Public Art Master Plan Update May 2018
Public Art Master Plan (PAMP) | Background September 2000 Arlington County Board adopts a Public Art Policy December 2004 Arlington County Board approves the County’s first Public Art Master Plan March 2005 Arlington Commission for the Arts recommends first set of County- initiated Guidelines to County Manager November 2011 Arlington Public Art program moves from Department of Parks & Recreation to Economic Development January 2017 – December 2018 Public Art Master Plan update process
Public Art Master Plan | Background Adopted in 2004 as a sub-element of the Comprehensive Plan, supportive to Public Spaces Master Plan, like Natural Resources & Urban Forestry master plans. Outlines strategy for how public art will improve the quality of public spaces and the built environment. Directs that public art should be sited in “prominent locations” and integrated at the earliest design stage. Recommends developer contributions be pooled in different areas of the County and used to leverage County and grant funds.
Public Art Master Plan Update | Evolving Context Current Plan is 14 years old. Update will reflect changes since 2004: ▪ Cultural Affairs/Public Art program move to AED ▪ Growth of Public Art Collection ▪ Establishment of three Business Improvement Districts ▪ BRAC & recruitment of new industries to Arlington ▪ Establishment of Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy ▪ Creation of Center for Urban Design + Research ▪ Interest in temporary public art / creative placemaking / civic engagement
Public Art Master Plan Update | Evolving Context Planning Processes completed since 2004: ▪ Envision Courthouse ▪ Realize Rosslyn ▪ Crystal City Sector Plan ▪ Clarendon Sector Plan ▪ Historic Preservation Master Plan ▪ Columbia Pike Form Based Code Updates ▪ Arts & Culture Strategic Plan ▪ 4 Mile Run Valley Concurrent Planning Processes: ▪ Public Spaces Master Plan (POPS) update ▪ Lee Highway
Research and Engagement HOME @ Arlington 2017 by Sushmita Mazumdar Online Survey, open from April – June 2017 with 495 responses Public Art Walking Tour by Graham Coreil-Allen
Highlights and Changes Echo by Richard Deutsch Meeting Bowls by mmmm… 2012 AFTA Public Art Year in Review Award Temporary Public Art
Key Recommendations | Public Art Program Add Lee Highway and Potomac Riverfront as focus areas • (in addition to Rosslyn-Ballston, Columbia Pike and Jefferson Davis and Four Mile Run corridors) Add Sustainability and Innovation as thematic priorities • (in addition to Historic, Federal and Global Arlington) Lee Highway Corridor and Potomac Riverfront added as two new focus areas
Key Recommendations | Comprehensive Planning • Rosslyn: Consider coordinated public art strategies for Gateway, Esplanade, 18 th Street Corridor and Freedom Park per sector plan Crystal City: Commission artworks in open spaces per sector plan • Strengthen public art planning in Clarendon’s West End/southwest Ballston • Columbia Pike: Continue integration into public spaces per Form-Based • Code and Neighborhoods Area Plan Ensure that Program staff is included in all Comprehensive Planning • processes and studies, collaborates regularly with Urban Design + Research Major Gateways to Arlington County
Key Recommendations | Private Development • Reassert that the primary purpose of public art negotiated through the site plan process is to enhance the public realm, especially new plazas, pedestrian corridors and urban design strategies in adopted plans Involve the Program more closely in review of PDSPs to ensure alignment • with public art strategies. • Continue the Program staff’s close involvement in the scoping, artist selection and artist concept review phases of developer projects. Support developer efforts at placemaking separate and in addition to • public art. Dressed Up and Pinned by Vivian Beer Commissioned by Schupp Companies for Hyatt Place Hotel
Key Recommendations | Public Art Program Consider public art opportunities at the earliest planning stages of • County facility and infrastructure projects. • Develop guidelines for PFRC consideration of public art. Commission periodic high-impact temporary public art installations • in highly visible and trafficked locations in the County Consider public art for APS facilities on a case-by-case basis. • Provide guidelines for CPHD and Neighborhood Conservation for • determining public art-appropriate projects. Wave Arbor by Doug Hollis Long Bridge Park Capital Project
Public Art Master Plan Update | Schedule and Next Steps • January – June 2017: Establishment of internal & external working groups Background research, stakeholder engagement February – October 2017: Public engagement activities • Fall 2017 – Winter 2018: Recommendations • Locations, themes, project types and implementation Internal Working Group, CMO, Public Art Committee, Commissions December 2017: Board Briefings • January 2018: Presentation to NAIOP • • January - August 2018: Draft plan in progress Internal Working Group, CMO, Public Art Committee Fall 2018: Public comment & meetings / Commission Reviews • Nov/Dec 2018: County Board RTA/Hearing •
Public Art Master Plan Update | Discussion • Are there any planning and development partnerships we missed? • Does our approach towards linking art opportunities to long-range plans seem sensible and effective? • Have we landed on the right priorities? • What opportunities do you see for engaging artists in planning processes? What outcomes would you like to see from that?
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