PUBLIC ART: CIVIC CATALYST
July 15-16, 2004
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC
Preconference Information now Updated!
Public art is an ideal vehicle for expressing unique community identity, activating dialogue, and engaging diverse groups in shaping civic space. Using Washington, DC, as a launching point for study and discussion, more than 290 registrants of the public art conference explored three focus areas:
- Cultural identity and the redefinition of civic space, as well as the use of public art as a tool for the development of both
- Memorials and the federal government: their role and contribution to the history and evolution of the nation’s public art
- New technologies: their influence on public art and their effect on the interpretation/mediation of public space
These topics were examined through both a national and local lens with key speakers, dialogues, panels, case studies, and tours. Also featured were the Year In Review, a survey of the year's most innovative and exciting public art projects; the presentation of the Public Art Network Award; and evening receptions at the City Museum of Washington, DC, and the Art Museum of the Americas at the Organization of American States.
Visit the Public Art Network website for more information.
