Public Art Web Links

These links no longer checked as no further work is being done on this website. Sites referenced below will inevitably move or be deleted. If you have any difficulty with a particular link please e-mail me at D.C.Ball@shu.ac.uk and I will amend this page of the website accordingly.

Conferences

• Urban Legacies: 6th - 7th May 2004. Two day conference in Cardiff organised by CBAT, The Arts & Regeneration Agency.
  

Articles, Discussions and Exhibitions

• Aesthetic Grounds Public Art / Public Space. Blog by Glen Weiss, public art consultant living in Florida. New material posted Sundays and Thursdays.
• vceart. An Australian art network. Some aspects of the site difficult to navigate, but contains interesting educational material on public art for students
  
• Exhibition of the work of Michael Dan Archer. Djanogly Art Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park, Nottingham; 26 February - 10 April, 2005.
• Public Art Review. National magazine published in the USA twice a year from 1989 onwards. Official site. Back numbers represented by a cover image and short article descriptions. Current issue by a short article.
  
• Link to St Petersburg Times Online. for the latest article (March 12, 2004) on Bradley Arthur's sculpture made from stainless steel and recycled metal from the Hillsborough County, Florida's Gun Buy-Back program. This time the dispute would seem to have been resolved.
• Link to http://www.weeklyplanet.com/ for a follow-up article (January 8, 2004) on Bradley Arthur's sculpture made from stainless steel and recycled metal from the Hillsborough County, Florida's Gun Buy-Back program. Corrosion of the gun-metal has led to legal disputes between the artist and the authorities. The conflict remains unresolved.
• Bradley Arthur and Florida County. US dispute over weathered state of an installed sculpture. Article in the St. Petersburg Times: September 2003.
• Matt Haslam Website. A UK-based town planner and urban designer with interests in design, architecture and art. Site no longer in existance - September 2006.
  
• "New Land Marks": public art, community, and the meaning of place.
  An exhibition at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between February 10 - April 14, 2001.
• "The Maintenance of Public Artworks": Article by Daniel Grant from 'Sculpture' Magazine September 2000
• International Conference on European Sculpture Parks and Symposia: 8-10 September 2000
• "On the waterfront" the on-line magazine on waterfronts, publicart, urban development and civic participation. Published by the Public Art Observatory, University of Barcelona.
• Public Sculpture Web. Research, photos and text from the Public Art Observatory, University of Barcelona
• Cynthia Abramson Nikitin: 'Making Public Art Work'. Expanded version of the article which originally appeared in the April 2000 issue of Sculpture Magazine (see above)
• 'The City of bits ….. and pieces' by Richard Brecknock, Cultural Planning and Urban Art Consultant in Australia. One of a series of articles and conference papers available from Brecknock Consulting's website under "Downloads".
• 'De Arte' 53 (April 1996). Online journal from the University of South Africa.
  Contains two articles on British outdoor sculpture projects:
  • 'Popularising public sculpture in Britain. From landscape gardens to forest trails' by Elizabeth Rankin looks at Grizedale Forest, Haldon Wood (Essex) and the St Peter's Riverside Project (Sunderland)
  • 'Stand and stare: art in the Forest of Dean -- initiatives for South Africa?' by Wendy Ross
• Hall, T. and Robertson, I. (2001) 'Public art and urban regeneration: advocacy, claims and critical debates' Landscape Research, Vol. 26, No. 1: 5 - 26. (No longer available online)
• Birmingham. An article by Geoff Wright & John Blakemore from 'Urban Design Quarterly' (Issue 54, 1995) discussing Victoria Square, Birmingham.
• 'Public Art: Whose Version of History?' Article by Diana Scott from the Albion Monitor about the controversy surrounding the proposed relocation of a monument in San Francisco
• Public Art Index. An annotated bibliography of 131 magazine articles on Public Art and related themes from 1969-94, compiled by David Harding, department of Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art.
• Creative Urban Space Projects. "Creative network, based in Bristol but with a national membership, which generates web-based projects, exhibitions and other events in the interface between public art, cultural policy, planning and architecture. It also undertakes and evaluates public art and related projects, publishes position papers and conducts research."
  

Public Art from Specific Artists

• Links to Artists with public artworks in Sheffield
  
  • Faith Bebbington. UK sculptor, based in the N.W. Website features public and private commissions and other details of her work. Recent work in Sheffield - not yet on our site.
  • Vega Bermejo. Artist's web site. Sculptor in stone of some of our favourite pieces in Sheffield.
  • Stephen Broadbent. Artist's web site.
  • Ian Boyle. Artist's web site. Working with dry-stonewalling techniques.
  • Paul Carruthers. Artist's web site
    
  • Cartmel Johnson. Website for Hilary Cartmel and Michael Johnson. Still under development
  • Mike Chapman. Sculptor for the figures on the refurbished Cholera Monument (recommended for the 2006 Marsh Award for excellence in public sculpture). Artist's website.
  • Guisseppe Lund. Artist/Blacksmith. Metalgarden pages.
  • Cedric Green. "Sheffield as it wasn't": an exhibition of 'virtual' public art in Sheffield by the artist and architect Cedric Green. (First exhibited at the Mappin Art Gallery in 1977 as part of a group exhibition.
  • David Mayne. Artist's web site. Materials range from mild and stainless steel, bronze, cast-iron and stone. Site-specific landmark sculptures and city centre improvement schemes to smaller more intimate pieces.
  • Walenty Pytel. Artist's web site. Metal sculptor of "birds and beasts". Images of various pieces of work, contact details, and a page about the artist.
  • Boris Tietze. Artist's web site.
  • Paul Waplington. Artist's web site. Contains images of his paintings.
  • Neil Woodall. Artist's web site. Contains text and images of public artwork and prints and also original music.
  • AXIS. UK artists' database. For full details see below. Contains information on artists with work in Sheffield.
    

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• Other Individual Artists or Public Art Pieces
• AlbanyMural. "AlbanyMural is a group of formally educated artists committed to the design and execution of enduring works of quality trompe l'oeil painting." Based in Albany, NY. Site with images, text, mission statement, and contact information.
• Jan-Erik Andersson. Artist's own site. Text, images - includes the first talking sculpture in Finland, and a temporary piece at Public Arts in Wakefield, UK.
• Michael Dan Archer. Artist's web site. Images.
• Exhibition of the work of Michael Dan Archer. Djanogly Art Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park, Nottingham; 26 February - 10 April, 2005.
• Siah Armanjani. Link to a page on the Waterfront Esplanade, New York
• Walter S. Arnold. (Sculptor/Stone Carver, based in the USA) Public Sculptures, based in USA
• Art2architecture Ltd. The work of Peter Fink and Igor Marko. Nicely designed site with details of many of the projects they have been involved with. Many of their projects involve the use of light. Recommended.
• 'ART.e @ the art of change'. A visual arts organization concerned with the issues of change; founded by Peter Dunn in July 2001. Includes projects in London and Portsmouth. Images and text - details of a number of projects.
• AXIS. UK artists' database. "Axis is an online database, presenting information on over 4,000 artists and over 16,000 images of their work, covering a wide range of areas, including public and environmental art. It can be accessed via www.axisartists.org.uk. You can either search online yourself, or contact Axis with your requirements and let them undertake a search for you and forward details of suitable artists, for which there is a nominal cost."
• George Baker. (Kinetic Sculptor, based in the USA) work in the USA, Japan and Germany
• Keith Barrett, an environmental artist/sculptor based in the north east. Site contains maps, photographs and text.
• Julia Barton. UK-based artist. Land-art sculptures, garden-art sculpture and Consultancy and Design Work for both public and private clients. Text and images.
• Faith Bebbington. UK sculptor, based in the N.W. Website features public and private commissions and other details of her work. Work in Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Belfast and Bristol.
• Brenda Berman. See under Incisive Letterwork.
• Kevin S. Berry. Based in Arizona, US. Public art, sculpture, furniture and design. Includes examples of street furniture projects. Images and some text.
  
• Philip Bews. Nice site devoted to the work of Diane Gorvin & Philip Bews, based in the Forest of Dean, UK. Images and text including commissioning and manufacturing details. Lots of useful information. Work sited in a variety of UK locations including a lot in the North-West of England and several pieces in London's docklands.
  
