McCall Downtown East Urban Renewal District Public Art Plan

PREPARED FOR City of McCall, The McCall Urban Redevelopment Agency

PREPARED BY Amy Westover Westover Artworks LLC. Contents

Introduction 4

McCall Urban Redevelopment Agency 5

Planning Process 6

Key Findings 8

Goals and Outcomes 10

“This piece of country is worth looking after.....The Opportunities: Quick List 14 Payette Lake, a beautiful sheet of water 12-miles long, Sites and Opportunities in places is dotted with richly-wooded inlets set like emerald gems on the bosom of the liquid mirror.” Legacy Park Sites 20 N.B. Willey, 1874 Near Marina 32 Idaho’s second governor Brown Park Sites 44

Image: Legacy Park Roosevelt and Railroad Ave Sites 50 Phtoto: Gary Erter Near Poderosa State Park 56

Cover image: Goats at Play by Opportunities for Multiple Sites 58 artist Matt Babcock Photo: Amy Westover Appendices 70

2 3 McCall Urban Redevelopment Agency Mission Since 2005, the McCall Redevelopment Agency (MRA), has focused on creating a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented mixed-use center and a public waterfront in Downtown McCall. MRA improvements include the reconstruction of Introduction Legacy Park, pedestrian and bike infrastructure, paved parking, landscaping, public art, stormwater improvements, and lighting. MRA and the City have The McCall Urban Renewal District Arts Plan is a partnered and invested in the Project Area and guiding document with the primary purpose of Urban Renewal District (URD). MRA is governed providing a framework for the creation of public by a seven-member Board of Commissioners artworks within the Urban Renewal District. including two positions held by McCall City Council Through a deliberate effort to research the members. The Mayor appoints the Agency Board historical significance of the area and through subject to the advice and consent of the City the gathering of community input, a decided set of goals materialized that resulted in the outline of a prioritized list of public art sites and Urban Renewal District Location opportunities. The current McCall Urban Renewal District Although the current Urban Renewal District was established in 1990 and encompasses budget will end following this project’s approximately 90 acres in the eastern portion of completion in 2021, the City and The McCall McCall’s downtown. It extends along the east shore Redevelopment Agency can continue to use of Payette Lake and north along Davis Avenue to this plan for the inclusion of public art into Lick Creek Road. capital improvement projects for the continued betterment of the district and for the enjoyment of the community. This plan and subsequent public art commissions will help to memorialize URD boundry shaded in pink the investments made in the area well into the Mapping provided by McCall’s GIS future. map Department

4 5 PUBLIC ART Planning Process

The creation of this plan unfolded over the course • Interviewing key stakeholders including members of six months and happened simultaneously with the of the Public Art Advisory Committee, owners of development of the city wide McCall Public Art Master businesses within the URD and city staff from the Plan by Cultural Planner, Bill Flood. The URD Arts Plan Parks and Recreation Department, the McCall Library and the Public Works Department. is meant to be a detailed insert in the city-wide plan. • Engaging with the City of McCall Historic Both documents benefited from shared research Preservation Commission and with volunteer staff and community engagement efforts although each from the Central Idaho Historical Museum. pursued individualized approaches based on the • Attending URD Design Team virtual meetings and purpose of the documents. MURA board meetings.

In order to gain as much insight into the Urban For a detailed list of meetings, design charrettes, Results of sites selected by the public Green dots mark sites selected by the author in the URD Renewal District public art opportunities as possible, community outreach, and research actions, please the planning process for this plan included several see the Appendix A at the end of this document. Site Selection Survey Results research tasks: During the joint planning process, the City of McCall Along with studying publicly-nominated sites, it was a • Reviewing past public art projects within the The culmination of information from research and stakeholder input directly impacted the public art launched the “mccALL 4 ART” website, an effort to priority in the planning process to also independently URD and learning of current and future Capital imagine and plan the future of the community’s public select locations based on research, interviews, historical Improvement Projects. goals and site and opportunities sections of this public art plan. The generosity of time and effort by art collection by allowing visitors to nominate sites for significance, and those that may be time sensitive for public art. Using an interactive GIS mapping platform, the capital improvement projects. many individuals and organizations helped make the public was asked to drop a pin on the map to select sites planning process a fruitful journey. and also provide written insight for selections. Led by cultural consultant Bill Flood, mccALL 4 ART resulted in the nomination of 140 sites in which 33 reside within the Urban Renewal District.

6 7 PUBLIC ART PLANNING PROCESS Key Findings

The five Key Findings listed The URD is home to buildings Many public access points for The majority of McCall’s public Within the URD, several public Current cultural offerings and are a reduction of information and sites of deep historical recreating on Payette Lake are art collection resides within the amenity proposals are underway future developments positions gathered from stakeholder significance, connecting located within the URD. URD. that may materialize in the near the URD to be a designated Arts interviews and community community to the roots of McCall. future. and Culture District of McCall. input when the question was asked, • All of McCall’s past lumber mills • Legacy Park • “Mountain Goats at Play,” the •The McCall Public Boat House “What makes the Urban were located in this district. red metal sculpture near Alpine • The iconic and longstanding, Renewal area of McCall • Brown Park Playhouse • Wrap-around dock between Alpine Playhouse unique and how can that • Forestry and logging were Marina and swim lanes be celebrated?” pricipal industries largely • Boat launch at the Marina •”Taking Flight,” the blue metal • The courtyard between Hotel responsible for the founding of sculpture near Railroad Ave. • The Ponderosa Performing Arts McCall and the Depot as well as Note: For brevity, the McCall as a township. • Davis Beach Center the buildings themselves acronym, URD, will be used from here forward in the • Railroad Avenue Murals: a document in place of the full • The founding fathers of McCall • Entry point for Ponderosa rotating exhibit of highschool • Roosevelt pocket park • The Ponderosa Performing Arts spelling. lived and worked in this area in State Park which has several artists’ paintings Center the early years. more ways the public can access the lake. • Two smaller scale metal • The plethora of parks and public • Hotel McCall sculptures on pedastals plazas are prime for outdoor art that remain from the retired and culture events. • The Train Depot building “Sculpture Walk” program • Opportunity to name the URD: • Alpine Theatre building • Centennial Plaza Mosaic naming creates community solidarity of the area and helps • Snowy Peaks building • “Cairns,” one of five trail markers with wayfinding. near the entrance to Brown Park

8 9 The Human Sundial is an excellent example GOALS AND of an integrated OUTCOMES and interactive plaza.

