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Commission keeps interactive art walk as a top priority for South Broadway
Summary
Commissioners retained an interactive art walk — distributed small murals and installations — as a short-term priority and discussed partnering with the 2nd Saturday event series to promote both ongoing and event-specific activity.
The public art strategy lead described the interactive art walk as a distributed set of small-scale murals and installations for visitors to discover along the corridor and suggested it could be both an ongoing attraction and highlighted during a promoted weekend. Commissioners noted the project could be inexpensive to stage and could pair with existing groups; S1 said the walk could be done at any time while also being partnered with 2nd Saturday for event-specific promotion.
Members debated whether the walk should only be an event or an ongoing directory and recommended keeping it flexible. One commissioner observed that it could be “an ongoing thing that's exist” and that partnering with local galleries and 2nd Saturday would strengthen promotion (attributed to S3/S1 where speakers discussed partnerships). The commission asked staff to fold small-scale murals into the walk and to add a mural placement directory on the city website.
