Art for All Public Art Master Plan

City of Fort Wayne, Indiana

WHY

The City of Fort Wayne, Indiana recently adopted an ordinance requiring any private development receiving TIF incentives to contribute 1% of the project fee to the City of Fort Wayne’s Public Art Fund. In an effort to invest these dollars responsibly, the city set out to create a Public Art Master Plan. The plan would direct spending to high-priority projects in downtown and neighborhoods, and outline the infrastructure necessary to create a robust public art program.

HOW

Designing Local held more than 100 stakeholder interviews to kick off the plan’s discovery phase, and hosted a Public Art Pecha Kucha event to initiate the planning process. Six local artists and a nationally recognized curator spoke about the power of public art to a standing-room audience of 250 people. The team hosted a series of meetings titled ‘Public Art Popsicle Pop-Up on a Parklet’ to co-create big ideas for public art in the community. We also developed a custom map program through which participants could select where public art should go, where special stories happen, and where public art currently exists.

WHAT

Through the development of sound policy and an implementation framework, the Fort Wayne Public Art Master Plan offers the city an opportunity to create public art that is uniquely Fort Wayne.

SERVICES

Public Art Planning

 
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