Public Art Commission
The Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC)
The Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC) is responsible for administering Baltimore's Percent-for-Public-Art Program, as well as the review and approval of all gifts of permanent public art to the City of Baltimore. Meetings of the PAC are open to the public to observe. For more information on the Public Art Commission, or to request an agenda item on an upcoming PAC meeting agenda, please contact Kirk Shannon-Butts, BOPA’s Public Art and Curation Manager, at KSButts@promotionandarts.org.
Baltimore City Public Art Collection
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May 2024 Minutes Approval
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City Solicitor Ebony Thompson Questions
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Bolton Hill Community Association – Gift of Public Art
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Greater Baybrook Alliance, Inc. (GBA)
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Discussion
Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC) meeting dates for 2024 are listed below
Public Art Commission meetings are held on the third Friday of the month at 10AM – 11:30AM at BOPA, 7 St Paul Street,Baltimore, Maryland 21202. Clipper Room 1st Floor
PAC Dates:
January 19
February 16
March 15
April 19
May 17
June 21
July – Summer Recess
August – Summer Recess
September 20
October 18
November 15
December 20
All PAC meetings for open to the public.
COMMISSION MEMBERS
Jacqueline Bershad
Vice President of Planning & Design, National Aquarium
Lady Brion
Founder and Executive Director of the Black Arts District
Jessica Bell Brown
Curator and Department Head for Contemporary Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Aaron Bryant
Curator of Photography and Visual Culture, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Danielle Brock
Project Manager, Site Development RKK
Jaz Erenberg
Muralist and community-centered public artist
Sam Christian Holmes
Artist
Evan Richardson
Assistant Dean of the School of Architecture & Planning at Morgan State University
Alma Roberts
Artist at Alma Robert’s Studio
2023 Minutes and Agendas
November – New Commissioners Onboarding Session – No Meeting
September – Artscape – No Meeting
August – Summer Recess
July – Summer Recess
Presenting to the Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC) Steps
Presenting to the Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC)
- Get a project (rather new commission artwork, move, conservation or deaccession)
- Send an email to the PAC Administrator (currently Kirk Shannon-Butts) regarding the project
- The project is reviewed by the PAC Administrator to determine if the artwork is in the Baltimore City Public Art collection and meets 1% for Art ordinance guidelines – as many public facing artworks across the city are owned by federal, state, private, university, and colleges entities and thusly are not within the Baltimore City 1% For Art ordinance domain and stewardship.
- Upon guidelines completion the Project Manager and PAC Administrator will meet to discuss the project, eligibility, scope, and goals.
- Thereafter, the project will be placed on an upcoming PAC agenda for review, discussion, Q & A, and vote after a presentation of the project to the PAC
Public Art Guidlines
Meetings of the PAC are open to the public to observe.
Meetings of the PAC are open to the public to observe. For more information on the Public Art Commission, or to request an agenda item on an upcoming PAC meeting agenda, please contact Kirk Shannon-Butts, BOPA’s Public Art and Curation Manager, at PACadmin@promotionandarts.org.
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