MASTER ART POLICY
The residents of the City of Solana Beach have expressed a desire to further enhance the identity of their City as an artistic community. To ensure that the cultural experience of the City is enriching and engaging, the community, through its Public Arts Program intends to celebrate its artistic heritage and vital art community by embracing the area's cultural potential and opportunities, thus guaranteeing future generations a rich artistic legacy. By acquiring and exhibiting quality works of art, providing access to a variety of performance arts, and by offering a diverse mixture of cultural events, it is the City of Solana Beach's intent to be a destination for public art.

Public Art by its nature will always be controversial. It is essential to understand that success in this pursuit will almost always be accompanied by those who complain, just as when the City of Florence, Italy, displayed Michelangelo's David for the first time. There will always be those who object to the subject matter, medium, media, and location; however, as in Florence, public art is and will be an important component of a vital, diverse, and successful community.

Master Art Policy

 

Request for Proposal: An artistic marker/sign for the eastern entrance to Solana Beach.

 

FY 2004/05 ART MASTER INVENTORY PLAN
 Adopted  PAAC 1-26-2005

 

Project Overview:
With digital cameras in hand, members of the Public Arts Advisory Commission (PAAC) canvassed  Solana Beach to identify areas that would benefit from public art improvements. The PAAC then prioritized specific projects or areas for immediate focus and those for future consideration into an overall "Art Master Inventory Plan."  The Art Master Inventory Plan will be periodically updated by the PAAC and City Council.

Immediate Action Locations:
- The Coastal Rail Trail:  install art in the designated nodes artist proposals have been accepted and finalists selected 
- Fletcher Cove:  artistic wall treatment for the new Fletcher Cove Restrooms
- Highway 101:  decorating additional utility boxes
- Intersection of Stevens & Lomas Santa Fe:  beautify median island/crosswalk

 

On-Going Project Sites:
- The Coastal Rail Trail:  public art possibilities, the Community Gardens
- I-5  and Lomas Santa Fe:  I-5 Interchange reconfiguration of City entrance
- Fletcher Cove Dissipater:  bench/seating

 

Sites for Future Projects and Consideration:
- North End of Highway 101: remodel the Welcome To Solana Beach sign
- Highway 101: beautify  existing sewer wall
- Throughout the City:  attractive/uniform newspaper stands & trash cans
- Throughout the City:  attractive bus stop shelters - bike racks
- Relocate the sculpture "Star"
- Lomas Santa Fe Avenue:  install planted median
- Library at Earl Warren Middle School
- La Colonia Park
- Plaza Street:  update the fountain/median strip
- South end of Stevens Avenue:  the new Eden Gardens Pump Station
- Trees planted throughout the City
- Coastal Rail Trail: special/temporary projects (Urban Trees in San Diego)  such as an artistic chair or bench display

 

Miscellaneous Areas:
During the development of the Art Master Inventory Plan, multiple sites requiring general beautification and/or maintenance were notated and photographed for submission to the City for follow-up and action.

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Completed Projects:

• Table for City Hall Foyer - 1992
• Mosaic Tile Benches for Coastal Rail Trail � 2001
• Lecture Series - Ivan Gayler
• Loan and Installation of Niki de Saint Phalle Sculpture - STAR - 2002
• "Tree of Life" Memorial for La Colonia - 2002
•  Artist Laureate Selection and Reception
• Niki de Saint Phalle Tribute
• Earl Warren Beautification - New Planting, Fence, Painting  
• City Hall Improvements - Planters, Banners, New Signage

 

Current Projects:

• City Hall Gallery
• "Arts Alive" Street Banner Fund Raising Program
• Coastal Rail Trail Recommendations
• Painting City Utility Boxes
• Bench for the Sunset View Platform at Fletcher Cove
• Artistic Treatment for I-5 Reconfiguration 
• Beautification of Crosswalk Island at Lomas Santa Fe & Stevens
• Artist Registry for the City

 

Projects For Consideration:

• Griffoul Fish Tiles for Coastal Rail Trail Wall
• Writing Contest with City Schools
• Highway 101 Beautification
• Fundraiser with North Coast Repertory Theater
• Fish for Wave at Fletcher Cove Ramp

 

Aesthetic Vision:

• Create a Pedestrian Friendlier Community
• Art Master Plan for Solana Beach
• PAAC Participation in Design Review of New Construction
• Percentage of Construction Cost or Fee Allocation Designated for Public Art

 

For more information please contact Anita Edman, Community Services Department, (858) 720-2454.