The City of McCall has made As part of the public outreach tremendous efforts to engage and research for the URD, the public to take part in an effort was made to the process of public art. independently seek stakeholder Surveys, interactive outreach, input about what was important Human Sundial in Legacy Park community charretes, and to focus on within the district. Photos: Amy Westover virtual meetings have all been The six goals that follow were Goal 1 utilized by commissioned formed from independant and artists, planners, and city staff shared community outreach. Enhance the experience A significant amount of public access points to the lake for the purpose of discovering Similar goals will also be found of McCall’s unique natural and parks are located within the URD. Integrating art into what the community values in the city-wide Public Art environment through public the built environment is a valuable solution for enhancing when showcasing public art. Master Plan. art without detracting from public art experiences without obstructing views or These efforts have materialized the beauty or inhibiting taking up limited public space. Integrated art is planned in a comprehensive set of views. and executed in conjunction with a larger capital project. goals. Art can be integrated into architecture, landscape design, streetscape, or infrastructure projects and offers an element of surprise to the encounter.

Action: Contract with artists as early as possible in the planning and engineering phase of a project.

10 11 City of McCall Historic Preservation Plan

(established in 1995)

“The city is home to a variety of historic resources - log structures, wood and brick storefronts, gracious homes, and mid-century architecture-all with Brown Tie and Lumber Mill, c. 1965 Photo: Unknown Goal 2 different landscapes that maintain a record of McCall’s growth. Faced Celebrate the rich historical History is a collection of community stories and significance of sites within the artists of all genres can bring those shared stories to with the loss and alteration of historic URD. life. buildings, the city established a McCall Action: Identify key sites that have historical significance and commission artists that have a Historic Preservation Commission to sensibility for portraying historical information or figures through art. help preserve the community’s cultural

Action: Work with the McCall Historic Preservation assets.” Commission to help prioritize sites and create-site- specific opportunities. Encourage commissioned artists to also engage the Historic Preservation Snowy Peak Residence, Alpine Playhouse Commission. Photos: Amy Westover

12 13 Goal 3

Expand upon and forge new There are two exisitng programs for temporary and rotating temporary and rotating public art exhibits, public art opportunities both feature the talent of local high school within the URD. students: paintings on Railroad Avenue and vinyl window applications for bus shelters. These are excellent examples of a successful partnership between the City’s public art program and the high school and elementary school art departments.

However, additional opportunities exist for temporary art that can keep things fresh and exciting. Temporary art is also an excellent platform for expressing local issues, challenges, or celebrations.

Action: Partner with a local organization such as the McCall Arts and Humanities Council or the local artists guild on one temporary/rotating art opportunity or location that they help solicit artists and manage the program.

“Welcome to McCall” by Faith Jennings and Paige Robnett, 2018 McCall Donnelly High School Art Program

Photos: Amy Westover

14 15 Goal 4

Focus on purposeful space- Within the URD there are a plethora of existing sites making and community that can be used for performing art events. Within partnerships for outdoor Legacy Park there are three: the upper plaza, the art events and gatherings. lower sundial plaza, and the rock amphitheatre Include opportunities for art located on the grassy hillside above the sundial. genres beyond visual art such Brown Park is another location with excellent space as music, dance, theatre, and for events. The natural slope of the park terrain literary arts. allows audiences to face the lake. The proposed platforms, part of the Brown Park Improvement CONCEPTUAL PLATFORMSInput from community 0 30 60 project, will overhang the lake, have integrated consistently showed the power sources, and are designed to accommodate musicians and bands. desire for more outdoor arts and culture events. Action: Solidify cross-cultural partnerships. Existing and future public Traditionally, community non-profit organizations spaces should be put to use have initiated music or performance events in more frequently. Clockwise McCall. It is highly recommended to form strategic from upper left partnerships between the City of McCall and community organizations such as the McCall Human Sundial Arts and Humanities Council, the McCall Folklore Plaza at Legacy Park Society, the McCall Music Society, and local theatre and dance troupes. The City has resources that can Shoreline and platform drawing from Baer work in tandem with non-profits to best organize, Design Group promote and fund art and cultural events. Sloped terrain at Brown Park

Stone ampitheatre at Legacy Park

Upper plaza at Legacy Park

Photos: Amy Westover 16 17 Goal 5

Seize opportunities to create Street furniture such as benches, bike racks, trash cans, recycling stations, artist-designed, functional utility covers, and stormwater grates can be seen as opportunities to items that are already engage artists in creating work that also serves a practical purpose. When necessary in the public realm. public spaces are created funds are already designated for functional Additional Goals Identified by items and those funds can be reallocated into the artist contract to Public and Stakeholders maximize opportunities to create art. Create Interactive Art Action: Identify upcoming projects in which street furnishings will be • Especially for engaging kids needed and commission one-of-a-kind functional art. A recent example • Artwork that is interactive with is artists Jamie and Erica Laidlaw’s commission of an art bench on 2nd wind, solar and weather Street. The examples below, although nice, are not artist designed. Art creates a unique, hand-crafted, meaningful experience. Continue to Honor Long-Standing Traditions • Winter Carnival • Barrel raffle for spring ice-break up • Sharleie, the lake monster myth

Mindful Art Placement • Art in areas used more frequently Winter Carnival snow sculpture built by Payette Lakes Ski Patrol at the top of Brundage Mountain by locals, not just placed for tourists • Art on bike paths and at schools

Street furniture at Legacy Park Photos: Amy Westover 18 19 PUBLIC ART Sites and Opportunities OPPORTUNITY QUICK LIST

