A little bit of everything

One thing to think about when you are taking on your own public art project is that you will need to be a little bit of everything:

Salesperson – you have to really be able to sell yourself and your project, you will sell to funders, presenters, neighborhood organizations, sponsors and other supporters. Marketer – [...]

Friends in High Places

Maybe not the highest places, but high enough to be of great help.

I am talking about Community Boards. Not all cities have them, but most have some kind of equivalent.* Other powerful groups that can play a similar role are Business Improvement Districts (BID’s), park support groups (Conservancies or “Friends of…”), Parent-Teacher groups [...]

The “F” Word

Yeh. I’m talking about it – funding. Always the elephant in the room no matter what kind of work you are doing. For people working on temporary or ephemeral public art it can be particularly tricky.

Money!, originally uploaded by Tracy O.

Not everyone can be funded be Creative Time or get a Creative [...]