TAMRMS#: B06
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REQUEST FOR DECISION
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Deaccession of Profiles Poster - Thierfelder 001 PR
Presented by Andrea Bowes, Public Art Associate and Registrar, Community Services
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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
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That the Arts Development Advisory Committee recommends to Administration that:
Administration deaccession the Profiles Poster - Thierfelder (001 PR) from the City's Public Art Collection and transfer it to the Arts and Heritage Foundation of St. Albert Mus?e Heritage Museum.
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SUMMARY
This work is a promotional poster, not an original work of art. The City's Public Art [EB1][AT2]Collection does not consider promotional material to be art, nor does the City hold an original work from Vivian Thierfelder.
Administration will deaccession the poster from the City's Public Art Collection[EB3][AT4] and transfer it to the St. Albert Arts and Heritage Foundation, Mus?e Heritage Museum collection.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
This poster was used to promote the artist Vivian Thierfelder's solo show at Profiles Gallery in April of 1989. Profiles Gallery was located in St. Albert Place from 1985 to 1992. [EB5][AB6]The gallery and its founders were influential in advancing the arts in St. Albert, helping to shape the vibrant arts community that thrives. This poster is a record of the Gallery's activities and as such a historical record that is better suited in an institution that can provide further interpretation, context, and care for the work in the development of the arts in St. Albert.
Deaccessioning best practice
From C-CS-25 Public Art Policy:
Administration shall:
h) Ensure that Deaccessioning and Disposition of artworks follow the standard collection management practice to remove artworks from the Public Art Collection at the end of their lifecycle, based on their curatorial importance, or based on conditions. Industry best practices shall be foll...
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