Near Hotel McCall: Roosevelt Pocket Park: The URD has undergone impressive changes since the area was designated • Corner of E. Lake Street and 3rd Street • Free-standing vertical sculpture a redevelopment district in the 1990s. The completion of several large capital Legacy Park: Railroad Avenue Pedestrian Path: improvement projects such as the Lake Street improvements, Legacy Park, • Stairs • Sculpture pedestal walk “Public art the public parking lot, and Centennial Plaza have had a tremendous positive • Restroom awnings • Intake station: drinking water spout Corner of Railroad Ave and 3rd Street: should capture impact for the community and visitors to McCall. At the time of writing this • Temporary sand art installations • Centennial Plaza: long-term strategy the spirit of plan, five more significant public projects were in the design stage or underway - Legacy Park Intake Station Building, Brown Park Improvements, Shoreline Near Marina: End of district towards Ponderosa State Park: • Dog park / beach • Davis Beach parking lot McCall.” Restoration Improvements, E. Lake Street Improvements, and E. Lake Street • Future public dock: wind activated art Water Improvements. Additionally, several private development projects • Swim areas and swim lanes: buoy art, dock mounted art Opportunities for Multiple Sites: Susan Farber were in progress - the renovation of the Snowy Peaks Residence and the • Empty lot: future Community Boat House site • Railings Public Art Advisory Committee • Street furniture conceptualization of Poderosa Performing Arts Center. Boat Parking Lot: • Public docks: dock entrance sculptures, sculptural • Entrance sculpture: reclaimed boat cleats, enscribed dock planks In this section, art opportunities and sites are identified in areas of the URD that • Utility cover: near public restroom • Lamp post banners / markers have already undergone improvements. Recommendations for these areas • Bus stop shelters: Alpine Market and Gravity Sports Brown Park: • URD artist in residence include opportunities to integrate public art as existing infrastructure requires • Sculptural welcome kiosk / signage updating and/or replacement. New opportunities to include public art are also • Restroom building restoration: siding plentiful as the area continues to experience development. Time sensitive • Shoreline “art rocks” projects will be called out in each opportunity in an effort to capitalize on the ability to integrate artists into the design process.

20 21 Corner of 3rd and E. Lake St.

Site: Corner in front of Hotel McCall (This location was one of the most selected sites on the public GIS interactive map.)

Themes: Low-profile art, integrated Les Voyageurs, 2013 The Mambo, 1982 Pine Cone Bollards, 1998 or embedded artwork into hardscape, Bruno Catalano Jack Mackie Cath Keay historic corner, old town, village life, Marseilles, France Seattle, WA. Gasglow, UK intersections, crossroads, Main Street culture Bruno’s sculptures delve into Eight dances are scattered A series of bronze pine cone themes of travel and migration throughout Seattle encouraging sculptures act as bollards at an Goals: Integrated, space-making, while exploring ideas of home, pople to interact with the artwork intersection on McNeil Street. interactive, functional items, celebrate belonging, and loss. The figure embedded in the sidewalk and history, celebrate natural environment Corner of 3rd Street and E. Lake Street. carries a single suitcase, weighing perhaps learn a new dance. The corner is a good location for Photo: Google maps him down, but also serving as the a series of low-profile sculptures Timeline: Anytime, consider only means of structural support to This is a good location for that could help define the space integrated public art when sidewalk the artwork. integrated artwork either from the streets, making the needs repaired embedded into the sidewalk setting feel more intimate and Beautiful views of the lake can be plaza or incorporated as street protected. Consider public art as Budget: $20,000-$100,000 seen from this corner and careful furnishings or landscape retaining functional items such as bollards consideration should be given to walls. Consider this location or seating. how artwork can interact with the as a potential public/private landscape without distracting partnership opportunity. from it.

22 23 Legacy Park Stairway

Site: Stairway from upper plaza off Main Street leading to lower level near restrooms

Themes: Elevation, mapping, geology, lake depths, site-specific imagery, utilize the vertical incremental steps to portray data-related information

Goals: This opportunity meets the goal of creating Athens Avalon Greenspace, 2010 Koi Stair, 2015 Green Stair integrated artwork into the built environment, San Fransisco, CA Artist: unknown Artist: unknown allowing unobstructed views of the lake and Ihwa Mural Village, Seoul, Korea Orange County, CA natural world. A neighborhood association created a terraced garden and artistic, tiled Koi Stair was part of an initiative to This example shows a creative Timeline: Repairs are scheduled for 2024. stairway in an area that was once an integrate art into every aspect of the way to weave literary arts into the eyesore. small village, which then became an public art realm. Budget: $2,000-$4,000 for painted stairs acclaimed tourist destination. $30,000 - $40,000 for metal risers with bullnose, For the Legacy Park stairway, consider Consider a metal artist teaming designed for anti-slip and anti-erosion. commissioning a metal artist to The Legacy Park stairs could be used with a poet or writer to create design and fabricate a series of riser as a surface for temporary murals a permanent installation. Metal inlays that also incorporate a bullnose that could change every few years, inlay words could also be part of to protect the edge of the stair treads. showcasing the talents of local and a more integrated effort to repair regional artists. the stairway at Legacy Park with metal risers and a bullnose cap Legacy Park stairway when the concrete is replaced. Photo: Amy Westover

24 25 Legacy Park Restroom Awnings

Site: Awning panels above restroom entry

Themes: Canopy, sky, weather, light, shadow, color

Goals: Integrated, functional, temporary/rotating, celebrate natural environment

Timeline: Consider art integration when panels need replacing or Goose Hollow Transit Shelter, 1998 Trigger Picasso Energy, 2012 apply vinyl for a temporary public art Westside Design Team Carol Bennett experience. Portland, OR Hawaii State Art Museum

Budget: Legacy Park restrooms Images of goose wings are etched The canopy provides shade and throws colorful $1,000-$2,000 for temporary vinyl Photo: Amy Westover onto the glass canopy, casting patterns upon the ground. Solar cells collect $30,000 - $40,000 for treated acrylic shadows on the ground. energy that assists in powering flood lights that or glass illuminate the artwork by night. The Legacy Park restroom awnings could have an enhanced entrace with This example shows a permanent artwork, artwork on the panel inserts. When however, a temporary vinyl application could the time comes, consider replacing also be used on the underside of the Legacy with artwork etched in glass or Park restroom awning. Similar to the bus shelter routered in acrylic for a permanent rotating art program, the awnings could be public art piece. another way to showcase local artists, high school students, or engage literary artists.

26 27 Intake Station Waterspout

Site: Exterior of building, small adjacent plaza

Themes: Water as precious resource, environmental stewardship, ode to Sharlie, pristine mountains, watershed, Rendering of the Intake Station remodel village life https://www.bennettarchitect.com

Goals: Artist-designed functional Unknown artist Cheyenne Spring Unknown artist item, space-making, celebrate Unknown location Manitou Springs, CO Unknown location water It may not be ideal to have the intake station in the center of a public This free-standing fountain is One of eight public fountains This sculpture exhibits a quality Timeline: The building is under park, but can also be seen as an opportunity to celebrate the city’s made from rough carved stone on the self-guided walking tour of reverence and beauty that construction as of November drinking water resource. Clean, fresh drinking water should never be and a cast bronze spout sculpted of the town. The natural mineral permeates the water flowing from 2020. Plumbing and water access taken for granted. Visitors and much of the community do not know by an artist. water of Manitou Springs are each it. should happen as quickly as what this building is or why it is there. By creating a village spout for celebrated with artistic fountains possible. filling water bottles, allowing dogs a drink and offering a moment of The simple yet effective design and sculptures. This fountain is built on the side of contemplation about the preciousness of water, the intake station is is an example of an inexpensive a building. For McCall, a fountain Budget: $2,000 - $15,000 celebrated for it’s location in the heart of a public space. way to have a hand-made work of A free-standing sculptural could be installed on the side of art that is functional and provides fountain within an integrated the intake station minimizing the a service to the public at Legacy plaza could make a good addition need for additional plumbing and Park. to Legacy Park. draining infrastructure.

