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Committee reviews offer to loan three large 'clay pipe' sculptures, votes to add the item to a future agenda
Summary
Artist John Toki has offered three colorful clay‑pipe sculptures on loan for one year; the committee discussed sizes (about 7 feet tall, ~2–2.5 feet diameter), moving costs are unknown, and members voted to place 'Clay Pipes' and two related items on a future agenda for formal application review.
Town staff told the Art & Public Spaces Committee that artist John Toki has offered three large, colorful 'clay pipe' sculptures on loan for one year and that a formal application (loan or donation) is required before the committee can act.
Chair Holly Hartz described the pieces as about 7 feet tall and roughly 2–2.5 feet in diameter and said photographs showed whimsical designs (including an alligator on a bike and an alien spaceship lifting a school bus). Hartz said the loan period would be one year but that staff had not yet obtained estimates for moving costs.
Committee members noted the loan requires a formal application and review. Mackenzie reminded the committee that, once an application is submitted, the matter will return to the committee for consideration and any approvals would follow standard procedures.
The committee voted to place 'Clay Pipes', 'Chaka Haiku' and 'Poetry for the Ages' on a future agenda for fuller review; that motion passed by voice vote.
Staff said next steps are to ask the artist to submit the formal application and to obtain logistics and cost estimates for moving and display before the committee decides on a loan acceptance or donation.
