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Home My WebLink AboutCRA-R-06-0055 Back-upCity of Miami Legislation CRA Resolution: CRA-R-06-0043 File Number: 06-01864 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Final Action Date:10/30/2006 A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST AND OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AUTHORIZING GRANTS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000, TO UNDERWRITE EVENTS IN THE CRA REDEVELOPMENT AREAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 2006 ART BASEL EVENT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AT HIS DISCRETION TO DISBURSE SAID GRANT FUNDS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, OR DIRECTLY TO SUB -GRANTEES AND VENDORS, UPON PRESENTATION OF INVOICES AND SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION; PROVIDED THAT ANY GRANT OVER $4,500, BEFOE THE BOARD FOR RATIFICATION; AUTHORIZING ATHE EXECLL BEUTIVE UGHT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO GENERAL COUNSEL; FUNDS FOR THE GRANTS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $37,500, TO BE ALLOCATED FROM OMNI TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 10040.920101 883000 0000.00000 AND, IN THE AMOUNT OF $37,500, FROM SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST TAX INCREMENT FUND, "OTHER GRANTS AND AIDS," ACCOUNT CODE NO. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000. WHEREAS, previous Art Basel events underwritten by District Community Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") have brought positive tatio al ahe Omni d Redevelopmenttemtil attention to the Redevelopment Area; and international WHEREAS, the CRA has received requests for grant funding to underwrite the presentation Redevelopment Areas; and of 2006 Art Basel events which will showcase the Southeast Overtown/Park West and Omni WHEREAS, support for events in conjunction with Art Basel revitalization strategy of creating "the image of a desirable high quality attractive appearance, a 24-hour activity pattern, and a perception of provided in Section IV, "Redevelopment Proposal," at Redevelopment Plan, as amended; and Page 11, of is consistent with the 'uptown' district with an safety and security" as the 1986 Omni Area WHEREAS, support for this event is consistent with the redevelopment objectives "of restoring a sense of community" and "Program[ingj activities and events that recreate the former vitality and atmosphere of the community ..." as provided in Section III, B., at page 13, and Section IV, M. Plan, as amended; and Park West Community Redevelopment 4, at page 97, of the 1982 Southeast Overtown/ WHEREAS, the Boards of Commissioners wishes to authorize the grants; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE City of Miami Page I oft Printed On: l2/l1/2006 File Number: 06-01864 Enactment Number: CRA-R-06-0043 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST AND OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. Grants, in an amount not to exceed $75,000, to underwrite events in the CRA redevelopment areas in conjunction with the 2006 Art Basel event, are authorized. Section 3. The Executive Director is authorized, at his discretion, to disburse said grant funds, on a reimbursement basis, or directly to approved sub -grantees and vendors, upon presentation of invoices and satisfactory documentation; provided that any grant over 4,500 shall be brought before the Board for ratification. Section 4. The Executive Director is authorized to execute all necessary documents, in a form acceptable to General Counsel. Section 5. Funds for the grant, in the amount of $37,500, shall be allocated from OMNI Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants and Aids," Account Code No. 10040.920101.883000.0000.00000, and, in the amount of $37,500, from Southeast Overtown/Park West Tax Increment Fund, "Other Grants And Aids", Account Code No. 10050.920101.883000.0000.00000. Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: JORGE L. FERNANDEZ GENERAL COUNSEL City of Miami Page 2 of 2 Printed On: 12/11/2006 Michelle Spence -Jones Commissioner, City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Florida, 33133-5595 May 10, 2006 Commissioner Spence -]ones This letter is in support of an art presentation which Marvin Weeks and associates will produce in conjunction with Art Basel 2006. A cutting edge presentation of contemporary art from the African Diaspora is the ascetic of the show. A major curator, Lowery. Stokes Sims, formerly with The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to curate. Mrs. Sims is an authority on the subject and a respected curator of American contemporary art. National/international Diaspora artists of this concept will be selected for a stellar presentation. Selected local artists will be showcased. The forecast for this venue will be in an epic location in the Wynwood Art District or The Design District. I am supporting the development of this project. I am working with Marvin Weeks and his partnership Including The Timbuktu Marketplace Art Collective and the Haitian Heritage Museum in connecting this project to the broader community. A professional and linked exhibition is our goal. This project is taking place in District 5 