Chilean Public Art Artist Exhibition in Dallas

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

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The exhbition "This Land Is Your Land" will be on display starting at the end of May in NorthPark Center in Dallas, TX. Ivan Navarro, a native born Chilean artist, created a series of water tower artworks that intergrate neon and text. The artworks, formarly on display in Madison Square Park in New York City, are situtated within a shopping plaza. Visitors can walk underneath them to see the text installed within the water towers, which reference a vital structure used to support the city.

FOOD-WATER-AIR-ART Campaign by ArtPride NJ and Printmaking Center of NJ

Monday, May 5, 2014

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Can art fuel a movement?  ArtPride NJ and the Printmaking Center of NJ have teamed up to campaign that art is as much a part of life as food, water, and air.  The two organizations have teamed up with artist Lunar New Year (LNY) and printer Jase Clark to create limited edition silkscreen and digital prints entitled FOOD WATER AIR ART. The art piece promotes the need to prioritize, fund, and support the arts.

Historical Public Artwork in NYC Subway now Part of Traveling Exhibit

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

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Historical public artwork "Subway Riders"  by artist Ralph Fasanella will be taking a trip over the next three years as part of a traveling exhibtion. "Subway Riders" was installed in the New York City subway in 1980's and is one of the more signficant publicly accessible pieces on display in the subway system. It will be exhibited with the show  “Self Taught Genius: Treasures From the American Folk Art Museum.

A New Public Art Program in Grand Forks, North Dakota

Community leaders are working on a vision for public art in Grand Forks, including a nine-member commission for arts and culture

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

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A group of community leaders in Grand Forks, North Dakota are creating a public art program using the development of 42nd Street as a catalyst. The proposed commission of arts and culture, which includes representatives from the city’s Urban Development department, the Grand Forks Park District, North Valley Arts Council, North Dakota Museum of Art, the Chamber of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, an architect, and three local artists, is looking into the long-term future to make polices for public art and to review current artworks located in public spaces.

The Art World Mourns the Loss of Joan Mondale

Americans for the Arts CEO, Robert Lynch, Remembers "Joan of Art"

Thursday, February 6, 2014

On Monday, February 3, the arts world lost cultural maven and lifetime arts advocate, Joan Mondale. As the wife of Walter Mondale, vice president to President Jimmy Carter, she used her public position to place a bright spotlight on the vital role that artists and arts organizations play in strengthening American communities.

Atlanta Raises $75,000 for Mural Arts Program

Monday, May 26, 2014

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Jane Golden, artist and Executive Director of Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program, recently talked to Metro Atlanta LINK, the planning agency for the 10 county Atlanta metropolitan region, to show how the arts can help address an urban area’s most intractable problems and bring creative energy to a city’s streets and its walls. Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program was first implemented in 1986.

Liesel Fenner on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi Show

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Liesel Fenner, Americans for the Arts’ public art program manager, was a guest on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show on September 26.

The show discussed public art’s role in placemaking and community building. She appeared alongside Angela Anderson Adams, public art administrator for Arlington Economic Development, and Roger Lewis, architect, “Shaping the City” columnist at Washington Post, and Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Maryland College Park.

Author(s): King, Sara
Date of Publication: January 2003

In 2001, Portland Development Commission (PDC) issued the Lloyd District Development Strategy, a vision and guide for new development in the District for the next 10 to 20 years. This strategy envisions a Lloyd District that has new urban mixed use development with thriving specialty spots, diverse dining and entertainment options and a robust tourist economy, all linked by pedestrian friendly walkways and a vibrant public realm.

Author(s): King, Sara
Date of Publication: January 2003

In 2001, Portland Development Commission (PDC) issued the Lloyd District Development Strategy, a vision and guide for new development in the District for the next 10 to 20 years. This strategy envisions a Lloyd District that has new urban mixed use development with thriving specialty spots, diverse dining and entertainment options and a robust tourist economy, all linked by pedestrian friendly walkways and a vibrant public realm.

