The Greater Augusta Arts Council has several exciting announcements surrounding public art in Augusta. The Arts Council worked closely with the City of Augusta to create a comprehensive guide to public art permitting. This guide is intended to be used by community members to take public art from ideation to completion. The guide outlines all necessary steps in great detail. 

The public art permitting guide, created with the City of Augusta, has a dedicated landing site on the Arts Council’s  website, which can be found by following this link: https://augustaarts.com/for-artists/creating-public-art/.

This landing page has information about the process of applying to create public art in addition to a downloadable PDF checklist, or guide, packed with information in steps that help artists move through the entire public art creation process. 

In addition to the definitions of what is regulated and not regulated by the City of Augusta, the checklist also includes all relevant links and contact points for the entire process of creating public art. This checklist serves as a guide and in no way has to be completely checked off and turned into a governing body as part of the application process. The checklist is simply a guide for artists to have handy when navigating the process of creating public art.

There is also a new public page on the Arts Council’s website where the community can view the current members of the official Public Art Panel, a group of community members that advise the Arts Council and City on Public Art initiatives. This “Meet the Panel” page can be found here: https://augustaarts.com/art-in-augusta/public-art/public-art-advisory-panel/.

The group is currently accepting applications for a seventh panel member. Interested parties should email Pax Bobrow using [email protected]. If interested, please email a copy of your resume, contact info, reason for interest in the opportunity and confirm that you live in Richmond County. If you’re interested in nominating someone please send their contact information to Pax. The current deadline for applications is December 31, 2020.