The Practice of Public Art (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

Coming In From The Cold: A Public Art History / Cameron Cartiere -- Time In Place: New Genre Public Art A Decade Later / Suzanne Lacy -- Space, Place And Site In Critical Spatial Arts Practice / Jane Rendell -- Be A Crossroads: Public Art Practice And The Cultural Hybrid / Margaret Adamek And Karl Lorenz -- Critical Spaces: Monuments And Changes / Malcolm Miles -- Toward A Celebratory And Liberating System Of Teaching Public Art / Stephanie Anne Johnson -- A Fine Public Art & Design Education: Learning And Teaching Public Art / Faye Carey -- Public Art And Education: An Interview With Harrell Fletcher / Shelly Willis -- The Millennium Park Effect: A Tale Of Two Cities / Regina M. Flanagan -- Investigating The Public Art Commissioning System: The Challenges Of Making Art In Public / Shelly Willis -- Here And Gone: Making It Happen / Kristin Calhoun And Peggy Kendellen -- As Rich As Getting Lost In Venice: Sustaining A Career As A Public Artist In The Public Realm / Terri Cohn -- From Margin To Mainstream: Dyke Action Machine! Public Art And A Recent History Of Lesbian Representation / Carrie Moyer -- In The Storms Of The World: Building Communities To Assist Social And Ecological Justice / James Marriott -- The Art Of The Question: Thinking Like A Public Artist / Anonymous -- A Timeline For The History Of Public Art: The United Kingdom And The United States Of America, 1900-2005 / Cameron Cartiere, Rosemary Shirley, And Shelly Willis. Edited By Cameron Cartiere And Shelly Willis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [247]-248) And Index. Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Introduction Cameron Cartiere and Shelly Willis......Page 16 Part I Out of Theory......Page 20 1 Coming in from the Cold: A Public Art History......Page 22 2 Time in Place: New Genre Public Art a Decade Later......Page 33 3 Space, Place, and Site in Critical Spatial Arts Practice......Page 48 4 “Be a Crossroads”: Public Art Practice and the Cultural Hybrid......Page 71 5 Critical Spaces: Monuments and Changes......Page 81 6 Toward a Celebratory and Liberating System of Teaching Public Art......Page 106 7 A Fine Public Art & Design Education: Learning and Teaching Public Art......Page 118 8 Teaching Public Art in the Twenty-fi rst Century: An Interview with Harrell Fletcher......Page 135 Part II Into Practice......Page 146 9 The Millennium Park Effect: A Tale of Two Cities......Page 148 10 Investigating the Public Art Commissioning System: The Challenges of Making Art in Public......Page 167 11 Here and Gone: Making It Happen......Page 175 12 As Rich as Getting Lost in Venice: Sustaining a Career as an Artist in the Public Realm......Page 191 13 From Margin to Mainstream: Dyke Action Machine! Public Art and a Recent History of Lesbian Representation......Page 208 14 In the Storms of the World: Building Communities to Assist Social and Ecological Justice......Page 219 15 The Art of the Question: Thinking like a Public Artist......Page 234 Part III Mapping the Lineage......Page 244 A Timeline for the History of Public Art: The United Kingdom and the United States of America, 1900–2005......Page 246 Bibliography......Page 262 Contributors......Page 264 Index......Page 268 Arts, Language and Literature Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgments 14 Introduction Cameron Cartiere and Shelly Willis 16 Part I Out of Theory 20 1 Coming in from the Cold: A Public Art History 22 2 Time in Place: New Genre Public Art a Decade Later 33 3 Space, Place, and Site in Critical Spatial Arts Practice 48 4 “Be a Crossroads”: Public Art Practice and the Cultural Hybrid 71 5 Critical Spaces: Monuments and Changes 81 6 Toward a Celebratory and Liberating System of Teaching Public Art 106 7 A Fine Public Art & Design Education: Learning and Teaching Public Art 118 8 Teaching Public Art in the Twenty-fi rst Century: An Interview with Harrell Fletcher 135 Part II Into Practice 146 9 The Millennium Park Effect: A Tale of Two Cities 148 10 Investigating the Public Art Commissioning System: The Challenges of Making Art in Public 167 11 Here and Gone: Making It Happen 175 12 As Rich as Getting Lost in Venice: Sustaining a Career as an Artist in the Public Realm 191 13 From Margin to Mainstream: Dyke Action Machine! Public Art and a Recent History of Lesbian Representation 208 14 In the Storms of the World: Building Communities to Assist Social and Ecological Justice 219 15 The Art of the Question: Thinking like a Public Artist 234 Part III Mapping the Lineage 244 A Timeline for the History of Public Art: The United Kingdom and the United States of America, 1900–2005 246 Bibliography 262 Contributors 264 Index 268 Wide-ranging and timely, The Practice of Public Art brings together practicing artists, curators, activists, art writers, administrators, city planners, and educators from the United Kingdom and United States to offer differing perspectives on the many facets of the public art process. The Practice of Public Art examines the continual evolution of public art, from monuments and memorials to socially engaged public art practice. Topics include constructing new models for developing and commissioning public art works, understanding the challenges of public art vs. public design, and unraveling t This exciting new collection of essays by practicing artists, curators, activists, art writers, administrators, city planners, and educators offers divergent perspectives on the numerous facets of the public art process. The volume also includes a useful graphic timeline of public art history.