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- What is Public Art?
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- Stage 1 - Developing the Project
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- 1.1 Why is the project being developed?
- 1.2 What is the site and community - and what part do they play in the project?
- 1.3 Who are the concept partners?
- 1.4 Who are the funders/practical supporters?
- 1.5 What are the desired outcomes?
- 1.6 How to Fund it
- 1.7 What is the budget? What is the breakdown?
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1.8 What is the timescale?
- 1.9 What are the support inputs to the project?
- Stage 2 - Activating the Project
- Stage 3 - Creating the Project
- Stage 4 - After the Project
- Public Art Fund and News
1.7 What is the budget? What is the breakdown?
It is essential to set a realistic budget plan for the project - be ambitious in your initial plans, but then be prepared to scale back and model the project so that you can afford to pay professional rates.Each project will have a variety of different management issues to consider, so it is often useful to source information about similar completed public art projects to gain an insight into possible expenditure. The local arts development officer and case studies on this site may be able to assist this process.Budget issues that should be considered include:
Management costs
Writing a Project Plan or Public Art Strategy
Managing the competition and/or the commissioning process
Arranging exhibitions or presentations
Running education and community programmes
Employing a lead artist (include selection procedure and fee)
Consultation process - managing and implementation (may also be included as part of artist process in commission costs)
Publicity and public relations
Competition costs
Artists' design fees and interview expenses (reference nationally recognised rates of pay)
Selection panel fees and expenses
Exhibition of artists' proposals
Transport and insurance of artists' proposals
Commission costs
Artists' fees and expenses - including schedule of payments (reference nationally recognised rates of pay)
Materials and fabrication
Artists travel and expenses (sometimes included in the artist fee)
Transport
Installation - including site preparation (and de-installation if appropriate)
Fees to sub-contractor's and other experts (architect, landscape architect, engineer)
Structural design, professional certification, safety and access audits
Professional fees and legal costs
General insurance, professional liability and public liability insurance
Education and community programme
Exhibitions of work in progress
Documentation and evaluation
Security
VAT (define what can be reclaimed and by who)
Contingency (usually between 5 - 10%)
Publicity, information and launch costs
Signage and information material for artwork in situ
Publicity and public relations
Catalogue or website
Inauguration or opening event
Long-term costs
Ongoing running costs or establishing a maintenance fund/trust for set period of time
Connecting art work to a legacy/associated future programme of cultural/social projects
(See - Evaluation 4.1 for further information)