• Clare Bigger. UK-based sculptor's website. Work in stainless steel for corporate clients and others. Has made landmark sculptures for developments in a variety of locations including Leeds, Wigan, Reading, Staines, Hamilton and Wolverhampton. Clearly designed site.
• David Black. Website of this USA-based sculptor at a new URL. Straightforward design with text, good quality images and effective video clips with some artist commentary.
• The Bogside Artists. Comprehensive site showcasing the work of a group of men from the Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland. Shows murals and street art. Text, images, artists' statements and links to other related sites. Site hosted by University of Ulster. A second site with more information on the artists can be found at http://www.bogsideartists.com/
• Sebastien Boyesen. UK-based artist. Recent work includes a piece in the centre of Doncaster. Nicely designed site - needs updating.
• Marion Brandis. UK-based artist's own website: featuring Architectural Ceramics and Mosaics for Public and Private Commissions. Work in a variety of public settings. Images and text. Work from 1988 to the present.
  
• Benbow Bullock. US sculptor, based in San Francisco area, with work sited in a number of public spaces. Site includes images, and short descriptions.
• Brit Bunkley. Website of this New Zealand-based sculptor. Images but not a lot of text. Contains some virtual public art.
• Carlo Buzzi. Interesting site by Italian artist. Includes interventionist work using posters on advertising hoarding in public spaces.
• Richard Caink. British sculptor carving from the tree. Work at Grizedale, on the Irwell Trail, and in many other public locations. Images and text.
• Ed Carpenter. USA-based artist. "... Large-scale public installations ranging from architectural sculpture to infrastructure design". Excellent site with portfolio, profile, publications and an extremely useful section dealing with the process of commissioning a work from the artist.
• Carrington Foundation for Public Art. USA-based. Their comprehensive web site describes them as a 'nonprofit organization dedicated to the placement of metal sculptures in public places for the enjoyment of all'. Features the work of sculptor Raymond Carrington.
• Stephen Charnock. Ceramics artist based in Lancashire, UK. Site includes public work, images, text, links to relevant sites and more. He is currently engaged with a commission for the Irwell Sculpture Trail in Bacup, Lancashire.
• Cliff Garten Studio. Based in Marina del Rey, California, USA. Practice constructing art within complex urban contexts and landscapes. Nice website with a variety of projects on view located in a number of different States. Also a number of detailed images looking at various different materials used in their art.
• Clifford Clear III and Bonnie Turner. The Art of Life website. Murals and Mosaics from US-based artists. Images include site views.
• Pete Codling. Artist based in the South of England. Permanent and semi-permanent artworks. Site includes information on specific pieces, consultation processes, methods of working and more. Images include installation shots, and work with members of the public. Interesting and useful.
• Michael Condron. UK-based sculptor. Site includes images, information on each piece, design and commission details and lcoation maps for sculptures. Work sited in the South-East of England, Birmingham and Dudley.
• Chloe Cookson and Rory McNally.This web site is an introduction to the outdoor public artworks of Chloe Cookson and Rory McNally. Includes The Batley Bats.
• Andrew Cooper. Web site with details of themes and designs for various projects.
• Giorgie Cpajak. Yugoslavia-born sculptor now working in Italy. Web site: public work still under construction, but has a great page of links to other sculptors and stone-carvers.
• Andrew Crummy - based in Edinburgh. Mural work and other projects. Text and images.
• The Culture Company - based in Huddersfield, UK. New visual art and new media commissioning agency. Work includes the new Bus Shelters on Manchester Road, Bradford. These include new digital technology elements. Text and a few images.
• John Dahlsen. Australian artist working, in part, with found and recycled materials.
  
• Alan Dawson Associates. Based in Workington, Cumbria, UK. Designers and manufacturers of internal and external architectural metalwork. Work located in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Singapore. Images but little information on individual projects.
• Walter de Maria. Page from the Dia Center for the Arts pages.
• Walter de Maria. 'The Lightning Field'. An article by Mary Carroll Nelson: from The Collector's Guide Online.
• Scott Donahue. sculptor based in California, US. Twelve public art projects with an image and a short discussion by the artist on each piece.
  
• William Duffy. A series of pages publicising the work of this US-based sculptor. Text and images.
• Peter Fagan. A series of pages publicising the work of this US-based sculptor. (This site being redesigned: 16.5.2002)
• Roland Faesser. Quirky site showing the work of this Swiss-based artist. Includes a couple of examples of sculptural railings or grilles.
• Richard Farrington. Sculptor - UK-based. Personal accounts of construction and history of his public art pieces. Includes a separate section on seating. Images and text.
• Andrew Findlay. Artist Blacksmith resident in Herefordshire, UK. Site shows a mixture of private and public work .
• Marvin Finn. American urban folk artist. Site covers his work in Louisville at present.
• Adrian Fisher. Maze Design Website
• Bill FitzGibbons. American artist - often uses fibre-optics, mixed materials etc. Basic text and lots of images. Site also includes Pyro-Sculpture Performances.
• Free Form Arts Trust. National Charity dating from 1975 and based in London. It " .. combines the skills of artists and architects on projects involving local people in the urban regeneration process." The website includes details of projects and case studies with images and text.
• Lorna Green. British artist working ".. mainly in public art/environmental projects, functional earthworks and sculptures, the redesign of landfill sites - in both urban and rural landscapes ..." Site specific work, using a very wide range of materials. Work mainly sited in the UK, but some overseas. Some work on a very large scale. Images and text.
  
• Mike Grevatte. Artist's web site. Text and images. Details of commissions, projects and other work. CV and studio pages.
• Andy Goldsworthy. Sheepfold Project, Cumbria. This project started in January 1996 and by April 2003, when it finished, had resulted in 46 sheep folds. The website give map references, images and site information for many of these, as well as information about the project in general.
  
• Anthony Gormley. 'The Angel of the North', Gateshead - comprehensive site produced by Gateshead Council.
• More 'Angel of the North', Gateshead. Text and images from Jeremy Beach's excellent PMSA website.
• Diane Gorvin. Nice site devoted to the work of Diane Gorvin & Philip Bews, based in the Forest of Dean, UK. Images and text including commissioning and manufacturing details. Lots of useful information. Work sited in a variety of UK locations including a lot in the North-West of England and several pieces in London's docklands.
• Teena Gould . Studio Ceramics and Public Art. Based in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. Images and a lot of background information. Several of the public projects involve working with schools.
• David Harber. Prolific work includes sun-dials, sculptures and water features. Studio based in the UK but pieces sited both in the UK and Internationally. Images, news, press releases, corporate art, list of clients and testimonials and much more. Web site in several languages including Arabic and Russian.
• Mags Harries and Lajos Héder. USA-based artists. Very comprehensive site with a lot of detailed information and good images. Their artwork, full of variety and humour, is sub-divided into different categories: 'Parks, zoos', 'Transportation' and 'Water projects' etc. Highly recommended site.
• David Hayes Sculptor based in Coventry, CT, USA. Artist's web site. Work is photographed while sited in "sculpture fields" around the artist's home.
• Jonathan Hedge. Stone Carver, based in Cambridge, UK. Own website with portfolio: images and some text.
• Robert Hickman. USA-based artist. Work often uses glass; including the ceiling of 72nd Street Subway Station, New York. Own website with public work, archives, film and performance work, press cuttings: still and moving images and text.
• Arthur Higgins. USA- based, most public work in Alaska. Photos and text showing installation as well as finished work and proposals. Details of some siting problems due to remote locations.
• Harvey Hood. Berllanderi Sculpture workshops based in the Usk Valley, near Raglan, South Wales.
• Hamish Horsley. W web site for this New Zealand-born artist, based in London. Text and images. Commssion details. Appears elsewhere on this site with a piece in Doncaster.
• Graham Ibbeson. Website for S. Yorkshire-based UK Sculptor. Work includes statues of Eric Morecambe, Cary Grant, William Webb Ellis, a Miners' memorial in Barnsley and a monument to the Jarrow Marchers. Images and commission details.
• Incisive Letterwork. Formed in 1988 by Brenda Berman and Annet Stirling. They focus "on large scale architectural inscriptions and word sculpture". Their website shows exhibition details, a client list with links to pages showing their work as well as an introduction to Incisive Letterwork.
• Gerry Judah. The web site for this artist includes information on Linkbridge 2000 a Sustrans National Cycle Network Public Arts Programme project at Woolwich Dockyard Estate, London.
• Anish Kapoor. 'Sky Mirror' at Nottingham Playhouse. Photographs and related information and digital artwork by Jeanie Finlay.
• Lisa Kaslow. USA- based, moving pages include commission details and images
• Giles Kent. UK-based. Work in wood sited in a wide variety of outside locations.
• Andrew Leicester. British artist, trained in Manchester, now lives and works in the USA. Two sites containing his work:
  Zanja Madre and the G-Nome Project. Images and text.
• Robert Lorenson. USA-based, pages include a piece in Chicago. Illinois
• Suvira McDonald. Australian artist based in Byron Bay, NSW. Sculptural public art and placemaking. Materials used include steel, wood and cermaics. Text and images.
• David Mach: TRAIN Brick train installed on land formally recognised as being part of the original Darlington - Stockton railway, in Co. Durham, UK. Page produced before installation. Also information and images of some other pieces by Mach. See also our own slides on this piece.
• John McKenna. Sculptor's website. It details public artwork and some private commissions produced by John McKenna since 1990. Most recently completed piece is The Brownhills Colossus, a 40 ft high memorial of a miner, commissioned by Walsall MBC in 2005. John McKenna and associates at Art for Architecture are based in Ayrshire, Scotland. His work is located throughout the UK.
• Vivien Mallock. UK-based artist with publicly sited work in England and France. Many sculptures on military themes.
• Paul Margetts. Website of sculptor and metalworker. Features include public sculpture and public gates and entrance features. Images and titles.
• Barry Mason. Sculptor based in the UK. First commissions in the mid 1970's. Has worked with a wide variety of materials and methods of construction ever since.
• Sally Matthews. Sculptor based in the UK. Images of sculptures and drawings, CV and some basic details. Work at Bilston, Goodwood Sculpture Park, Grizedale Forest and on Sustrans cyclepaths.
• John Medwedeff. Sculptor based in Illinois, US. Twenty years of site-specific architectural ironwork, furniture, and sculpture.
  