28 29 Sand Art Installations

Site: Legacy Park Beach

Themes: Any theme, have artists apply with a concept, if it’s a festival then consider a new theme each year

Goals: Interactive, engagement for kids and families, celebrate the natural environment, public space- making, temporary/rotating

Timeline: Each summer Point Defiance Zoo, 2019 Calvin Seibert Texas Sandfest Budget: $1,500 - $10,000 per Sue Mcgrew Architectural Sand Art Artist Port Aransas, TX sculpture, if a festival, consider a Tacoma, WA stipend for professional artists and Seibert is a professional sculptor Texas SandFest is the largest also have prize money for the winner Sue and her team shovels 100 who relishes the challenge of native-sand sculpture competition tons of specially-sourced sand building temporary sand structures in the USA. What began as a Legacy Park Beach Photo: Amy Westover into wood forms before sculpting inspired by brutalist architecture small local competition in 1997 begins. When they’re done (a big and aspects of modernism. His has grown into an internationally To begin, commission one or two artists to create professional sand sculptures over sculpture can take weeks) they sand sculptures only last until the recognized three-day family the course of three-four days having them complete on a Friday. Overnight security preserve the sand with a special sea and natural forces recalim the event that draws renowned sand may have to be hired for the weekend (or longer if desired), then allow the sculptures glue that holds up even in the rain. sand back into the beach. sculptors and tens of thousands to naturally return to the beach. Other considerations: engage youth as assistants to This work lasted all summer in of visitors from around the world the artists, have businesses sponsor an artist. Sand sculptures can also last longer and front of the zoo and aquarium. each year to Port Aransas. be sited in other locations throughout town.

30 31 Dog Park Beach

Site: Existing dog beach between Marina and Brown Park

Themes: Dogs, bones, sticks, balls, playful, whimsical, positive reinforcment of cleanup, creative dispensers for signage, poo bags and disposal

Goals: Sculptural, space-making, functional items, interactive

Timeline: In conjuction with E. Lake Street improvements in 2021 Petaluma Friends, 2015 Unknown Artist Bone Dale Rogers Unknown Location Nic Noblique Budget: $3,000-$5,000 Petaluma, CA Addison, TX Although a watering station is not Dog-friendly beach near Marina A clear, animal-friendly marker in needed at the McCall dog beach, The polished aluminum dog bone Photo: Amy Westover front of Adobe Animal Hospital, the bag dispenser and waste marks the entrance to a dog park the three-tiered sculpture captures collection could be seen as a while also serving as a bench. the spirit of the facility. public art opportunity.

Consider a sculputral approach to dispensing bags and marking the dog-friendly beach.

32 33 Future Public Dock Wind Activated Artwork

Site: At end of dock, or dependent on dock design

Themes: Wind, weather, sun, environmental data, elevation, topography, waves, water currents, patterns found in water and wind

Goals: Weather interactive, natural environment, space-making, character of McCall, artist on design team, single or series of sculptures Breathe, 2010 Chief, 2005 The Messengers, 2013 Timeline: Align with timeline for dock Edwin Cheong Troy Pillow David B. Hickman construction Marina Bay, Singapore Seattle, WA Texas Tech University

Budget: $40,000 - $120,000 This kinetic sculpture “My pieces create a union of ease The five-element kinetic commemorates the first Youth between modern design and sculpture installed outside the Olympic Games. The total nature, blending fluidly with their communications building features number of leaves on the tree environment and elements. The five carrier pigeons representing counts the number of nations feeling is heightened by kinetic communication through the use in the world. Harnessed wind factors that accentuate the shared of the five senses. The pigeons creates movement and splendor effects of the environment.” - Troy rotate with the wind carrying Aerial view of Mile High Marina and reminding us that when nature Pillow messages and communication in current log-constructed wave barrier is left to itself, the balance is the each direction. beauty. Photo: Google Maps

34 35 Public Swim Areas and Swim Lanes

Site: Legacy Park swim area, Davis Beach swim area, existing swim lanes and swim docks near Brown Park, on or near buoy/ swim boundry lines or no-wake zones

Themes: Water, birds, fish, natural environment and stewardship, swimming, Miraestels (Stargazers), 2011 7 Buoy Totems, 2000 Spectrum, 2019 boating, lake life, underwater world Robert Llimos John Dahlsen STEAM Public Art Club Barcelona, Spain Australia Reston, VA Goals: Natural environment, functional items, interactive, Two pristine white figures float Contemporary environmental art A spillway on Lake Thoreau has Swim lanes at Rotary Park silently in the waters of Barcelona sculptures made wtih buoys and been an eyesore until a group of Timeline: Anytime for existing swim Photo: Amy Westover Harbor, looking upwards at trash from Australian beaches. high school students and thier infrastructure, future docks or no-wake the night sky as a symbolic teachers took it over as a platform zone buoy needs representation of humanity. Sculptures made from reclaimed for temporary public art sculptures. or upcycled materials may be Budget: $3,000 for small or reclaimed Sculptural buoys could be an considered for a temporary or Docks can be thought of as works, $50,000 for sculpted permanent option for marking swim areas or semi-permanent installation. floating art pedastals. Public art buoy or floating sculptures no wake zones. The unexpected Consider placing on swim dock or in or on the lake was a popular placement of public art would be future docks. selection as a public art site in the a welcome surprise. McCall interactive GIS mapping tool.

