Public Arts Advisory Board

Bill Pickett bronze statue
Joe Posada performing at Music on Main
Potters Alley in Downtown Taylor

Introduction

Established in 2018, the Public Arts Advisory Board shall promote the acquisition by the City of works of art in public places and to raise awareness, interest and funding for art in public places. The board shall advise the City Council on the implementation of the public arts program. The City Council shall establish a public arts budget annually and the board may advise the City Council on expenditures of public arts funds for the commissioning or acquisition of public art. The board shall advise the City Council on the creation and implementation of a public arts master plan.

Vision

The Taylor Public Art Initiative will create innovative artistic experiences that explore  Taylor’s history, strengthen the sense of place, reinforce the high quality and uniqueness of the City’s built and natural environment, and set Taylor apart as a place to visit, live and do business.

Taylor’s Public Art Initiative should begin with a big-picture view of the City’s aspirations for itself and its expectations for public art. This vision derives from the charges laid out in the ordinance that created this advisory board:

  • establish an entertainment district,
  • grow and attract the arts in Taylor,
  • be receptive to and embrace the arts,
  • market Taylor to the arts,
  • make Taylor a destination for the arts,
  • preserve Taylor’s legacy of arts, and
  • include the arts in the branding of Taylor
  • enhance the quality of life of the citizens of Taylor.
  • attract tourism and enhance the City’s economic vitality.

Our vision reflects these principals:

Public art should help create gathering places for Taylor residents, connect people with the place, the history and with each other, and provide engaging, educational experiences.

Public art should reinforce the City’s history and reflect the uniqueness of its natural landscape; mark important civic features such as parks, trails, civic infrastructure; enhance the City’s appeal, image and identity in the eyes of visitors, residents and businesses; and encourage excellence in private development.

Public art should create innovative artistic experiences that attract visitors from outside the City, enhance the desirability of Taylor as a place to live and do business, make the creative energy of the City palpable to anyone who visits and elevate the image of Taylor as a cultural destination with unique offerings.

Rules and Regulations

Board Membership

The City Council appoints the seven members of the Board who have the general qualifications of expertise in visual, performing, or literary arts, skilled in grant writing, arts education, or marketing, who are supportive of, educated in, and/or active in the field of public art or community affairs, and students who are actively studying or pursuing the arts. Board members serve staggered three year terms.

Members

Bryan Richie (Chair)

Appointments: 2019, 2021, 2024
Term expires: February 2027

Gail Samuels

Appointment: 2023
Term expires: August 2025

Monica Zavala

Appointments: 2024, 2025
Term expires: February 2028

Vacant

Appointments: 
Term expires: February 2028

Lucinda (Cindy) Chapter

Appointments: 2024, 2025
Term expires: February 2028

Richard Stone

Appointments: 2019, 2020, 2023
Term expires: February 2026

Vacant

Appointments: 
Term expires: February 2026

Meetings

The Public Arts Advisory Board meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday at 5:30pm. See the City website calendar for upcoming meeting dates.