• Jean-Bernard METAIS. French artist. Website contains photographs and text, in French, detailing work over the last 25 years, both realised and proposed.
• Adrian Moakes. UK-based artist. Small website. Some information on projects from Rochdale and Dunstable with photographs of four other pieces and contact details. Site still under development.
• Andrea Myklebust. Interesting website of Minneapolis-based sculptor working with Stanton G. Sears. As well as images and text of their work the site includes a section on processes, a discussion forum and short articles on aspects of public art. Recommended.
  
• Tony Natsoulas. Life-size ceramic figures. Images and text.
• Eric Neighbour. Canadian sculptor. Publicly sited projects involving considerable local contributions to the making of the work. Images, text, video clips and press cuttings.
• Ondré Nowakowski. British-based sculptor. Site includes work as lead artist, consultant or independent artist. Images and text.
  
• David Parfitt. A catalogue of sculpture by this artist working in the South of England. Images and text. Includes macquettes, sketches and commission details. Nicely designed site.
• John Packer. UK-based (Bristol) artist/designer working in metal and other media. Work includes sculptures, railings, grilles and a footbridge. Images and text.
• Path Design. A design - manufacture - installation company based in the UK. Work includes public art projects. Images but very little text.
• Jim Paulsen. Sculptor based in the US. Course Leader - Towson University Dept of Art , Baltimore, Maryland. Work located in England, Scotland, Germany, China, and the United States of America. Includes work on the Sustrans Bath-Bristol Cycle Path.
  
• Carol Peace. UK-based artist's website, which includes a number of publicly sited commissions with images illustrating construction and installation as well as the finished pieces.
• Alec Peever. UK-based calligrapher and sculptor. Artist's website shows a wide variety of work, including collaborations with poets. Images and text. Nicely designed site.
  
• Michael Pegler. British glyptic sculptor. Public work in Birmingham, Derby and Basingstoke. Photos and some text.
• Susan A. Point. Coast Salish artist from West Coast Canada. Information on Coast Salish native peoples and their art. Text and images of Susan Point's public and other work in glass, wood and print.
  
• Alan Potter. Web site for artist with extensive public artworks in the UK. Work using a variety of media. Text and images. Cv and "Simple Guide to a Successful Public Art Commission"
• The Red Dot Boys. Large painted red dots. Located throughout the US. [Site no longer in existance]
• Adam Reynolds. "a UK based sculptor who specialises in public art but has interests and skills in many other art and design forms including environmental design, functional design and fine art." Site includes some recent work (September 2005) in the Rotherham area and also designs for bike racks and street furniture.
• John Robinson. Public sculpture at Bangor University and relationship between the sculptor and the Centre for the Popularisation of Mathematics at the University. Images, text and links to mathematics pages.
• Nancy Schon. Public sculptures often located in Boston, Mass. area.
• Michael Scheuermann. Some public sculptures by this artist working from Michaelangelo Studio in Birmingham.
• Andy Scott Public Art. Company formed by And Scott based in the West of Glasgow, Scotland. Images, text and news on recent commissions.
• Stanton G. Sears. Interesting website of Minneapolis-based sculptor working with Andrea Myklebust. As well as images and text of their work the site includes a section on processes, a discussion forum and short articles on aspects of public art. Recommended.
• Ann Shaw. The Police Box - Art Project in Glasgow, March 1997
• Buster Simpson. Seattle-based artist. Artist's website showing complex, many-faceted, work engaging with public spaces. Highly recommended.
  
• Daryl Smith. Seattle-based sculptor. Text and images.
• Vicki Jo Sowell. US (California-based) sculptor. Artist's own website. Includes public art projects in Emeryville, CA. notably "Neighborhood Convergence" (2004) an interesting joint piece with painter M. Louise Stanley and lighting designer Jeremy Hamm.
• Sam Spiczka. Minnesota-based sculptor. Work in a number of locations in the USA. Text, images, resume, links pages.
• Gligor Stefanov. Canadian-based sculptor and environmental installations artist. Work in Canada and Europe.
• Annet Stirling. See under Incisive Letterwork.
• Athena Tacha Professor of Art, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA. Website includes details of many public art projects with images and text. Her work can also be seen on the Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory.
• Richard Thornton Artist's own website. Public art team led by Thornton. Details of sculpture and other projects. Work in Chesterfield, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Bradford, Cambourne, Lincoln, Thames Gateway. Member of Royal British Society of Sculptors.
• Todor Todorov Lateral Arts Artist - works in Bulgaria. Also available on Royal British Society of Sculptors web site
• Bonnie Turner and Clifford Clear III. The Art of Life website. Murals and Mosaics from US-based artists. Images include site views.
• James Turrell. James Turrell : Roden Crater website. Also contains material on Turrell's life and work and pages showing "historic observatoires, monuments and contemporary land art". Text, essays and images. Recommended.
• Nino Ucchino. Italian sculptor's website. Images and some text. Work includes a series of Madonnas and another of donkeys. Often uses stainless steel.
• Jamie Vans. UK-based sculptor working in stone. Public and other sculpture from 1988 onwards.
• Joost van Santen. Website for this Amsterdam-based artist which includes light-pieces situated in public spaces. Technical information and drawings, images and descriptions.
• Gustav Vigeland. Site devoted to the sculptor, which includes an interactive map of Vigeland Park. Far fewer images than on a site devoted to the Park itself.
• Visual Buffet. Art group specializing in public arts. Enjoy their site.
• Beverly Weiss. Page devoted to a new sculpture at California State University, Chico. Text and images.
• Jerry Williams. Sculptor in granite working from Barre Sculpture Studios of Barre, Vermont, USA. Produces "figurative works for monument retailers, churches and civic organizations throughout the Northeast US". Site contains detailed case studies of different types of project.
• Shawn Williamson. Sculptor working in stone from Cumbria, UK. Engaged in "Public art with training for the community". Photographs of his work and information on current projects. Another website of his work exists here. Work located in the UK and the USA.
• David F. Wilson. Comprehensive site of his work, with text, photos, commission details, work in progress and CV. Works sited in Scotland and the North-East of England.
• Wrights and Sites. UK-based company, formed in 1997, consisting of Stephen Hodge, Simon Persighetti, Phil Smith & Cathy Turner. Some of their projects include guided walks and other site-based art work. Projects for the Courtauld in London and the city of Exeter. Site includes descriptions, some images and an interactive element for the Exeter project.
• John T. Young. Sculptor who creates large scale outdoor public artworks. He has work in 25 cities in the US and also teaches Sculpture and Public Art at the University of Washington. He has a secondary area of specialization in International Public Art and the Public Art of China. Text and photos.