36 37 Empty Lot Future Community Boat House

Site: City-owned lot between E. Lake Street and Mill Road

Themes: Forest, logging, environmental issues, ecology, climate change, mining, land trusts and conservation, urban development, future use of the site

Goals: Sculptural, temporary/rotating, celebrate the natural environment, express local issues/concerns, space making Wood Spiral, 2014 Rings, 2013 Andy Goldsworthy Ken Woodhead Kirsten Furlong Location unknown Timeline: Can begin anytime, Woodstock, VT Boise WaterShed Center commissioned work could correlate with other arts festivals and/or Winter Carnival A land-based art installation on a private “Rings is a temporary artwork Andy Goldsworthy is a world residence. The sculpture has an internal inspired in part by the W.S. Merwin renowned land-based artist Budget: $1,500 - $10,000 per installation framework to hold the taller parts of the prose poem Unchopping a Tree. creating temporary and ephemeral sculpture. In the writing, the author gives works of art from natural materials. instructions for putting back From winter heat to the logging industry, together a tree that has been cut Consider commissioning artists wood reflects McCall’s history in a variety of down, an impossible task. The for temporary works made from ways and is an important material for creating written description becomes a found natural materials. The artists temporary artworks that reflect the natural metaphor for human intervention would be paid a stipend to create Aerial view of city-owned lot environment. into the landscape, the ecology of the work and to dismantle when Photo: Google Maps natural systems, and our impact the time is right. Create art in all on the natural world.”- K. Furlong seasons.

38 39 Boat Parking Lot Sculpture

Site: Entrance to boat parking and public parking lot on Mill Road

Themes: Boats, canoes, water craft of all sorts, recycled materials, re-purposed boats or boat parts, restoration of historic boat

Goals: Celebrate history, local culture, lake life, good location for vertical/freestanding sculpture Pompei’s Boat, 2010 Boat As Art, 1970 Watershed,, 2017 Julie Squires Larry Brown Collin Zipp Timeline: Align with Parks and Rec Melbourne, Australia Sarasota, FL Winnipeg, Canada timeframe for landscaping the site A triangular area of landscaping at the entrance to the boat The artist spent considerable time The artist and architect “Inspiration for Zipp’s piece came Budget: $30,000 - $80,000 parking and public parking lot off Mill Road with world-renowned wooden Larry Brown is known for from the devastating 1950 Red Photo: Amy Westover boat builders Joe and the late deconstructing old boats and River flood when the Winnipeg Jack Pompei, researching their turning them into vessel-related street junction was underwater An old boat resides at the Idaho Central Historical Museum that is belived to be skills that became synonymous sculptures. The 12-ft 6-in tall and canoes were used to transport one of the custom-made boats used in the film “The Northwest Passage.” The with quality craftsmanship. The abstract sculpture above is people and supplies.”. “...the idea boat looks to be modified, with metal cladding on the hull, and is belived to have subsequent installation is now an assembled from a Rhodes 19 of using canoes as a source been used by the lumber mill to move logs in the water. Commissioning an artist to iconic landmark at the gateway to sailboat. material was a tribute to the modify or restore the boat could be a wonderful opportunity to give new life to an the bayside suburbs of Melbourne. resilience that the people of St. Vital showed...(during the flood.)” artifact with an interesting story while celebrating it’s historical significance. -Colin Zipp

40 41 Utility Cover Art

Site: Water utility cover in front of public parking restrooms and throughout the URD

Themes: Water and lake, depict flora and fauna of region, whimsical themes, beach life, van life, boat life

Goals: Integrated, functional items, Timber Wolf, 1992 City Light, City Bright, 2001 Grill Out, 1982 celebrate history or character of McCall Kate Burke Nancy Blum David Atkinson Minneapolis, MN Seattle, WA Minneapolis, MN Timeline: Anytime, identify when new utility covers are needed and be ready with artists’ One of six utility covers that This 42 inch diameter cover is The City of Minneapolis designs commemorate the state of placed in 50 locations around commissioned 11 artists in 1983 Minnesota icons. Included are the heavily trafficked parts of Seattle. to design manhole covers. Budget: $2,000-$3,000 for a mold to be the state flower, fish, tree, bird, Cast in iron, the flowers graphically The styles are as varied as the made, artist design fee $1,500, consider grain, fruit, the walleye, Norway represent the city and the artists themselves. The city casting more than one for each design Pine, the loon, wild rice, Haralson background depicts an electric has continued to commission Image: apples, the timber wolf, and the pattern symbolic of the power artists for these infrastructure Note: Storm water grates and utility boxes Photo: northern pike. It is intended that utility network. neccassities. are other opportunities for artist-integrated there be discoveries within the designs designs giving added interest over time.

Utility cover near public restroom Photo: Amy Westover

42 43 Brown Park Welcome Kiosk

Site: Entrance to Brown Park where path splits

Themes: Mill history, Brown family history, timber, forestry, tree species, growth, change, transformation

Goals: Celebrate history, integrated art, functional items, space-making, natural LMC Arboretum Signage, 2014 Spirit Cottage Sign, 2014 environment Stephanie Inman Wood Anchor Boise, ID Winnipeg, Canada Timeline: Summer/Fall 2021 to align with re-design of park, or add signage/ The artist worked with Boise Forestry, Boise Parks and Wood Anchor is a full service sign shop with artistic kiosk later Brown Park entrance Recreation, and Janelle Wise (grand niece to Laura Moore design sensibilities. Althought this image is not “public Photo: Amy Westover Cunningham) to design an elegant and beautiful way art,” it is included here as an example for using timber as Budget: $15,000-$30,000 to mark the Laura Moore Cunningham Arboretum near an art or signage material. Municipal Park in Boise. Two matching “tree-inspired” signs bookend the arboretum. Also consider creating a multi-panel or multi-sided sculptural kisok with interpretive panels and historic Sculptural signs are a good way to merge a functional item photographs commemorating the history of the mill. with sculpture to create a one-of-a-kind public art marker. The historical significance of Brown Park should also be taken into consideration in the design.

