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While the City of Kelowna does not have formal guidelines or requirements for private sector provision of public art, there have been a number of successful public and private sector collaborations. In addition to the Bank of Montreal partnership which resulted in Jock Hildebrand’s Dancing Pedestrians, R. Dow Reid’s monumental Rhapsody fountain at the entrance to Waterfront Park was funded in part through a large scale residential development. A joint funding arrangement between BC Housing, the John Howard Society and the Public Art Reserve Fund enabled the installation of Arborvitae by Oliver Harwood and Marie Bortolotto on the entrance façade of Cardington Apartments, a supportive housing facility in downtown Kelowna. Currently, a new public art project supported by the Reserve Fund will be part of a private sector re-development of a CN station heritage site just north of the Cultural District.
The Committee has also established a Donations Policy to guide gifts of art to the City and is frequently called upon to provide its advice regarding other acquisition offers.
HOW THE PROGRAM OPERATES: The Public Art Program is funded by an annual budget allocation, approved by City Council, which ranges from $100,000 up to a maximum of 1% of the City’s annual capital budget from general taxation revenue. Unspent money accumulates in the Public Art Reserve Fund.
Staff members from the City’s Infrastructure & Planning Department are primarily responsible for liaising with the Public Art Committee and management of commissioning processes and artist contracts.
Advice regarding expenditures from the Public Art Reserve Fund is provided by the Public Art Committee, comprised of 11 Kelowna residents appointed by Council for a three year term. Committee members come from a variety of professional and artistic disciplines, ranging from graphic design, architecture and urban planning to the business and arts community at large.
The Committee’s activities are governed by Terms of Reference. A typical commission will begin with the identification of a possible site and budget and the preparation of either a Request for Proposals (RFP) or Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Competitions are usually open to all artists from any locale and are advertised in a wide variety of art listserves and networks. The City also maintains an artists’ roster and those included in the roster will automatically be notified of open public art RFPs or RFQs.
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