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Orem library staff present new art policy and gallery program ahead of February review
Summary
Library staff and the Orem Library Advisory Commission reviewed a draft art policy and exhibition plan that would codify acquisition, display, donation and deaccession rules for the city's art collection and gallery spaces; staff will circulate the written policy and return it for commission review in February.
Holly Grierson, the library's children's librarian and the staff member who manages the city art collection, told the Orem Library Advisory Commission that the city's art program now needs a formal policy to protect artists, preserve works and clarify staff responsibility.
"We're trying to highlight up-and-coming artists and to protect artists and the artwork in the collection," Grierson said, summarizing the draft policy she presented. She said the collection includes paintings, sculptures, stained glass and pottery and that most works are already on public display in library…
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