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parks or inside public buildings. High priority locations include community parks, entrance gateways, Historic Dublin, Central Ohio Innovation Center, major transportation corridors, civic buildings and business parks

Existing installations and installation sites are included on the art map (page 121).

Selection of Public Art

To use the powers of art for the best community benefits, works of two-dimension and three-dimension art must weave into the landscape with purpose. As such, the following concepts should be considered when selecting pieces for the City’s collection:

• Conceptual compatibility of the design with the immediate environment of the site;

• Appropriateness of the design to the function of the site;

• Compatibility of the design and location with a unified design character or historical character of the site;

• Preservation and integration of natural features for the project;

• Appropriateness of the materials, textures, colors and design to the

expression of the design concept;

• Representation of a broad variety of tastes within the community and the provision of a balanced inventory of works of art to insure a variety of style, design and media throughout the community; and

• Originality of the artwork.

Artist Recruitment

There are many ways to attract artists to participate in the City’s public art program. The most common ways are described in this plan but are not meant to be exclusive to other means of engaging artists in the community.

Open call: An open call for artists is the most recognized method of locating artists for an artwork. The open call process requires the City to define the project, goals, potential location(s), budget, eligibility, application process, selection criteria and selection process. The open call is then advertised through established professional groups, such as the Public Art Network Listserv. This process can be structured as either a request for qualifications or a request for proposals. Request for qualifications involve artists submitting their background and biographical information and a request for proposals involves an artist submitting concepts for the

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