5-7-2025
Public Arts Commission
May 7, 2025
6:00 PM
Fridley Civic Campus, 7071 University Ave N.E.
Minutes
Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at 6:00
Present
Josh Collins, Chair
Ryan Fugleberg, Vice Chair
Gary Osterbauer
Kara Ruwart
Frank Sedzielarz
Maija Sedzielarz
Gary Swanson
Absent
Scott Lund, President Fridley Creative Arts Foundation
Also Present
Ann Bolkcom, Council Liaison.
Mike Maher, Parks and Recreation Director and Staff Liaison the Public Arts Commission
Jesslyn Quiram, Engineering Technician and Staff Liaison the Public Arts Commission
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director and Staff Liaison the Public Arts Commission
Approve of Meeting Minutes
Approval of April 2, 2025, Public Arts Commission Minutes
Frank Sedzielarz indicated that there was a misspelling of Maija in the minutes in one location.
With no other corrections, the chair called for a motion. Motion by Fugleberg, second by Ruwart. The
motion passed unanimously.
New Business
Artist Response to Request for Qualifications (RFQ), our call for artists.
The Board prepared to discuss the nineteen artists that submitted their RFQ documents by the deadline
May 2, 2025.
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Before the meeting commenced, staff taped the names of the 19 artists on the wall in a horizontal line,
each Commissioner then removed their top two artists submitted images from their packets and placed
them under the names of the artists who prepared that sculpture.
A pattern emerged as the commission completed this task of identifying their favorite pieces. The
Commission then discussed each artist, their likes and dislikes, and eliminated those where it was clear
that the art wouldn’t fit the setting, or there would not be consensus amongst the group to advance the
artist to the interview round.
After much dialog considering all applications, the Commissioners chose the top candidates they
preferred to interview after the Commissioners had announced their top two artists, staff revealed that
the top two that they picked matched staff’s top 2 in the scoring process that they used as well. The two
artists were selected were Ken McCall from Garden City, Idaho, and CJ Rench from Hood River, Oregon.
State
The Board concluded that interviews would be set for 6:00 PM CST and 7:00 PM CST on May 14, 2025.
The interviews would be virtual, and Jesslyn Quiram would prepare the invitations.
Old Business
None
Other Items
None
Adjournment
Chair Collins called for a motion to adjourn. Gary Osterbauer made the Motion, the motion was
seconded by Kara Ruwart, vote was unanimous and the meeting Adjourned at 8:00.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Hickok
Recording Secretary