Public Art from Specific Locations:

United Kingdom * United States * Other Countries

• Public Nature Corporation. Consultancy firm specialising in environmental work. Artworks shown on their site are from several different continents. Images, text and statement about the corporation.
• International Directory of Sculpture Parks. Wonderful site with links to over 400 different sites world-wide. Developed by Benbow Bullock, US Sculptor.
  
  
• United Kingdom
• The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA). Site includes the information on the association and particularly their National Recording Project and Save Our Sculpture initiative.
• ARt OUTSiDE. Commercial website with a page of links to outdoor art locations in the UK from their Parks and Gardens page.
• A13 Artscape. The A13 Artscape stretches along approximately 6km of the A13 Trunk Road in the east London borough of Barking and Dagenham. A wonderful introductory 'page' leads to well designed site containing images and text. Information includes details on funding (which included the largest Arts Council National Lottery Award to a public art project to date) and on specific artworks and about the project in general. Local residents are encouraged to contribute on-line in a variety of ways.
• Commissions North. (established within Arts Council England, North East in 1999) "Commissions North provides a showcase for contemporary public art commissions in the North of England plus advice, information and brokerage for clients." Website includes a large showcase of diverse work in different materials from the North of England. Also includes a Commissioning Toolkit for clients, and opportunities for artists. Recommended.
• ixia (formerly Public Art Forum). Sections of the site include News, Forum Events, Field Reports, Publications, Research, and Case Studies. Text and some images.
• RSA Art for Architecture Award Scheme. Pages from the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce website. This section details their Art for Architecture Project Awards. Contains text, photographs, proposals, plans and drawings. This scheme is no longer running though the website still exists. Public Art South West is now running a successor scheme called PROJECT - engaging artists in the built environment (2 year pilot phase until March 2006)
• Sustrans Cycle Trail Network. Their updated site now has substantial information and images of the most widespread public art programme in Britain.
  
• Basingstoke and Deane. "Public Art : Art in the Open": Since 1989 the Borough Council has followed a
  Percent for Art policy, this local government site shows work made both before and after this date. Images and text, including a good brief description of each piece.
• Birmingham. Photographs Only. These were taken by A. Remesar of Barcelona's Public Art Observatory, housed on Aston University website.
• Birmingham. An article from 'Urban Design Quarterly' discussing Victoria Square, Birmingham.
• Black Country Route in Bilston. Images and text on site administered by David Purdie, Landscape Architect involved in the project
• Bradford, West Yorkhire. Sculpture trail. Nice site with a map, text and images of over 20 different pieces.
• Bradford. Bus Shelters on Manchester Road, Bradford. Designed by The Culture Company based in Huddersfield. Bus Shelters using new digital technology to entertain and inform. Text and a few images.
• Bristol. 'About Bristol': an on-line guide to the city which includes a section on 'sculptures and monuments'. This contains images and information about the artwork, artist and subject matter. Other sections also contain some public art information and images.
• Bristol. The public art of the recent development in the centre of Bristol.
• Bristol. Bristol City Council - Public Art Policy: 2000-2003.
• Bristol-Bath. Sustrans Cycle Trail. Slides and text from our own archives.
  
• Bergh Apton Community Sculpture Trails. Some pages about a biannual sculpture trail that lasts for 'six days over three weekends'. Location: 8 miles South East of Norwich. Dates, aims, list of artists and some images. Unfortunately the 2001 event did not take place because of foot and mouth disease precautions. [Link not functioning at present]
• Bury, Lancashire. Some pages from the Bury local government site listing some pieces from the Irwell Sculpture Trail, a major 30 mile trail which passes through the Bury local authority area. Includes work by Ulrich Ruckriem, Edward Allington, and David Kemp. Images link to pages of information about each piece. See also Stephen Charnock - an artist currently engaged in a project for the Trail.
• C2C. Coast to Coast Cycle Route. A web page with information on all artworks along this National Cycle network route from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Tynemouth on the North-East Coast. Links to photos.
• CBAT The Arts & Regeneration Agency. (Formerly Cardiff Bay Art Trust) Developing website detailing the work of the agency which is located in Cardiff. Pages relating to the work of the agency. Details of publications and exhibitions. Projects pages under construction.
• Chester Public Art Trail. Site on Chester City Council's pages. Maps, images and brief description of each piece. Follow the links from Home > Tourism and Leisure > Arts > Public Art Trail (not the easiest of navigation - hint: a second menu bar on the right hand side of the page gives the last link). The site also includes information on the City's public art strategy.
• Chesterfield. Local government site. Art trail with some information on each piece, local policy outlines,maps and images. Navigation through the site is a bit awkward, but the work in the town, all recently completed, is varied and interesting.
• Chesterfield. Some slides from our own archives.
• Chiltern Sculpture Trail. A working forest, Cowleaze Wood, with over 20 sculptures located within it. Close to Junctions 5 and 6 of the M40. Site under development. "Founded in 1989, the Trail currently houses around twenty permanent and temporary works by contemporary artists which are intended to stimulate debate. The purpose-designed web site will also show the valuable educational work of the Trail plus outline its intentions, location, history and wildlife of the wood."
  
• Cleveland. (Link temporarily deactivated) The public art section of the Cleveland Arts site. Contains information on a % for Art Policy, an Arts and Health Partnership between Cleveland Arts and South Tees Community & Mental Health NHS Trust, and text and images relating to specific public art pieces in this area of the North-East of England . There are plans to document over 200 pieces of public art on this site. Some of the site is a little difficult to navigate around.
• Coventry: Canal Art Trail. Map, text - including artists' biographies - and images. Art Part of the Coventry and Warwickshire Network web site.
• Cumbria. Andy Goldsworthy. Sheepfold Project, Cumbria. This project started in January 1996 and by April 2003, when it finished, had resulted in 46 sheep folds. The website give map references, images and site information for many of these, as well as information about the project in general.
• Darlington. David Mach: Train
• Darlington. David Mach: Train. Pages from our site ... text and images.
• Doncaster. Town Centre redevelopment. Pages from this site ... text and images.
• Dudley, Worcestershire. Sculpture Trail, Belle Vue Primary School, Stourbridge. Images only.
• 'Public Art in Dundee'. Dundee Public Art Programme. Information on the programme and specific artworks. Text and images.
• North Devon. Broomhill Sculpture Garden near Barnstaple. Hotel website with a large section devoted to their sculpture garden. Images of artwork and some text. Also pages on some of the artists represented. Plans to add information and ideas to the site suitable for UK classrooom teaching: Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4.
  
• Durham. Colin Wilbourn: 'The Upper Room'. Pages from our site ... text and images.
• Commissions East. Site documenting work in East Anglia area. Small photos and text detailing artworks, also policy documents etc.
• Eden Arts Guide, Cumbria: Benchmarks. Eden Benchmarks is a collection of ten carved stone sculptures which function as seats, commissioned by East Cumbria Countryside Project
• Exeter. Mis-Guide project documented on Wrights and Sites website.
• Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail. Well designed, developing, site with images, text, biographies, a history of the project and much more. Highly recommended. Official site for The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust developed with the Digital Media Research Centre at University of the West of England, Bristol.
• Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail. Pages from our site ... text and images.
• Gateshead Council pages include: an artmap and a list of individual works with links to a page about each piece, including images, and a sub-site devoted to the 'Angel of the North'.
• Gateshead - courtesy of 'Geordie Art', a private site extolling the virtues of Gateshead. Text and some images.
• Gateshead: 'Angel of the North'. Pages from our site ... text and images.
• 'Glasgow - City of Sculpture'. Huge amount of work, searchable by sculptor or by architect, with images, biographies, information on works of art, a glossary and a monthly newsletter. The quality of the images is high. The product of over fifteen years of research. Highly recommended. [Optimized for Internet Explorer v.4 and later; does not work as well in Netscape v.5 or earlier.]
• Gloucestershire. pdf file on public art projects organised by the Arts Development Unit of the South Gloucester Council on the Avon Ring Road scheme. Maps, black and white images and text.
• Gloucestershire. South Gloucester Council 'percent for art' policy document.
  
