end of December. • Checkpoint 1: - 23 artworks from 17 artists selected for the cases- installation will take place in March 2025. - 25 artworks from 23 artists will be installed on the Checkpoint 1 wall, next to Baggage Claim 2. • One Request for Qualification (RFQ)s has been posted at the end of 2024 for art opportunities with the South Concourse Evolution (SCE) and a few more will be shared with the public early 2025. • Template revised September 22, 2016. COMMISSION AGENDA - Briefing Item No. 11c Meeting Date: January 14, 2025 Page 3 of 4 Conservation & Maintenance efforts (including deferred conservation and maintenance of existing art) These major projects took place in addition to the ongoing daily maintenance and conservation of the Art Collection: 1) Completion of major restoration of paint damage to "Spinning our Wheels" by Linda Beaumont at the Rental Car Facility. 2) Replacement of damaged art glass panel by Cable Griffith within "Cascadia" which encapsulates the C Concourse STS escalators. 3) Encasement of Richard Elliot's "Eyes on the World" to protect in place during NMTRP construction located on Baggage Claim. 4) Switch back on, maintenance, and repair of Trimpin's "On Matters, Monkeys, and Kings" that had been switched off during the covid shutdown. 5) Restoration of cracked panels in Dick Weiss's two installations "For A.W." and "Cow on its side" at the D Concourse STS access escalators. 6) Restoration of paint damage and re-installation of Robert Rauschenberg's "Star Quarters", now on A Concourse. 7) Complete cleaning of Frank Stella's "York Factory" at the entrance to A Concourse. 8) Relocation of Francis Celentano's "Venetian Delta" from WTC to AOB Conference Center. Temporary Art Aviation: • Glass artists under contract for the North Main Terminal Project and the C Concourse Expansion project have some artworks on display as part of Refract. • Celebrating Black History month with artworks from Barbara Earl Thomas and Marita • • Dingus Tuan with Leah Nguyen exhibit Highline heritage museum- Celebrating SEA's 75th Anniversary • Cornish College of the Arts film students Maritime Division: • Grace Flott's temporary Pier 69 exhibit ended in February 2024. In November 2024 she was selected to create Gov. Jay Inslee's portrait • Temporary art exhibition at Pier 69: Kelsey Fernkopf one night install on October 18 • Megan Prince's exhibit was recently installed at Pier 69 and will be on view until June 2025 Template revised September 22, 2016. COMMISSION AGENDA - Briefing Item No. 11c Meeting Date: January 14, 2025 Page 4 of 4 Other • • • • • Looking forward to growing the Public Art team to maintain success on these projects Pete participated in the PACCIN collection care international conference in May in Kansas City Attend the AAAE Arts in the Airport Conference in November in Philadelphia. Annabelle was a speaker at this conference regarding Institutional partnerships. Use a Port-wide database (Fulcrum) to keep track of Port assets at the airport. This project started early 2021 The Lumiere Group is working with Maritime Division to establish a 5-year CIP Plan and create an inventory of their collection. Equity, diversity and inclusion principles initiatives/execution • • • • Temporary exhibition celebrating Black History month. DEI Contractors for nearly all our conservation projects. Worked with local small businesses to frame multiple artworks: Allison & Ross (WMBE) The Lumiere Group awarded the Maritime Division art planning and inventory contract is a WMBE firm. Public Art Program • • Jack Kuykendall and Helen Kuykendall High School interns, Summer 2024 Daphne Maiden internship ended October 2024 The Public Art team welcomes Tilly Word as our new college intern ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING (1) Presentation Template revised September 22, 2016.
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