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Committee pilots City Hall exhibition program; working group to manage local artist selection
Summary
Staff proposed a City Hall exhibition pilot to showcase local Middleton artists and the committee approved forming a working group to create an application and selection process, with an initial local‑artists‑only preference for the first round.
City staff proposed a pilot program to host rotating exhibitions in Middleton’s council‑chambers gallery and asked the Arts Committee to consider taking the project on as a regular committee activity or via a smaller working group. The pilot would invite local artists from a Middleton artist database and could evolve into a recurring exhibition program or artist‑residency opportunities tied to a future community campus.
Staff described practical steps: a public application (Airtable), an annual or semiannual selection cadence, and asking artists to install their own work. Committee members discussed whether to handle selection at a full committee meeting or to form a small working group to review applications, schedule openings and support publicity. Several members volunteered to join a working group for the pilot and staff agreed to email absent members to solicit additional volunteers.
The committee favored keeping the first round local to Middleton to build community engagement and suggested using the city communications director to promote calls for artists. Staff also described gallery hang procedures and noted that existing wall surfaces in the council chambers are appropriate for hanging and patching.
Next steps: staff will circulate an invitation to join the working group, draft an application form and timeline, and return with a pilot plan and recommended process for selection and openings.
