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AI# 11924  Regular City Council Meeting 5.22. 10/24/2023:

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Resolution - Civic Centers: Consider a resolution accepting, on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a public art donation titled The Naiads, comprised of four sculptures by artist Glenna Maxey Goodacre, from Civic Lubbock, Inc., for the City of Lubbock Public Art Collection.

Item Summary

Civic Lubbock, Inc. (CLI), has historically purchased public art pieces, museum artifacts and other items of cultural significance on behalf of the City of Lubbock. CLI purchased The Naiads in July 1997 for $95,000. The four sculptures were created by Lubbock artist Glenna Maxey Goodacre.  The Naiads were purchased outright and were not a commissioned piece. In the summer of 1998, they were installed in the Southwest corner of the Pedestrian Mall in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, bringing the total project cost to $116,332.  In May 2023, the sculptures were relocated to the north end of the T.J. Patterson Memorial Plaza. The CLI Board of Directors voted at their September 6, 2023 meeting, to officially donate the artwork to the City of Lubbock. Glenna Maxey Goodacre was born in Lubbock on August 28, 1939, and she passed away April 13, 2020. Both her father and grandfather made significant contributions to the City of Lubbock as builders and developers. Her father, Homer Glen Maxey, served on the Lubbock City Council from 1956 to 1960. Glenna Goodacre was a sculptor, best known for having designed the Sacagawea dollar that entered circulation in the US in 2000 and the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington D.C. She was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame in 1997 and received numerous awards and recognitions throughout her lifetime. Some of the many include: the prestigious Texas Medal of Arts, induction into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the James Earl Fraser Sculpture Award. Cultural Arts Staff and the Public Art Ad Hoc Committee researched Goodacre's work, looking at recent auctions and comparable values in other collections. The appraised value is estimated at $125,000 per sculpture for a total of $500,000.

Fiscal Impact

None

Staff/Board Recommending

Brooke Witcher, Assistant City Manager Civic Lubbock, Inc., Board of Directors

Attachments Resolution CLI Board Minutes

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