and will have far-reaching benefits, providing sustaining amenities for community building. This will be a presentation of The African Diaspora for 2006, your support can enhance and build the diversity of art and culture in the City of Miami. Join us in making this project a part of the Art Basel celebration to the international market. Sincerely Fredric Snitzer Fredric Snitzer Gallery 2247 NW lig Place Miami, Florida 33127 • Tel 305 448 8976 • Fax 305 573-5810snitzer@snitzer.com rugs 1 1.)1 timbuktumarketplbelisouth.net From: <timbuktumarketpl@bellsouth.net> To: <mknowles@ci.miami.fl.us> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:33 PM Attach: FSG STATIONARY.doc; OFFICAL ART BASEL.doc Subject: Art Basel Projec:: CRA Request Art Basel Project December 7-10, 2006 Project: Good Bread Alley -Jazz !Gospel stroll Request Community Redevelopment Agency Location: Pedestrian MaiilThe Lyric Theater/Ward Rooming House Date: Sunday December 10, 2006 -A listed event on the Art Basel Official Calendar. (Attached) Organization Capacity: Timbuktu Marketplace, The Black Archives, The Overtown Partnership, The Haitian Heritage Museum, local Business firms Project Description: The Overtown Predestrian Mali will be transformed into a strolling Art Installation Based on the Art of Miami's renown artist Purvis Young. Purvis painted his way to international fame depicting the unique area of Overtown called "Good Bread Ailey". A curated display of international artist will transmit the concept of young's dynamic body of work and it's appeal to the international market. Selected artist wii be presented throughout the venues. A jazz/gospel "Art cafe" will be set up on the courtyard of the Lyric Theater. The historical music and sounds of the "Good Bread Alley" will be preformed as the imputes of the art. Collaborative Marketing project: "Loglo Local -Global perspectives in art. An international African Diaspora artist exhibition, Miami Design District, Buena Vista Building, December 7-10. This is a selected venue in collaboration to the Overtown "Good Bread Alley Jazz/Gospel event. The "Loglo" project will function as a marketing link. Other partnerships and linkages are developed. Overview: Timbuktu Marketplace has developed this project to position Overtown into this cultural and marketing engine, Art Basel. Working with the Overtown Partnership and utilizing the lyric as a venue. This project now has an official recognition and derivative to market the Historical, cultural and economic opportunities of the Overtown community. Funding: The Overtown Partnership Will utilize funding to involve and Market the community to the international market and utilize the economical engine of the Art Basel Fair and it's dynamics in the region. Request: 665,000 11/30/2006 Like Minds Betty Rosado PROJECT DESCRIPTION Convinced that change comes collectively Betty Rosado was inspired by a poem written in the 1960's...Anyway. The words -which sit on the desk of her Miami studio - provide inspiration on a daily basis. She plans to bring the message to life in "Like Minds". Like minds is a series of photographs capturing the people, from all walks of life, who make up the urban core. From the little Puerto Rican lady who has lived in Wynwood for the last 60 years, to the artist who works in the 'hood, to the banker who lives in the new loft, to a construction worker building a new landmark, to the urban hipster who is holding their breath until the scene pops, to the guy who lives on a street corner bench. Together, they represent a new community, a fresh beginning. Miami is on the verge of a cultural transformation. It is finally gelling as a big city, coming into it's own as a unique American capital. The heartbeat of that city is the urban core. In "Like Minds" the poem is broken into 18 images one for each line of the poem. "Like Minds" is first -of -its -kind large scale public photo installation with nationwide potential. Betty Rosado whose work is typically viewed within the constraints of gallery walls is stepping outside with "Like Minds". A community is a reflection of its people and the images of "Like Minds" shows that despite our differences we all want what's best for our families, ourselves and our community. A projection onto our city, a hope that with like minds we can and will absolutely make change collectively in our worlds" says Rosado. "Like Minds" project hopes to convey a simple message in the hopes that it inspires those who view it. "Like Minds" will be accessible for everyone to view. Art installation is a 7 story building located on Miami Avenue and 13th street can be viewed from the entire surrounding neighborhoods of Overtown and Park West in addition it is visible from 395, the Carnival Center, Ice Palace (host of the NADA Fair) and CIFO art gallery. This is Ms. Rosado second show at Art Basel, the first of which received critical acclaim. Anyway. People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed over night. Build anyway. People need help but may attack you if you help. Help people anyway. Give the world the best you have and you will get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have Anyway. INN tty Rosado _ _-' ARGET DATE DEC.4TH1111111 - --- _--- Like Minds Project Budget Phase 1 _-,_ I $15__,000 _ Vera 14th &North Miami Ave z� II - lnstailation on Bldg #1 _ } 35 000 Production Paint + $7,50.. I Des' 1 Layout $12,000 Electrical T - - . ,500'' Proofs L___ - - .,_..