Art commission considers Pizzuti/Haystack donation to Fran Ryan Center as city readies public art plan

The Columbus Art Commission on a recent meeting reviewed a proposal to accept a donated limited-edition digital print, described in the application as Zinga La Quinta, for permanent installation at the Fran Ryan Center.

The print, described by the applicant as a framed, vintage wood-grain–finished television housing a limited-edition digital print by artist Eric Adams, was offered by Haystack (formerly Pizzuti Collections) and presented to the commission by Sofia Lanza of Pizzuti Solutions. Lanza said Pizzuti served as the owner’s representative for the Fran Ryan Center project and that donating an artwork from the firm’s collection is part of that services package. “We were the owner's representative for CRPD. We basically worked as their, owner's rep project manager for the creation of the Fran Ryan Center through construction, through Pizzuti Solutions,” Lanza said.

Why it matters: accepting the piece would add a permanent work to the city’s collection, with the city responsible for ownership and maintenance if the commission decides to accession it.…