Public Arts Commission
The Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC)
The Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC) is responsible for administering Baltimore's Percent-for-Public-Art Program, as well as the review and approval of all gifts of permanent public art to the City of Baltimore. Meetings of the PAC are open to the public to observe. For more information on the Public Art Commission, or to request an agenda item on an upcoming PAC meeting agenda, please contact Kirk Shannon-Butts, BOPA’s Public Art and Curation Manager, at KSButts@promotionandarts.org.
COMMISSION MEMBERS
Jacqueline Bershad, Vice President of Planning & Design, National Aquarium
Aaron Bryant, Curator of Photography and Visual Culture, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Danielle Brock, Project Manager, Site Development RKK
Sam Christian Holmes, Artist
Kuo Pao Lian, Architect, Design Principal, & Co-Founder, PI.KL Studio
Alma Roberts, Artist at Alma Robert’s Studio
Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC) meeting dates for 2023 are listed below
Public Art Commission meetings are held on the third Friday of the month at 10AM – 11:30AM at BOPA, 7 St Paul Street, 1st Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.
PAC Dates:
March 17
April 21
May 19
June 16
July – Summer Recess
August – Summer Recess
September 15
October 20
November 17
December 15
All PAC meetings for open to the public.
Baltimore City Public Art Collection
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Presenting to the Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC) Steps
Presenting to the Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC)
- Get a project (rather new commission artwork, move, conversation, or deaccession)
- Send an email to the PAC Administrator (currently Kirk Shannon-Butts) regarding the project
- The project is reviewed by the PAC Administrator to determine if the artwork is in the Baltimore City Public Art collection and meets 1% for Art ordinance guidelines – as many public facing artworks across the city are owned by federal, state, private, university, and colleges entities and thusly are not within the Baltimore City 1% For Art ordinance domain and stewardship.
- Upon guidelines completion the Project Manager and PAC Administrator will meet to discuss the project, eligibility, scope, and goals.
- Thereafter, the project will be placed on an upcoming PAC agenda for review, discussion, Q & A, and vote after a presentation of the project by the presenting organization which including the following information:
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- Presenting Organization
- Partners
- Community
- Baltimore City Council District
- BC Council Representative
- Name of Project
- Name of Artwork
a. Airtable Reference (if available)b. Name of Artist (living or deceased)c. Information about Artwork:d. date of commissione. in Baltimore City Public Art Collectionf. any interesting facts about the art, the artist, or community notes
- History of artwork (in BCPSS – the school change names – unfold that narrative)
- Location of artwork
- Dimensions if available
- Why this Artwork?
- Reason for this Artwork being presentation to PAC?
- If a move, where to? Why? Is the new site approved? Do you have any documentation?
- Specific objective of this artwork project?
- Final goal?
- Timelines?
- What are you asking the PAC and seeking the PAC to do?
- The PAC’s vote determines whether to move forward with the project, additional information needed, or not.
Meetings of the PAC are open to the public to observe.
Meetings of the PAC are open to the public to observe. For more information on the Public Art Commission, or to request an agenda item on an upcoming PAC meeting agenda, please contact Kirk Shannon-Butts, BOPA’s Public Art and Curation Manager, at KSButts@promotionandarts.org.
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