Public Art Commission of Truckee

Meetings

• 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
• The 1st Tuesday of the month
• Truckee Town Hall
  10183 Truckee Airport Road
  Truckee, CA 96161

Members

The Public Art Commission of Truckee (PACT), is a citizen's advisory board appointed by the Town Council. The commission is comprised of seven members representing the following categories:

• Chair, Troy Corliss, Technical Expert
  Term Expires: August 2028
• Colleen Connors, Lay Member
  Term Expires: August 2028
• Kellie Cutler, Arts Advocate
  Term Expires: August 2026
• Steve Thompson, Performing Arts Representative
  Term Expires: August 2028
• Molly Moore, Youth Arts Representative
  Term Expires: August 2026
• Vice Chair, Carole Sesko, Public Art Expert
  Term Expires: August 2026
• Jennifer Standteiner, Visual Arts Representative
  Term Expires: August 2028

Public Art Master Plan

In 2019, following a significant community process, the Truckee Town Council adopted Truckee's first Public Art Master Plan. The Plan established a suite of robust goals and next steps for formalizing Truckee's public art program, including development of formalized processes to selected public art opportunity sites, and solicit and select art.

The Public Art Master Plan also called for establishing a Public Art Commission. In February 2020, the Truckee Town Council appointed the first commission, now known as the Public Art Commission of Truckee (PACT). The Public Art Commission of Truckee holds public meetings from 4-6 pm on the first Tuesday of the month at Truckee Town Hall.

Commission Duties & Responsibilities

• Propose to Council a Public Art Master Plan Implementation Program, including processes and criteria for 
  1. Solicited projects
  2. Art proposed for permanent or temporary donation
  3. Unsolicited/ open proposals (if applicable)
• Investigate and make recommendations to the Town Council regarding opportunities for grant or private funding sources and mechanisms available to support public art.
• Provide opportunity for direct public participation in all responsibilities delegated to advisory body.
• Develop and maintain a visual inventory of existing public artwork.
• Develop and maintain a visual inventory of opportunity sites for public art.
• Research and collaborate on diversified public art. Promote art education in the classroom.
• Provide support to Town Staff in developing public art outreach materials, including web content, social media, and printed materials, to inform and educate residents and visitors about public art.
• Explore coordination of community arts programming.
• Propose to Council policies and criteria for decommissioning installed art.
• Propose to Council an annual work plan, including priority activities and spending plan for:
  1. Program development activities
  2. Opportunity sites for solicited projects
  3. Funding for any unsolicited/open proposals
  4. Public art maintenance
• Develop recommendations for RFP/RFQ content and selection criteria for specific projects identified in annual work plan.
• Act as the selection committee and make recommendations to staff/ Town Council for art/ artist selection on Town property.
• Recommend any specialized/ non-routine maintenance of installed public art.
• Advise selection process for art proposed on private development sites, if:
  1. The art is proposed as a development incentive
  2. The project requests Public Art Program funding

View the full list of the Commission's duties and responsibilities outlined in Council Resolution 2020-09, adopted February 25, 2020.

Further Information

Learn more about Truckee's Public Art.