��-._ �_ Fp1-3 Months . { _ -. ._- _ --- _._ -_ _- _ } + 0 $250 Break Down _. ._ .� T I - I_ S45,000 F I Studio Rental fi" - $25,000 _-� J_. li 20 x 12.501 �� Rental oiEquipment �_ - $i 2,000 Photo Assistants - 20 days x $300 per day �_ 20da s$300 per days - ---. —__ _-- - Pre -production Assistants - Y $�,000 $6,000 20 days $300 per day_-- T Post Production -�— _ -. -- -- } - I $1,350! 54 x 25 I fi - r- Sean Lo res - - .-_. _ - - - S2,250111 18 x 125 I I' - Hi res r $250 I $5,400 18 x 300 ..__ i._._ Prints -_ ._ 1 $1 0(}0 - - 25 ' Film &Polaroid _- - ' -" - '� $15 000 Processing 200 rolls 200 x 75 -� 1 . { $1 5001 i Proofs } .�_ _. �- t 11 $197,250 - _ Sub Total . :-- -i - 1._-_ E. _ I _ $50,000' Artist/Photo Fee(3months dedicated to projects �_. I $247,250 Total � _L_— i i Like Minds ProjectBudget Phase 2 _1_-- --- - � li � I I I-- -__ _ __"_ Phase2� Design and Layout Catalog --I--- - I t ... Phase 1 Print At— Phase21 Bus Shelter arts �. } - 7-- Phase21 -- i _ J_.. - _. Phase2 -- - Video -- �: Phase2 _ . - fi_._ Commercial 4 Jr._ Pliase2 Director �. Yhase2� IiSound ;.. Phase2 Editing L i ?- Phase2 , 1 Graphing : ` F _-- __ 2 - MEI MiamiHerald.com 112/03/2006 I There's an art to getting noticed Page 1 of 4 Subscriber Services MiamiHer' Id.co Search Recent News Archives 0 Web for 0 Jobs 0 Cars 0 Real Estate 0 Apartments O Local Shopping • ShopLocal • Newspaper Ads o All Classifieds • Create an Ad • Find an Ad • Pets SECTIONS ! TODAY'S EXTRAS News • Obituaries Sports Entertainment Business Tropical Life & Home • Health • Travel Opinion • Columnists Visitor's Guide EtNuevoHerald.com Back to Home> News > Front Page Posted on Sun, Dec. 03, 2006 12 email this A print this UP FRONT I ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH There's an art to getting noticed Artists on the outside looking in on Art Basel Miami Beach find creative and sometimes unusual ways to get noticed by the visiting international art world. BY DANIEL CHANG dchang@MiamiHerald.com For Miami artist Betty Rosado, Art Basel Miami Beach is the Super Bowl of arts events. So to grab the attention of the tens of thousands of international art lovers who will visit South Florida for the fair's fifth visit Thursday through Sunday, Rosado has prepared a project that will be hard to miss — because they won't be seeing her work otherwise at Art Basel this year. Rosado is in the process of wrapping a series of large photographic portraits around a seven -story building at 13th Street and North Miami Avenue, where it will be visible from the street, the freeway and neighboring buildings. JOHN VANBEEKUM/MIAMI HERALD STAFF THINK BIG: Betty Rosado shows the portraits that will be displayed in grand scale on a Miami building. More photos • lit Interactive I Virtual gallery: 'Like Minds' by Betty Rosado a Complete coverage of Art Basel "This is a way to let everyone see it, not just the select crowd that goes to Art Basel but the community," Rosado says of her project, titled Like Minds. "There is a good chance that probably within the first week of its being up, we'll have good foot traffic of about 40,000 or 50,000 people seeing this." Each year during Art Basel, South Florida artists not represented in the exclusive fair struggle to participate in some meaningful way. • I. • I • 1 • 1 • f •1 http://www.miami.corn/mld/miamiherald/2006/12/03/news/front/16151885.htm 12/11/2006 MiamiHerald.com 1 12/03/20061 There's an art to getting noticed Page 2 of 4 J. Some yearn to get noticed by the gallerists, collectors, museum curators and trustees in town to shop for art. Others plot to subvert the rigid exclusivity of the art market. Still more strive to challenge the definition of art. Regardless of their motivation, though, all these artists crave an audience. For a pair of Brooklyn artists known as The Organizers, their project would not exist outside the social context of Art Basel. The duo have conjured a complex piece titled The Sams that will incorporate performance, technology, humor and heady ideas about identity and memory. The Sams is a reference to Art Basel Director Samuel Keller, a seemingly omnipresent figure at the fair's numerous openings, gallery and museum events, and parties. For the project, The Organizers intend to gather 50 to 100 actors — all of them bald — to impersonate Keller, who also is bald. The actors will be dispatched Thursday night and Friday to Art Basel events and parties, wearing T-shirts with The Sams logo and mimicking Keller, like improv actors. 'PERFORMANCE ART' "It is a type of performance art," says one of The Organizers, who insist on anonymity until after they launch the project Thursday at Fountain Miami, one of the dozen or so smaller, independent fairs that run concurrently with Art Basel this year. "In this concept," he says, "the artists are organizing and facilitating and essentially creating a framework for other people to play or perform." The Organizers say they will sell T-shirts and other mementos about the project, but they insist that their motives are more about art than profit. "It's not so much about selling," one Organizer says. "It's more about just living this experience and developing it." The Organizers were inspired to create The Sams after one of them visited Art Basel last year. AN INSPIRATION "I had come down to Art Basel for the first time, just to observe, and I'd known about Sam," he says. 