Lawyer, jazz pianist, college professor, and long-time arts advocate David Gurwin will explain the different types of contracts involved with public art projects and other contracts that artists may encounter...
Using her art projects as examples, Janet Zweig will demonstrate how to structure an effective budget, how to consider unexpected costs, and include the different components that need to be considered for successful budgeting.
Public Art Director at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Amina Cooper, will share strategies for cultivating and optimizing relationships with key stakeholders including municipalities, project managers, subcontractors and community members.
Office of Public Art Director Sallyann Kluz, and City of Pittsburgh Public Art Manager Sarah Minnaert will take participants through the world of permits and permissions for public art projects on both public and private properties in Pittsburgh and adjacent communities.
Che Anderson will speak to the power of bringing public art to Worcester, MA, and how the program shifts its focus every year to address economic, cultural, and societal shifts.
There are more and more opportunities for artists to create work in public space, from requests for qualifications, to requests for proposals, to direct commissions. But, what is the difference between each type of opportunity, and how does an artist new to public art find them?
Register for all three sessions of the Winter Intensive: Demystifying the Public Art Application Process series.
When applying for an artist opportunity, an artist has only one chance to make a powerful first impression with their work samples. In this session, artist and OPA project Manager, Derek Reese will help to provide insight into the application review process to demystify the work sample submission portion of artist calls.
In this session, Jessica Gaynelle Moss and Alberto Aguilar will frame writing for applications as something that is a part of your practice and how written elements can be used as a preview to your artistic style.
This first session will outline the definition of creative placemaking within Pittsburgh’s public realm. Guest speaker Njaimeh Njie will provide an overview of her experience working on Homecoming: Hill District, USA.
Registration for Public Art Training Camp 2021 is now open. This training series will focus on artists and communities building relationships and collaborative practices.
Artist Edith Abeyta will be in conversation with filmmaker Tony Buba and Judy Barricella. Buba and Barricella worked together as a team on the film Small Differences,and on Voices of Our Region, an oral history project featuring 57 first-person stories from Western Pennsylvanians living with disabilities.
