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Public Art Principles

Meeting: 11/07/2018 - Cabinet (Item 25)

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To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure providing a review of the Public Art Strategy (2006) and Gloucester Lighting Strategy (2008) and to setting out a programme for putting in place a new set of key principles for public arts in Gloucester.

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

(1)         that progress the City Council has made in delivering the Public Art Strategy and Lighting Strategy be noted; and

 

(2)         to recommend that officers prepare a new Public Arts Key Principles document outlining the council’s expectations and guidelines for those undertaking the commissioning and delivery of public arts.

 

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure that provided members with a review of the Public Art Strategy (2006) and Gloucester Lighting Strategy (2008) and set out a programme for putting in place a new set of key principles for public arts in Gloucester.

 

The Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure reminded Members of Gloucester’s ambitious aspirations and focus on art and culture.  She further advised that the definition of art and who produces it had broadened over recent years and commented on the importance of providing clear guidance that assists artists and communities to create high quality artworks for the city.  The Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods commended the new principles for encouraging any person or community in the city to engage with or produce public art. 

 

RESOLVED:

 

(1)         that progress the City Council has made in delivering the Public Art Strategy and Lighting Strategy be noted; and

 

(2)         to recommend that officers prepare a new Public Arts Key Principles document outlining the council’s expectations and guidelines for those undertaking the commissioning and delivery of public arts.