The author discusses the controversy over the public art stipulation for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California.

The idea of responsible criticism is, of course, predicated on  the existence of public art criticism, period, a body of writing that has yet to reach critical mass. There are various factors responsible for the present near vacuum. Public art operates outside the gallery system; it cannot be exhibited in  museums except by proxy (drawings, models, photographs). And, most significantly, its economic function doesn’t generate revenue within the art business. If it is commissioned directly from the artist, there may be no fee for the gallery. There are few ads and therefore

The Arts Education Project Designer's Toolbook has been developed to help plan and evaluate programs. For artists and community members working in an educational setting, it will provide an introduction to educational planning and related terms. For teachers, it will provide a helpful review. Using the Toolbook will help you develop superior programs and competitive grant applications for local, national, or private funding.

This paper focuses on the cultural future of small cities and on how cultural and arts organizations work together (or fail to work together) in a small city setting.

This essay suggests a healing and strengthening role for the arts in this altered world. The beneficial function of the arts in health care has been documented over the past 20 years, with significant evidence that the arts have a powerful healing capacity when incorporated into hospitals, treatment facilities, senior care programs, and rehabilitation programs.

The importance of cultural institutions to contemporary revitalization efforts in U.S. cities is attributed to several factors, including cities' dependence on their consumption economies, cultural institutions' interest in improving their surroundings, and cultural institutions' abilities to draw on serious and popular art forms.

Copyright laws regarding public works of art vary internationally, so it is important for artists and users to be aware of these differences to protect themselves in an increasingly global society.

This document was developed to assist the public sector in developing public art policies.

The author states that the aim of this dissertation is to use his role as a public art advisory committee member for the Schuylkill River Park Development Council to elucidate the public art process at a particular place in a particular moment in time: Schuylkill River Park, Center City, Philadelphia, 1996-2000.

Dialogues in Public Art presents a rich blend of interviews with the people who create and experience public art.