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Public Art in Arlington
Public Art Program Staff
Angela Adams,
Administrator of Public Art
Welmoed Laanstra, Public Art Projects
Curator
Brooks Barwell, Public Art Planner
Caroline Danforth,
Associate Curator
Arlington's Public Art Master Plan and
Public Art Collection
Monday, December 3, 2007, 7 - 9 p.m.
Arlington Central Library 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Information: 703-228-3771
The public is invited to a public meeting to learn about Arlington's
Public Art Master Plan, Public Art - Public Places, and
view a slide presentation of Arlington's permanent and temporary public
art collection as it has developed over the past two decades. The public
art master plan reflects the County's commitment to public art as a key
tool for promoting design excellence and creating high quality public
space.
Public Art Opportunities in Arlington County
Public art opportunities will be listed here as they are
announced.
"Crystal Flight" Call for Artists
Deadline Monday, December 3, 2007
Dowload the call for entries at
http://www.crystalcity.org, or contact Robert Mandle, 703-412-9435,
rmandle@crystalcity.org
The Crystal City BID (Business Improvement District) will bring
fifty artistically decorated five-foot statues of airplanes (25 fighter
jets and 25 vintage bi-planes) to the streets of Crystal City in April,
2008. The BID is looking for high quality local, regional and national
artists to hop aboard the program by developing and implementing fun,
whimsical design themes for the fifty planes!
Other Opportunities
Public art opportunities
offered
by organizations not affiliated with Arlington county will be posted here
periodically as a service to artists. If you have a call to artists you
wish to post, please email
publicart@arlingtonva.us
with the text of the information and a link to your website.
Background Information
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Arlington's Public Art
Program is administered by the Community and Public Art Section of the
Cultural Affairs Division, Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural
Resources
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Arlington's County Board
Policy was approved in September, 2000.
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A Public Art Master Plan
with program guidelines is currently in development.
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Arlington has a long history
of developer-initiated public art projects beginning in 1979 with the
commission of Nancy Holt's Dark Star Park.
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Arlington is currently home
to over 30 permanent public art projects, with many more underway.
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Arlington has hosted over 40
temporary public art projects since 1987.
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Arlington's Public Art
Program typically has around 20 developer-initiated projects underway at
any given time. Currently (July, 2004), over $2.5 million is designated
for upcoming public art projects through developer contributions.
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Many of Arlington's public
art projects focus on the following areas due to the high density and
visibility of these corridors:
1. Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor,
particularly those that support the
WALKArlington program;
2. Four Mile Run Corridor, both in parkland and areas such as
Shirlington, the Trades Center campus and Four Mile Run/Nauck area;
3. Columbia Pike Corridor, to unify the streetscape of this major
road;
4. Jefferson Davis Corridor, development of various centers including
a visitor center, convention center and recreation center;
5. Arlington Boulevard Corridor, to address this major thoroughfare
that divides the County north and south.
County Initiated Projects In Progress
ARTIST
PROJECT
Vicki Scuri
VDOT Arlington Boulevard
Arlington County Background Information
Arlington County was originally
part of the ten-mile square parcel of land surveyed in 1791 to be the
Nation's Capital. Then known as Alexandria County of the District of
Columbia, it included what is now Arlington County plus part of the
neighboring City of Alexandria. Congress returned that portion of land to
the Commonwealth of Virginia following a referendum among its citizens. The
City of Alexandria and Arlington separated their jurisdictions in 1870, and
in 1920 the name Arlington County was adopted.
Arlington, the second smallest county in the U.S., encompasses 25.9 square
miles. There are no incorporated cities or towns with Arlington. It is
five miles from Washington, D.C.
Public Art Policy
Public
Art Policy, Adopted by the Arlington County Board, September, 2000.
To view and print the Public Art Policy online, you will need Adobe Acrobat
Reader. If you are unable to download, view and print the document, please
contact Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division Public Art Administrator, at
publicart@arlingtonva.us to request one by mail.
If you would like to add your name to the visual arts opportunities mail
list, please email Angela Adams at the above email or send a postcard to:
Angela Adams
Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division
2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 414
Arlington, VA. 22201
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Arlington Public Art Master
Plan
Public Art Master
Plan
Information:
Angela Adams,
Administrator of Public Art
Art Advisory Panels
If you are an Arlington
resident, and are interested in being a member of an Art Advisory Panel,
which convene periodically to help select artists for Public Art Projects,
please send you name and address to Caroline Danforth, Associate Curator.
Caroline Danforth
Arlington County Cultural Affairs
2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 414
Arlington, VA. 22201
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