23-2404 Commissions Meridian Arts Commisssion 2024 Initial Point Gallery Schedule CITY OF MERIDIAN RESOLUTION NO. 23-2404
BY THE CITY COUNCIL: BORTON, CAVENER,HOAGLUN,
OVERTON,PERRAULT, STRADER
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN,
ACCEPTING THE 2024 INITIAL POINT GALLERY SCHEDULE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,Meridian City Code sections 2-2-2(A)(2) through (4) charge the Meridian
Arts Commission with stimulating awareness and appreciation of the importance of publicly
accessible art and its benefits to the community, fostering the development of a receptive climate
for the arts, and advising the City Council on the aesthetic aspects of works of art to be displayed
by the City of Meridian;
WHEREAS,the City desires that public art will be a component of Meridian City Hall,
and to that end, the Meridian Arts Commission issued the Call to Artists attached hereto as
Exhibit A, seeking proposals for the display of artwork in Initial Point Gallery;
WHEREAS, the Meridian Arts Commission reviewed all responses submitted to the Call
to Artists, selected artists whose works are appropriate for display in Initial Point Gallery based
on their respectively submitted proposals, including images set forth in Exhibit B, and
recommends to the Meridian City Council that such artists' work be displayed in Initial Point
Gallery in 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council find that display in accordance with the
proposed 2024 Initial Point Gallery Schedule, as set forth in Exhibit B, will serve the best interest
of the people of Meridian and visitors to Meridian City Hall;
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
Section 1. That the proposed 2024 Initial Point Gallery Schedule, attached hereto as
Exhibit B, as may be amended or supplemented by the Arts and Culture Coordinator from time to
time, as necessary, is hereby accepted and adopted by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
Meridian.
Section 2. That the Arts and Culture Coordinator is hereby authorized to invite the artists
enumerated on the 2024 Initial Point Gallery Schedule to display their work in Initial Point
Gallery, subject to terms and conditions of a written agreement to be negotiated by the City
Attorney's Office.
Section 3. That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its
adoption and approval.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING 2024 INITIAL POINT GALLERY SCHEDULE Page 1
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this 22ndday of August,
2023.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this 22nd day of August,
2023.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
Robert E. Simison, Mayor Chris Johnson, City Clerk
RESOLUTION ADOPTING 2024 INITIAL POINT GALLERY SCHEDULE Page 2
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June 2024 Pete Grady, Tyler Crabb, Kayla Morgan
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August Jan Freeman Long, Martha Channer,
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October 2024 Rosellen Hong, Gary McCall, Mary
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November 2024 Leslie Jay
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Ayala, Michelle Grace
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Midnight Metaphor:
January 2024 Treasure Valley Artist Alliance
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