Clear the Way for Public Art: Strategies for Achieving Positive Impacts in Your City

Understand the true meaning of public art and how it can strengthen the community's identity.

Benefit from the full comprehension and increased awareness of public art. Learn about existing systems and networks that are currently in place and could help make significant improvements in public art programs. Receive examples of how public art can strengthen the community's identity and discuss the importance of having professional public artists at the same table with other design professionals. Professional publics artists, administrators, and coordinators must be invited to bring their creative ideas to the development table early in the construction process. The benefit of having them join the development team is that potential public art opportunities (artistic solutions) can be identified before any money is spent on the development project. The term "public art" or "public artist" is often misunderstood. By unpacking the true meaning of public art as a benefit to the community and the development team, mindsets will shift into understanding the innovation of public art. This information will also highlight other subtopics like the study of controversy in community affairs, managing the client's expectations (both within the private and public sectors), and the challenge of displaying public art in the natural environment within the context of the overarching themes.