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City of Fort Collins
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD
2023 Work Plan
Purpose:
The City recognizes that art is vitally important to the quality of life in the community.
Art in Public Places (APP) program is intended to:
· Encourage and enhance artistic expression and appreciation.
· Add value to the Fort Collins community through acquiring, exhibiting, and maintaining public art.
Goals:
The principal goals of the APP program are to:
(1) Enrich the public environment for both residents and visitors through the visual arts.
(2) Increase public access to works of art.
(3) Promote understanding and awareness of the visual arts in the public environment.
(4) Promote a variety of artistic expression in the community.
(5) Contribute to the community’s civic pride in its cultural diversity.
The APP artist collaborates with the project design team early in the process to integrate the
art concepts with the project goals. This collaborative approach is a model for public art
programs across the country.
Artist Carla Gamboa and Fuerta Latina volunteers paint a community mural at the Northside Aztlan Community
Center in October 2022. The mural is a gift to the City from the Poudre River Public Library District.
APP Board and Program in 2023:
· Support equity and inclusion practices in APP projects and outreach.
· Advise City Council on projects and programs relating to public art, design, education, aesthetics,
and APP funding.
· Review and make recommendations to City Council on all APP projects and art donations to the
City.
· Generate ways to promote and market APP.
· Create an APP database.
· Share best practices with other local and national agencies on the APP processes and projects.
· Support the implementation of the FoCo Creates: Arts and Culture Master Plan:
a. (1.1D) Assess the location of public art installations; research opportunities to place public
art in underserved locations.
b. (1.3D) Promote the opportunity to serve on the Art in Public Places Board with the goal of
having the Board reflect the community.
a. (3.2E) APP Program assessing expanded opportunities including temporary art
installations, neighborhood partnerships, and the creation of major gateway artworks.
b. (3.2F) Research opportunities to increase funding for public art including a percent for art
increase, public-private partnerships, and private development incentives.
Current Projects:
APP is currently working on about twenty-five projects, including annual projects. There is also a new
Public Artist-in-Residency program with the Utilities Department, which is underway with artist Allie
Ogg. These projects are usually developed in conjunction with a larger capital construction project,
so the art project timeline coincides with the construction timeline. All these projects have an artist
working with the city project design team to develop concepts that meet the overall goals of the
capital project.
Annual Projects:
APP has several projects that happen every year. These include Bus and Bus Stop Art, Pedestrian
Pavers, Pianos About Town, Storm Drain Murals, and Transformer Cabinet Murals
Upcoming Projects:
APP will be partnering with City capital projects in 2023, including art projects at parks, bridges,
transportation corridors, and a water treatment facility.
The APP goals, projects, and Work Plan align with the City of Fort Collins seven key outcome
areas:
Community and Neighborhood Livability
APP has many art projects that enhance the community and improve neighborhood livability.
· APP transforms utility cabinets and bridges that have been tagged with graffiti into works of art by
local artists, helping to create pedestrian friendly environments.
·.Artist-painted pianos and youth-designed pedestrian pavers have become part of our everyday
environments.
· APP collaborates with the Park Planning & Development Department adding art into neighborhood
and community parks to engage the public.
· APP enhances Fort Collins’ unique culture by providing a sense a place.
Culture and Recreation
APP partners with the Parks Department, Recreation Department, and cultural entities to integrate
artwork throughout Fort Collins.
· APP is currently working with project teams on art projects for multiple parks and trail projects.
· APP has worked with The Garden on Spring Creek on temporary sculpture exhibitions.
· APP provides self-guided tour maps, including lunchtime walking tours, art in the parks, transformer
cabinet murals, and pedestrian pavers. Maps are available on the APP website, at The Lincoln
Center and Visit Fort Collins.
Economic Health
APP art projects help create the highly desirable quality of life that draws residents, businesses, and
employees to Fort Collins, further stimulating the economy.
· APP will continue partnering with community partners: Bohemian Foundation, Colorado State
University, Downtown Development Authority, Downtown Fort Collins Creative District, Foothills,
Poudre School District, Poudre River Library District, and Visit Fort Collins.
· APP uses a competitive process to select an artist to work with project teams at the beginning
stages of projects to develop collaborative and integrated solutions that enhance the final
project.
· APP contracts with local artists and fabricators, creating employment opportunities.
Environmental Health
Art promotes and enhances a sustainable environment.
· APP works with the Utilities Department, creating art projects with an educational Utility messages
related to watershed, stormwater, water and energy conservation, and stream rehabilitation.
High Performing Government
Through innovation, efficiency, and transparency APP effectively collaborates with the community
and other city departments.
· APP started the country’s *first* graffiti abatement transformer cabinet mural program. It is now a
model used across the country.
· The APP Board advises and recommends to Council changes to rules, regulations, guidelines,
policy, administrative, and budgetary matters pertaining to the APP Program.
Safe Community
Art educates the community and creates safe environments.
· APP is working with the Storm Water Utility to create a flood markers to educate community
members about flooding of the Cache la Poudre River.
Transportation
APP artists create the site-specific art that enhance the mobility and safety experience, support the
function and goals of the transportation corridors, and create gateways into the City.
· APP artists will continue working on transportation projects, including Vine and Lemay and the West
Elizabeth Corridor.
APP and Utilities Light and Power received
the 2022 Urban Design Awards Hall of
Fame award for the Transformer Cabinet
Mural Program.
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