Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code
Parent Document: Portland Land Use Code
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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20 PUBLIC ART PROGRAM                                    G. Enhance Portland's growing reputation as a city
                                                              which celebrates the arts.
20.1 ESTABLISHMENT                                       H. Celebrate the multi-cultural and diverse
It shall henceforth be the policy of the City to              character of Portland's communities with
provide on an annual basis regular funding for the            place-specific art.
preservation, restoration, and enhancement of its        I.   Encourage collaboration between artists,
public art collection. This article and the funding           landscape architects, urban planners,
contemplated are in recognition of the fact that              architects, engineers, and other designers.
only by instituting a steady stream of funding for
this effort and standing by that commitment, will        20.3 APPLICABILITY
the City over time be able to fulfill its role as        A. For the purposes of the Public Art Program, art
steward of its public art collection and help nurture         work shall include the following:
and enrich thereby the quality of life in this city.          1.   Sculpture, statues, or monuments in any
                                                                   material or combination of materials.
20.2 PURPOSE                                                  2.   Painting.
The purpose of this article is to promote the                 3.   Graphic arts, printmaking, and drawing.
educational, cultural, economic, and general welfare          4.   Photography.
of the City of Portland by providing the means to             5.   Crafts in clay, fiber and textiles, wood,
fund the acquisition and care of art works by the                  metal, plastics, glass, and other materials.
City of Portland, which shall be the City's public art        6.   Mixed media, any combination of forms or
collection. The Public Art Program seeks to:                       media, including collage.
A. Care for and maintain the public art collection            7.   Functional art such as street furniture, as
     of the City of Portland by documenting,                       described in the Guidelines for the Public
     preserving, restoring, and repairing the                      Art Ordinance.
     collection.                                              8.   Environmental art consisting of landforms
B. Commission or acquire works of public art, and                  and artistic landscape composition.
     to seek donations of art work for the City’s        B. The following shall not be considered public art
     public art collection.                                   for the purposes of the Public Art Program:
C. Provide curatorial expertise and project                   1.   Reproductions by mechanical or other
     management for the care of Portland's public                  means of original works of art, except for
     art collection.                                               limited editions, controlled by the artist, of
D. Enhance and enrich the lives of the city's                      original prints, cast sculptures,
     residents, visitors, and employees by                         photographs, or other works of art.
     incorporating the visual arts into public spaces.        2.   Decorative, ornamental, or functional
E.   Contribute to the city's civic pride and sense of             elements which are designed by the
     identity.                                                     building architect or consultants engaged
F.   Increase access to works of art for residents                 by the architect which are a traditional and
     and visitors to the area.                                     typical element of architectural design. CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 20-1 PUBLIC ART PROGRAM
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