Hi all,

I hope the PAN is staying safe and healthy during this time! I’m reaching out for thoughts/best practices related to public art deaccession. The City of Mercer Island has several works of 2D art in its public art collection that predate me by decades and have not been seen by other staff members for about as long. Have any of you dealt with the need to deaccess missing works of art? Any adequate processes/policies for exhausting all avenues before deciding on deaccession? We already have a (somewhat dated) deaccession policy in place, but the City has only deaccessed one work of art during the lifetime of the policy. So, any input or direction you all can provide is most appreciated.

Thanks,

Sarah Bluvas, MBA
City of Mercer Island - Parks and Recreation 
206.275.7864 | mercergov.org/parks

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