'Everyone knows about Sam. I was at one party and I saw Sam, but I wasn't sure. All I knew of him was a picture in a magazine. I sort of wondered, '1s it Sam? I don't know.' ... At that point, it triggered the concept of creating experiences like that for other people — experiences of speculation, confusion, recognition of celebrity within a context." Miami artists Odalis Vaidivieso and Eugenia Vargas also plan to push the boundaries of art with their project, Talking Heads Transmitters, during which the duo will carry recording and broadcasting equipment with them as they conduct interviews with artists, collectors and everyday people about art and other issues, including politics and the war http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2006/12/03/news/frontl16151885.htm 12/11/2006 Miamillerald.com 112/03/2006 j There's an art to getting noticed Page 3 of 4 The Talking Heads interviews will be broadcast on 1610 AM, using a low -frequency signal, and can be picked up only within a two -square -block radius of the artists. "If you see it as an art project," Valdivieso says, "it works nice as an art performance." Although the artists say they are not necessarily trying to get attention, the project seeks to bring together a broad range of people, not just artists or art lovers. "It has to do with community," Vargas says of the project. 'Because we live in Miami, we believe Miami is a very fragmented community. Radio helps bring communities together." Wynwood will be the setting for a number of Miami's guerrilla art projects. Yvonne Grams, who goes by the pseudonym Eva Love, will take her art — and that of about 15 colleagues -- to the streets, literally, in a show titled Under the Bridge on Saturday night, when thousands of local residents converge on the annual Design District party. Grams says she plans to repeat what she did last year, which was to rent about 10 parking spaces along Northeast First Court, between Northeast 36th and 38th streets, and erect eight -foot -tall white panels for displaying the art, creating a literal "drive - through" gallery. "That's what's so cool about it," she says. "People don't even have to get out of their car." 'IT'S ABORT EXPOSURE' The street show, which is lit with generator -powered lamps at night, began during last year's Art Basel. And although the artists did not sell any work, Grams says she and her colleagues are convinced that what they need is more exposure. "It's not about the sales," she says of the works, which will sell for $200 to $5,000 each. "It's about exposure and putting it in their face over and over and over again." In case anyone missed Under the Bridge last year, Grams and her colleagues ensured maximum exposure by transporting their works in a 27-foot-long if -Haul box truck. They drove the truck to public viewings of private collections and to Collins Park in Miami Beach, where Art Positions is situated. At each spot, they parked outside, rolled up the door and waited for the customers to come. The artists got a lot of attention with the truck. "People were just so taken by what we were doing and thought we were so innovative," Grams says. They plan to do the same thing this year. "If they're not going to come to our art shows," Grams says, "were going to start going to their art shows, opening the truck and letting people see our artwork and get some attention here." Rosado, the creator of Like Minds, expects to get attention for her public exhibition for as long as the portraits are up on the building, which will be a few months — long enough to capitalize on other local events, like Super Bowl XLI and the South Beach Wine & Food http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2006/ 12/03/news/front/16151885.htm 12/11/2006 Miamillerald.com 112/03/2006 I There's an art to getting noticed Page 4 of 4 The photos, along with mini -biographies of each of the 17 subjects — who range from local art -world movers to celebrities like former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino - - will be posted on an online gallery at MiamiHerald.com starting today. Rosado says she is also working on installing the images at bus shelters and possibly producing a commercial that would run with the coming attractions at local movie theaters. But it all starts with getting her work out there, especially during Art Basel, which will house 200 American and international galleries, representing more than 2,000 artists and exhibiting paintings, sculpture, video, mixed media and other works. "When you talk about 2,000 [artists] that represent . .. [32] countries are represented, that's amazing," she says. "Being one of those people, regardless of whether you have a little piece on a wall somewhere, it's an amazing feat." About Herald.com 1 About the Real Cities Network j Terms of Use & Privacy Statement 1 Copyright 1 Abc V3ait other Real Cftfes sites http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2006/12/03/news/front/16151885.htm 12/11/2006