Public Art Commission agrees to revise Phase 2 scoring and to document minimum score for funding

The Lexington City Public Art Commission spent a substantial portion of its March 4 meeting reviewing proposed revisions to the Phase 2 scoring sheet used to evaluate public-art project applications and discussed process changes for scoring and documenting decisions.

Commission staff described edits that add criteria drawn from the Public Art Master Plan, including site-specific relevance, activation of public space, and originality. The proposed changes move several previously scored questions into yes/no checks at the end of the form, including whether the project includes conservation…