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Pasadena City Council Approves First-Ever Public Art Master Plan

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The Pasadena City Council approved the city's first-ever Public Art Master Plan this week, which sets goals of increasing public art installations, including on freeway overpasses, according to the Pasadena-Star News. 

Details of the plan, including "a more concrete action plan for implementation, including funding sources," will be determined in the coming months, according to the report. 

Click here to see a powerpoint presentation about the plan prepared by the city's cultural affairs division. 

The Public Art Master Plan recommendations, according to the city's website, include:

  1. Use public art to reinforce Pasadena’s identity, weaving together culture, people, neighborhoods and ideas to create a memorable urban landscape that respects the past and builds for the future.

  2. Embrace public art as a citywide urban beautification effort, using the access and strength of the City’s Cultural Affairs Division to build its collection of art in public places and to facilitate public art creation and partnerships with City Departments, private developers, arts and cultural organizations.

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  • Celebrate Pasadena’s unique gateways to Downtown and neighborhoods– its freeway entrances, overpasses and off ramps -- by enhancing them with the work of artists.

  • Employ public art to promote a more walkable city.

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  • Commission public art that reinforces parks and neighborhoods.

  • Create a Public Art Overlay Zone that integrates with the “Bennett Plan” for the Civic Center area, primarily along

    • Holly Street and Garfield Avenue, and builds upon existing public art within that area.

  • Refine the Public Art in Private Development Program to more actively contribute to Pasadena’s cultural and

    • economic health.

  • Support ongoing temporary artwork installations and performance-based arts events in areas with strong pedestrian

    and vehicular traffic.

  • Expand the role of education in the Pasadena’s public art program.

  • Capture more funding for public art commissions and maintenance. 


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