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Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Virginia Lee Montgomery in an amount not to exceed $400,000 for artwork for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Midfield Concourse Art in Public Places Project. Funding: $60,000 is available in the Capital Budget of the Aviation Department. Funding for the remaining years of the agreement is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
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Lead Department
Office of Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $60,000 is available in the Capital Budget of the Aviation Department. Funding for the remaining $340,000 of this contract will be added as the construction phases begin.
For More Information:
Angela Means, Director, Office of Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment, 512-974-1624; Morgan Messick, Assistant Director, Office of Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment, 512-974-7873.
Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action:
In August 2024, the Art in Public Places (AIPP) Panel and Arts Commission approved the "Art in Public Places Sites and Opportunities Plan for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport," which identified and scoped three phases of AIPP opportunities within the current Airport Expansion & Development Program (AEDP
On April 7, 2025, the AIPP Panel approved the selection process recommendation for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Midfield Concourse AIPP Project, naming Virginia Lee Montgomery as the selected artist and Carlyn Ray (Glassblower) as the alternate for the $400,000 commission. (Motion by Chair Lemmo second by Panel Member Davis; approved 5-0-0, with one vacancy and Arts Commission Liaison Maldonado absent).
On April 21, 2025, the Austin Arts Commission approved the selection process recommendation for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Midfield Concourse AIPP Project, naming Virginia Lee Montgomery as the selected artist and Carlyn Ray (Glassblower) as the alternate for the $400,00...
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