Arts and Cultural Programs

Contents

• Washington Local Government Arts Programs
• Arts Program Examples from Out of State
• Other Arts Programs
• Arts and Cultural Districts
• Other Information Resources
• Related MRSC Pages
  • Arts Commissions
  • Cultural Tourism 
  • Economic Impact - Arts and Culture
  • Public Art and the Streetscape

Washington Local Government Arts Programs (Including Management of Art Works) 

• Bainbridge Island Municipal Code Chapter 3.80 - Public Art Works Program and Fund
  • Bainbridge Art Display Agreement ( 659 KB)
• Bellevue
  • Bellevue Arts Commission
  • Bellevue City Code Chapter 4.48 - Municipal Art Program
• Burien
  • Burien Municipal Code Chapter 3.31 - Art in Public Places Fund
  • Burien Resolution No. 152 ( 91 KB) establishes policies and procedures for public art expenditures,  4-02 
• Edmonds Public Art
  • Edmonds City Code Chapter 3.13 - Municipal Arts Fund   
• Enumclaw Cultural Programs
• Everett - Arts and Culture
• Issaquah Municipal Code Chapter 3.99 - Municipal Arts Fund
• King County 4 Culture  (King County Cultural Development Authority)
• Kirkland Arts Policy Guidelines ( 40 KB)
• Longview Visual Arts Commission
• Olympia Public Art - Parks and Recreation 
  • Arts Programs and Services ( 446 KB) Chapter 8 of Olympia Parks, Arts, and Recreation Plan, 2002
• Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
• Richland
  • Public Art Strategic Plan ( 230 KB), Preliminary Draft,  prepared by Barney & Worth in Association with Regional Arts & Cultural Council, April 2003
  • Richland Public Art Program Policies and Guidelines
• Seattle
  • Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
  • Arts Planning - Seattle Parks and Recreation
  • Seattle Comprehensive Plan - Cultural Resources Element
  • Seattle Placement and Maintenance of Visual Art Work on Seattle Parks and Recreation Property - (includes section on gifts and donations)
• Shoreline Municipal Code, Sec. 3.35.150 - Municipal Art Fund  
• Tacoma - Culture
  • The Arts
  • Tacoma Culture and History - No. 10 Element of  Tacoma Comprehensive Plan, 2004 Draft
  • Tacoma-Pierce County Public Art Tour (Web)
• Vancouver  - Cultural Services Walla Walla Municipal Code Chapter  2.42 - Arts Collection Management  
• Woodinville
  • Woodinville Resolution No. 200 ( 123 KB) - Creates a Public Art Program, 4-02
  • Woodinville Resolution 210 ( 99 KB)- Creates a City Gift Program, 1-02

Arts Program (Policies and Procedures) Examples from Out-of -State

• Austin, TX - Art in Public Places Program - Includes Donations Policy
• Chico, CA - City Arts Program
• Minneapolis - Public Art Policies and Procedures (176 KB) Phase I Approved by Minneapolis City Council 9/13/02, Resolution # 268173, Phase II Approved by Minneapolis City Council 4/02/04, Petn. # 269529
• Portland, ME - Public Art Committee Guidelines (includes maintenance and deaccessioning policy)
• Stockton, CA - Public Art (includes master plan, policies, procedures)
• Tempe, AZ - Arts
• Toronto - Toronto Culture
• Vancouver, B.C. - Public Art Program
  • Public Art Polices and Guidelines ( 99 KB), Community Services Land Use and Development Policies,  Adopted by City Council June 23, 1994 and November 22, 1994

Other Arts Programs

• Eastside Arts Coalition
• Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition (Annual)  - United States Canada Peace Anniversary Association

Arts and Cultural Districts

• Bellingham Art's District - Arts District & Flora Street: Making Places for People Project
• Bremerton Arts District
• Richland Three Rivers Art and Entertainment District
• Spokane Davenport District - Davenport District Arts Board
• Out of State  - Note that some states provide legislative authority for arts and cultural districts which includes funding mechanisms which Washington does not have
• Berkeley, California
• Economies, Efficiencies, and Darned Good Ideas: Berkeley's Arts and Culture Renaissance Stimulates Economy, Western Cities Magazine, May 2006
• Berkeley Zoning Code Section 23E.68.040  - Downtown Arts District Overlay
• Pittsburgh's Cultural District

Other Information Resources

• Americans for the Arts 
  • Public Art Network - Planning Tools
• Artists' Centers: Evolution and Impact on Careers, Neighborhoods and Economies ( 917 KB), by  Ann Markusen and Amanda Johnson, Project on Regional and Industrial Economics, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, February 2006
• Arts & Culture: More Than Just Entertainment, Issues & Options, Vol. 6, No. 4, July/August 1998, National League of Cities.   MRSC Library Loan
• Arts Economy Initiative - Project on Regional and Industrial Economics, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
• Awaken Your Agency with Art, by Gaylene Carpenter,  Research Update, Parks and Recreation, April 2005
• The Enterprise of Process: Notes on Planning for Public Art, by Marc Pally, Lessons Learned, National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Arts
  • Resources: Lessons Learned: A Planning Tool Site
• Survey of Public Participation in the Arts ( 543 KB),  National Endowment for the Arts, March 2004.
• Washington State Arts Commission

Related Resources

MRSC Index - Cultural programs, performing arts
MRSC Index - Artworks, art in public places programs, community art, murals, mural guidelines
MRSC Index - Arts commission, art advisory board, cultural resources board, local arts agency