PUBLIC ARTS PLANNING – Resources, Readings and Models
updated 8-15-18
Public art resources:
- Public Art Toolkit, from Forecast Public Art
- Public Art Resource Center, from Americans for the Arts
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This June, Americans for the Arts is officially launching the 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.
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- 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/