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Visual Arts Committee backs Ed Lee bust placement, Potrero Yard art RFQ and SE Treatment Plant fence art
Summary
The Visual Arts Committee reported approval of multiple public-art plans, including a proposal to replace the James Phelan bust at City Hall with a bust of Mayor Ed Lee, issued RFQs for art at the Potrero Yard modernization, and approved final designs for the Southeast Treatment Plant construction fence; the commission discussed reuse and community engagement plans for the fence panels.
The Visual Arts Committee and Civic Design Review committee presented a series of visual-arts updates and recommendations to the full commission.
Susie Farris reported that the committee coordinated with Art Care, the family of Mayor Ed Lee, the Mayor's Office, and the City Administrator on a plan to remove the James Phelan bust from the eastern entrance to City Hall and to install a bust of Mayor Ed Lee in its place; committee materials said the Phelan bust will be moved to storage. On the record, Farris said the change was…
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