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Glendale staff present "Currents" mural plan; council raises cost, visibility and local-artist concerns
Summary
Staff presented Cliff Garten Studio's "Currents" as the finalist for a $600,000 Southern Art Wall funded from a roughly $1 million DCRP set-aside; councilmembers questioned the choice of an out-of-state studio, material durability in Arizona sun and whether the appropriation should fund multiple local installations instead.
Chris Taylor, Glendale's arts and culture administrator, told the City Council at a Nov. 25 workshop that the Downtown Campus Reinvestment Project would transfer approximately $1,000,000 into the city's municipal art fund, with $600,000 earmarked for fabrication and installation of a site-specific piece titled "Currents," submitted by Cliff Garten Studio. Taylor said the proposal includes a roughly 13-to-16-month fabrication schedule and that the Arts Commission unanimously recommended the studio and an alternate to council for consideration.
Why it matters: The project would concentrate the downtown campus'percent-for-art appropriation on a single, prominent wall facing Glendale Avenue. Councilmembers said that raises questions about public visibility, local economic benefit and long-term maintenance costs for a nearly $1…
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