Title
Arts Commission Proposed Study Issues, Calendar Year: 2020
report
Proposed Study Issues*
Date
Working Title
Summary of Scope
Staff Comments
9/19/19
Include Diverse Groups of People in the Art Creation Process
Diversity of creative expression.
Acknowledge and include Veterans, Native Americans, African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Seniors, and disabled and those with special needs. Require a certain percentage of art In public or private spaces projects in the city of Sunnyvale to include projects that acknowledge and recognize that any of those above groups that helped to create, design, consulted with and/or were hired for those type of projects.
Acknowledge to architects and design agencies that there is an incentive for them to include those groups in their design process.
There are many groups and organizations for veterans that are artists or sculptors and Native American artist and sculptures and so on. Encourage those agencies to reach out to those different organizations.
Vetart.org, usvaa.org, ucrossfoundation.org, Blackartinamerica.com
And as an art commission we champion those types of projects that elevate and include all people of all levels of creative expression.
The purpose of this study is to consider requiring the public art projects in Sunnyvale integrate specific populations or demographics in the design, commission or consultation phases. The study would look at the current collection to get a snapshot of potential gaps in representation from each population. Community outreach would be completed in order to better understand the current need. It is possible that this may be completed as part of the Cultural Inclusion Study Issue outreach process. The study would identify current industry best practices for representation and inclusion in public art programs as well as associated costs. Cost analysis would include benchmarking of any public art programs similar to the proposed study issue.
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