The document discusses the benefits and impacts of public art. It summarizes claims that public art can: 1) Be a cultural investment and vital to economic recovery by attracting companies and investment as well as cultural tourism. 2) Contribute to local distinctiveness and add to land values by creating employment and increasing use of public spaces. 3) Humanize and improve the environment while encouraging community pride and greater care of public areas.

1. Public Art
Key words
place
narrative
collaboration
inspiration
community
value adding
sustain-ability
vernacular
inspiration

2. Sara Selwood
• from her book The Benefits of Public Art, writes that Expansive claims are made for public
art. It is credited with being:
a cultural investment,
vital to the economic recovery of many cities.
It is said to contribute to local distinctiveness;
attract companies and investment;
feature in cultural tourism;
add to land values,
create employment;
increase the use of open spaces;
lower levels of vandalism……it is supposed
to humanise and otherwise improve the environment;
encourage greater care of areas by residents whose pride in their locality has
increased.

3. Andy
Goldsworthy UK

4. Max yellow
line Portland
Artwork at every stop along the MAX Yellow Line draws from
the history and culture of the area to create a unique identity for each
station. 40 local artists contributing artwork and 75 community
members participating in forums and committees

5. Janet Lawrence & Fiona Foley

7. P.Randal
UK

8. Mertzner believes that public art:
is not about the myth of the artist
it is about civic ness.
Its not to make people feel diminished and
insignificant,
but it is to glorify them.
It is not about the gap between culture and public,
but it’s to make art public, and artists
citizens again?

9. People and Place

10. Recording and Translating the Inspiration

11. PLACE
‘River Reflections’
14

12. Process-Research
16

13. Eight Panels Eight Themes
No.1 Originals
No.2 Early arrivals
No.3 Destruction
No.4 Economics
No.5 Personal Histories
No.6 Recreation
No.7 Food
No.8 Flora Fauna and the
Future

14. Economics and Cultural
Tourism
13

15. Narrative and Visual
References 17

16. Material as Narrative
25

17. Public Ownership
24

18. Linking Community
Through Public Art
40

19. River Reflections completed artwork

20. Ulysses Link
Ulysses Link

24. ULYSSES LINK

25. Ulysses Link Completed Artwork

26. Childers Backpacker Memorial

28. Connecting the memorial to place

29. Fabrication

30. Collaboration

31. Journey
Cases

33. Childers Backpacker Memorial Completed Artwork

35. The Narrative of Place

36. Pages of History Indigenous

37. Music Walk The concept

38. Community Consultation:
going public

40. Music Walk The Finished Artwork

42. Bulcock Beach Concept

46. Q150 Mosaic Project
The Launch
The Curatorial
Team
The Guidelines

47. The Curatorial Team

48. Community
Collaboration

50. Concepts and Recommendations

52. Community
Collaborations
Works in Progress
Exhibition ABC TV

54. The Finished
Mosaics Arrive