Florida Public Art Professionals Annual Conference in West Palm Beach, FL

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Multi-disciplinary professionals involved in public art projects across the state of Florida will converge in Palm Beach County to share success stories and lessons learned from their experiences in integrating public art into public and private capital construction projects, urban planning initiatives and environmental restoration projects. Through facilitated discussions, virtual tours of statewide projects implemented over the past year and in-depth tours of local projects, conference attendees will be immersed in case studies that illustrate the diverse pieces of the “public art puzzle” including funding, politics and the public art process; from concept development through construction.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. West Palm Beach City Hall Chambers - REGISTRATION

1pm-2pm: West Palm Beach City Hall Chambers publicARTworks
o Remarks by Leisel Fenner, Manager, Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts
o Statewide Public Art Happenings

2:-4:15 pm: West Palm Beach City Hall Chambers - PUBLIC ART: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
o Palm Beach County Assembly Plaza
Benjamin Dolan, Landscape/Graphic Designer, Gentile Holloway O-Mahoney & Assoc, Inc.
Barbara Grygutis, Artist, Barbara Grygutis Sculpture, LLC. Elayna Toby Singer, Palm Beach County Art in Public Places Administrator
Robert Zuppinger, Palm Beach County Facility Manager

o City of West Palm Beach Waterfront
F. Joan Goldberg, Waterfront Project Manager, City of West Palm Beach Carolyn Pendelton Parker, Landscape Architect, Sanchez and Maddux, Inc., Michael Singer, Artist and Principle Designer, Michael Singer Studio and JJ Wolfe, Executive Vice President, Catalfumo Construction, Ltd.

4:30-6pm: Palm Beach County Assembly Plaza and West Palm Beach Waterfront - ARTIST LED URBAN PLANNING
o Walking Tour: Palm Beach County Assembly Plaza & West Palm Beach Waterfront

6:15 -7:15pm: Palm Beach Photographic Centre, West Palm Beach
RECEPTION Sponsored by: Palm Beach Photographic Centre and Charlotte Pelton & Associates, Inc.

7:15-9pm: Clematis Street Restaurant (TBD), West Palm Beach
DUTCH DINNER

THURSDAY, MAY 19
8:30-11:30am: West Palm Beach City Hall
BUS TOUR OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
o “Elders’ Cove” at Dreher Park
o “Babbling Brook” at Westgate CRA
o “Light Swimming” at South County Civic Center
o “Interpretive Public Art Markers” at Jaycee Park

11:45am-12:30pm: Jaycee Park, Boynton Beach - Lunch

12:30-1pm: BUS TO BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY

1-3:30pm: Boynton Beach City Library - Environmental and EcoArt INSTALLATIONS
o “Elders’ Cove” Dreher Park, West Palm Beach
Mary Jo Aagerstoun, Ph. D., President/Founder EcoArt South Florida
Lourdes Ferris, Executive Director, Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful
Lucy M. F. Keshavarz, President/Artist, Art & Culture Group, Inc.
“Babbling Brook” Westgate Community Redevelopment Agency Ruth Haggerty, P.E., Renewable Design Lucy M. F. Keshavarz, President/Artist, Art & Culture Group, Inc. Nick Mihelich, RLA, ASLA, Urban Design Kilday Studios, Randy Wartepny, P.E., Keshavarz & Associates, Inc., Westgate Community Redevelopment Agency Representative

“Light Swimming” South County Civic Center, Palm Beach County Art in Public Places, Mark T. Fuller, Principal, MT Fuller Functional Arts, Elayna Toby Singer, Palm Beach County Art in Public Places
o “Interpretive Public Art Markers” Jaycee Park, City of Boynton Beach
Donn Colee, Florida Inland Navigation District Commissioner for Palm Beach County, Debby Coles-Dobay, City of Boynton Beach Public Art Administrator
Linda Emerson, Interpretive Designer, Wisdom through Wonder, Inc., Lucy M. F. Keshavarz, President/Artist, Art & Culture Group, Inc., Murray Logan Construction Representative, Jody Rivers, City of Boynton Beach Recreation Supervisor

3:45-4:45pm: Boynton Beach City Library - Integrated Public Art: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
o Issues-Oriented Idea Swap

5-6pm:Pineapple Groove, Delray Beach - Reception Sponsored by: City of Delray Beach Public Art Advisory Board, The Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority and The Delray Beach Downtown Marketing Cooperative

6-8:30pm: Delray Beach - DINE ALONG Atlantic Avenue & ENJOY JAZZ ON THE AVENUE

8:30 p.m. Bus RETURNS TO WEST PALM BEACH City Hall

FRIDAY, MAY 20
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m - West Palm Beach City Hall Chambers
PUBLIC ART Year in Review presented by Cabeth Cornelius
o Virtual Tour of Statewide Public Art Projects

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. West Palm Beach City Hall Chambers
LESSONS LEARNED
o Conference Wrap-Up

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Wst Palm Beach City Hall, Flagler Gallery - Lunch

12:30p.m. - 2:00 p.m. West Palm Beach City Hall, Flagler Gallery - FAPAP Business Meeting

For more information, please call (850) 222-6028.