Hi,

Pre-Covid we did more in-state and border state studio visits.

Now we are more likely to ask for photos or have Zoom calls with artists and committees.

It works but I’m not sure if it’s a best practice. I feel something is lost when you don’t see the piece in person. For me, I need to see the scale to imagine what it will look like installed. That being said, I also have to put trust in the professional artist that we’ve hired to know what they are doing.

Cassie

NH State Council on the Arts

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Hi Marjorie,

If the artist is in-state, we try to get out there for at least one studio visit during fabrication. We build travel into our budget every year to cover these visits. But if the artist is out of state, no studio visits are conducted. Not only do we not have the budget, but all out of state travel requires Cabinet Secretary approval, so we generally reserve those requests for conference travel.

We ask for written monthly updates and images for all commissions and ask for video as follow-up if the images shared bring up more questions for us.

I think studio visits are invaluable in terms of relationship building and for developing the best possible final product artwork, and I wish we could conduct them for all commissions.

Jarica Walsh

Director of Visual and Public Art

Oklahoma Arts Council

405.255.9504 (voice/text)

arts.ok.gov

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Hello all you public art administrators!

What is your standard practice for studio visits on commissioned public art pieces?  Do you always do them?  Do you do them when you have money?  Do you never do them?  Do you do them when the artist is in the same city? Same state? 

Trying to get a gage on any universal practices.  I think it’s a best practice to see the piece in fabrication and discuss feedback with the artist in their studio or location of fabrication, but not sure how standard this is. 

LMK what you do 😊.  

Happy FRIDAY!

Marjorie

Marjorie Flanagan Director of Public Art The Texas State University System 601 Colorado St. Austin, TX 78701 512.463.4861 Office

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