Good evening and welcome to the December 2025 meeting of the Municipal Arts Commission.

My name is Marissa Bowen.

I'm the chairperson.

Other board members here tonight are Fred Spinewitz, Nahandra Hernandez, Michael Morrero, and Jane Walls from the building department.

We have Joe Compliermo and from the Department of Development, we have Kevin Jimenez, who could call in our agenda.

Thank you, Marisa.

Tonight we have two, this should say adjourned.

We have two adjourned cases.

First case on the agenda is case 192025.

Application by Lloyd Silverman to install one awning at 138 North Avenue.

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It's an insult.

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So we will be proceeding to the administrative items.

The first item is an art proposal at 33 Westchester Place.

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So my name didn't.

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Let me just go with screen.

Just introduce yourself and then you're just the art piece.

So my name is Rachel Spader.

I'm representing All State Ventures Developers.

And I'm here today to present our proposal for the art betterment program.

So our proposal is based on the city guidelines and the fees for three buildings.

So the cost of this art is about 250,000 plus additional cost for plans, lighting, etc.

And we're here, we we are in communications with the City of Eddie about this piece.

And we're here today to get the board blessing for this art.

So we can go ahead and finalize the plans and all the details required by the building department.

So Kate here, um yeah, I'm I'm happy to speak a little bit more to the artistic side.

My name is Kate Cox.

I work with IndieWalls, we're an art consultancy that's done three projects with Rachel and Allstate, and we're excited about the opportunity to do another one potentially here in New Rochelle.

Um when the city was giving guidance on potential placement for this sculpture and intent.

We thought that this artist picture here, Alex Proba would really fit the bill.

Her portfolio is very extensive in public art.

She's done both murals, other site activations, and exterior sculpture.

And as you can sort of see from the small image, her work is very colorful, expressive through form and pattern and color.

She really enjoys the the joy of art and activating the surrounding environment.

Also loves when both little kids or people of all ages are interacting with the art.

It's not precious or off limits in any way.

So we felt like she would be a really great fit for this space due to how much she prioritizes public engagement.

She is a New York-based artist, so she lives in New York for quite some time now, splits her time, but she understands the importance of locality and the surrounding community.

So hopefully you all will agree and we'll get your blessing.

Is this the sculpture?

Is this what you've chosen?

So you have the same.

This is yeah, I'm I'm happy to zoom in a little bit.

So I can speak to that a little bit further.

So this is just the initial rendering that we came up with again as the as a blessing.

This will be a custom commission, so this is the rough intent.

We will potentially customize it a little bit further if there are any preferences we want to adhere to or stay away from.

But this general fiberglass sculpture that you're seeing is is pretty much the intent here with the three different pieces, the fourth on the top, um, approximately eight to ten feet in height.

And if I can get a little bit more technical, she's very experienced with weather grading um for long-term exterior exposure.

So both the polyurethane paint she uses, the materiality of it, it's all treated for both UV exposure and the elements, hot summers, cold winters.

She's familiar with it all.

So we're very confident in her expertise in executing this for longevity for everyone to enjoy.

How are the four elements attached to one another?