• Goodwood Sculpture Park. Large site with text, images and map of sculpture trail.
• Grizedale Forest. Large website of 'Grizedale Arts'. Little in the way of images of past sculptures in the Forest, but has got a lot of information on all past artists and on the current residencies scheme and exhibitions. The Forestry Commission pages relating to Grizedale are available at http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-5k2b6b.
• Harlow, Essex. Harlow's Sculpture in Public Places. Images but very little text. Part of Harloweb, the local council's web site.
• Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail. Described by the organisers as "Europe's largest temporary sculpture event" the 10th Annual trail runs from 9th July and 7th August 2005. Their website shows images, maps and some text documenting work from 1998 to 2004. I have thoroughly enjoyed my visits to this event. Our own slides of the 2000 trail appear at http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/other/hebden/index.html
• Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum. A forum for artists in that county. Their website includes pages on Public Art. Founded, in part, to promote public sculpture throughout Hertfordshire. Includes a Sculpture Spotters page with details of publicly sited work in the county.
• Hull: Fish Trail. Pages from our site ... text and images.
• Ipswich. A personal web site by Jonathan Clift offering "a view of the visual arts in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK". Text, images and other local arts information.
• Irwell Sculpture Trail, Lancashire, UK. Official website for the Trail. All the artworks for this important public art project are listed by location with accompanying images and text. Details of events, contact information. Site managed by Commissions in the Environment. Well worth a visit.
• Irwell Sculpture Trail. Some pages from the Bury local government site listing the pieces from this major 30 mile trail which lie within the Bury local authority. Images link to pages of information about each piece.
• Jersey, Channel Islands. Statues and Monuments in Jersey. Images and text, including a lot of background material. From the Société Jersiaise pages.
• Kielder, Northumberland. Sculpture trail. Images, text and artist's comments.
• Kent. Four pieces of sculpture on the campuses of the University of Kent.
• Lancaster University Sculpture Trail. (Site under revision: 12/11/03). Hand drawn map with illustrations leading to individual pages with images and text for each piece.
• Liverpool. 35 images with text of Victorian sculpture and monuments in the city centre
• Liverpool. 9 images, no text, of sculpture in Liverpool. Part of a series of images of the city entitled 'Mosaic'.
• London. Information on the current state of the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square can be found on the Goodwood Sculpture Park site.
• London. Slides from our own archives of fourth plinth pieces by Rachel Whiteread and Mark Wallinger.
• London. Information on sculptors and sculpture in the city. Very few images. This is part of a site constructed by Bob Speel devoted mainly to 19th century art.
• London. Slides and some text from our own archives.
• London: 4th Plinth. Official website from Lord Mayor's Office.
• London: 4th Plinth - 'One and Other' by Antony Gormley, Trafalgar Square, London.
• London: Broadcasting House and Walthamstow Town Hall. Photo essays by Jeremy Haslam of the public sculpture on these buildings. Detailed information and images. Further essays will be added at a later date.
• London: Burgess Park; SE5. Art in the Park. A Southwark Council sponsored scheme to bring all kinds of art-related projects to the Park and surrounding community. Some Public Art projects on this site.
  
• London. Modus Operandi - Art Consultants. Based in London. Services; Projects, including some text and images; Curriculum Vitae.
• London. Sculpture on South Bank & Bankside. A single page with small images and information on 20 sculptures. Artists include Frank Belsky, Salvador Dali, Frank Dobson, Naum Gabo, Grinling Gibbons, Richard Harris, William Pye and Bernard Schottlander.
• London. London Underground - 'Platform for Art', "a public art programme seeking to provide a welcoming, interesting and stimulating environment for London Underground passengers". A site dedicated to this programme. The Flash version is entertaining and informative. A basic version is available when this palls. Recommended.
  
• Manchester. "Manchester Statues and Sculpture". List of major pieces with some thumbnail images.
• Manchester. 'B of the Bang' website. Sculpture for the City of Manchester Stadium Stadium where the 2002 Commonwealth Games were hosted, now the home of Manchester City Football Club. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the piece is being fabricated in Sheffield at present. This website shows design images and details of its progress.
• Manchester. 'B of the Bang'. Our own images of this piece.
  
• Mansfield. ‘Tribute to the British Miner’: statue erected in October 2003. Artist: Nikolaos Kotziamanis. Council report and photograph.
• Margam Country Park. Sculptures. Pages from our site ... text and images.
• Milton Keynes. Maps and details of various artworks and a newsletter with details and comments on public art projects and proposals in Milton Keynes.
• Newcastle: . Part of 'art on the riverside' website. Public Art on the Tyne and Wear. Nicely designed site: information on artworks and artists.
• Newcastle. The Blue Carpet. A new public square for Newcastle. Web site with technical information, drawings, a web cam, information on education projects, links but no photographs. This latter badly needs addressing and spoils an otherwise useful site.
• Newnham Paddox Art Park. Site selling sculptures which are exhibited in the grounds of a Warwickshire estate. Part of a network of artparks that can be seen at www.artparks.co.uk/
  
• North-East. Slides from our archives of the Sustrans: Consett-Sunderland Cycle trail.
• North West. Public Art NorthWest. This website is designed as a live version of the book PUBLIC ART NORTHWEST and showcases public art in England's North West region. The site shows examples of work with which Public Art NorthWest has been involved. Contains an interesting and useful section on funding. Some images and text.
  
• Northern Ireland: Arts Council of Northern Ireland - Guide to Public Art. Large site with a four page introduction and links to individual works with text and images. Part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's website.
  
• Nottingham: Sky Mirror. Work by Anish Kapoor at Nottingham Playhouse. Photographs and related information and digital artwork by Jeanie Finlay.
• Oxford: Artpoint. "A visual arts and crafts agency providing consultancy and project development for the commissioning of new work for public spaces." Site includes projects, case studies a list of artists with whom they have worked and details about the agency. Images and text.
• Perth Sculpture Trail. Pages from the Perth & Kinross Council web site.
• Portland, Dorset (Tout Quarry). Learning Stone web site. 'Learning Stone' is managed by the Portland Sculpture Trust, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation of the traditional skills and understanding of Portland masons and quarry workers. A list of some of the pieces at the Quarry is available on local government site at: http://www.weymouth.gov.uk/
• Portsmouth. Proposals for two art projects in this town can be viewed on Pete Codling's website under work in progress. (February 2004)
• Prestoungrange, Scotland. 6th Global Mural Conference will be held here in 2006. Advance publicity and related events leading up to this.
• Public Art South West: Large well-designed site on the work of this agency, based in the South West of England, as well as a lot of more general information including national and international case studies. Highly recommended. PASW is now running a successor scheme to the RSA Art for Architecture Award Scheme called PROJECT - engaging artists in the built environment (2 year pilot phase until March 2006)
  
• Scotland: Art in Partnership. Homepage of public art commissions agency. Their projects page leads to images and text detailing a number of public art pieces.
• The Scottish Sculpture Trust. Sadly this organisation has ceased all activity; this link goes now to a page giving the details of this decision.
• SHEFFIELD. Our site. Extensive images, text, documentation.
  
• BBC ONLINE. South Yorkshire features. The local radio site has a feature on some of the pieces in Sheffield.
  
• South West Arts. now under 'Public Art South West'
• Stone Hoo: Learning Stone links directory
• Sunderland: . Part of 'art on the riverside' website. Public Art on the Tyne and Wear. Nicely designed site: information on artworks and artists.
• Sunderland: Helix Arts. (Used to be called Artists' Agency). This site is called Seen & Unseen and is devoted to a collaborative project between artists : science : community to look at ways of tackling pollution.
• Sunderland: St Peter's Riverside Project. Pages from our site ... text and images.
• Sunderland. 'Murder at the Red House'. A story written by Chaz Brenchley as part of a major piece of public artwork undertaken by sculptors Colin Wilbourn and Karl Fisher. Brenchley was as crimewriter-in-residence on the St Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project in Sunderland, 1993-94. Extracts both as text and as audio files (for images of the sculpture see a section of our own website).
  
• Swindon. Swindon Artscape pages. Information and images on public art in Swindon, documentation of some recent projects.
• Swindon. Page on Swindon's public art policy.
  
• Tyneside: . Part of 'art on the riverside' website. Public Art on the Tyne and Wear. Nicely designed site: information on artworks and artists.
• Wales. Cywaith Cymru / Artworks Wales. English version of this bilingual site. Public Art Projects throughout Wales. Small site with text and images.
  
