Jen Perry, Chair

Katie Gasper, Vice Chair

Dana Frazee

Public Art Commission

Meeting Minutes

Inger Hiller

Kenneth Greenberg

Katie Klossner

Julisa Morris

Monday, August 12, 2024

4:00 PM

Central Service Center

1400 Caprice Drive

Castle Rock, CO 80109

This meeting is open to the public. All times indicated on the agenda are approximate. Three or more Council

members may also attend this meeting, during which the items listed herein will be discussed.

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CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL

Commission Chair Jen Perry called the meeting to order at approximately 4:00

p.m. Staff in attendance included Maia Yates.

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Present

Commissioner Julisa Morris, Commissioner Katie Gasper, Commissioner Dana Frazee,

Commissioner Katie Klossner, Chair Jen Perry, Commissioner Kenneth Greenberg, and

Commissioner Inger Hiller

PUBLIC COMMENT

None.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

PAC 2024-035

Strategic Plan Implementation Planning

The commission discussed and determined implementation priorities for the

remainder of 2024 through 2025 using the Public Art Strategic Plan as a guiding

document. Priorities were set within the following strategic themes:

Beautification: determine the project direction for the Downtown Welcome Art

project proposed for the Wolfensberger and Wilcox intersection; initiate a call and

implement artwork installation for a vinyl wrap at the Festival Park bathroom;

enhance existing art installations throughout Castle Rock by starting with And The

Wheels Go Round; continue participation in Douglas County Art Encounters.

Public and Private Funding: create a nonprofit organization for the purposes of

fundraising and seeking grant awards; create a list of grant opportunities to

prioritize future application efforts; create a grant program application process for

increased public art funding should the 2024 sales tax increase for public safety be

approved by voters.

Community Engagement: improve the front-end visual presentation of public art

through the Town’s website or other means as determined; create and implement

a successful social media schedule increasing overall posting frequency and

public reach; contract a professional photograph to improve the visual

representation of public art in media; begin and implement an email newsletter;

continue attending Castle Rock Artfest to promote public art initiatives and the

Public Art Commission; consider the continuation of the Tiny Art Quest program to

engage youth in art and art discovery; consider the continuation of the Holiday

Card Art Contest and implement as determined; begin to brainstorm ideas of how

art can share community stories and history and initiate relationship with the

Castle Rock Museum.

Make Art Part of the Conversation: invite presenters to share at meetings from a

variety of individuals or organizations; host some type of roadshow to either help

fundraise for future art initiatives and educate the public and organizations on

public art programming; continue regional collaboration by sharing Castle Rock’s

public art initiatives through Leadership Douglas County and Castle Rock’s Your

Town Academy.

Conservation and Maintenance: continue conservation and maintenance efforts

with Pacific Coast Conservation by renewing annual agreements and reviewing

annual treatments.

ADJOURN

The meeting adjourned at approximately 6 p.m.