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Arts Downtown x • Mural was started as a <br /> Commissioner/Artist Tiger Mural Girl Scout project and <br /> was never completed. <br /> • Partially completed <br /> mural had to be painted <br /> over. <br /> 4.8 Summary and Findings: Successful and Unsuccessful Projects <br /> The research yielded the following findings in regard to successful and unsuccessful art <br /> projects in the three subject communities: <br /> 1. The process of implementing projects is an important factor. Given the choice of piece, <br /> process, or site, as the most important component of a project, the majority of <br /> respondents choose the process as the primary factor in a project's success, or lack <br /> thereof. That is, successful projects were deemed successful due to the process and <br /> unsuccessful projects were deemed unsuccessful due to the process. <br /> 2. Successful projects include upfront planning and citizen engagement to create a project <br /> that fit with the community. Successful projects include forms of public participation <br /> such as public voting for the best sculptures, or organized city events to promote new <br /> public art. Successful projects often involve the work of local artists who are given the <br /> opportunity to create and display their work, while being aware of the culture and values <br /> of the community. <br /> 3. Unsuccessful projects fail for the opposite reason successful projects succeed. That is, <br /> unsuccessful projects often do not include meaningful community involvement, in the <br /> siting and selection of the piece. This results in a piece that does not fit, nor is <br /> understood, by the community. Some of the artist respondents noted that accessibility to <br /> a piece of art does not just include physical accessibility, but also includes a viewer's <br /> 122 <br />