UrbanArt Commission is a nonprofit that contracts with the City of Memphis to manage their percent-for-art program. We were originally created in 1997 to build a case for public art as a meaningful investment with some key projects including the building of a new central library, using private funds to develop those early projects. That work led to the City Council passing an ordinance in 2002 to establish percent-for-art, and we have managed the program since its inception and are included in the ordinance language. Our role with them includes recommending projects and budgets to pursue based on their annual allocation, facilitating a mayoral and council appointed oversight committee, artist selection and contracting processes, design, fabrication, installation and maintenance. We receive project management fees per project and those are included in the annual percent-for-art allocation, as well as an annual contract fee for management of the collection. 

Happy to share more information, ordinance, contract, guidelines etc... if helpful! We've found that this model is meaningful for leveraging different sources of public and private funding as we also work with private developers, clients, partners, and funders outside of the City's annual funding. Everybody seems to appreciate that they aren't footing the entire bill. 

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 8:35 AM Glenn Weiss <glenn@culturalcouncil.org> wrote:
The ones I know are:
Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Fl)
Martin County Arts Council (Stuart, Florida)
Houston Arts Alliance (Houston, TX)
and Indy as per Julia.

I can send you our contract if you like.

Glenn Weiss
Director, Public Art Program
Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
Cell:  561-665-0029
Text:  561-665-0029 or 5616650029@tmomail.net

Public Art Project Managers Available for Assistance
Cultural Council Main Phone:  904-358-3600
Hilda Ettedgui, hilda@culturalcouncil.org 





On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 5:25 PM Nicole Mullet <nicole@artsnow.org> wrote:
Hello All,

I am interested in exploring business models for nonprofits or LLCs that have established formal partnerships to manage a city's percent for arts or plan for public art programs.

All recommendations or resources are appreciated.

Many thanks,

Nicole



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