Public Art Master Plan Update

January 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 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

Public Art Master Plan update process begins

Public Art Master Plan | Background

▪ Adopted in 2004 as a sub-element of the Comprehensive Plan,

supportive to Public Spaces Master Plan.

▪ 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

▪ Historic Preservation Master Plan

▪ Columbia Pike Form Based Code Updates

Concurrent Planning Processes:

▪ Public Spaces Master Plan (POPS) update

▪ Lee Highway

▪ 4 Mile Run Valley

▪ Arts & Culture Strategic Plan

Research and Engagement

Online Survey, open from April – June 2017 with 495 responses

HOME @ Arlington 2017 by Sushmita Mazumdar

Public Art Walking Tour by Graham Coreil-Allen

Highlights and Changes

Echo by Richard Deutsch

2012 AFTA Public Art Year in Review Award

Meeting Bowls by mmmm…

Temporary Public Art

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.

• 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

Key Recommendations | Public Art Program

• Initiate a major periodic temporary public art exhibition.

• Add Lee Highway and Potomac Riverfront as focus areas and

sustainability and innovation as new themes.

• Heighten focus on maintaining & activating the public art

collection.

• Undertake of support creative placemaking projects.

Lee Highway Corridor

and Potomac Riverfront

added as two new focus areas

Key Recommendations | Private Development

• Reassert that the primary purpose of public art negotiated through the site

plan process is to enhance the public realm.

• Involve the Program more closely in review of PDSPs to ensure alignment

with public art strategies.

• Continue the Program staff’s close involvement with developers in the

scoping, artist selection and artist concept review phases of developer

projects.

• Consider flexibility in meeting milestones in the standard condition

language, when warranted by extraordinary circumstances.

Dressed Up and Pinned by Vivian Beer

Commissioned by Schupp Companies

for Hyatt Place Hotel

Key Recommendations | Private Development

• Explore ways in which private developers can support ongoing education

and programming for commissioned artworks.

• Collaborate with UD+R and Current Planning in identifying areas where site

plan projects are expected and developing public art strategies.

• Encourage developer contributions in-lieu of public art on site, if doing so

can advance public art related to urban design strategies in adopted plans.

• Serve as a resource to future County efforts to streamline the process of

permitting temporary spaces and activities.

Quill by Christian Moeller commissioned by Monday Properties Naga by Lisa Scheer commissioned by B.F. Saul Company

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 – January 2018: Board Briefings

• December 2017 – March 2018: Draft plan in progress

Internal Working Group, CMO, Public Art Committee

• Spring 2018: Public comment; Public Meetings with PSMP

• Spring – Summer 2018 – Commission Reviews

• Fall 2018 – County Board Review/Approval