Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/09/2025

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usually the organization that is charged with managing the program privately when contracting is preferred. The survey of public art programs found that 81%of public art programs were housed within a government agency in fiscal year 2001.The survey also found the average number of employees dedicated to staffing a government public art program was two, with each person managing an average of 9.8 projects. (Americans for the Arts, 2003)The resources government offers and their authority over public space seems to make government administration of public art programs more popular.This is evidenced by the fact that the majority of public art programs that were surveyed in fiscal year 2001 were housed in government.Additionally, only one of ten plans opted to contract administration of the plan to a private, nonprofit organization (City of Chesterfield, 2009).The common practice for this component is to locate the public art program within the government and to provide adequate staffing to manage the number of projects that are anticipated based on the funding mechanism utilized for public art.Additional consideration was given to maintenance, documentation, and educational programming when setting the staffing level. Documentation of Public Art Documentation is also a core component of public art master planning.The first step in this process is the assessment and documentation of existing public art, essentially creating an inventory of public art projects. Documentation is included of nine of ten public art plans reviewed.This is argued to be linked to both maintenance and education. Providing documentation helps citizens, educators, and students know what public art is available in the community, and also helps administrators track projects and funding needs over time. The most common practice is to delegate documentation to permanent or contracted staff. 26