Author(s): DeShazo, Jessica and Smith Zachary, Editors
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2015

"DeShazo & Smith carefully selected eight U.S. cities to demonstrate the breadth and innovation in municipal public art programs today, from vegetable gardens to performance spaces and temporary site-specific installations. But the real value in these case studies lies not in the final products, but in underlining the public engagement process before and afterwards. They teach us that indifference is bad: a sign of low civic interest where people are disconnected, and stress the importance of critique and allowing the public to both adopt and adapt the works/spaces to their own

Author(s): Public Art Network Advisory Council
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2011

Best Practice Goals and Guidelines outlines the guidelines for the field in order to ensure a process that is ethical, fair, and reasonable for artists, curators/arts administrators, etc. 

Author(s): Cohen, Randy
Date of Publication: May 01, 2016

This one pager give an overview of key data from the 2015 Local Arts Agency Census about how local arts agencies support and public art projects.

Author(s): Washington State Arts Commission
Date of Publication: Apr 01, 2014

The Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) cares for the State Art Collection with partner agencies (public schools, colleges, universities, and state agencies), who present the artwork in public spaces. Partner agencies and/or sites are responsible for all routine artwork maintenance. The Arts Commission is responsible for conservation and restoration of the artwork, which is contingent upon receipt of adequate appropriations for this purpose. The information in this handbook is provided to aid artists in designing their projects from conception through installation, while considering

Author(s): Walsh, Patricia
Date of Publication: Jun 01, 2015

The results for the 2015 effort Americans for the Arts and the PAN Council exploration in the development and management of several established regionally foscused public art groups to better understand how these groups opperated.

Author(s): National Endowment for the Arts
Date of Publication: Aug 01, 2010

This comprehensive survey of outdoor arts festivals by the National Endowment for the Arts examines public festivals' demograhics, pricing, and the arts and festival themes represented, allowing us to understand arts festivals' neighborhood impacts and cultural roles.

Author(s): Seresinhe, Chanuki Illushka; Preis, Tobias; Moat, Helen Susannah
Date of Publication: Mar 29, 2016

This study published by Royal Society Open Science is the first of its kind to apply quantitative evidence to the belief that public art increases property values in urban neighborhoods. Additionally, it demonstrates how online visual platforms both contribute to and inform us about social and economic trends at large. Using geo-tagged photos from Flickr and property prices over time, researchers suggest a direct relationship between Street Art and neighborhood economic growth.

Author(s): Chyrsalis Arts
Date of Publication: May 15, 2019

This Public Art Sustainability Assessment (PASA for short) is a set of guidelines and an assessment method being developed by Chrysalis Arts, an artist-led public art company, training and arts development agency based in Gargrave in North Yorkshire. PASA is intended as a tool for use at any point during the development, creation, maintenance and decommissioning of a public art project. 

Author(s): San Jose Cultural and Visitor Services
Date of Publication: Aug 01, 2008

This sample document is an example of a Public Art Ordinace. In this document, the San Jose outlines the purpose of its public art program and how it will allocate funds to meet program needs. 

Author(s): Miller, Susan M.; Hulstrand, Janet; Kagan, Janet, Kirkland, Larry
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2010

This resource provides information about the thoughtful integration of public art into city spaces. It outlines some of the major questions concerning public art and city development. 

ALL RISE, was a collaborative art collective series curated by Meagan Atiyeh and Elizabeth Spavento, featured a year and a half of performances, events and temporary art installations organized for and presented at an vacant city block at the location of Seattle City Light’s future Denny Substation.

ALL RISE, was a collaborative art collective series curated by Meagan Atiyeh and Elizabeth Spavento, featured a year and a half of performances, events and temporary art installations organized for and presented at an vacant city block at the location of Seattle City Light’s future Denny Substation.

Public sculpture transforms from a bus into a home to enliven and celebrate the experience for commuters using public transprotaton at the Ventura bus stop at Telegraph Rd next to the Pacific View Mall in Ventura California.

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