• Warrington. River of Life Sculpture to commemorate children killed in IRA bombing. Part of 'Children for Peace' website. See also some slides from our own archives which also show work from Warrington.
  
• Wakefield. Public Arts Agency. Web site for this organisation which "creates and seeks resources to help all those who are involved in environmental improvement and change" and seeks to "make opportunities for artists; promote and manage the commissioning of new artworks ...". Nicely designed.
• Wales: Cywaith Cymru - Artworks Wales. The national organisation for public art in Wales. Large web site with text, images, project descriptions etc. Welsh and English versions.
• Wales: Lake Vyrnwy Sculpture trail. (West of Oswestry and Welshpool). Local artist Andy Hancock has made much of the work here.
• Wigan. Wigan Public Art Trail. Part of Wigan Council's own website. Maps, education packs and student comments for each piece. Text and images.
• Winchester. A project introducing bollards into Winchester (2005). Somewhat surreal small website, the "Bollard Awareness Clinic", detailing this project with links to other bollard based work nationally and internationally. Images, text and lots of pink.
  
  


• United States
• Public Art Network - launched by 'Americans for the Arts'. Information, listserv, resources, events and opportunities.
• Project for Public Spaces. Not-for-profit organisation based in New York, but with many projects throughout the States and also some internationally. Images, texts, themed project listings and descriptions.
• Washington, DC. Site encompassing the Washington Monument, Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials and the Vietnam and Korean War Veterans Memorials. Text, statistics and images. Navigation poor.
• Washington, DC. Controversy relating to the proposed National World War II Memorial on the Mall. Images, text, petitions, letters of complaint, testimony etc and links to related sites.
  (Part of the web site of the "Committee of 100 of the Federal City")
• Arizona. 'Public Art in Arizona': site devoted to work in that state. Maps, images, text. Details of public art programmes, civic artists-in-residence through links to other sites in Arizona. Web site is sponsored by Arizona State University in Tempe.
• Arizona. Arizona State University. Pages devoted to their public art progamme. Artwork appears in pop-up windows , accessible from a campus map. Includes brief notes on the artworks and artists.
• Arizona. Scottsdale Public Art Progam. A Percent for Art Ordinance was adopted here in 1985. The website shows examples of work, both that already installed and that in development; a history of the programme; detailed tours of the artworks (complete with instructions on route finding and parking); and information on events, opportunities and the organisation.
• Arizona. Tempe. 'A Walking Tour of Public Art' in the town. Text, map and photos.
• California. Albany Waterfront Park at the Albany Bulb, in Albany, California. Contains work unlike most previously linked to from our pages. The site documents public artworks under threat. Text, images and online petition. The URL, appropriately, is http://www.albanyletitbe.com/. Check it out and add your comments.
• California. Los Angeles. Extensive site contains images and text from a variety of locations in the city. Created and maintained by Ruth Wallach, Head Librarian at the Architecture and Fine Arts Library at the University of Southern California. Highly recommended.
  
• California. City of Los Angeles. Small subsite of a tourist guide to the city. Includes location maps and details of number of pieces.
• California. Los Angeles. Metro Art site. Details of art programmes on the Metro system. Public Art Policy. Examples of work: text and images. Application possibilities.
• California. Los Angeles. 'Request for Qualifications'. Facsimiles of application forms for commissions. Artists wanted to design benches for the Metro Transportation Authority. Deadlines: February 4th and 28th, 2000. Open to resident US artists only. Shown here on our site at the request of Los Angeles MTA Metro Art.
• California. Murals in California. Nicely designed site with plans to expand to cover other parts of the US.
• California. Oakland.The city's Public Policies and Projects from their Craft & Cultural Arts Department's website. Includes current projects.
  
• California. Palm Desert. 'Art in Public Places'. Nicely designed site with information on artworks, artists, an art tour, slide registery, current works and their public art programme. Text , maps and images.
• California. Palo Alto. Art in Public Places website described as a Virtual Tour of the Sculpture Collection. Images and some text, including commissioning details.
• California. Pasadena, CA. Public arts virtual tour. Map leading to images and text.
• California. San Francisco Public Art. Includes information on San Francisco's Public Art Program, established by City ordinance in 1969. Includes the revised 1996 Public Art Ordinance; Program Goals and Project Development; Requests for Qualifications; and a Survey of Public Art Projects commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission - text , no images.
• California. San Francisco Civic Art.These pages include information on "The San Francisco Art Commission's Adopt-a-Monument Programme."
• California. San Francisco. 'Defenestration'. Installation by Brian Goggin. Pieces of furniture and home appliances welded and rigged to two sides of a 3-story building. Photos, text, publicity material, list of participants ....
• Florida. Aesthetic Grounds Public Art / Public Space. Blog by Glen Weiss, public art consultant living in Florida. New material posted Sundays and Thursdays.
• Florida. Coral Springs. Statements on the city's Public Art programme (begun in November 2003), details of funding and staffing for this project, examples of work and calls to artists.
• Florida. Delray Beach, South Florida. Delray Beach Public Art Programme. New site with information on the Public Art Task Force. Contains information for developers and will ultimately also contain calls for applications. Sited maintained by Glen Weiss, art and architecture consultant, who has his own site containing information on his work as a consultant and several public art master plans.
• Florida. South Florida. Broward County Public Art and Design Program. Photos and text includes policy statements, a public art tour and five public art FAQ's. Part of the Broward Cultural Affairs Website.
• Florida. Hillsborough County, Florida. Details of Public Art Programme, Call for Artists, Artworks in Hillsborough County, Future Projects, and an article on the conservation of a particular statue dating back to 1911. Text and images.
  
• Florida. Martin County - Stuart. Arts in Public Places programme (a percent for art programme). The site gives details of the programme, application documents and various projects. Some images.
• Florida. Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Program. Established public art programme. Policy and programme details. Text and images. Includes work by Oldenburg/Van Bruggen, Noguchi and Appel.
• Illinois. Chicago Public Art . Some images and text. Part of Chicago Public Library website.
• Illinois. Chicago Public Art. Site covers public art in Chicago and related exhibitions. Also "What is Public Art?" and a new Public Art Photo Contest.
• Illinois. Cross County Metrolink. History of their Arts in Transit program, details of past work and forthcoming commissions.
• Kansas. Wichita Public Art. Five pages with links to larger images and other civic amentities. Some information with each piece.
  
• Kentucky. Louisville. Flock of Finns Project. Site devoted to a flock of birds by Marvin Finn, local folk artist, which are moving around town over the next couple of years. Comprehensive text, puns and images.
• Maryland. Frederick, Maryland. 'Community Bridge' (Carroll Street Bridge), painted with complex trompe l'oeil mural by artist William M. Cochran. Some photographs of details of the bridge and information on the symbols and motifs used; ideas for these came from a variety of sources, including being requested over the internet.
• Massachusetts. Cambridge, Mass. part of Cambridge Arts Council website. Text, maps and photographs. Gives details of their 20 year old % for art programme, Artist Selection Process, Slide Registry and examples of work listed by type or location.
• Michigan. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI: Sculpture Tour. extensive site. Permanent and temporary pieces - images and text. Also an archive of past temporary work.
• Missouri. St Louis, Missouri. Art in Transit, developing the look and feel of St. Louis’s light rail system. Community partnership program of the Bi-State Development Agency, begun in 1986.
• New Mexico. Albuquerque Public Art Program. "A description of one of the best public art programmes in the country and a listing of 121 works placed through out the city."
• New York. New York. Public Art Fund website. Mission statement, images, comprehensive text. Slightly difficult to navigate through the site, but worth persevering. "..the Public Art Fund identifies, coordinates and realizes a diversity of major projects by both established and emerging artists throughout New York City. By bringing artworks outside the traditional context of museums and galleries, the Public Art Fund provides a unique platform for an unparalleled public encounter with the art of our time."
• New York. New York. Creative Time website. A nonprofit organization which has commissioned " .. public arts projects of all disciplines. From the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, Grand Central Terminal, and Times Square to milk cartons, the Internet, and billboards, Creative Time has supported artists in invigorating our urban landscape."
• New York. New York. Public art project that investigates and commemorates lost New York City History through the installation of a series of uniquely cast manhole covers. Artist: Michele Brody.
• New York. Rochester, NY. Greater Rochester Vietnam Veterans Memorial web site. Large site devoted to this memorial. Parts of the site act as a virtual memorial. Text, images and maps.
• New York. Rochester, NY. Grove Place (Downtown Rochester). Residents' website: this has a page devoted to local public art. Included because of the sense of ownership over the work included and the way that the artworks are part of the upkeep of the local environment.
  
