Template revised April 12, 2018.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No.
11c
BRIEFING ITEM
Date of Meeting
January 14, 2025
DATE: December 6, 2024
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
Christine Lee, Public Art Contract Specialist
SUBJECT: Public Art Program 2024 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 spend to date for all Art projects.
Project Name
Actual to Date
Variance
BIPOC Art
$55,050
$44,950
C Concourse Expansion
$192,476
$3,597,200
Checkpoint 1
$1,115,931
$1,384,069
Restroom Renovation
$746,836
$1,142,626
SEA Gateway/NMTRP
$567,500
$4,142,500
Skybridge Bollards
$44,800
$100,200
Widen Arrivals
$164,162
$1,335,838
Fire Department Artwork
$182,383
$0
IAF Indigenous
$325,324
$0
NSAT Boundary
$ 107,841
$0
Total
$3,502,304
$11,747,383
Status of the C102066 Art pool funds
The current Art budget is $23,570,820 actual spending to date of $3,502,304.
Status of the C801332 Waterfront Art Pool
The current Art budget is $ 1,868,000.00, actual spending to date of $0.
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Meeting Date: January 14, 2025
Template revised September 22, 2016.
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.
Capital Projects/Commissions
• Restroom Phase 5:
- D3: Shuli Sade’s artworks were installed June 2024
- B3: Minhi England and Bill FitzGibbons installed their work in August 2024
- C16: Elyse Pignolet started fabrication and will install early 2025
- D1: Jeremy Bert and Jen Elek are about to start fabrication. Installation: early 2025
- D11: Einar and Jamex De La Torre about to start fabrication. Installation: early 2025.
• Widen Arrivals project: Working closely with Sabine Marcelis on the bench and bus
canopy project
• C Concourse expansion project (CCE): 9 artists are under design phase
• North Main:
- 7 artists have been selected, 5 are under design phase, 2 are under fabrication. The
first installation will take place Q2 2025.
- Two pictures from Spike Mafford and 4 from Nikita Mehta were purchased and will
be installed in the restroom located before Checkpoint 5.
- Two artworks were also acquired for the Nursing room: Constellation by Kelsey
Fernkopf and Naoko Morisawa, New Wave – Abstract Movement
• Skybridges 1 and 6, Bollard project: KT Hancock installed her artwork; A Color for Every
Destination early December. Sandra Williams and Kyle Olson installed their artwork;
Origins of Fire, Rainier at the end of December.
• Checkpoint 1:
- 23 artworks from 17 artists selected for the cases- installation will take place in
March 2025.
- 25 artworks from 23 artists will be installed on the Checkpoint 1 wall, next to Baggage
Claim 2.
• One Request for Qualification (RFQ)s has been posted at the end of 2024 for art
opportunities with the South Concourse Evolution (SCE) and a few more will be shared
with the public early 2025.
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Meeting Date: January 14, 2025
Template revised September 22, 2016.
Conservation & Maintenance efforts (including deferred conservation and maintenance
of existing art)
These major projects took place in addition to the ongoing daily maintenance and conservation
of the Art Collection:
1) Completion of major restoration of paint damage to “Spinning our Wheels” by Linda
Beaumont at the Rental Car Facility.
2) Replacement of damaged art glass panel by Cable Griffith within “Cascadia” which
encapsulates the C Concourse STS escalators.
3) Encasement of Richard Elliot’s “Eyes on the World” to protect in place during NMTRP
construction located on Baggage Claim.
4) Switch back on, maintenance, and repair of Trimpin’s “On Matters, Monkeys, and Kings”
that had been switched off during the covid shutdown.
5) Restoration of cracked panels in Dick Weiss’s two installations “For A.W.” and “Cow on its
side” at the D Concourse STS access escalators.
6) Restoration of paint damage and re-installation of Robert Rauschenberg’s “Star
Quarters”, now on A Concourse.
7) Complete cleaning of Frank Stella’s “York Factory” at the entrance to A Concourse.
8) Relocation of Francis Celentano’s “Venetian Delta” from WTC to AOB Conference Center.
Temporary Art
Aviation:
• Glass artists under contract for the North Main Terminal Project and the C Concourse
Expansion project have some artworks on display as part of Refract.
•
Celebrating Black History month with artworks from Barbara Earl Thomas and Marita
Dingus
• Tuan with Leah Nguyen exhibit
• Highline heritage museum- Celebrating SEA’s 75
th
Anniversary
• Cornish College of the Arts film students
Maritime Division:
• Grace Flott’s temporary Pier 69 exhibit ended in February 2024. In November 2024 she
was selected to create Gov. Jay Inslee’s portrait
• Temporary art exhibition at Pier 69: Kelsey Fernkopf one night install on October 18
•
Megan Prince’s exhibit was recently installed at Pier 69 and will be on view until June
2025
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Other
• Looking forward to growing the Public Art team to maintain success on these projects
• Pete participated in the PACCIN collection care international conference in May in Kansas
City
• Attend the AAAE Arts in the Airport Conference in November in Philadelphia. Annabelle
was a speaker at this conference regarding Institutional partnerships.
• Use a Port-wide database (Fulcrum) to keep track of Port assets at the airport. This project
started early 2021
• The Lumiere Group is working with Maritime Division to establish a 5-year CIP Plan and
create an inventory of their collection.
Equity, diversity and inclusion principles initiatives/execution
• Temporary exhibition celebrating Black History month.
• DEI Contractors for nearly all our conservation projects.
• Worked with local small businesses to frame multiple artworks: Allison & Ross (WMBE)
• The Lumiere Group awarded the Maritime Division art planning and inventory contract is
a WMBE firm.
Public Art Program
• Jack Kuykendall and Helen Kuykendall High School interns, Summer 2024
• Daphne Maiden internship ended October 2024
The Public Art team welcomes Tilly Word as our new college intern
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING
(1) Presentation