Recommended Sculptures for 2024-25 Art on the River Rotating Public Art Exhibition Copyrighted
April 15, 2024
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 08.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Recommended Sculptures for 2024-25 Art on the River Rotating Public
Art Exhibition
SUM MARY: City Manager recommending approval of the Arts & Cultural Affairs
Advisory Commission's recommendation noted related to the 2024-25
Art on the River exhibit.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File;Approve
DISPOSITION:
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MVM Memo City Manager Memo
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Recommended Sculptures for 2024-25 Art on the River Rotating Public Art
Exhibition
DATE: April 8, 2024
Arts & Cultural Affairs Manager Bonnie Spurling is recommending City Council approval
of the Arts & Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission's recommendation noted related to
the 2024-25 Art on the River exhibit.
The request uses approved FY25 budget allocations dedicated to Art on the River; the
FY25 Art on the River budget provides up to 11 stipends of$1,800 per sculpture with
travel reimbursements of up to $200 per artist.
The panelists' recommendation of 11 sculptures for exhibit plus 2 alternates was
presented to the Commission for consideration on March 26, 2024. No additional
installation concerns have been noted at this time. The Commission unanimously voted
on March 26, 2024, to approve the recommendation as follows:
1. Concurrence with the community review panel's 11 sculpture selections:
a. Amelia Gotera, "If You Build It..."
b. Tim Adams, "Prairie Tussocks"
c. Chris Wubbena, "Action Reaction"
d. David Zahn, "Grace"
e. Andrew Arvanetes, "When A Man's An Empty Kettle"
f. John Bannon, "Drop"
g. Luke Achterberg, "Intersections"
h. Mark Hall, "Harmony"
i. Jeremy Rudd, "Longing"
j. Nathan Pierce, "Allura"
k. Steve Buduo, "Air Garden II"
2. Concurrence with the community panel's 2 alternate sculpture selections as
needed by Staff to fill any exhibition voids that may arise if a recommended
sculpture is unavailable:
a. Nathan Pierce, "Lil' Blue"
b. Bobby Scribner, "Races"
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Jill Connors, Economic Development Director
Bonnie Spurling, Arts & Cultural Affairs Manager
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TO: Mike Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Bonnie Spurling, Arts & Cultural Affairs Manager
SUBJECT: Recommended Sculptures for 2024-25 Art on the River Rotating Public Art
Exhibition
DATE: April 2, 2024
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum presents the recommended 2024-25 Art on the River sculpture selections
as curated by a community jury panel and supported by the Arts & Cultural Affairs Advisory
Commission (the Commission) for approval by the City Manager and City Council.
BACKGROUND
The 2024-25 Art on the River (AOTR) will be the City's 18t" edition of hosting this popular
rotating exhibit of large-scale sculptural public art along the Mississippi Riverwalk in the Port
of Dubuque. Each year, the program cultivates a new open-air gallery and community events
that engage residents and visitors in a multi-faceted experience of one of our most significant
and unique attractions, the Mississippi River. Sculptures are sourced through an open call
and available for private purchase for a period of one-year; the 2024-25 exhibit will be on
display from August 9, 2024, through late July 2025.
DISCUSSION
Art on the River is produced annually and promoted throughout by the Office of Arts &
Cultural Affairs in tandem with community volunteers and City staff. The current AOTR
Planning Committee includes Commissioner Tom Robbins, community members Mary
Armstrong, Ryan Decker, Gina Siegert, Jenni Petersen-Brant, and Brianna Thompson, and
City staff member Mike Williams. The Planning Committee, in concurrence with the
Commission, used the following process to arrive at this year's recommendation.
Theme: The theme "Art on the River: Culture and Conversation" was drafted by the Planning
Committee and approved by the Commission to recruit submissions that have the ability to
enlighten, educate, and affect communities and culture. Culture is learned, adaptive and
shared. Our aim was to curate an exhibit that engages the community in conversations with
each other and the artists behind the works; to encourage, challenge and educate, helping us
to overcome barriers, and foster economic growth and community prosperity.
Selection Process: AOTR sculptures are identified through a national open call for art and
community-driven selection process. Program guidelines are posted online and advertised
broadly. Any interested artist can submit up to 3 entries for consideration at no cost through
our online application portal. There is generally a 6-week window between when the call is
released and when submissions are due. This year, we received 51 unique applications from
31 artists representing 11 states in the US, as well as India.
The Planning Committee engages 3 community members based on their expertise in public
art, visual art exhibit curation, and / or in relation to the exhibit's theme to provide an objective
recommendation of works to be exhibited from the submissions received. This year's
`community juror panel' included:
• Joseph Madrigal — Associate Professor of Art and Visual and performing Arts
Department Head, Luther College, Decorah, lowa
• Troy Aiken — Assistant Professor of Art, Clarke University, Dubuque, lowa
• Dan Perry— Coordinator, Public Art Incubator and Sculpture Faculty, University of
Northern lowa, Cedar Falls, lowa
Panelists independently review, score, and comment on submissions based on the criteria
below:
• Theme Appropriateness: How well does the sculpture speak, both visually and through
the artist's statements, to the `Culture & Conversation' theme?
� Creativity: Does the making or presentation of the work demonstrate innovative,
original approaches in bold, thoughtful, and / or well-crafted ways?
• Aesthetic Value: Will the work attract the public's attention? To what degree will the
work add to from the Riverwalk's natural or built landscape?
After all scores were entered and then reviewed by Staff, panelists met virtually with Staff to
collectively curate the exhibit based on said scoring. Until these final curating discussions,
information that identifies the applying artist is absent from the process to support unbiased
review of applications.
Recommendation: The panelists' recommendation of 11 sculptures for exhibit plus 2
alternates was presented to the Commission for consideration on March 26, 2024. No
additional installation concerns have been noted at this time. The Commission unanimously
voted on March 26, 2024, to approve the recommendation as follows:
1. Concurrence with the community review panel's 11 sculpture selections:
a. Amelia Gotera, "If You Build It..."
b. Tim Adams, "Prairie Tussocks"
c. Chris Wubbena, "Action Reaction"
d. David Zahn, "Grace"
e. Andrew Arvanetes, "When A Man's An Empty Kettle"
f. John Bannon, "Drop"
g. Luke Achterberg, "Intersections"
h. Mark Hall, "Harmony"
i. Jeremy Rudd, "Longing"
j. Nathan Pierce, "Allura"
k. Steve Buduo, "Air Garden II"
2. Concurrence with the community panel's 2 alternate sculpture selections as needed by
Staff to fill any exhibition voids that may arise if a recommended sculpture is
unavailable:
a. Nathan Pierce, "Lil' Blue"
b. Bobby Scribner, "Races"
BUDGET IMPACTS
There are no new budget impacts associated with this request. The request uses approved
FY25 budget allocations dedicated to Art on the River; the FY25 Art on the River budget
provides up to 11 stipends of$1,800 per sculpture with travel reimbursements of up to $200
per artist.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff requests the City Manager and City Council approve the Arts & Cultural Affairs Advisory
Commission's recommendation noted above related to the 2024-25 Art on the River exhibit.
Following City Manager and City Council approval of the above, agreements as reviewed by
Legal, will be presented to Artists for signature and forwarded to the City Manager for
execution.
Cc: Jill Connors, Economic Development Director
Jenny Larson, Director of Finance and Budget
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Certainty versus uncertainty, safety weighed against freedom.
The grass always looks greener.
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