44 45 Brown Park Restroom

Site: Public restroom at Brown Park

Themes: History of mill, lumber, wood industry, craftsmanship, Scandanavian heritage of McCall, patterns found in nature

Goals: Architecturally integrated, Garden Shed, 2014 Geometric shingle siding Color Shingles House, 2020 celebrate history, natural Lou Conover Artist Unknown Elisabet Krisna and Ray Cheung environment Massachusetts Scandinavia Melbourne, Australia

Timeline: Coordinate with building “The branching structure of the design Simple geometric patterning Architectural firm Krisna-Cheung restoration creates columns of leaves such that can have a big impact. Consider designed a new studio garage Restroom at Brown Park the number of leaves in successive commissioning an artist for the featuring a pastel-colored shingles Budget: $5,000-$40,000 Photo: Amy Westover columns is the famous Fibonacci design and subcontracting with façade that creates a playful Sequence. The number of lobes in a team of professional roofers or polychromic sequence of gradient each leaf represents the number siding specialists that have an artistic colors as finished siding. of prime factors of the number sensitivity. represented by that leaf.” -Lou Conover For McCall, consider a variation in wood colors or wood species for a This artist creates one-of-a-kind more natural feel that works with the artworks from cedar shingles, often site and character of the town. from mathematic and nature based concepts. These themes would work well in McCall. 46 47 Shoreline “Art Rocks”

Site: Along lake shoreline in Brown Park

Themes: Fishing, underwater world, time, natural history, lake-specific themes, geology, minerals, music, lyrics, rock and roll Etched Boulders, 1998 The Listening Stones, 2004 Goals: Integrated, natural environment, Hillsboro Design Team Gordon Young interactive, space-making, celebrate history Transit stop, Hillsboro, OR Hester’s Way Park, Cheltenham, England

Timeline: The shoreline restoration project Inspired by the rapidly-changing In December 2004, nine granite boulders began in late 2020 - consider adding rocks landscape and nearby scientific were installed in the park at Hester’s Way. at time of sidewalk developement or art research institutions, Hillsboro These had been designed to capture rocks can be added anytime and existing design team artists created a place the theme of communication and were boulders in the shoreline could be modified where art, science, and nature covered with images derived from cyphers on site intersect. and encrypted messages.

Budget: $10,000-$20,000 For the Brown Park shoreline Lettering can also be considered for consider the recreational use of etched boulders along the shoreline. The the boulders as inspiration for “art rocks” theme could be a unique way Brown Park Shoreline etched images; fish species or to bring the genre of music into public art. Photo: Amy Westover fish measuring for example. Also The future lake platforms in this area may Rendering by Baer Group consider high and low water marks. also be used for musical events.

48 49 Roosevelt Pocket Park

Site: Corner of Roosevelt and Wooley

Themes: Vertical statement sculpture, snow accumulation, totems, series of sculptures, playful, interactive, shade Seven Magic Mountains, 2016 Gateway Sculpture at Pembroke Pines, 2017 making, sitting and gathering areas Ugo Rondinone Brooks + Scarpa Las Vegas, NV Pembroke Pines, FL Goals: Natural environment, space- making, interactive, functional items A creative expression of human presence in the desert, The stainless steel base leads up to the Seven Magic Mountains punctuates the Mojave with a canopy of the sculpture, which is made with Timeline: Development of the pocket poetic burst of form and color. perforated plates that appear to spin in the park may happen in 2021, include continuous breeze of South Florida. The artist in early stages to help refine the Corner of Roosevelt and Wooley Ave. The corner of Roosevelt and Wooley is a good location sculpture also provides a shaded area for space to best work with a public art Photo: Amy Westover for a vertical, free-standing sculpture because it is not seating. piece impeding any lake views. The corner is used for snow piles in the winter and certain sculptures could withstand The Roosevelt pocket park is a good location Budget: $20,000-$75,000 a snow pile or could even be designed to intreact for a series of sculptures that could help conceptually with snow around it. define the space from the streets. Also consider a shade-making sculpture.

50 51 Pedestrian Sculpture Walk

Site: Railroad Avenue pedestrian walkway and bike path

Themes: Any theme can be explored. Create a program for rotating sculptural works along the pathway. Consider sculptures staying for several years and being offered for sale. A body of work by one artist or works by various artists could be explored. Allow a stipend for artists to When justice and mercy prevail, Circular Journey, 2014 Dependent Arising: Owl and Lemming, install and to create thier own pedestals. children may safely play Mark Herrington 2020 Kirk Newman Falmouth, Maine Terresa White Goals: Temporary/rotating, natural Frederik Meijer Gardens and Lake Oswego, OR environment, space-making, celebrate Sculpture Park history Grand Rapids, MI “Growing up in Maine as an “I am Yup’ik Eskimo and French Canadian. outdoorsman, I found myself (My family came from) what is today Timeline: A sculpture walk could be added Bronze sculptures of Kalamazoo being inspired by the glacial the Alaskan village of Bethel. My work anytime, consider adding to it over time as children commemorate the United erratics that are ubiquitous in the is contemporary, exploring traditional funds allow States bicentennial in 1976. trout streams and ponds of our themes and their interplay, confluence state.” -Mark Herrington and divergence, with my urban life in Budget: $2,000-$3,000 per pedastal Consider a series of pedastals Oregon. My artistic process continues $2,000-$10,000 artist stipend arranged in a linear fashion or The use of granite boulders as to be healing medicine for my family in a group. A bump-out plaza a base or pedastal material is and myself, transforming some of the could be envisioned as part of the a good fit for the character of suffering and confusion of displacement Pedestrian Path along Railroad Ave. pedestrian pathway “art walk.” McCall. into connection and opportunity.” Photo: Amy Westover -Terresa White 52 53 Strategy 1: Consider re- The building of Centennial designing the space with Plaza was a commendable and a single, feature artwork. ambitious community project This location is ideal for a in which a diverse group of free-standing large-scale stakeholders came together sculpture. The corner is not to realize a vision: create a an ideal spot to sit but better space to honor the City’s 100th as a pass-through plaza. Have birthday. artwork function for both day Centennial Plaza Long-term and night viewing as well as The plaza includes: pedestrian and vehicular views. Strategy • steel architectural features Commemorate the centennial that cantilever overhead and donors directly cut into or • a sculptural steel interpretive onto the sculpture itself. Site: On the corner of Railroad Avenue and sign in the shape of 100 the 3rd Street • a naming monument for the Rippling Waters by RDG Art Studio, 2018, San Antonio, TX plaza and donor recognition Themes: McCall’s centennial, welcoming plaques and resilient community, values of the • a meandering low-profile Strategy 2: Consdier re- community, seasons, unique mountain rock wall, presumably for designing the plaza as a location sitting green-space with a focus on • rock and mosaic artwork creative hardsacpe as a way to Goals: Space making, integrated, celebrate incorporated into the wall commemorate the centennial, history, create a more user-friendly and low • inscribed pavers recognize donors, and create maintenance space • a metal table with fixed a refreshing pass-through stools space. Subtle landscape Timeline: Rethink the design of the plaza • large planters lighting on trees or plants can as certain features can no longer be create a natural yet urban maintained, such as the mosaic The plaza has a small footprint feel that focuses on nature and the amount of differing while historical information is Budget: $75,000-$200,000 items overwhelms the space. embedded in the plaza itself. The corner is at a busy and loud street intersection that does not invite people to sit or linger too Centennial Plaza long. Photo: Amy Westover Levinson Plaza by Mikyoung Kim, 2008, Boston MA

