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Arts Commission: FY24 public art spending ~$4.45M; city secures $2.5M FY25 allocation for collections care

San Francisco Arts Commission · December 2, 2024
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Arts Commission staff told commissioners that FY24 public art investments totaled nearly $4.45 million (including staff costs), with direct public-arts investments of about $1.6M and collections care spending of $910K; staff said the city secured a right-sized FY25 capital allocation of $2.5M to address deferred conservation and maintenance.

Public Art staff on the San Francisco Arts Commission presented the fiscal year 2024 annual report on Dec. 2, saying the program’s total art investments — including staff costs — amounted to nearly $4.45 million. Public-arts direct investments were reported at about $1.6 million, collections investments at roughly $900,000, and a $200,000 consultant allocation for the Shaping Legacy project, staff said.

Mary Khu, introducing the report with Senior Registrar Allison Cummings, said the program’s FY24 spending mix reflected artwork design, fabrication and handling costs and identified conservation as the largest collections expense. “Public arts direct investments total approximately 1.6 million,” she said. Allison Cummings said the…

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