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Status:

In May 2007, artist Pae White was selected by the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan Public Art Committee (NEVP PAC) from a pool of qualified artists and awarded the public art contract for NEVP Phase 1.  Information about Ms. White’s qualifications and past work was presented to the NEVP Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Board on December 13, 2007.

Ms. White’s collaboration with the design team began in April 2008.  Public art was a topic at design charettes, staff workshops and public presentations. 

Ms. White focused her art concepts on the esplanade architecture, and received approval for her preliminary design from the NEVP PAC on June 23, 2008, and presented her preliminary design to the JPA Board as an informational item on July 24, 2008.  On September 17, 2008, the NEVP PAC voted to recommend approval of the public art proposal for NEVP Phase 1, which was subsequently approved by the JPA Board on September 25, 2008.

 

Background:

In 2003, the NEVP JPA embarked on an effort with consultant firm Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn Architects (EEK) to prepare a schematic design.  In this design process, EEK retained the consultant services of Fine Art Services, Inc. to select a lead artist to create a plan for art opportunities within the planned improvements.

The North Embarcadero Alliance Public Art Steering Committee, composed of three members from each of the JPA agencies (the Port, the City of San Diego and CCDC), was formed to advise Fine Arts Services, Inc. on the selection of an artist and on the goals for the NEVP Public Art Plan. The North Embarcadero Alliance Public Art Steering Committee, which subsequently became the NEVP Public Art Committee (NEVP PAC), drafted the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan Schematic Design Public Art Process and adopted it on May 30, 2002. 

Based on these guidelines, Ned Kahn was selected as the lead artist to work on the schematic design team. He developed a Public Art Plan, which was accepted, with conditions, by the NEVP PAC on March 17, 2005. The JPA Board voted to approve the NEVP Schematic Design, including the Public Art Plan, on April 28, 2005. The NEVP PAC subsequently resolved the outstanding conditions relating to the Public Art Plan and released the final recommended version on June 9, 2005. This final version was approved by the JPA Board on June 21, 2007 as an Appendix to the NEVP Public Art Committee Handbook.  The NEVP Public Art Committee Handbook is intended to provide an overview of the responsibilities associated with the NEVP PAC, and the processes associated with the selection of artists and artworks for the NEVP area.