54 55 Davis Beach Parking

Site: Corner of Davis and Lick Creek Road, currently an unimproved parking area

Themes: Indigenous cultures, Ponderorsa trees, Ponderosa State Park, bark sap collecting, tree species, textures and Always Becoming, 2007 Kindered Spirits, 2015 patterns found in nature Nora Naranjo-Morse Alex Pentek National Native American Veterans County Cork, Ireland Goals: A good location for vertical, Memorial, Washington D.C. freestanding sculpture, celebrate history, natural environment, space-making, site- “Native culture and the environment served Kindred Spirits commemorates the 1847 specific concepts as the inspiration… The sculptures’ metaphor donation by the Native American Choctaw Public parking area, corner of Davis and Lick Creek of community, home and family not only people to Irish famine relief during the Great Timeline: Coordinate with parking lot Photo: Amy Westover conveys a universal theme to all peoples, Hunger, despite the Choctaw themselves improvement schedule but also enhances visitors’ experiences..” living in hardship and poverty and having -Nora Naranjo Morse recently endured the Trail of Tears. Budget: $30,000-$100,000 The empty Davis Beach parking lot could Like the example above, consider a well- serve as a location for temporary sculptures researched public art sculpture for this until improvements begin. When it comes McCall location that commemorates either time to design the parking lot, consider a an entire tribe of native peoples or a single permanent public artwork inspired by, or act of kindness or act of courage. created by, local indigenous cultures and people.

56 57 Sight and Sound, 2002 Railings and fences can also Raymond Persinger be seen as an opportunity to Laguna Beach, CA pair art and text. Poetry can deeply move people when The metal, wood, and encountered in unexpected stained-glass railing is places. Consider this especially stunning at technique when the site is sunset. The art and poem primarily one sided. remind one to be present Railings, Fences, Barriers and appreciate every fleeting and fragile moment.

Sites: Legacy Park upper plaza, Legacy Park stairway, Railroad Avenue pedestrian path, School of Fish, 2009 There are several areas improvements between Marina and dog Eric Powell in the URD with existing park beach, Brown Park lake platforms, any Stockton, CA railings. When the time addition of stairs comes to replace or These playful railings repair, consider it an artist Themes: Patterns found in nature, poetry, enliven the waterfront opportunity. Engage artists abstract interpretations, light and shadow, environment of the Marina in site-specific concepts site-specific concepts promenade in downtown and imagery that will create Stockton. meaningful and memorable Goals: Functional items, interactive, public experiences. integrated, natural environment, space making, celebrate history “Waves of Payette Lake” Flotilla, 2015 Water, lake, and river Timeline: Replace exisiting infrastructure by Susan Bond , 2016 Eric Powell references are plentiful as needed, in conjunction with new San Francisco, CA in McCall. Continuing to construction projects Photo: Amy Westover celebrate the water sources Flotilla makes reference to of the area is encouraged Budget: $5,000-$25,000 the adjacent naval shipyard and in turn creates a industry and the landmark cohesive portrayal of that crane, which is visible from important resource to the the deck. The panels feature community. silhouetted ship forms and other nautical iconography.

58 59 Street Furniture

Sites: Anywhere throughout the URD, especially along pathways, sidewalks, and in parks. Also consider public art street Benches, bike racks, furniture near entrances to businesses as trash cans or trash can potential public/private partnerships. sleeves, and recycling Themes: Patterns found in nature, poetry, centers can all be re- Sharlie, site-specific concepts, nature, interpreted through the history, metaphor artists’ lens. Goals: Functional items, integrated, natural environment, space making

Timeline: Anytime, in conjunction with street/sidewalk improvement projects

Budget: $2,000 - $50,000

Jamie and Erica Laidlaw “Our Confluence,” 2020 bench proposal for 2nd St.

60 61 Sculptural Dock Cleats Casting cleats in bronze or other metals is a good Dock cleats are needed on option to obtain the robust all docks. When it comes quality that is needed for time to tie off consider security. Forged steel is also having an unexpected a viable option. encounter with a sculpture. Public Docks

Freestanding Dock As entrance markers to Sites: Brown Park Dock, public boat Entrance Sculptures public docks, consider a launch dock, Davis Beach dock pair of sculptures flanking Laminated Stack Square each side. These could be Themes: Logs and rope, knots, rope Ken Thompson as simple as reclaimed logs coiling, water birds, fishing, nautical Blissfield, MI wtih sculpture toppers, or themes, lake life, Sharlie, chainsaw freestanding works made sculpture, wood carving, found objects Ken is known for his from a variety of media, variations on stacked-wood wood, metal, or found Goals: Functional items, natural sculpture. objects. environment, interactive, celebrate character of McCall Enscribed Dock Boards The public docks in the Timeline: Anytime, in conjunction with URD are an ideal location new dock building or existing dock Public dock near boat launch The Sandwich Boardwalk for a public art opportunity repair projects Photo: Amy Westover Re-built in 1990’s to inscribe poems, writing, Cape Cod, MA or history information into Budget: $2,000-$10,000 for cleat series, the wood planks. This could $10,000-$35,000 for dock entrance art, The legendary sandwich happen slowly as boards $3,000-$20,000 for encscribed planks boardwalk has been around need replacing. Consider since the late 1800s. When wood-burned art/lettering it was rebuilt after hurricane as well. damage in the 1990s, donors names were inscribed on the planks.

62 63 Light Post Sculptural Banners

Multiple Sites: Any light posts or power poles in the URD, consider original art on existing poles, consider poles that are in neighborhoods and side streets

Themes: Abstract art, representational art, iconography of the area, festivals or historic figures, site-specific themes El Cerrito’s Story, 2013 Letter to Bessie Coleman, 2018 Jonathan Russell and Saori Ide Bernard Williams Goals: Integrated, celebrate history, El Cerrito, CA Chicago, IL character of McCall, temporary/rotating, natural environment A series of twelve abstract, metal icons Letter to Bessie Coleman is an outdoor that are also wind sculptures tell El steel sculpture that features four 17-foot Timeline: Anytime, consider artwork Cerrito’s story. Installed on streetlight steel poles with a different group of symbols integration when new poles are installed poles along the length of San Pablo attached to each pole representing a wide Avenue, the public artwork is meant to variety of cultures. The sculpture is intended Budget: $1,000-$3,000 each create a cohesive and continuous art to encourage cross-cultural connections and experiencce for viewers. remind Chicagoans of their shared history.

