PUBLIC ARTS PLANNING – Resources, Readings and Models
updated January 2020
Public art resources:
- Publicartwisconsin – a listserve for public art throughout Wisconsin, moderated by Arts Wisconsin. To join, send a message with “subscribe” in the subject line, to publicartwisconsin+subscribe@groups.io
- Public Art Toolkit, from Forecast Public Art, St. Paul, MN
- Politics and Practice of Community Public Art: Whose Murals Get Saved?, John Pitman Weber, 2004
- Resources from Americans for the Arts
- Public Art Network monthly newsletter
- Public Art Resource Center
- Public Art Services Directory featuring public art vendors around the country and beyond. To add your information, please send your contact info, including website address, to webmaster@artsusa.org.
- A public art resource for developers, from the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh
- Online Readings (recommended by Americans for the Arts)
- Minding your RFP’s and Q’sy by Elizabeth Keithline, ARTSblog
- Copyrights & Copywrongs: A Quick Overview of Basic Issues by Clark Wiegman, ARTSblog
- Creating, Collaborating, Connecting with Art, Activism, and the Internet by Xavier Cortada, ARTSblog
- Public Art Creates an Elevated Mood by Helen Lessick, ARTSblog
- Guerilla Tactics, Local Authenticity, and Socially Engaged Artists by Letitia Fernandez Ivins, ARTSblog
- Artists Evaluating Their Own Public Art by Lajos Heder, ARTSblog
- Changing Art, Changing Habitsby Bill Mackey, ARTSblog
- Why Public Art is Good for All Artists by Cathy Breslaw, ARTSblog
- Working on a Public Site by Lajos Heder, ARTSblog
- Public Art: Reconsidering Site by Cher Knight and Harriet Senie, ARTSblog
Wisconsin local governments moving forward with public art programs (there are many communities working in the public art realm – these, specifically, reference cities/villages that are taking the lead):
- Downtown Appleton Public Art Map
- Dane Arts Mural Arts – community-based mural development program started by the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission and now a nonprofit organization
- Public Arts Initiative of Egg Harbor www.paiofeggharborwi.wordpress.com/
- City of Kenosha Commission on the Arts – https://www.kenosha.org/government/boards-and-commissions/commission-on-the-arts. Connected to Kenosha Rising, a public/private planning partnership for the arts and creative economy (www.kenosharising.com)
- City of La Crosse Arts Board’s 2013 Cultural Plan
- Madison Arts Commission is very involved in arts programming, including integrating public art into the city’s comprehensive planning. http://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/planning/madison-arts/1592/ Contact: Karin Wolf, Madison Arts Coordinator, kwolf@cityofmadison.com
- City of Middleton Master Plan for Art and Design
- The City of Green Bay launched a public art program in 2017. Green Bay Public Art Program. Contact: Laura Schley, Public Arts Coordinator. 920-448-3142, laurasc@greenbaywi.gov
- Platteville PATH (Platteville Art, Trails and History) Project: a city-based, National Endowment for the Arts funded, collaborative planning process to develop a vision of and action plan for the future. www.platteville.org/path
- Reedsburg Public Arts Committee – Contact: Stephen Compton, City Administrator, scompton@ci.reedsburg.wi.us.
- Waunakee Creative Economy Initiative – an ongoing program to identify existing sources of creativity and innovation in the Village, and foster their growth into a formidable sector of the local economy, including an emphasis on public art. This effort is currently being spearheaded by a task force with representatives from the Village, its residents, and a number of organizations devoted to enhancing Waunakee’s profile as a creative, innovative place. Contact: Todd Schmidt, Village Administrator tschmidt@waunakee.com
- Waupaca has created a cultural plan to incorporate the arts and culture into civic infrastructure and community life. Contact: Henry Veleker, City Administrator, hveleker@cityofwaupaca.org.
- Wisconsin Dells River Arts District www.dellsriverartsdistrict.com/