Public Art (E-Book) von Cher Krause Knight

Acknowledgements.

Preface.

1. Introduction: A Short History of the United States Official Public Art.

Roosevelts New Deal.

General Services Administrations Art-in Architecture Program.

National Endowment for the Arts Art-in-Public-Places Program.

2. Conventional Wisdom: Populist Intentions within Established Paradigms.

Art as Monument, Art as Memorial.

Art as Amenity.

Art in the Park, Art as the Park.

Art as the Agora.

Art as Pilgrimage.

3. Culture to Go: From Art World to The World.

What Museums Do for Us.

My Museum.

Education, Outreach, Programming.

The Alternative Museum/Alternatives to Museums.

4. Not Quite Art, Not Quite Public: Lessons from the Private Sector.

The Art of Entertainment.

This is Special, I am Special.

Open Pocketbook, Open Agenda?.

Embracing Spectacle.

5. Super Viewer: Increasing Individual Agency on the Public Art Front.

Power to the People.

Claiming Space and Place.

Dig In.

6. Conclusion: Art for All?.

The Trouble with (Re)Development.

Nonprofits and the Ephemeral Idyll.

Back to School.

Grieving Loss, Remembering Life.

Two Tales in One City.

Bibliography.

Index

• Expands the definition of public art to include sites such as Boston's Big Dig, Las Vegas' Treasure Island, and Disney World
• Offers a refreshing alternative to the traditional rhetoric and criticism surrounding public art
• Includes insightful analysis of the museum and its role in relation to public art