City Council
MEETING DATE: 3/23/2016
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Public Arts Commission Recommendation to Use the Former Chamber of Commerce Office Space as a Temporary Public Arts Exhibit Space
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FROM:
Alan Carvalho, Co-Chair, Public Arts Commission and Simeon Den, Co-Chair, Public Arts Commission
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
The Public Arts Commission recommends the City Council allow the temporary use of the former Chamber of Commerce Office as a Public Art Exhibit Space and a venue to host art classes.
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BACKGROUND:
It is the opinion of the Public Arts Commission that the City lacks adequate exhibition and community-use space and continuously seeks locations that can be utilized to exhibit public art and host various art classes. With the recent relocation of the Cathedral City Chamber of Commerce, their former office space at City Hall is now vacant. The Commission believes that this vacant space could serve as a Public Arts Exhibition Space. At their meeting in January 2016, the Public Arts Commission approved a motion to present a request to the City Council to consider using the old Chamber of Commerce Office space as a Public Arts Exhibition Space on a trial/temporary basis.
DISCUSSION:
The Commission would like to utilize the space as an exhibition gallery to support Cathedral City artists as well as a venue to host free monthly art classes for children, which is co-sponsored by Cathedral City, the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery and the Agnes Pelton Society.
The space would be managed by a sub-committee comprised of the Public Arts Commission and volunteers. It would be open during predetermined hours, three or four times a week and staffed by volunteers organized by the Commission.
The Commission is aware of security and liability insurance requirements and would look to staff to advise appropriately.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Public Arts Commission has resources designated for public arts initiatives and requests that the City Council provide direc...
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