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Council to consider creating a Charlottesville Public Art Commission with $100,000 seed proposal
Summary
Deputy city manager proposed a new advisory Public Art Commission to manage the city's public-art collection, with a recommended FY27 seed allocation of about $100,000 for a consultant to establish procedures, recruit members and evaluate reestablishing a 1% for the arts funding program; council asked for scope clarifications and moved the ordinance and resolution to the April 6 consent agenda.
City staff proposed creating a Charlottesville Public Art Commission and asked council to place an ordinance and a resolution providing initial seed funding on the April 6 consent agenda.
"The primary purpose of the Public Art Commission would be to manage the city's public art collections," Deputy City Manager James Fest told the council, outlining duties that would include advising on donations, maintenance, deaccessioning, restoration and possible memorials. Fest said previous nonprofit partners that had managed pieces are no longer operating and that ownership of many installations has…
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