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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019 - Art In Public Places Board - Work Plan1 CITY OF FORT COLLINS ART IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD 2019WORK PLAN fcgov.com/artspublic 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. APP Board and Program in 2019: • Advise City Council on projects and programs relating to public art, design, education, aesthetics and funding of APP. • Review and make recommendations to City Council on all APP projects and city art donations. • Collaborate with the Gardens on Spring Creek on a temporary art exhibit. • Discuss potential gateway and iconic artworks. • Generate ways to promote APP initiatives and mission. • Share best practices with other local and national agencies on the APP processes and projects. 2 Current and Ongoing Projects: Nineteen projects are currently in progress or are annual projects. These projects are usually developed in conjunction with a larger 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 goals of the project. Current Projects: Annual Projects: Upcoming Projects: 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. • The APP program transforms utility cabinets 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 Department adding art into neighborhood and community parks to engage the public. APP is working with Park Planning to develop a play feature at the new Streets Facility Park that is inspired by the history of the site and neighborhood. Culture and Recreation APP partners with City Parks, Recreation, and cultural entities to integrate artwork throughout Fort Collins. • APP is currently working with project teams on art projects for multiple park projects. • APP provides self-guided tour maps, including lunchtime walking tours, art in the parks, transformer cabinet murals, and pedestrian pavers, on the APP website, and at the Lincoln Center and Visit Fort Collins. • Downtown Transit Bike Shelter • FC Moves City Park Bike Lanes • Foothills Underpass • Fort Collins Museum of Discovery • Fossil Creek Trail • Gardens on Spring Creek Butterfly Pavilion • Gardens on Spring Creek Great Lawn • Harmony and Strauss Cabin Roads • Mulberry Gateway • Northside Neighborhood Art • Poudre Heritage Alliance/DDA Partnership • Poudre River Whitewater Park • Poudre River Whitewater Park II • Streets Facility Park • Utility Scavenger Hunt • Water Reclamation Facility • Water Reclamation Reuse • West Elizabeth Underpass • Willow Street Plaza • Pedestrian Pavers • Pianos About Town • Transformer Cabinet Murals • Timberline Road – Stetson Creek Dr. to Trilby • Harmony and the Power Trail • Prospect Road – Sharp Point to I-25 • Trailhead Park 3 Economic Health APP art projects help create the highly desirable quality of life that draws businesses and employees to Fort Collins further stimulating the economy. • APP will continue partnering with: Bohemian Foundation, Colorado State University, Downtown Business Association, Downtown Development Authority, Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, 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, integrated solutions, enhancing the final project. • APP contracts with local artists and fabricators. Environmental Health Art promotes and enhances a sustainable environment. • APP works with Utilities, creating art projects with an educational Utility message related to watershed, water conservation and energy. High Performing Government Through innovation, efficiency, and transparency the APP program 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 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 projects include: • Artwork that helps identify crosswalks or bike lanes—highlighting safety barriers. • APP is working with FC Moves on signage for the enhanced bike lanes on Mulberry Street, near City Park, to increase safety 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:  Mulberry Road  Timberline Road  Prospect Road Artist Ren Burke paints a mural on a piano for the Pianos About Town project.