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.

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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 Commission (PAC) Meeting

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Presenting to the Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC) Steps

Presenting to the Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC)  

  1. Get a project (rather new commission artwork, move, conversation, or deaccession) 
  2. Send an email to the PAC Administrator (currently Kirk Shannon-Butts) regarding the project 
  3. 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. 
  4. Upon guidelines completion the Project Manager and PAC Administrator will meet to discuss the project, eligibility, scope, and goals. 
  5. 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: 

See Below

PAC Presentation Format / Outline via PowerPoint:
  • 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 commission
    e. in Baltimore City Public Art Collection
    f. 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?
  1. 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. 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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