• New York. Storm King Art Center, up-state New York. Wonderful sculpture park containing large-scale works by Calder, di Suvero, Noguchi, Smith, Snelson, Serra, Nevelson, Goldsworthy, and others.
• North Carolina. North Carolina. Artworks for State Buildings Part of the North Carolina Arts Council site. Map, images, project descriptions and other text.
• Ohio. Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory. Comprehensive coverage from a central database: photos and text. Includes over 800 entries with information on commissioning, manufacuring and conservation.
• Ohio. Cincinnati. A guide to Public Art in Downtown Cinncinnati. Large site with text, map and photos.
• Ohio. Cleveland. Cleveland Public Art website. "CPA projects give artists, design professionals, and community members an opportunity to work together to shape our City". Comprehensive information on individual artworks includes funding details, press releases, details of the selection process, good quality images and more. The site includes information on forthcoming projects and applications.
  
• Ohio. Dublin. Site devoted to the Dublin Art in Public Places program; the only ongoing public art program in Ohio. The project began in 1990, a piece is commissioned every two years or so. The site includes text and images and is part of the Dublin Arts Council site.
• Ohio. Hamilton. "City of Sculpture". Information on Sculptures, sculptors and artist-in-residence programmes. Text and images.
  
• Oregon. Oregon. Information on their Percent for Art Program
• Oregon. Oregon State Archives. Public Art in the Archives Building. Information on Oregon's Art in Public Places Program. Policy statement, images and text.
• Oregon. Portland. From the pages of Regional Arts and Culture Council for the city. Contains current opportunities, artist guidelines, policies, fact sheets and links. Text and some images.
• Pennsylvania. Public Sculpture in Philadelphia, Pa.. A large site containing ".. a growing photographic sample of these works with (where possible) the sculptor, date, location, and inscriptions for each piece, as well as links to more information about the sculptor or subject on other sites." One of the first links ever made from these pages was to this site.
• Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. The Fairmount Park Art Association (founded in 1872!) website: "..contains information about the history and programs of the Art Association, a map and descriptions of over 100 works of public art in Philadelphia, as well as tips for researching public art in Philadelphia and other cities." The Association is ".. the United State¹s first private, nonprofit organization dedicated to integrating public art and urban planning. We commission, interpret, and preserve public art in Philadelphia. We also work to promote the appreciation of public art through programs and advocacy efforts."
• Texas. Texas. Comprehensive page of links to public art in the state, and elsewhere.
• Texas. Houston. Houston Municipal Art Conservation Office website. Text, Maps and Images. Adopt-a-monument Scheme and restoration/conservation details.
• Texas. Houston/ Harris County. Public Art & Urban Design, from the pages of the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/ Harris County. Includes Civic Art Newsletter / Project Development / Artist Registry / Project List / Artist Opportunities and Information on Grants. Some images.
• Texas. San Antonio. San Antonio Public Art and Design Enhancement Program. Includes images and text relating to projects, artists' registery and contacts.
• Vermont. Manchester. Sculptural Trail at 'Art to Science, the Institute of Conflict Analysis'. The sculptural stations illustrate the evolving conceptions of divinities as reflecting the evolution of family relations.
• Washington. 4Culture Public Art. Calls for artists. Project profiles, past and ongoing. Collection artworks and artists' rosters. Images and text.
• Washington. San Juan Center for Art & Nature. Westcott Bay Reserve on San Juan Island is "both a nature interpretive park and a sculpture park .. (with) .. a rotating exhibit of over 85 sculptures placed in an open 19 acre setting". Map, images and brief details.
• Washington. Western Washington University. Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Text and small images. Includes works by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Antony Caro, Mark di Suvero, Nancy Holt, Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Isamu Noguchi, Richard Serra and others.




• Other Countries
• AUSTRALIA: Adelaide Controversy
  At their meeting on the 15th December 1997 the elected members of the Adelaide City Council overwhelmingly voted to reject the recommendations of the National Sculpture Competition selection panel and the council administration. Site includes information, images of competition winners, T-shirt design and letters of support for you to fill in.
• AUSTRALIA: 'Brecknock Consulting' . Based in Adelaide. Specialising in Cultural and Arts Planning and in Arts Project Management. Pages include project reports, publications - including articles and conference papers - and text and images illustrating past and current projects.
• AUSTRALIA: Canberra. Public Art Homepage
• AUSTRALIA: Urban Art. Based in Melbourne. An independent artist group which "initiates innovative approaches to contemporary art in the public urban environment." Website shows projects from 1998 to the present.
• AUSTRIA: Website for "artistic projects in the public area" in Niederösterreich. Contains Images, text (in German) and a map. The site shows work dating from 1995. Searchable in a variety of ways.
• AUSTRIA: Vienna. Intercultural SoundEllipse, EU arts project commissioned by the City Council. "Radio- and TV-broadcasts from all over the world are collected and transformed on location." Text, press release, images and sound.
• AUSTRIA: Vienna. Rachel Whiteread's Memorial in Judenplatz. The site contains a detailed diary of the events surrounding the commissioning and eventual erection of this memorial. Images and some text. From 'Vienna's Web Service' site.
• BELGIUM: Brussels Metro. Web site for the Transit Art Authority Committee (TAAC). Text and images relating to artworks in or above the Metro are presented via an interactive map, chronologically, by thumbnail image or by artist. Information given in five languages.
  
• CANADA: Environmental Artworks Studio Website of Brad Golden and Lynne Eichenberg creators of "both permanent and temporary artworks involving the integration of architecture, art, and landscape construction".
• CANADA: Okanagan/Thompson region of British Columbia. International Sculpture Symposium Website: May 18th - August 31st, 2002. 25 commissioned sculptors from 8 different countries. They will produce 21 major pieces of sculpture to be sited in 9 different communities. Developing site with details on the artists; the locations; sponsors; projects etc. etc. Text and images.
• CANADA: Ottawa. 'Invicta pax' Monuments, Memorials and peace: an analysis of the Canadian Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa. Creative Urban Space Projects research paper - Professor Paul Gough (UWE)
• CANADA: Saskatoon. River Landing Phase 1 & 2 - redevelopment programme which includes artworks.
• CANADA: Toronto. 'Moose in the City' public art programme, 2000. Somewhat bizarre programme to attract visitors to the city with sponsored moose decorated by local artists. Images and text (including sponsorship details). Apparantly inspired by Chicago's successful 'Cows on Parade' Art Exhibit Jun. 15 - Oct. 31, 1999.
• CANADA: Vancouver. Public Art Homepage for City Council. Policy statements, lists, images and text. Also includes a 40 page PDF file version of a guided tour (with maps and photos) of a Downtown Shoreline Public Art Walk.
• CHINA: A single page from John T. Young's site, [see above]. Photos and titles of pieces.
• FINLAND: Transplant /HEART Project . Artists from the European Cultural Cities of 2000 will produce collaborative sculpture for public spaces. An artist from Helsinki is paired with eight artists from the other European culture cities. The site will be used to record the creative process behind the work which is scheduled for the year 2000.
• FINLAND: Helsinki. Public art site devoted to "over three hundred sculptures, environmental works and historical monuments. Maps, images, text bibliography, news of future projects and a number of ways of searching for information. Part of the Helsinki City Art Museum site.
• FRANCE: Paris. 101 Images taken of public artworks, monuments and sculpture during our student fieldtrips to Paris.
• FRANCE: "Memorials of the Great War" from a site based in New Zealand and compiled by Peter Hoar. Photos, text, poems and a wealth of other information relating to memorials in both New Zealand and France.
• GERMANY. Some images from our own collection.
• GERMANY: The People's Project. Interesting site that is "a new concept for the designing in and the organisation of public spaces". Includes projects and ideas for discussion.
• GERMANY: Bremen. Website devoted to murals in that city. Mainly photographic. Site created by Peter Mioch.
• GERMANY: Hamburg. "AUSSENDIENST", a public art exhibition in 2000-2001. Comprehensive site with images, text (German and English), analysis and a map.
• GERMANY: Hann. Münden. "Traces of Water - Making Water Visible" An Expo 2000 Project. Fascinating project using the town as a open-air gallery for a wide variety of types of work. Part of the town's official website: English and German versions
• GERMANY: Hannover. Bus Stops Project. Nine designers (Brandolini, Gehry, Ghini, Lauberscheimer, Mendini, Morrison, Muhlhaus, Sottsass, Tusquets Blanca) created nine busand tram stops. The project was completed in 1994.
• GERMANY: Hannover. 3 American and 4 German graffiti artists worked on a joint project at the Sedanstraße/Lister Meile subway station.
• GERMANY: Kunstpflug. "Kunstpflug e.V. is a non-profit artist-run organization based near the city of Belzig (1 hour southwest of Berlin) in Brandenburg in East Germany. Since 1995 Kunstpflug has realized site-specific and interdisciplinary projects in the region of Hoher Fläming." Text and images detail some of their past projects. They have a big public art project planned for 2006.
• GERMANY: Obernkirchen Sculpture Trail. 40 km west of Hannover. Text, images, maps.
• GERMANY: Nordhorn. A sculpture way that crosses from this town over into Holland and goes as far as Zwolle. Maps, text and images. Site in German and Dutch.
• GERMANY: Lüneburg Heath. "The Springhornhof Foundation, based in Neuenkirchen in the Lüneburg Heath, is responsible for the organisation and management of one of Europe‘s leading outdoor art projects." Some 30 permanent public art works as sited as part of a project removing art from an urban setting. Artists include Tony Cragg and Claus Bury. Map and pages searchable by artwork or artists. Images and text. Some information available in English.
  
