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Commission directs staff to consider painted giraffe staircase for next year's work plan

2588477 · March 11, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners discussed a proposal to paint a giraffe mural across 16 vertical stair risers at a shopping mall and directed staff to include the stairs mural concept in the public art commission’s next annual work plan rather than undertake the project in the current fiscal year.

Commissioner Ryan presented the idea of painting a large animal—she proposed a giraffe—across the vertical faces of 16 steps at a mall staircase and asked the commission whether to include the project in the Public Art Commission’s next annual work plan.

Commissioner Ryan said the design technique—painting on the vertical risers so the image reads across steps—had been used successfully elsewhere and suggested a giraffe for its vertical format and potential public appeal. She said she spoke with Nicole Shaw, a…

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