LTC 053-2023 Cultural Arts Council Motions-February 2, 2023DocuSign Envelope ID: 07334C9F-05AB-4EBD-A793-4288E9ACB 575
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053-2023 LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
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February 6, 2023
Cultural Arts Council Motions-February 2, 2023
The purpose of this letter to the Mayor and Commission is to provide an update regarding
two motions made during the February 2, 2023, Cultural Arts Council meeting.
1. General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee
Motion to nominate Bruce Carter, Chair, Cultural Arts Council, to serve on the General
Obligation Bond Oversight Committee as the ex-officio designee of the Cultural Arts
Council.
2. Friends With You, Starchild at Harry Liebman Square (41 st Street and Pinetree Drive)
Motion to support the Art in Public Places Committee recommendation to acquire Starchild
(2022) by FriendsWithYou as a permanent artwork for the City of Miami Beach Public Art
Collection in its current location at Harry Liebman Square, 41° Street and Pinetree Drive.
The above motion was approved unanimously.
On September 20, 2022, the Art in Public Places (AiPP) Committee made a motion to
commission Starchild by FriendsWithYou as part of the Miami Beach OnStage! temporary
program initiative.
The monumental sculpture was unveiled to the public during Art Week Miami Beach on
November 28, 2022. Due to the success and positive reception of Starchild among the
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community, the AiPP Committee made a motion on January 17, 2023 to acquire the
artwork and make it a permanent public art piece.
FriendsWithYou is the art collaboration of Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval Ill,
created with the intention to bring more joy, kindness, and love to the world. Starchild is
the main character in FriendsWithYou's newest body of work, a longform conceptual
project in which the artists are renaming the Earth to "Ocean" as a means to unify the
planet by a name.
Members in attendance: Bruce Carter, Nicole Comotti, Brian Erlich, Barbara Herkowitz,
Cheryl Jacobs, Sarah Leddick, Alberto Ravelo and Rachel Unger.
For more information, please contact Lissette Garcia Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture ,at lissettearrogante@miamibeachfl.gy or x26597.
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