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profit Management. She has lived in the community since 2016. Her definition of public <br /> includes any constituent, including residents and those from the broader area that consider the <br /> community a regional hub. The public art audience includes students, emerging artists, art <br /> patrons, and resident artists. In her opinion, residents are the priority due to the use of public <br /> tax dollars. Visitors are another priority. Public art includes any creative object, either available <br /> to the public, or paid for by the public, that is open to all. It can include such things as sculpture, <br /> murals, stained glass, bridge design, concerts, wayfinding signs, and historic buildings. <br /> This respondent is a practicing artist that has participated in the creation and display of <br /> public art in Community B. As a sculptor, he has submitted pieces of art to the community to be <br /> part of the annual Sculpture Tour. He worked as an art teacher for approximately 10 years, and <br /> stopped teaching and became a fulltime sculptor in 2017. He is in the 35-44 age bracket. He has <br /> a Bachelor's degree in Art Education and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Integrated Visual <br /> Arts. He lives in a Twin Cities suburban community about ninety minutes from the subject <br /> community. His definition of public art is art that is visible to the public, to which everyone has <br /> access to the art experience. He stated that, if you can see it, it is public art, even if it is on <br /> private property. Anybody who has access to see the sculpture is the viewer and could include <br /> nearly anyone, whether they see it in the public or at a private business. He believes that the <br /> anticipated viewer is the priority. He tries to make sculptures that appeal specifically to those <br /> that see it on a regular basis. For example, if it is a sculpture on a college campus, it should be <br /> designed to appeal to students, faculty, staff, etcetera. If it is to be viewed by pedestrians or <br /> motorists, it should be designed to be viewed by each respectively. Public art can also be a <br /> landmark that acts as a way finder. He did a work of art for a church that served to identify the <br /> 89 <br />