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
Funding
Funding: Sources for Public Art
This section offers listings of a wide variety of sources of funding for public art, with contact details. The information is regularly checked and updated.
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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 paper