The 10-year plan provides a vision for the City’s public art program and art assets, and a roadmap for integrating that vision with other City planning and development efforts.

To view the draft plan online, click here. A hard copy of the draft plan is available for review at the front desk of the City Planning Dept., 99 W. 10th. The comment period is open until 5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010.  Send comments to clark@barneyandworth.com.  Residents may also comment at the final meeting of the Public Arts Plan Steering Committee at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 20, in the lobby of the Hult Center. 

The process of developing a comprehensive public art plan was guided by the consulting agency, Barney and Worth, and a 14-member Steering Committee.  The foundation of the plan is a result of broad-based resident input. The plan was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

A public art plan was identified in the 2007 Cultural Arts Policy Review as a tool needed to help “enhance Eugene’s physical environment through public art in the downtown and throughout the City”. The CPR called the development of a plan a key ingredient in reinforcing Eugene’s emerging art identity and to “integrate arts and culture into the fabric of Eugene’s downtown and neighborhoods”.