05/14/2026 Public Art and Design Board Meeting Minutes May 14, 2026
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Minutes
Thursday, May 14, 2026
4:00 PM
Special Meeting
Main Library - Council Chambers
Public Art and Design Board
City of Clearwater
Public Art and Design Board Meeting Minutes May 14, 2026
Roll Call
Present 7 - Board Member Mark Lutz, Board Member Sheri Aquilar, Board
Member Maggie Duffy, Board Member Bryan Voliton, Board
Member Jonathan Barnes, Board Member Gregory Byrd, and Board
Member Judy Morton
Also Present 2 —Amber Brice —Arts & Cultural Affairs Manager, and Danielle
DeBois —City Clerk Specialist
1. Call To Order
The chair called the meeting to order at 4:04 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the February 12, 2026 Public Art & Design Board
meeting.
Board Member Gregory Byrd moved to approve the minutes of the
February 12, 2026 Public Art & Design Board meeting as submitted
in written summation. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda: None
4. New Business Items
4.1 Art Oasis Mural Festival Update
Arts and Cultural Affairs Manager Amber Brice presented the three new
buildings, PBI, Headstart, and Safehouse, with murals on a slideshow.
4.2 Chalk the Bay Art and Music Festival
Ms. Brice said the city is hosting its first Chalk the Bay Art and Music
Festival on January 16-17, 2027 with 40 artists having already applied.
4.3 Discuss Beach Walk 3D Art Pieces
Ms. Brice said the beach is interested in installing 3-D art pieces for the
new bike rack areas and shared the selected designs for board
approval. Tarpon, seashells, and crab murals were presented as options,
one per each racking area.
Board member Johnathan Barnes moved to approve the three
pre-selected designs to be implemented in the bike rack areas. The
motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
4.4 Discuss New City Hall Stairwell and The BayCare Sound Murals
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Ms. Brice said the two murals presented are examples of work from the
highest scoring applicants for the new Clearwater City Hall staircase
murals and said official voting would occur at the next meeting to select
the muralist.
4.5 Elect Chair and Vice -Chair
Board member Johnathan Barnes moved to re-elect Bryan Voliton as
Chair and Gregory Byrd as Vice Chair of the Public Art and Design
Advisory Board. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
5 Director's Report
Ms. Brice said the Clearwater Arts Alliance was hosting a new art gallery
next week.
6 Board Members to be Heard
7. Adjourn
Attest:
Board discussion ensued regarding potential elevations to the Chalk the
Bay festival. Ms. Brice confirmed there would be an emerging artist and
youth chalking section at the Chalk the Bay and Music Festival and said
she would look into the local youth symphony preforming at the event.
In response to discussion, Ms. Brice said she would look into the
potential of a city-wide iconography similar to the use of oranges
throughout the city of Dunedin.
Ms. Brice said she would look into if the stairwell mural would be lit
on a continual basis for the sake of the mural and if art specific lighting
would be permitted.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:32 p.m.
Board Reporte
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