Practical advice
The information here covers all aspects of the commissioning process from developing a public art strategy, finding an artist and funding - to managing a commission as an artist or project manager.
Tree of Remembrance, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester. Artists & Photographer; Wolfgang & Heron
Contracts and copyright
Public Art Commissions - Good Practice
This paper has been commissioned by Public Art South West from Henry Lydiate, a barrister who has specialised in the law relating to the visual arts since 1978. This paper explores key lessons learned from artists, commissioners and art lawyers who have experience of these matters over many years.
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Public Art and Planning
Updated in June 2009, Public Art South West commissioned a new guide by their Planning Associate, Mark Luck. The report promotes a range of planning led approaches for securing the integration of public art, both within key development schemes and through the delivery of public realm improvements.
View the Public Art and Planning paperThe healthcare sector
When the Architects Leave: Maintaining artwork in the hospital environment
This information sheet by Josie Aston considers the particular challenges of maintaining artwork in the hospital environment in the light of the experiences of arts curators at six NHS hospitals.
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