Template revised April 12, 2018.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No.
11a
BRIEFING ITEM
Date of Meeting
November 29, 2022
DATE: November 1, 2022
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: Tommy Gregory, Senior Public Art Program Manager
Annabelle Goavec, Public Art Program Coordinator
Pete Fleming, Public Art Technician
SUBJECT: 2022 Public Art program Annual Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In compliance with the public Art program’s strategic plan, this is a briefing on the annual report
for the Executive Director and Commissioners. In our briefing we will discuss our goals, the
delivery of major construction projects, and collection restoration and asset management.
Budget-versus-actual-costs basis for all Art projects
Budget
Cost to Date
Variance
Widen Arrivals
$1,000,000
$0
$1,000,000
Restroom Renovation
$508,000
$80,000
$428,000
Indigenous art at IAF
$475,000
$279,487
$195,513
Status of the Art pool funds
The current Art budget is $27,523,820, actual spending to date of $649,711.
Cultural Programing- Will be reviewed upon approval of updated policy and guidelines. Working
with cultural partners in the Puget Sound region to elevate our internal partnership with the
Port’s music program.
Conservation & Maintenance efforts (including deferred conservation and maintenance
of existing art)
• Removed “The Landing” by Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter from the Central Terminal
(May)
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• “Spinning Our Wheels” by Linda Beaumont- Project will be sent out for competitive
bidding by CPO
• “Pantopol V” by Ted Jonsson- will need to be removed from A Concourse due to upcoming
expansion project by the end of the year
• “Infinity Column” by John Geise- Damaged neon to be repaired (October).
• Organization and updating of storage areas
• Ongoing regular maintenance including restoration of casework for William Morris
“Northwest Garnering” (August)
Capital Projects/Commissions
• Installation in the IAF of the Indigenous artworks purchased in 2021. Collaborated with
local fabricator to design, create and install brand new display cases
• Artworks installed in the Employee Services Center (October)
• Restroom phase 4:
- Restroom B9: Maja Petric, “We The Stars” will be installed in the next few weeks
- Restroom C2/C3 South: Emily Tanner McLean was selected
- Restroom D2 all gender: Request for Acquisitions released mid-November until early
December is a Nation-wide call
• Widen Arrivals project: Sabine Marcelis and Brian Sanchez have been selected
• C Concourse expansion project: multiple Request For Qualifications (RFQs) released by
the end of November
• North Main Terminal is in planning phase
Temporary Art
• Partnership with Pilchuck glass school for temporary exhibition at SEA from October 2021
to October 2022
•
Exhibition of 7 local artists for Native Heritage Month from October 2022 to the end of
the year
•
Temporary art exhibition at Pier 69: Emily Tanner-McLean from September 2021 to June
2022
•
Temporary art exhibition at Pier 66 and Pier 69 with Schmidt Ocean Institute from
October 2022 to April 2023
Other
• Hosted AAAE Arts in the Airport Conference in August- over 50 attendees throughout
North America
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• Beth Gahan and Ilana Zweschi painted the Little Free Library to be installed in Terminals
before the end of the year. Both will be located in A Concourse: one next to the Children
play area, and the other one next to the elevators going to the STS level.
• 8 artworks installed in the Club SEA at South Satellite in February
• Using a Port-wide database (Fulcrum) to keep track of Port assets at the airport. This
project started early 2021
• Bi-monthly updating our Public Art website and its content. We used to pay a fee to a
third-party vendor to update our content, now everything is done internally by the Port
• Implementing the first 10 art beacons at the airport
Equity, diversity and inclusion principles initiatives/execution
• Plan for 2023: Hosting bi-monthly tour of the Public Art collection at the airport, to share
our assets with the local communities
• Recent acquisitions in the IAF of 30 artworks by local Indigenous artists
• Using expense money to do direct acquisitions and purchase artworks from BIPOC artists
represented by women owned galleries
• Worked with local small businesses: Allison & Ross (WMBE), Artech, The Lumiere Group
(WMBE),
Public Art Program Technician FTE
• Pete Fleming (July)
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING
(1) Presentation slides
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS
October 25, 2022 – The Commission approved the Public Art Program CIP Funding 2022-2023
C102066. Total estimated cost was $6,710,000 from the total art pool budget of
$27,523,820.
