Which City department oversees the Public Art Program?
Q: How are artists selected? A: An open artist call is the most common method of selecting artists. Through open calls, artists are made aware of the opportunity to apply for specific public art projects. This ensures the broadest possible access to the city’s public art opportunities. For each new public art project, artists are recommended by a panel that includes artists, arts professionals, staff from the funding city department and representatives of the community where the project is located. Q: What is the panel’s role? A: The panel screens applicants for the quality of their past work, their suitability for the project being developed and evidence of their ability to work well with the community and other design professionals. Selection panels can recommend an artist or team for the public art projects after reviewing the talent pool, or they can develop a short-list of finalists to present project design concepts. The panel then reviews these initial concepts and interviews th
