Roberto Rovira
PUBLIC ART CHARRETTE AT FIU
Over the course of three days from 17-19 January 2017, students and faculty from the College of Communication, Architecture + the Arts’ departments of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design, Art & Art History, and Architecture, as well as staff from the Frost Art Museum and FIU’s Public Art Advisory Task Force participated in lectures, workshops, site visits, and hand-on interdisciplinary activities as part of the Spring 2017 FIU Public Art Charrette.
The charrette was designed and run by Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design Associate Professor Roberto Rovira and Architecture Associate Professor David Rifkind and was funded by Dennis Scholl, FIU Alumnus and Chair of the FIU Public Art Advisory Task Force. Charrette guests and jury included artists Robert Chambers, Jacek Kolasinski, Cathy Byrd, Randy Burman, and Manita Brug.
Student teams developed design proposals and were tasked with the following goals:
• bring awareness of FIU’s current public art inventory
• help develop strategies for FIU’s public art collection and program
• provoke a critical discussion about the role of public art on campus
• help develop guidelines for collecting and commissioning new work
• increase student engagement with the arts as a student success initiative
• use public art as vehicle to strengthen the relationship between FIU and surrounding communities
• develop strategies that can be replicated at other FIU campuses
•identify campus locations and develop design proposals to showcase campus public art
The FIU Public Art Advisory Task Force is Chaired by Dennis Scholl and comprised by:
Amy Aiken, Director, Emergency Management
Ruben Almaguer, Assistant Vice President
Emergency Management
Carlos Carrasco, Director
Administrative Services, Graham Center
Julissa Castellanos, Director Administrative Services
Vice Provost BBC
Alexander Fals, Interim Director
Analysis, Assessment & Risk Management, Facilities Management
Brenezza Garcia, Assistant Vice President
Institutional Relations, Office of the President
Sanyo Mathew, Senior Director
Graham Center
Oscar Negret, Senior Designer
Creative and Design Services, External Relations
Rafael Prohias, Associate General Counsel General Counsel
Jordana Pomeroy, Director, Frost Art Museum
David Rifkind, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Students,
College of Architecture + the Arts
Frost Art Museum Leadership Advisory Board Member
Maryanna Ramirez, Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Frost Art Museum
Klaudio Rodriguez, Curator, Frost Art Museum
Yolanda Rodriguez, Director
University Advancement Gift Services & Data Processing
Roberto Rovira, Associate Professor
Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Debbye Taylor, Curator of Collections, Frost Art Museum
