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Buffalo Arts Commission chair urges council to fill vacancies, create public-art master plan
Summary
At a Committee on Community Development meeting in February 2025, Buffalo Arts Commission Chair Catherine Gillespie urged filling three council-appointed vacancies and developing a citywide public-art master plan, citing the charterrequirement that 1% of capital project budgets support public art and recent high conservation costs.
Catherine Gillespie, chair of the Buffalo Arts Commission, told the Committee on Community Development on Tuesday that the council should fill three vacant commission seats and work with the commission to create a master plan for public art.
"I have the honor of serving as the chair of the Buffalo Arts Commission since 02/2009," Gillespie said in council chambers, adding that the commission wants to improve communication with the council and produce an "accurate, informative inventory" of city-owned art for the public.
Gillespie framed the request around the commission's stewardship role and the city's funding rule for public art. She said the city charter directs that "1% of capital bonds each year will be designated to public art," and that conservation…
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