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Public art commission approves pilot community mural program; works to be privately funded and temporary
Summary
The Palm Springs Public Art Commission approved a pilot community mural program that allows community groups to propose temporary murals on city-owned buildings. The program requires private funding, a community sponsor, and insertion of the municipal-code definition of 'mural'; legal counsel will review contracts and waivers.
The Palm Springs Public Art Commission voted June 4 to approve a pilot community mural program that will permit privately funded, temporary murals on city-owned buildings downtown and potentially other city locations.
Staff and commissioners emphasized the pilot is a program offer, not a city-funded grant: "No, these and these are not city money being used for it. Just the city building," a staff member said during the discussion. The program requires a community group sponsor to take financial and maintenance responsibility; if a group disbands or no successor takes a site, the temporary work can be removed or repainted.
Commissioners asked that the program text include the city's municipal-code definition of "mural" to clarify protections and removal authority. Several commissioners recommended that city legal counsel review contract language and waivers so the city retains the ability to remove a work at the end of its permitted term. The motion approving the pilot program with insertion of the code definition passed with all present voting yes.
Next steps: staff will provide program details and an online procedure for groups to apply, consider a call for muralists when necessary, and revisit program language in three to six months to judge if amendments are needed.
