The City of Enid, Oklahoma has chosen the members of the new VISUAL ARTS COMMISSION. The Commission will be responsible for developing guidelines and standards for the selection, display, and maintenance of art, and to acquire, by purchase or donation, works of art which shall become the City’s collection.
The Visual Arts Commission will be made up of Christopher Sneed, Edna Mae Holden, Mike Klemme, LynnDe M. Funk, Eldon W. Ames, and Kelly Tompkins. Ward 5 Commissioner Tammy Wilson, will be the city’s representative.
This all came about because the Enid City Commission unanimously approved an ordinance that will allow them to set aside up to 1 percent of a “major city construction project” for public art, which could be a sculpture, mural or other artistic piece.
A major project is defined as one being $250,000 or more. The artwork will be pitched by the artist and selected by this seven-member panel known as the Visual Arts Commission. One member of the city commission, and six others picked by the city will serve on the VAC.
There is an option to add three additional non-voting members, with one being an Enid youth. A term on the VAC will last three years. Any artwork would have to be judged based on compatibility, appropriateness to the surroundings, a sense of order, preservation and integration of natural features, appropriateness to the project and representation of a broad variety of tastes within the community.
