UKIAH, CA., 2/4/2017 — The process for figuring out what to do with Ukiah’s new public art policy has begun. On Thursday night, about 20 artists and people who love art gathered at Mendocino Ballet in Ukiah for a community input forum about getting murals onto city property. Attendees spoke about their experiences with public art, which ranged from being touched by Girl Scouts who donated cookie money for a project, to restoring graffiti at the site of the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz.
Last summer, the Ukiah City Council adopted a policy clarifying the application process for artists wishing to exhibit their work on city-owned property. The policy did away with a $600 fee that was previously imposed on artists who wished to display their work on city-owned grounds. But it also established a requirement for a design review board, which is responsible for considering the criteria and location for proposed artwork. The review board, which is not yet formed, will then make recommendations to the city planning commission, which is tasked with reviewing and approving proposals before artwork can be installed on city-owned property. The mural project would be the first artwork to go through the process established by the public art policy.
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