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Epicenter

Public Housing, Practice, and Design

Innovative Housing

Prefabrication in the Public Realm

Streetscapes for Wellness

Women-Designed NYC Exhibition Opening

Art for New York Panel

Open House NY 2019

Prefabrication Roundtable Discussion

Shared Spaces DesignTalksNYC

Women-Built NYC

Reshaping Streetscapes

Open House NY 2018

Quality Affordable Housing AIANY Panel

Open House NY 2017

Excavating City Hall Park

Open House NY 2016

Designing Quality Affordable Housing

Design for Equity Panel Series 2015-2016

Open House NY 2015


Art for New York:

The Making of a Public Art Collection

The Fine Arts Federation of New York 2019 Annual Meeting

Wednesday, November 20th at 6:30 pm

Smack Mellon (***Please note the change in location***)

92 Plymouth Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

(corner of Plymouth and Washington Street)

Tickets available via Eventbrite.

New York City’s vast collection of public art dates to the dawn of the 1800s, and spans a remarkable array of works installed in and among parks, plazas, libraries, court buildings, fire stations, and other civic sites. Encompassing sculpture, painting, lighting, mosaic, glass, textiles, and more, the collection amounts to a five-borough museum with dazzling reach and impact.

Rarely considered as a whole, this body of work gives rise to questions about the value of public art, its evolution over time, and its relevance to an ever-evolving city. How can an urban art collection grow and change? Should we expect public artworks to endure forever? What special considerations are needed for art that’s integrated into infrastructure and architecture? How do we maintain works of wide-ranging materials and methods? And how can we ensure an equitable public art process that reflects a diverse city?

On the occasion of its 2019 Annual Meeting, The Fine Arts Federation of New York, in partnership with the NYC Public Design Commission, presents an evening of dialogue about how public art is commissioned, created, reviewed, and maintained. We are honored to share the perspectives of those directly engaged in the public art process: an artist who recently completed a public monument in the South Bronx; representatives of the Public Design Commission, which oversees permanent, city-owned artworks; the artist and curator who leads the city’s Percent for Art program, which has commissioned hundreds of site-specific projects since 1982; and the Parks Department’s leading authority on art and antiquities.

Panelists:

Keri Butler, Deputy Executive Director, NYC Public Design Commission

Melissa Calderón, Artist

Kendal Henry, Director, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program

Jonathan Kuhn, Director, Art & Antiquities, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

Respondents:

Philip E. Aarons, Lay Member, Public Design Commission, and Partner, Millennium Partners

Mary A. Valverde, Sculptor Member, NYC Public Design Commission, and Interdisciplinary Artist

A reception with wine and light fare will precede the program.