STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: March 24, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Office of Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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A resolution to ratify emergency art conservation services and contracts for City-owned artwork at the Hall of State damaged in the 2021 Texas winter weather event with (1) Gann Preservation Services, LLC in an amount not to exceed $113,592.60 for the conservation of 18 orotone photographs; and (2) Helen A. Houp Fine Art Conservation Incorporated in an amount not to exceed $262,500.00 for the conservation of four murals - Total not to exceed $376,092.60 - Financing: General Fund
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BACKGROUND
During the 2021 Texas winter weather event and subsequent thaw, multiple artworks that are part of the City of Dallas Public Art collection at the Hall of State were compromised and put under high-humidity conditions due to burst fire suppression pipes at that facility. There was a critical need for immediate examination, triage, and damage mitigation to the City-owned artworks by art conservators certified by the American Institute of Conservation, the national professional certification body. The initial examination of damages and triage were led in the first weekend by the Office of Art and Culture's Public Art Conservation and Collection Manager alongside the non-profit Texas Collections Emergency Resource Alliance, known as TX-CERA.
This action will ratify an emergency conservation services contract with Gann Preservation Services, LLC, the lowest responsible bidder of four for orotone photograph conservation and Helen A. Houp Fine Art Conservation Incorporated, the lowest responsible bidder of four for mural conservation.
The City-owned artworks from the Hall of State requiring immediate conservation services are 18 large photographs printed on large glass plates, known as orotones, commissioned from by artist Polly Smith in 193...
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