The Art of Making Places Public
6 January 2006
Date: Thursday, January 26 , 2006 7-9:30 pm
Location: City of Richmond, Council Chambers
6911 No.3 Road, Richmond, BC
Moderator: Andrew Wilhelm-Boyles, National Director,
Creative City Network of Canada, Vancouver, BC
“The Art of Making Places Public”
For centuries, the work of artists and artisans has been incorporated into social spaces, civic architecture and sacred sites. Throughout the United States, Europe and Canada, government sponsored “percent-for-art programs” began appearing in the late 70s, in part as a response to modernist architecture and a desire to humanize public spaces. Over the 30 years of these programs, artists have evolved different ways of working with communities, government agencies and private developers. This slide presentation examines the evolution, new models and the art of making places public.
Guest Speakers:
Cath Brunner
Director of Public Art 4Culture - Seattle, WA
Cath Brunner has been working as a professional arts administrator for over twenty
years. Her experience encompasses a wide range of community-based arts
programming, but the last decade has been dedicated to the management of a
comprehensive and entrepreneurial public art program in King County, Washington.
Cath specializes in large-scale integrated public art projects and has served as the
project manager for King County's trauma center and regional justice center
projects; two terminal expansion projects at SeaTac International Airport; and
Brightwater, a regional wastewater treatment system.
Barbara Luecke
For more than 20 years Barbara Luecke has worked as a professional arts manager. For the last ten years she has served as Senior Project Manager on Public Art 4 Culture's team. Barbara manages a myriad of complex projects specializing in longrange transportation art planning. A common thread through her work is the belief that art strengthens communities, which she has translated into successful projects with Seattle neighborhoods, suburban cities, private clients and King County Transit and Parks Divisions.
This is a free public lecture.
Seating for this event in The Lulu Series is limited. Please RSVP by phone at 604 231-6433 or email suzanne.greening@richmond.ca
