Guidelines for public art delivery

These guidelines provide practical implementation processes involved in identifying and commissioning original works of art across a range of art form types and municipal contexts in response to the objectives established in Part A – Vision of this strategy.

Guideline Area 1: Public art planning

This section provides two process matrixes to assist the identification of potential public art project.

• Opportunity matrix - proposes a method for establishing project types and regional priorities.

• Process matrix - aligns project types with appropriate processes and approval levels.

Guideline Area 2: Indicative commissioning process

This section provides a range of process charts that outline recommended commissioning process for the following options:

• Council initiated stand alone projects

• Council initiated integrated projects

• non - Council initiated projects.

Guideline Area 3: Community benefit assessment

This section addresses potential approaches to the review and assessment of the art in public places programme and individual projects.

Guideline Area 4: Moral rights

This section provides a discussion on issues to do with an artist's moral rights as defined by the Copyright Act and how these rights apply to the alteration relocation or removal of an artwork.

Guideline Area 5: Asset management

This section outlines a range of approaches to the ongoing ownership and maintenance of Council's collection of art in public places as a valuable Council asset.

Guideline Area 1: Public art planning

Opportunities matrix

The following matrix is proposed to aid discussions regarding the most appropriate or likely locations for the different public art typologies. For example it is more likely although not exclusively that artist initiated interventions will take place in inner city environments than in a suburban location.

The rating system of High Medium and Low is provided as a guide only and acknowledges that these ratings may change over time and in particular circumstances.