The Greater Augusta Arts Council is a 501c3 nonprofit. We entered into an official MOU with the City of Augusta to act as its Public Art Agency. We established a Public Art Policy, as well as a Public Art Advisory
Panel to review all concerns of public art that use public money, or public property, or the public right of way. We established and published a standard operating process for public art, created in conjunction with our City’s Planning & Development Department
and Traffic Engineering Department.
Basically, if it’s using private money and happening on private property and doesn’t block the public right of way to make it happen, AND it isn’t in an officially designated historic district, we don’t have
to have anything to do with it, other that help toot the horn. Otherwise, we make sure whoever is making the art doesn’t get in trouble with the City.
Ownership is complicated. If you want to own public art, be prepared for a maintenance fund, insurance costs, and de-accession plans, etc. If the City will take ownership, you need to work that out with their
lawyers well in advance.
Honestly, just like with everything, it is about trust. The people who work in all the departments that run your city are people. They know what they’re doing, and you need to build the relationship with them
so that helping public art happen, grow, and be supported becomes part of what they know how to do.
Our public art advisory panel has 7 volunteers from the citizenry, plus people from every department in the city who we need to engage with to make public art happen. Those relationships are key.
Pax Bobrow
Project Manager
Greater Augusta Arts Council
706.826.4702
Public Art | Artist Workforce Development | Arts Calendar | Calls for Artists
From: public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com <public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com>
On Behalf Of Elayna Toby Singer
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 9:02 AM
To: public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com
Cc: Peggy Wolff <peggy.wolff@gmail.com>
Subject: Public Art Non-Profit
Hello Colleagues,
I’m forwarding below so it will reach those of you who can be of additional assistance to Peggy. Please respond directly to her. Thank
you!
Elayna Toby Singer
Palm Beach County Art in Public Places
2633 Vista Parkway
West Palm Beach, FL 33411
(561) 233-0235
Background
We are a group of art lovers of all walks of life within the community of Calistoga here in California. We have extremely good ties into
the art world and would love to see public art in various parts of the city for the longest time. Our idea has been to establish a non-profit “Calistoga Public Art”. In May this year, the director of Park and Recreation started the process of formulating a
Public Arts Policy.
The city might follow the “classical governmental model”: set up a Public Art Committee that will select the Public Art Projects for approval
by the City Council. Hence repeat the process other towns in Napa County have successfully followed.
Discussion Framework/Questions
Q1: How would we fit into the PA landscape as a non-profit? Should we exclusively focus on PA on private land? How best to work with the
City on PA? How could our model look like, our strategic masterplan? What is the best ownership type of the art: non-profit vs city vs artist (on loan).
Q2: Is there any City, nationwide, that works with a non-profit or vice versa, a non-profit that works successfully in the PA space within
a City which is established for the purpose of integrating public art into public and private locations? What is the experience?
Q3: What are the proven and successful intersections/touch points between the non-profit and the city for PA? Pitfalls and success factors?
Thank you so much for your support!
Kindly
Peggy Wolff
(424) 290 9399
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