Latest Public Art Committee Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA

PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE

 

LOCATION: Ruskin Group Theatre, Bungalow 10

ADDRESS: 2800 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405

TRANSIT: BBB 44 to SMC Bundy Campus lot, BBB 14 to Bundy/Airport stop, BBB 8 to Ocean Park/23rd. Onsite parking.

DATE and TIME: Monday, February 10, 2025, 5:25 P.M.

 

WAYS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT

If you are interested in providing public comment, there are several ways to participate. Oral public comment: can be given in person on the day of the meeting. Your public comment is limited to 2 minutes per agenda item. Written public comment: In lieu of oral public comment, the public is strongly encouraged to submit written public comment on agenda items via email to Culture@santamonica.gov. Please note the agenda item number in the subject line of your written comments.

 

Levine Act Disclosure. Pursuant to the Levine Act (Govt Code Section 84308), any party to a permit, license, contract, or other entitlement before the Arts Commission is required to disclose on the record any contribution, including aggregated contributions, of more than $500 made by the party or the party's agents within the preceding 12 months to any City official. Participants and agents are requested to make this disclosure as well. The disclosure must include the name of the party, participant, or agent, and any other person making the contribution; the name of the recipient, the amount of the contribution, and the date the contribution was made.

 

City of Santa Monica Statement of Accountability (Land Acknowledgement)

The City of Santa Monica is located on the land of Tovangaar. With great respect, the City acknowledges the Gabrieleño/Tongva as the First People of this ancestral and unceded territory of Kuruvungna, a village that we know as Santa Monica. We honor their elders, past and present, and the Gabrieleño descendants who are part of the Gabrieleño /Tongva tribes.

 

We recognize that these peoples are still here, and as settlers and kuyam (guests), we recognize our responsibility and obligation to care for their land in partnership with them.

The City of Santa Monica commits to work in partnership with the Gabrieleño/Tongva people to uplift their voices and visibility on their ancestral land.

 

5:25pm Call to Order

5:30pm Roll Call

 

1. 5:35pm Special Agenda Items

a. Chair Update (Deepa Subramanian, Public Art Committee Chair)

b. Staff updates (Naomi Okuyama, Cultural Affairs Supervisor)

 

2. 5:40pm Consent Calendar a. Approval of Public Art Committee minutes from November 18, 2024

 

3. Study Session

4. Continued Items

 

5. Staff Administrative Items, possible action a. Review of Lisa Diane Wedgeworth’s Black History Month 2025 Proclamation for Art Bank accession

 

6. Public Hearing

7. Resolutions

8. Written Communication

 

9. 6:05pm Public Art Committee member discussion items a. Upcoming events and meetings

 

10. 6:15pm Public Input on items not on the agenda

11. Closed Session

 

Adjournment

 

This agenda is available in alternate format upon request. If you require any special accessibility or disability related accommodations (i.e., language interpreting, access to an amplified sound system, etc.), please contact the Recreation and Arts Department at (310) 458-8573 or email: Culture@santamonica.gov at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.

 

Cultural Affairs, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 

Phone: (310) 458-8573   Email: Culture@Santamonica.gov 

Arts Commission Website: https://www.smgov.net/departments/clerk/boards.aspx?id=53687092546

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