Don’t forget we have two upcoming public art webinars for June! Registrar today!

Best Practices for Public Art Commissions

Friday, June 21^st at 3:00 PM EDT

Presenters:

Clare Haggarty, Senior Manager, Transportation Planning (Arts & Design), Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Kipp Kobayashi, Artist

Michael Chavez, Public Art Program Manager, Denver Arts & Venues

In 2016, the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network (PAN) Advisory Council launched a series of best practices for the commissioning of public art projects to provide a nationally accepted set of standards and guidelines for the development and implementation of public art projects. Three years later, The PAN Council is currently updating and reviewing the best practices and are looking for feedback from the field. Join PAN Council representatives to review recent edits and provide insight for the updated Best Practices for Public Art Commissions.

Federal Funding for Arts in Transit & Transportation Update

Wednesday, June 26th at 3:00 PM Eastern

Presenters:

Patricia Walsh, Public Art & Civic Design Senior Program Manager, Americans for the Arts

Lauren Cohen, Government Affairs and Grassroots Senior Coordinator, Americans for the Arts

With talk on Capitol Hill about a new infrastructure bill it is time to discuss the prohibition of federal funding for art in transit and transportation projects. On December 4, 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. No. 114-94) was signed into law which provided a long-term funding certainty for surface transportation infrastructure planning and investment. Unfortunately, the FAST Act also established a prohibition for use of FTA funds for art in transit projects, disrupting a long standing and highly lauded national tradition. The 2015 prohibitions remove local control from transit authorities and reverses nearly over 100 years of systemic enhancement of our transit systems to the detriment of communities across the U.S.

In this webinar, hear from Americans for the Arts staff as they outline the history and impact of this issue and highlight how you can advocate for the return of federal funding for arts in transit projects.

Patricia Walsh

Public Art and Civic Design Senior Program Manager

Americans for the Arts

1000 Vermont Ave NW 6^th Floor

Washington, DC 20005-4940

202.371.2830 x2024