Reno Arts and Culture Commission

AGENDA Reno Arts & Culture Commission Hybrid Meeting McKinley Arts & Culture Center, Boardroom 925 Riverside Drive, Reno, NV 89503 Monday, August 19, 2024 4:00 p.m. Members: Marie Rodriguez, Chair Megan Miller Tyna Sloan, Vice Chair Sierra Scott Eric Andersen Skye Snyder Lily Baran Iain Watson Alysia Dynamik Vacant Constance Hightower Council Liaison: Devon Reese Staff Liaison: Megan Berner Public Notice This agenda has been physically posted in compliance with NRS 241 (notice of meetings) at Reno City Hall – 1 East First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. In addition, this agenda has been electronically posted in compliance with NRS 241 at reno.gov, and NRS 232 at notice.nv.gov. To obtain further documentation regarding posting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 775-334-2030 or cityclerk@reno.gov. This meeting will be held in the Boardroom at the McKinley Arts & Culture Center and via the Zoom video conference platform. Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting may do so at the designated physical location or may hear, observe, and provide public comment virtually by pre-registering using the following link which will provide the Webinar ID and call-in phone number: https://links.reno.gov/AC08-19-24 You can also join the meeting by typing zoom.us/join into your computer browser and entering the Webinar ID: 850 8360 9305. NOTE: This option will require a computer with audio and video capabilities. Alternatively, you can join the meeting by telephone only by dialing 1-669-444-9171, entering the Webinar ID: 850 8360 9305, and pressing #. Accommodation The City of Reno, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, wishes to make all its public meetings accessible to the public. Persons who require special accommodation or assistance in attending this meeting may contact Arts & Culture at 775-333-7750 at least 48 hours in advance so that arrangements can be made. Supporting Material Staff reports and supporting material for the meeting are available by contacting Megan Berner at 775-333- 7750 or bernerm@reno.gov and on the City’s website at reno.gov/meetings. Pursuant to NRS 241, supporting material is made available to the general public at the same time it is provided to the public body. Order of Business The presiding officer shall determine the order of the agenda and all questions of parliamentary procedure at the meeting. Items on the agenda may be taken out of order. The public body may combine two or more agenda items for consideration, remove items from the agenda, and/or delay discussion on or continue scheduled agenda items at any time. Items scheduled to be heard at a specific time will be heard no earlier than the stated time but may be heard later. Public Comment Public comment is limited to three (3) minutes per person. Unused time may not be reserved by the speaker, nor allocated to another speaker. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment until the matter is included on a subsequent agenda as an action item. Comments received prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding the meeting will be transcribed, provided to the public body for review, and entered into the record. Comments received after 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding the meeting will be provided to the public body for review prior to adjournment and entered into the record. On specific agenda items, the presiding officer may prohibit comment if the content of comments is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of, the public body, or if the content is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of the other speakers. Any person making willfully disruptive remarks while addressing the public body or while attending the meeting may be removed from the room by the presiding officer, see NRS 241, and the person may be barred from further audience before the public body during that session. See, Nevada Attorney General Opinion No. 00-47 (April 27, 2001); Nevada Open Meeting Law Manual, §8.05. Other examples of disruptive conduct include, without limitation, yelling, stamping of feet, whistles, applause, heckling, name-calling, use of profanity, personal attacks, physical intimidation, threatening use of physical force, assault, battery, or any other acts intended to impede the meeting or infringe on the rights of the public body or meeting participants. In-Person Persons wishing to address the public body at the meeting shall submit a “Request to Speak” form to Megan Berner. Virtual Pursuant to NRS 241, persons not in attendance who wish to submit public comment may do so by (1) completing the online public comment form found at reno.gov/publiccomment; (2) sending an email to bernerm@reno.gov; or (3) during the virtual public comment period of the meeting. To provide public comment via Zoom, log in to the Zoom webinar at the above link and utilize the “Raise Hand” feature during any public comment period. To provide public comment via telephone only, press *9 to “Raise Hand” and *6 to mute/unmute. A. Introductory Items A1. Call to Order/Roll Call A2. Public Comment – This item is for either public comment on any action item or any general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each commentator. A3. Land Recognition Statement – As cultural advisors to the City of Reno, the Reno Arts & Culture Commission wishes to acknowledge the history of the land we gather upon today. We recognize our country’s establishment by colonialism and its violent impact upon people of color, specifically the Indigenous Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe people, whose ancestral homeland was stolen and developed into what is now known as Nevada. The Reno Arts & Culture Commission would like to invite you to join us in being committed to cultural awareness, social responsibility, and measurable actions to support and benefit the Indigenous people who are living alongside us, on the land we occupy today. A4. Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action) – August 19, 2024 A5. Approval of the Minutes (For Possible Action) – July 15, 2024 A6. Council Liaison Report – Item for general announcements and informational items only. No action may be taken on this item. A7. Staff Liaison Report – Item for general announcements and informational items only. No action may be taken on this item. B. Business Items B1. Review, discussion, and possible approval of the Public Art Committee’s recommendation of Sonny Behan, Giuseppe Percivati, and Jeff Whipple as the three finalist artists for the Public Safety Center Entry Vestibules public art project from the list of the following artists in alphabetical order: Laura Alvarez, Yulia Avgustinovich, Viktoriya Basina, Sonny Behan, Chris Bingham, Rafael Blanco, Graham Carraway, Isaac Caruso, Robert Delgado, Robert Garcia, Anna Ganina, Gemma Gene, Shane Grammer, Chelsea Hart, Jennifer Hartnett, Sylvia Hecht, Lori Hepner, CJ Hungerman, Jeremy D. Jarvis Jarvis, Noah Jeppson, Catherine Lallier, Kat Lam, Lee Lanier, MJ Lindo, Andres Martinez, Ndubisi Okoye, Pan Pantoja, Guiseppe Percivati, Sasha Reisin, Arthur Richmond, Trinity Rivard, Amor Saraf, Gavin Sewell, Mila Sketch, Samuel Turner, Royce Umberger, Jeff Whipple, Sam Wilson. (For Possible Action) B2. Review, discussion, and possible approval of the Public Art Committee’s recommendation of Sonny Behan, Elio Mercado, and Mauricio Ramirez as the three finalist artists for the Public Safety Center Exterior Mural public art project from the list of the following artist in alphabetical order: Wes Abarca, Laura Alvarez, Yulia Avgustinovich, Jared Bader, Viktoriya Basina, Katie Batten, Sonny Behan, Chris Bingham, Rafael Blanco, Brooke Brazil, Adrian Brooks, Sonny Brown, Erik Burke, Graham Carraway, Isaac Caruso, Meredith Cheatwood, Tofer Chin, Bryce Chisholm, Natalie Clare, Paz de la Calzada, Maria DeFelice, Sitki Dogan, Gabriel Eng-Goetz, Ana Ganina, David Garcia, Robert Garcia, Gemma Gene, Shane Grammer, Michelle Guerrero, Egypt H, Jason Harrington, Chelsea Hart, CJ Hungerman, Dustin Hunt, Jeremy D. Jarvis Jarvis, Noah Jeppson, Phoebe Joynt, Molly Keen, Michael Kirby, Andrey Kravtsov, Catherine Lallier, Kat Lam, Lee Lanier, MJ Lindo, Gera Lozano, Charly Malpass, Ernesto Maranje, Andres Martinez, Ricardo Attanasio Matlakas, Mila May, Hugo Medina, Jesse Melanson, Elio Mercado, Damien Mitchell, Michael Montoya, Jonathan Muzacz, Ndubisi Okoye, Pan Pantoja, Guiseppe Percivati, Osiris Rain, Mauricio Ramirez, Ansley Randall, Rachel Raynaud, Efren Rebugio, Sasha Reisin, Trinity Rivard, Jolene Russell, Amor Saraf, Mila Sketch, Stefan Smith, Christian Stanley, Ann Tarantino, Jordan Tarrant, Jason Tetlak, Samuel Turner, Royce Umberber, Amy Vardijan, Rebecca Wallace, Koda Witsken, Killamari Yo, Jeffrey Zimmermann. (For Possible Action) B3. Review, discussion, and possible approval of the Public Art Committee’s recommendation of Rafael Blanco, Rebecca Wallace, and Alex Nason as the three finalist artists for the Public Safety Center Community Engagement Room from the list of the following artists in alphabetical order. Yulia Avgustinovich, Viktoriya Basina, Sonny Behan, Chris Bingham, Rafael Blanca, Brooke Brazil, Erica Broadwater, Isaac Caruso, Natalie Clare, Alyssa Cumpton, Jeanette Degollado, Roberto Delgado, Ilena Finocchi, Anna Ganina, Robert Garcia, Gemma Gene, Shane Grammer, Chelsea Hart, Jennifer Hartnett, Sylvia Hecht, Lori Hepner, Dustin Hart, Jeremy D. Jarvis Jarvis, Noah Jeppson, Catherine Lallier, Kat Lam, Lee Lainer, MJ Lindo, Andres Martinez, Alex Nason, Geno Okok, Ndubisi Okoye, Pan Pantoja, Giuseppe Percivati, Efren Rebugio, Sasha Reisin, Arthur Richmond, Amol Saraf, Gavin Sewell, Mila Sketch, Kristen Smith, Kati Toivanen, Samuel Turner, Royce Umberger, Rebecca Wallace, Jeff Whipple (For Possible Action) B4. Review, discussion, and possible approval of the third round of Equity Expansion Grants for 2024 not to exceed $24,058 from the list of the following applicants in alphabetical order: Build Our Center, Inc., High Sierra Entertainment LLC, Makers Paradise, Nevada Comedic Training (DBA Reno Improv), Of the Sol Collective, Pamilya Foundation, TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada. (For Possible Action) B5. Discussion and recommendations on Calendar Year 2025 Arts & Culture Grants program updates to application and review process. (For Possible Action)  B6. Review, discussion, and possible approval of a call for artists for the Reno City Artist program for calendar year 2025. (For Possible Action) B7. Selection of up to three Reno Arts & Culture Commission members for the Public Safety Center Kuenzli Sculpture public art review panel from the list of the following members in alphabetical order: Eric Andersen, Lily Baran, Alysia Dynamik, Constance Hightower, Megan Miller, Marie Rodriguez, Sierra Scott, Tyna Sloan, Skye Snyder, Iain Watson. (For Possible Action) B8. Selection of up to three Reno Arts & Culture Commission members for the Public Safety Center Plaza Sculpture public art review panel from the list of the following members in alphabetical order: Eric Andersen, Lily Baran, Alysia Dynamik, Constance Hightower, Megan Miller, Marie Rodriguez, Sierra Scott, Tyna Sloan, Skye Snyder, Iain Watson. (For Possible Action) C. Board/Commission/Committee Member Reports and Announcements – Limited to items that do not appear elsewhere on the agenda. No action may be taken on this item. D. Future Agenda Items – Discussion of items for future agendas. No action may be taken on this item. E. Public Comment – This item is for either public comment on any action item or for any general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each commentator. F. Adjournment (For Possible Action)