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News from Austin Art in Public Places JULY 2016
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AIPP is pleased to announce a new job opportunity for a full-time AIPP Coordinator. We hope to find a highly motivated candidate with a background in the arts and in project management to join our award-winning team. Public art experience a plus!
Follow the link below to submit your application.Deadline to apply is July 22.
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New Administrator for Art in Public Places Program 
Dear Citizens and Creative Community,
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I am excited and pleased to officially announce Susan Lambe as the Art in Public Places Administrator for the Cultural Arts Division. She has been serving in this capacity for six months and has excelled in management of the program - bringing a fresh perspective along with efficient and creative approaches to management of multiple ongoing CIP projects, requests for artwork donations/loans, and preservation of the public art collection.
Susan has served the City of Austin's Art in Public Places (AIPP) program for over five years as an AIPP project manager. She has managed artist selection processes and contracts for a variety of public art projects, including many in the new Seaholm District, parks facilities, and the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. During this time, she also co-designed and managed several workshops for artists in the field, overhauled and updated the program's Artist Resource Guide, as well as conducted tours, talks and other programming for members of the public.
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Prior to her time with the City of Austin, she worked in Austin as a project manager with experiential graphic design and wayfinding firm fd2s. Prior to moving to Austin, she worked in Maine as an artist and as a designer. She is a licensed landscape architect in Maine and Texas, with experience designing public spaces as lead landscape architect on urban parks, passenger-side airport improvement projects, recreation master plans, and Department of Transportation projects. In addition, she lead a jewelry design studio for eight years and taught classes at Artascope in South Portland. She has a degree in Fine and Applied Arts from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Please join me in congratulating Sue on her new position. It is well deserved!
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Meghan Wells
Manager, Cultural Arts Division
Economic Development Department
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Letterscape in Bloom
After ten years of drought and wear, Letterscape, the site-specific land work by artist Jimmy Luu, is getting prepped to bloom again! Over the past six weeks, artist Jimmy Luu has been working to rehabilitate this sculpture, and we are now ecstatic to see the fruits of his labor. Volunteers got the chance to work with the artist by helping to plant some of the over 800 new native grasses within the artwork.
Volunteers aid artist Jimmy Luu in replanting native grasses to revive the artwork
In this monumental artwork commissioned in 2006, the word "ONWARD" extends across a grassy field. The 30-foot-wide letters composed of steel landscape edging were originally seeded with wildflowers, but The steel edging had experienced wear and the original vegetation had withered as a result of drought.
Letterscape in 2015. Nearly 10 years of drought and wear take their toll on the artwork.
The rehabilitation process also included removing existing vegetation, mending the steel planters and installing a drip irrigation system. The fully restored Letterscape can be seen on the quadrangle on the campus of the Austin Animal Center and Office of Vital Records located at 7201 Levander Loop.
Onwards and upwards! Letterscape get some attention with new native grasses
Upon its completion, Letterscape was honored with recognition from American for the Art's"Public Art Network Year in Review." Ten years later, we are happy to see Letterscape bloom again and look forward to seeing the work bloom, grow, and change colors throughout the seasons and the years.
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Congrats to Newly Commissioned Public Artists
So far this year, 14 artists and artist teams have been awarded commissions by the Art in Public Places Panel and the Arts Commission. Congratulations to the artists listed below, who are all based in Austin!
Permanent commissions:
Rachael Wolfson Smith, Austin Fire Department Artist-in-Residence (Budget: $38,000)
Laura Hajar, Emergency Medical Services Department Artist in Residence (Budget: $48,000)
Arte Texas, Holly Shores Mural (Budget: $46,000)
LeggeLewisLegge, Sabine Street Promenade (Budget: $37,800)
Colin McIntyre, University Hills Branch Library, (Budget $55,000)
Jimmy Van Luu, Austin Animal Center Artist-in-Residence, (Budget: $55,700)
TEMPO 2016:
Brent Baggett (Budget $10,000)
vurv collective (Budget $9,893)
Michael Anthony Garc�a (Budget $10,000)
Mery Godigna Collet (Budget $7,474)
Yuliya Lanina (Budget $10,000)
Eric Leshinsky (Budget $9,545)
Teruko Nimura (Budget $10,000)
Lisa Woods & Rodolfo Magnus (Budget $9,983)
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Dance in Public Spaces with Dance Waterloo
When: Tuesday, July 19, 7:00-10:00PM
Where: Open Room, Sands Beach Park (by the Seaholm Power Plant), 115 Sandra Muraida Way
Join Dance Waterloo as they bring their Dance in Public Spaces program to the AIPP work Open Room at Sand Beach Park.Founded by Morgan Teel in 2015, Dance Waterloo cultivates, creates, and performs interdisciplinary methods of dance for the community through public space, education, and collaboration.
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The video at right shows a class conducted recently at Lotus, by AIPP commissioned artists Sunyong Chung and Philippe Klinefelter, located at the Asian American Resource Center.
The performance is free and open to the public. Dancers are welcome to register to take part in the class. Find more information about the event at:
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Art After Six @ The People's Gallery
When: Friday, July 29, Extended gallery hours from 6:00 - 8:00 pm; Artist talks begin at 6:15 pm
(Last Friday of each month from May through August- 5/27, 6/24, 7/29, and 8/26)
Where: The People's Gallery at City Hall, 301 W. 2nd Street
Stop by The People's Gallery at City Hall (301 E. 2nd Street) for extended gallery hours and talks by artists from the 2016 exhibition. Artist talks will begin at 6:15 pm in Council Chambers. The gallery will be open for self-guided tours from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Pick up a gallery guide on the first floor. Limited free parking is available in the City Hall parking garage; other parking downtown is provided at a fee on a first-come, first-served basis.
Featured Artists: Beatrice Baldwin, Lalena Fisher, Nicole Jeffords
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CALL TO ARTISTS
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Looking for opportunities with AIPP?
There are currently no open calls for artists from AIPP. For other artist opportunities in the area, check out some of the listings at Public Art 4Culture and PublicArtist.org
For the latest news on AIPP artist opportunities, join our...
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COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT
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Showershade
by Chris Doyle
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Commissioned to create an artwork to keep Public Safety Training cadets cool, New York artist Chris Doyle completed Showershade in 2010 for the Public Safety Training facility located at 4800 Shaw Lane. This artwork is also a cooling station which features running water, showers, and fans. The structure's roof is created from animated patterns derived from images of Austin's police, fire, and EMS cadets in action. The shadows come into crisp focus in the noonday sun on the floor below.
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ABOUT US
Art in Public Places is the City of Austin's public arts program. We acquire, commission, and maintain works of art for City facilities and parks for the cultural enrichment of the Austin Community. AIPP is a program of the City of Austin's Cultural Arts Division within the Economic Development Department.
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PANEL MEETINGS
The AIPP Panel is a seven-member standing committee of volunteer visual arts professionals, appointed by the Arts Commission to help guide AIPP. AIPP Panel meetings are the first Monday of each month (excepting holidays) at 6 p.m. at the Cultural Arts Division Offices, 201 E. 2nd St and are open to the public. Come see how the whole process unfolds!
AUSTIN ARTS COMMISSION
The Arts Commission is comprised of citizens appointed by City Council to help advise council in all arts-related matters. After the AIPP Panel votes on a project or opportunity, the Arts Commission reviews and decides which projects to move forward. Arts Commission meetings are the third Monday of each month (excepting holidays) at 6 pm and are open to the public. Check the meeting agendas for locations
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