Steet light in Legacy Park with commercial banner

Photo: Amy Westover

64 65 Bus Shelters

Site: Alpine Market on Davis Avenue and in front of Gravity Sports

Themes: Ideas of shelter, animal shelters, indigenous shelters, architecture, historic photographs, nature themes, neighbors, local heroes Sherman Boulevard & Burleigh Beaverton Transit Center Goals: Integrated, celebrate history, natural Street Bus Shelter Barbara Gilson, Katie O’Malley environment, site specificity, temporary/ Noel Clark and Petra Prostrednik, rotating Milwaukee, WI Beaverton, OR

Timeline: Same as city-wide timeline for The Bus Shelter Art Project is Photographer Barbara Gilson changing vinyl, consider some bus stops a unique effort by Milwaukee collaborated with high school for permanent glass art while others are for County Transit System to spread students Katie and Petra to set up rotating vinyl artwork art by local artists across the photo shoots of locals at the bus community on the most exclusive stop to be permanently etched in Budget: $3,000-$15,000 canvases in town, bus shelters. glass.

City of McCall has a temporary bus A permanent artwork could be shtelter art program established for considered for the bus shelter high school artists. Using vinyl to in front of Aspen Market. Local create imagery and color, the art imagery of people, nature, or

Bus stop in front of can create a fresh sense of place. historic photographs could be Alpine Market used to celebrate the location. Photo: Amy Westover

66 67 Urban Renewal District Artist in Residence During the creation of this public arts plan as well as the work undertaken on the City-wide Public Arts Master Plan, a tremendous amount of momentum and engergy has been generated for solidifying partnerships between city departments and local arts and culture organizations. URD Artist in Residence Creating an artist-in-residence opportunity in the URD would allow for this ground work to gain traction and materialize Purpose: Continue creating cross-clutural into fruitful cross-cultural partnerships and events. partnerships across art genres and arts See appendix B for a list of organizations. organizations in McCall Public and Stakeholder Input Budget: $3,000 per month with Throughout the planning process there was consistent accommodation provided, number of feedback regarding the desire to have more public art months determined by desired outcome experiences beyond visual arts. Theatre, music, dance, and literary arts were identified as ways in which arts and culture Timeline: Consider a call for an artist URD boundary shaded in pink could reach the community in existing outdoor public plazas or artist planner in residence as soon as and parks within the URD. possible after the adoption of this plan. A Mapping provided by McCall’s GIS three-month residency is recommended map department It is important to note that the research and writing of this with the goal of a specific event or program plan took place during the COVID-19 outbreak. Restrictions being established within that time frame on public gatherings and issues of distancing have had a profound impact on the community and their desire for What is an Artist Residency? outdoor arts events in which safety protocols are met.

An artist in residence can take many forms. Traditionally, an arts-related foundation, organization, or Artist in Residence Goals and Outcomes makers space would offer artists a pre-determined amount of time for the opportunity to focus on thier Goal 4 in the goals section of this document (pg. 16) lays the art form without interruption. Work space, accommodation and a materials or living stipend is typically foundation for the purpose of this residency opportunity. The provided. Artists apply in a competitive process by submitting past work samples, resume, letter, or interest artist/planner would need to have the skill set to research and/or a proposal for what they intend to accomplish during the residency. Recently, there has been a existing organizations and ongoing events, strategize desire to bring artists into city departments, business campuses, and other entities in order to have a fresh, with city staff and organization officials on partnership creative perspective on the inner workings of the organization. These residencies are not intended for the responsibilities, help generate creative funding strategies, and Snowy Peak Residence and Central Idaho Historical Museum, artist to create new artwork but for the artist or artist/planner to undertake a specific task or research and establish one event or program before the residency ends. shown here as potential options for housing an artist in residence. develop a new program. Photos: Amy Westover

68 69 APPENDIX A APPENDIX B Detailed List of Planning Tasks Local Organizations

1. Site Visits and Meetings • Laidlaw public outreach zoom event for • McCall Arts and Humanities Council 9/8/2020 - 9/11/2020 2nd Street public art commission 10/22/2020 - 10/24/2020 • McCall Arts and Humanities Council • McCall Folklore Society Community Event: Bill Flood, Cultural • Walking site tour; Kurt Wolf, Delta James Planner and “Meet the Artist” event with • McCall Music Society • Walt Sledzieski; Central Idaho Historical Amy Westover Museum • McCall 4 Art; interactive GIS public art site • McCall Historic Preservation Committee • Patricia Walker; McCall Arts and mapping Humanities Council • Idaho Central Historical Museum • Public Art Advisory Committee meet up • Nicole Musgrove; Ponderosa Performing 3. Design Team and City Staff Meetings • Ponderosa Performing Arts Center Arts Center • Bill Flood; Cultural Planner, multiple • Kurt Wolf; Parks and Rec Dept. • The Alpine Playhouse meetings • Delta James; Economic Development • Erica and Jaime Laidlaw; 2nd street Planner • Rotary of McCall commissioned artists • Horrocks Engineers and Baer Design • McCall Library History Room research Group Landscape Architects; virtual • Hotel McCall and Snowy Peaks Residence • Nicki Dyson; Mountain Java meetings • Mike Maciaszek; MURA board member • Parks and Rec and Baer Design Group; • Ponderosa State Park and City Council member Kurt Wolf, Greg Baer and Josh Rennaker; design charrette meeting • Public Art Advisory Committee 2. Public Outreach and Interviews • Public Works Dept and Parks and Rec Dept; Nathan Stewart, Kurt Wolf, Delta • McCall-Donnelly High School Arts and • Judy Anderson; Alpine Playhouse James; Intake Building meeting • Amy Rush; McCall Library Campaign • Progress Presentations to MURA board Theatre Departments Coordinator and Alpine Playhouse board and the PAAC member • Weekly check-in: Bill Flood, Delta James • Rotary Club of McCall • Historic Preservation Committee

Photo: A. Isacson

70 71 McCall Dowtown East Urban Renewal Public Art Plan written by Amy Westover, 2020