Public Art definition

Public Art means art that shall be accessible to the public, and includes all forms of original creations of visual art, conceived in any medium, material, or combination thereof, including paintings, drawings, stained glass, and murals in any media; statues, bas relief, mobile, kinetic, electronic, neon, or other sculptures; environmental artworks; fountains, arches or other structures intended for ornament; integrated and functional architectural elements of a structure; video and other media-based works; inscriptions, fiber works, carvings, mosaics, photographs, drawings, collages, textile works and prints; crafts, both decorative and utilitarian in clay, fiber, wood, metal, glass, stone, plastic and other materials; artist-designed public spaces and functional elements which are either a part of a larger project or a separate entity in and of itself.
Public Art means works of sculptured art, works of visual and graphic art, sculptured landscaping, fountains, and artistic treatment of publicly accessible areas including, without limitation, exterior publicly accessible areas (public sidewalks, exterior walls or other building elements), clearly visible at all times from publicly accessible areas, including but not limited to flooring, structure, lighting and street furnishings, provided such elements of work have been designed by or in collaboration with artists and selected by a process and are in accordance with a program recommended by the Toronto Public Art Commission through the Chief Planner and approved by City Council;
Public Art means the acquisition and installation of original works of art (including limited editions), or temporary installation, display, or presentation of the same, on City property for aesthetic and cultural enhancement of public buildings and public spaces and engagement of the public with the creative work of artists, as approved by the Civic Arts Commission. [See notes at the end for other definition of Public Art included in the BMC]

Examples of Public Art in a sentence

  • All Public Art Work and publications become the property of the group after installation/completion.

  • Expressions of Interest are sought from artists (or a team of collaborating artists) to deliver a piece of Public Art.

  • The Developer agrees to follow the Public Art Program Guidelines for Site Plan/Developer Projects for commissioning art on-site.

  • The public art shall support the themes and priorities discussed in the Public Art Master Plan (adopted December 2004) and the goals of the Public Art Policy (adopted September 2000).

  • It covers public art delivered through the planning process, principally Section 106 Agreements (S106), the commissioning of public art using the S106 Public Art Initiative, and outlines public art policy guidance.


More Definitions of Public Art

Public Art means art to be funded from the Public Art Fund. Such projects may be an integral part of a building, attached to a building, placed within or outside of a building, or within a public space, or in the case of performing arts performed in a public building or space. Such art may include but shall not be limited to paintings, sculpture, engravings, carvings, frescoes, stained glass, mobiles, murals, collages, mosaics, bas-reliefs, tapestries, photographs, drawings, drama, instrumental or vocal music, dance, readings and landscape items, including the artistic placement of natural materials or manmade fountains or objects or other functional art objects.
Public Art means original artwork which is accessible to the public and/or public employees and has been approved as public art by the City.
Public Art means a permanent or temporary work of art created by a professional artist in any medium, material, media or any combination thereof;
Public Art means a piece of art available to the public that is the original work of a living professional artist which is created for a particular place commissioned by or working in collaboration with others such as architects designers planners developers arts officer and community representatives or such provision of facilities which enable the creation on art
Public Art means original works of art in any medium, whether two- or three- dimensional, created for placement in public places or integrated projects where the artwork is a part of the underlying architecture or landscape design and that is not prefabricated or a standard design. Artwork should not use letters, words, numerals, figures, emblems, logos or any part or combinations thereof for the purpose of advertising goods, services, or merchandise. Public art should enhance rather than impair pedestrian use of the area, particularly with respect to pedestrian visibility and circulation.
Public Art means all forms of original works of art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specified intention of being sited or staged on City Property or on property owned or controlled by the City of Ashland, usually outside and accessible to the public.
Public Art means a work of art that is visible or accessible to the public for a minimum of 40 hours per week. Public art is generally large-scale" and may include sculpture, painting, installations, photography, video, works of light or sound, or any other work or project determined by the Public Art Commission to satisfy the intent of this Chapter, provided, however, that none of the following shall be considered public art for the purposes of satisfying the requirements of this Chapter: