Boston Art Commission meeting

• Welcome- Karin Goodfellow
•  Call to order and review of minutes - Mark Pasnik

4:10 pm 

A.Director’s Report -Karin Goodfellow

1. Existing Public Art
2. In-Process

a.Open RFQ for Cocoanut Grove Memorial

b.Ruggles Corridor Integrated Public Art RFP closed

c.MOU with King Boston

3.Housekeeping

a.City Council approval of pending BAC nominees postponed

4:30 pm

A.Mattapan BPL-Final Design Review-Stu Schechter; Glenola Mitchell

B.Memorial Moratorium-Boston Common

C.The Embrace: A Memorial to Coretta Scott King and Dr. King Jr.-Preliminary Design Review-Hank Willis Thomas and MASS  Design Group; Marie St. Fleur

 Mark Pasnik

Next Public Meeting: [tentatively scheduled for] May 12, 2020, 4-6pm, TBD

Email  BAC@Boston.gov for any questions.

All agenda items listed may be voted on or tabled by the BAC.

*Applications and presentations listed will be pulled from the agenda if the proponents are not able to submit all needed materials in advance of the scheduled BAC meeting. All applications are to be reviewed for approval, pending property owner permissions. 

The Boston Art Commission, staffed by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, is an independent board composed of nine appointed art and design professionals that holds public meetings to review and vote on matters concerning the City’s art collection. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month to review current public art projects sited on or proposed for City of Boston property. At the conclusion of artist presentations, the Chair of the Commission will invite audience members to offer testimony. 

The Commission’s curatorial vision is to commission and approve innovative and transformative artworks that engage communities, enrich and enliven the urban environment, are driven by an artistically strong vision, enhance the diversity of the existing collection, respond directly to a specific environment, and possess durability appropriate to the lifespan of the work. For more information, visit the Arts and Culture website.