Fran Fee, Chairman Arts & Culture Commission and Jennifer Barnes, Chairman Public Art Committee

The Goodyear Arts & Culture Commission will present the recommended FY2023 Annual Public Art Plan for Council consideration and approval.

Approve the FY2023 Annual Public Art Plan as recommended by the Arts & Culture Commission. (Guylene Ozlanski, Arts & Culture Administrator; Fran Fee, Chairman Arts & Culture Commission; Jennifer Barnes, Chairman Public Art Committee)

The Parks & Recreation Department has submitted project requests for consideration with the annual citywide budget process. Funding for recommended projects will be considered by Council in the immediate fiscal year during the annual budget process.

Article 3-9 “Public and Performing Arts Program” of the Goodyear Code of Ordinances identifies the Arts as a process to beautify public space, promote economic development, and strengthen “sense of community”. The ordinance provides that up to 1% of costs, for eligible Capital Improvement Plan projects, may be allocated and appropriated in accordance with the city’s annual budget process. Through the Goodyear Public Art program, commissioned artwork will be accessible to the public and experienced on a daily basis.
 
As part of the “Public and Performing Art Ordinance”, the Goodyear Arts & Culture Commission shall make recommendations to City Council for each immediate fiscal year and project expenditures for the next five fiscal years.

Accessible art within a community has a widespread impact and appeals to residents, tourists, and corporations. In Arizona, there are over 17,000 arts businesses and 89,000 employees currently working in the state’s art industry. Annually in the West Valley region, total attendance at arts events and programming was 590,000 with an average expenditure of $16.60 per person (Americans for the Arts, 2017). The Annual Public Art Plan emphasizes the use of local resources for city projects, engages the community in the public art process, and encourages Goodyear artists to become involved in all aspects of the Arts in Goodyear. 

The FY2023 Annual Public Art Plan meets these key elements:
 

• Advance Goodyear public art and to provide quality public art experiences in the city
• Develop projects that engage the community
• Integrate art into the architecture of municipal structures visited by the public
• Identify areas of the city that do not have permanent public artwork installed

The Arts & Culture Commission is currently working on the following funded projects.
 
FY2022 Public Art Projects
 

Project	Description	Project Goals	Funding Level
Public Service Facility Station 188	Architecturally integrated artwork to be aligned with station 188 construction	Include public art at new city facilities	$100,000
Gallery 37	Sculptural urban cairn to be included on a trail system in Goodyear	Create an aesthetic navigational tool	$20,000
heART of Goodyear Phase II	Series of fiberglass hearts located throughout Goodyear	Community engagement in public artwork	$20,000

 
The Arts & Culture Commission’s goal for the five-year plan is to include artwork in high traffic outdoor public spaces. This artwork will define the identity of the community and those that call it home. The Arts & Culture Commission recommends the following projects, to be considered in the respective fiscal year, during the annual budget process. City Council may amend this plan, as they deem appropriate. 
  
Recommended Public Art Projects
(Subject to funding appropriations for the FY2023-2027 annual CIP and Supplemental process)
 

Fiscal Year	Recommended Project	Description	Project Goals	Recommended Funding Level
FY2023	Light Pole Banners	Public art installation that engages community members to work with professional artists to beautify the city	Provide Art experience when traveling throughout Goodyear and to add new banners around Civic Square	$32,400
FY2023	Traffic Cabinets	Engage community and local artists to utilize applied artwork to embellish eight traffic cabinets	Encourage civic pride and beautify the city through artist embellished traffic cabinets	$28,000
FY2023	Bullard Wash Park adjacent to Civic Square	Sculptural panels to activate the linear park and engage visitors in a unique experience	Instill civic pride and celebrate our shared history	$250,000
FY2024	Bullard Wash Monte Vista Bridge	Mural under the bridge to create an unexpected beautiful area to discover in Goodyear	Create artwork for discovery and to beautify the community	$25,000
FY2025	PD Phase II	Sculpture to visually tell a story of the compassion and empathy displayed by those who serve the community	Beautify city facility with sculpture that welcomes those that visit	$250,000
FY2026	Estrella Parkway Bridge	Commission public artist to include aesthetic elements as part of this city infrastructure	Artwork to represent the culture and identify of Goodyear	$590,000

 
Furthermore, The Commission is moving toward consideration of the following projects to meet the goals of engaging local artists, maintaining assets and installing permanent public artworks that encourage visits to destinations throughout the city.
 
Future Forecast
 

Projects Under Consideration	Description	Project Goal
Ballpark Village Corridor	Addition of artistic enhancements to city infrastructure and the addition of free-standing public artwork in ROW.	To develop a sense of place and aesthetically pleasing identity to this corridor.
Parque de Paz	Public Art installation that involves the surrounding community in the design and creation	Community building and placemaking

 
The Commission continues to identify innovative Arts programming that positions Goodyear to be the hub for the Arts in the West Valley.