Capital Projects Coordinator & Public Arts Administrator: 

Most people think of Disneyland with the mention of Anaheim.  It is very much an influence on the City, as was agriculture in its early history.  Citrus Park was a tribute to this era planned with murals of Citrus crate labels painted by artist Emigdio Vasquez.  The original Park Development throughout the City set several notable landscape architects on to their humble beginnings.  In Anaheim, they designed parks which have great features like a moonscape and a Grecian themed Amphitheater. 

Capital Projects:  These photos are representative of various phases of the Park and Art construction projects for which I had oversight.  My role was active from selection of the Design team through completion of Construction.  I assisted with the interviews for architects and engineers and work with them to resolve problems during construction.  During design I would conduct integration reviews of project blueprints, then during construction remove obstacles for contractors, conduct aesthetic inspections and work with Field Engineering Building & Safety for progress payments and project closure.

While with the City, I was personally responsible for construction of an aggressive $40 million investment (not sure of present value) to the City of Anaheim's Park infrastructure.  All in all, it consisted of 35 acres of new park development and 70 other Public Works improvements to municipal facilities. 

Arts Administration:  The Anaheim Arena was awarded to Turner Construction with a requirement of 1% for the Arts, which I administered for three major commissions totaling $600,000.  The commissions were guided by an Art Advisory Council of citizens, and contract negotiations were lengthy and specific to the artist’s rights.  Once selections were made, negotiating the Arena Architect and engineers was another interesting aspect.

The art works are important more so with their interpretation, I’ll share here: (when you visit, see if you can find them!)

VIDEO ARCH - NAM JUNE PAIK.  Considered the father of video art, Nam June is known for his profound works in video and television.  Here he created a architecturally conservative arch, which blended with the building architecture, originally intended to display the video’s he created with some Anaheim Images.  The crew, artists themselves, came from Chicago for the installation.

ANAMORPH – RICHARD TURNER, MICHAEL DAVIS AND ANN PRESTON.  The Anamorph was inspired by the deceptive size of the Arena’s interior.  It is a sculpture, which plays as a device used to reflect, in proportion, the distorted images created of mosaic.  The mosaics are stretched images of a diskobolus, a lyre player, and an Athenian actor.  When reflected in the mirror their true form appears.  There are other tricks of the eye built throughout the artwork and surrounding area.  The mosaic was delivered in sections and pieced together on site; the sculpture took over one year to plan, build and deliver. 

MUSICAL GATEWAY – NANCY MOOSLIN, SANDRA ROWE (Visual Artists), and STEVE STUCKY (Composer).  Steven Stucky composed original scores of music for this artwork.  The four sculptures are each an interpretation of one of the parts of music, engaged by pushing a button on the wall.  Mooslin contributes an accurate representation of the harmony, rhythm and timbre of each musical part through color.  Rowe’s more subjective and emotional response, form, contributes the structural interpretation of the music.

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