STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: October 28, 2020
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Office of Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a contract with Michael Pavlovsky DBA Pavlovsky Sculpture Studio LLC for the fabrication and installation of a site-specific artwork at Fire Station No. 36 located at 2300 Singleton Boulevard - Not to exceed $62,000.00 - Financing: Public Safety (G) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund)
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BACKGROUND
As established in Chapter 2, Article X of Dallas City Code, the Public Art Program of the Office of Arts and Culture works to include works by visual artists in public places of the City using a percentage of city capital improvement projects. Under this program, a commission for artwork at Fire Station No. 36 was initiated via engagement with the Department of Public Works and Dallas Fire Department staff.
Michael Pavlovsky was recommended for this Public Art project by the selection panel comprised of art professionals, representatives from Fire Station No. 36, and representatives from the Department of Public Works.
Artist Background
Michael D. Pavlovsky is an artist specializing in painting and sculptures; and began his lifelong pursuit as a student under Patrick Carter. Pavlovsky earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Architecture from Texas A & M University in 1982; and he was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Texas in 1990. His work includes over ninety juried and invitational exhibitions. Pavlovsky has previously completed two public art projects for the City of Dallas and has received numerous awards throughout the United States and Japan for his work.
Project Description
The working title for this proposed sculpture is At the Ready. It shows a firefighter in full turn-out gear symbolically holding a Dallas Pike. This representational sculpture is not...
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