===== PDF PAGE 52 ===== [Extraction: OCR (rendered-page OCR)] CITY OF WEST CHICAGO PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM TITLE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: 96 Artist-in-Residency Program / Downtown Art Installations People Made Visible / West Chicago City Museum FILE NUMBER: COMMITTEE AGENDA DATE: Nov. 23, 2020 COUNCIL AGENDA DATE: STAFF REVIEW: Tom Dabareiner, AICP SIGNATURE APPROVED BY CITY ADMINISTRATOR: Michael Guttman SIGNATURE ITEM SUMMARY: Since 2007, People Made Visible (PMV) and the West Chicago City Museum have run an artist-in-residency program. Over the past 14 years, 22 artist projects have engaged the community through the artist projects that ranged from photography, pop-up art making on the streets of West Chicago, painting projects and artist performances. For the past two years People Made Visible and the West Chicago City Museum have been working with artist Christopher Lucero to conduct oral histories of residents and create personally-themed calaveras of the individuals. Christopher designs the faces, which are then painted on to the West Chicagoan and photographed. These images have been showcased at Gallery 200 and throughout Chicagoland (examples attached). To date, Christopher has captured the stories of 20 West Chicagoans. This project is funded through PMV fundraising and $500 from the 2019 Cultural Arts Commission budget. In line with what is being done in other communities with large scale art installations and expanded mural projects to generate interest by residents, visitors and the media, PMV and the Museum are considering how more art can be installed throughout West Chicago. We are looking for feedback from the City about doing installations of artwork similar to the attached photos to buildings in downtown, mocked up in the attachment in a variety of locations as examples. These could be done as bracketed banners that could change on an annual basis, highlighting work of other artists and other projects, or be more semi-permanent panel installations. Sara Phalen will be present to discuss this concept, representing PMV and the Museum. ACTIONS PROPOSED: Discussion and consideration of regular art installations at various locations downtown. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: PC: Calaveras-themed attachment ===== PDF PAGE 53 ===== [Extraction: OCR (rendered-page OCR)] Since 2007, People Made Visible and the West Chicago City Museum have run an artist-in-residency program. Over the past 14 years, 22 artist projects have engaged the community through the artist projects that ranged from photography, popup art making on the streets of West Chicago, painting project and artist performances. For the past two years People Made Visible and the West Chicago City Museum have been working with artist Christopher Lucero to conduct oral histories of residents and create personally themed calaveras of the individuals. Christopher designs the faces, which are then painted on to the West Chicagoan and photographed. These images have been showcased at Gallery 200 and throughout Chicagoland, examples below. To date, Christopher has captured the stories of 20 West Chicagoans. This project is funded through PMV fundraising and $500 from the 2019 Cultural Arts Commission budget. In line with what is being done in other communities with large scale art installations and expanded mural project to great interest by residents, visitors and the media, PMV and the Museum are thinking through how more art can be installed throughout West Chicago. We are looking for feedback from the City about doing installations of artwork similar to the attached photos to buildings in downtown, mocked up below in a variety of locations as examples to show possibilities. These could be done as bracketed banners that could change on an annual basis, highlighting work of other artists and other projects, or be more semi-permanent panel installations. ===== PDF PAGE 54 ===== [Extraction: no text detected] [No text detected on this page; page may be blank, photographic, or graphical.] ===== PDF PAGE 55 ===== [Extraction: OCR (rendered-page OCR)] MU Th HT 20 = ee TTT a ae hi ae ===== PDF PAGE 56 ===== [Extraction: OCR (rendered-page OCR)] The arts are an economic engine, not just providing jobs, but also aiding in the creation of more desirable locations for residents, those looking to relocate and also visitors who seek out unique communities and visit these locations, spending on average $48 per person when they come into a community (Americans from the Artists economic engine calculator). Examples from other area communities that have successful utilized similar outdoor artistic installations can be seen below. Aurora, Illinois, which has successfully utilized the arts to anchor an extremely popular First Fridays monthly event and lent themselves to art town-wide attractions to bring people to the town during COVID. ===== PDF PAGE 57 ===== [Extraction: OCR (rendered-page OCR)] Tiree Gori | liner State © POM Ein | Mural marhs Glen Chen asthe Nedt ef <0. Mural marks Glen Ellyn as the host of coming Frida Kahlo exhibit on GD 0@000 Gott Bevington onset miad the interruptions. He's painted about 130 murals, but this ‘ope is special I's is most personal. 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