Posted by Amy Painter on March 16, 1999 at 14:58:18:
Seattle Arts Commission
312 First Avenue North, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98109-4501
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release Date: March 11, 1999
Contact: Susan Platt and Lisa Benner
phone: (206) 684-7076; fax (206) 684-7172
SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION PRESENTS PUBLIC ART 101
A NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Seattle, Washington
5-7 May, 1999
Seattle—Public Art 101 is a 3-day conference organized by the Seattle Arts Commission to educate city agencies, planners, and citizens on how to go from idea to reality in designing and funding a public art program for their own communities.
The conference will feature prominent speakers who are key figures in public art in various states. With a particular emphasis on funding, the conference will address topics such as urban revitalization, public-private partnership, temporary installations, public art education and residencies for artists at Seattle's public utilities. It will also include case studies of specific projects, and panels on legal and maintenance issues
A special feature of the conference will be the opportunity to join a variety of public art tours either on foot or by bus. The tours will focus on such themes as earthworks, light, glass, site-integrated work, and the streets of downtown Seattle. Participants will have the opportunity to interact informally with artists, city staff, and public art professionals as well as to share slides of their own programs with conference participants.
The registration deadline is Thursday, April 15, 1999. The fee for the 3-day conference is $400, and includes all lectures and presentations, three public art tours, three lunches, two receptions and the curricular package. It does not include accommodations and transportation.
To receive the Public Art 101 National Conference brochure, please contact the Seattle Arts Commission at (206) 684-4186; public.art101@ci.seattle.wa.us
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The Seattle Arts Commission, an agency of the city of Seattle, is committed to enriching the lives of citizens through supporting arts experiences of the highest quality and by advancing Seattle as an international center of artistic exploration and exchange.
The Seattle Arts Commission's Public Art Program was established 25 years ago by a municipal ordinance which specifies that 1% of City capital improvement project funds be set aside for the commission, purchase and installation of artworks. The Public Art Program acquires artworks through various commissioning methods. These include permanently sited major indoor and outdoor artworks, design team projects, artworks for the Portable Works Collection and special projects.
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