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MY PUBLIC ART PORTALJanae Huber, Collections Manager
Art in Public Places Program
MY PUBLIC ART PORTAL “Collection Highlights” Landing Page
Screenshot by ArtsWA
WHAT I’LL COVER• Collection overview
• Project background
• Key decisions
• Engaging the public
• Caring for the Collection
• Legislative relationships
• Next phase
DO HO SUHCause and Effect, 2012
Western Washington UniversityPhoto by Matthew Anderson
STATE ART COLLECTION• Legislated in 1974
• Percent-for-Art program
• 4,800 artworks
• At 1,200 sites
• In 36 counties throughout Washington
arts.wa.govArtworks are located at 1,200 facilities across Washington’s 70,000 square miles.
Across Washington
Andrew Wilbur and Greg Colfax’s Thunderbird (1995) was commissioned for The Evergreen State College’s Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, Olympia.
Photo by Stacey McCrae
Artworks by Ilse Kilian-Tan and Liza von Rosenstiel were recently installed at the Office of the Governor.
Photo by ArtsWA
Bonnie Bronson’s Metal Sculpture (1976) was purchased for South Seattle Community College.Photo courtesy of the artist
Jacob Lawrence’s Forward Together (1997), a screen print, was purchased for North Whidbey Middle School in the Oak Harbor School District.
Photo courtesy of the artist
Natalie Niblack’s Winter Explosion (2016) was purchased for Peninsula College in Port Angeles.Photo by ArtsWA
Todd Benson’s Infinite Humanity (2017) was commissioned for Columbia Basin College in Pasco.Photo by ArtsWA
PROJECT BACKGROUND• Name: My Public Art
Portal!
• Launched January 2015
• 600 artworks
• Legislative support/funding
• Full staffing mid-2016
• 100 artworks/month
DIXIE FRIEND GAYReality’s Illusion, 2017
Jackson Park Elementary, BremertonPhoto courtesy of the artist
PROJECT BACKGROUNDWhat We Present
• Quality artwork images
• In situ images
• Polished data
• Artwork interpretation & artist biographies
• Map
GARTH EDWARDSUntitled (detail), 2017
Union Ridge Elementary, RidgefieldPhoto by ArtsWA
KEY DECISIONSMIMSY
• Staff or volunteers
• Timeframe
• Image standards
• Digitizing process
• Equipment needs
• Server hosting
Slide ready to scan with HASSELBLAD FLEXTIGHT X5 scanner
Photo by ArtsWA
CECILIA BLOMBERGMcMicken Heights Tapestry, 2012
McMicken Heights Elementary, SeatacPhoto courtesy of the artist
KEY DECISIONSMWeb
• Design
• Image size and preferences
• Artist statements
• Mapping
• Public interaction
• Web exhibitions
MY PUBLIC ART PORTAL “Collection Highlights” Landing Page
Screenshot by ArtsWA
ENGAGING THE PUBLICWhy this Content
• Transparency > the public
• Education > students
• Collection care > artwork sites
• Accountability > Legislature
Actor Rainn Wilson with his father, artist Robert Wilson on the set of The Office.
Photo courtesy of Robert Wilson
ENGAGING THE PUBLICWeb Exhibitions
• Father and Son: Selections by Robert & Rainn Wilson
• Human Rights Month: Forward Together
• Beyond Blue Mountains: Artworks by Native American Artists
HAROLD BALAZSArtist Statement, 1998
Courtesy of ArtsWA
DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION• Artist statement and
artwork proposal scanning
• How will this resource be used?
• Informs interpretive content
• Not published online
• Resource for collection care
Field worker Jennifer Myers evaluatingALFREDO ARREGUIN’s Jungla Encantata, 1995
Department of Ecology, LaceyPhoto by ArtsWA
COLLECTION CARE• Hands-on inventory
• Scrubbed records
• Stronger legislative support
• Accountability and transparency
• Intercepting construction
• Field access
• Images!
ANNA VALENTINA MURCHEverett Arbor in 1989 and again in 2016
Everett Community CollegeLeft: Photo courtesy of the artist
Right: Photo by ArtsWAarts.wa.gov
LEGISLATIVE RELATIONSHIP• Reports with better
content and images
• “Now we know where things are!”
• State art investments are visible to the public
• Understand the Collection scope
GLORIA CROUSEVocology (detail), 1977
Formerly located at Clover Park Technical CollegePhoto courtesy of the artist
NEXT PHASE• Complete photo-editing
• Complete Portal content
• Complete physical inventory
• Web site redevelopment
• Mobile optimization
ELAINE TIMENTWA EMERSONHip Basket, 1984
Beyond Blue Mountains CollectionDowning Elementary School, Tacoma
Photo courtesy of ArtsWA
arts.wa.gov
Students at Frederickson Elementary gaze up at Spectrum of Light (2012) by Etsuko Ichikawa. Photo by Sean Frego.
A Resource for All Washingtonians
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