• HUNGARY: Budapest. The Statue Park Museum containing Gigantic Memorials from the Communist Dictatorship: "All the statues of Budapest gathered together here that once stood in public places, as beacons for the political and ideological culture of the former socialist period". A page on the site called 'A Walk' is required reading.
• IRELAND: Dublin. Martha Schwartz, American landscape artist, has unveiled plans for the Grand Canal Square in Dublin's Docklands. Materials used include TTURA, a recycled glass material developed at Sheffield Hallam University. News feature from Dublin Docklands Development Authority.
• IRELAND: Fingal, Co. Dublin. Fingal Arts website includes material on public arts including details of forthcoming projects.
• IRELAND: Tír Sáile - The North Mayo Sculpture Trail. Text, maps and drawings of the pieces installed during 1993.
• IRELAND: Ennis Sculpture Initiative. Map, text and photographs of the project; a partnership between the private and public sector. Includes sculptures along the riverside in Ennis, as well as creating street furniture in the town centre.
• IRELAND: Louth and Meath motorway project.
• IRELAND: Bogside Artists. Mural artists 'commercial' website.
• ISRAEL: Jerusalem. Art Garden, Israel Museum. Designed by Isamo Noguchi, the Art Garden "offers a walkway through the history of twentieth-century sculpture ".
• JAPAN: This page introduces you to public art from all over Japan . Photos and Japanese text. English pages under construction.
• JAPAN: Public Art in Makuhari. Photos, some text and interactive map.
• JAPAN: NANJO and ASSOCIATES. Art Consulting Office. Japanese. Public art projects in Japan.
  
• NETHERLANDS. On a site called "Stroom". Search under "Kunst in de Openbare Ruimte" for information (in Dutch) and images of some public work.
• NETHERLANDS. De Verbeelding, Flevoland. A biannual event during which works of visual art are temporarily or permanently added to a collection located along a 7km route. Map, text and some small images.
• NETHERLANDS. Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst web site (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts) contains some information on 'Sculpture in Public Space' (site in Dutch).
• NETHERLANDS. Den Haag. The Hague Sculptures: Annual outdoor sculpture exhibition. Website to be upated in April 2004 with the latest exhibition. Versions in English and Dutch.
  
• NETHERLANDS. Observatorium.org. Dutch group of artists, established in 1995, who create pavilions which they call "observatories". Images and text relating to national and international projects with which they have been involved.
• NETHERLANDS. SKOR (foundation for Art in the public sphere) website. Dutch language version available only.
• NEW ZEALAND: "Memorials of the Great War" from a site based in New Zealand and compiled by Peter Hoar. Photos, text, poems and a wealth of other information relating to memorials in both New Zealand and France.
• NEW ZEALAND. Christchurch. Map, text and images. Comprehensive, and sometimes fascinating, information on each piece, the commissioning process and related information. Part of the Christchurch Art Gallery website. The public art material was originally published in 1997, but is soon to be updated by Jennifer Hay.
  
• NORWAY: Oslo. Vigeland Park. Site devoted to this sculpture park. Text and images and a walk through the Park, with details of a large number of the individual sculptures. Contains links to many other sites relating to the Park.
• POLAND. Public Art web site.
• PUERTO RICO. Puerto Rico Public Art Project. A massive 25 million dollars Goverment initiative to install throughout the island, from September 2003, more than 90 pieces of art in both urban and non-urban locations. Includes work from Puerto Rican artists as well as other international names inculding Dennis Adams, Lilliana Porter, Ann Hamilton and John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres. Map, text (in Spanish with parts in English) and images showing the both work in progress and relevant steps in the creative and creation process of the final product.The website itself is part of the project and is designed by Rosa Irigoyen.
  
• SPAIN: Barcelona. Barcelona's Public Art: sculptures, monuments, decorum and remembrance; a catalogue including more than 1000 pieces presented by the City and the University of Barcelona.
• SPAIN: Barcelona. 'I Thought About You': a public art project documenting memories of AIDS victims in Barcelona. The project was launched at the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona July 7-12, 2002.
• SWEDEN: National Public Art Council. Website with images and text (one page in English). Since 1997 the Council's remit has included the commission of artists whose work is integrated in the building process.
• SWEDEN: Wanås Sculpture Park. Permanent and temporary work by mainly Nordic and American artists. Includes a collection of specially commissioned park benches. Large well-designed site with images and text.
• SWEDEN: Umeå. Public Art Pages for this town in the north of the country. Includes a map, images and text.
• SWITZERLAND: Geneva. The Uni Defour Building. From Swiss art Network pages, written by Maria Townsend as part of an BA in Public Art & Design at Chelsea School of Art & Design.

Temporary Pieces

• 'One and Other' by Antony Gormley, Trafalgar Square, London. And an additional link to my own hour on the plinth: Dave Ball. !
• Edinburgh:'Cabin Exchange' Project 28 Aug - 4 Sept 2004 (a week long public art event siting two industrial storage containers in Edinburgh, one in the E S W sculpture court and the other in the city centre) and Glasgow: 'Coming Soon' Project. (Will Foster's portable projector showing one minute silent narrative films along the busy thoroughfare of Sauchiehall Street) Moving images, stills and text.
• Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail. Official site. Images, map and some text documenting a regular programme of temporary pieces.
• Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail 2000. Material on our site; including 96 images of this temporary Annual Sculpture Trail in West Yorkshire.

Web-based Projects

• Drew Malcolm. Face In The Crowd Project. Online project creating icons which represent visitors to the site. Active in December 2003.
• Simon Tegala: 'Anabiosis' 14 - 27th February 1998 For a period of two weeks, the artist Simon Tegala monitored his own heart rate and transmitted this digital information to an electronic sign in a public site in the city of London. A daily diary was available from this site.
• 'Hyperphilately'. The first issue of 34 stamps to collect in cyberspace: designed by Simon Poulter. Part of Sheffield, UK-based Lovebytes Festival in 1998.

University Courses

• MA Cultural Policy and Management. Sheffield Hallam University, UK
• Masters: Public Art Studies. University of Southern California, US.
  
  

Awards, competitions and commissions

These are included primarily for information and most will be out of date. (US projects are generally only open to US artists)
Current application dates will be in red.

• UK - Wales: Landmark Wales. ".. an ambitious plan to mark major entry points to Wales and key Welsh transition points." Projects with a potnetial combined budget of £18M. Call for "Expressions of Interest from Artists, Architects and Designers for Phase One and announcing an Open Competition for Phase Two". Project and website managed by working pArts. Ongoing
• Ireland: Fingal, Co. Dublin. Fingal Arts website includes material on public arts including details of forthcoming projects. Ongoing
• UK - England: WInner of the PMSA's Marsh Award (for Excellence in Public Art) announced. October 2005.
• USA: Rhode Island. The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) in association with the Rhode Island Judiciary announces a "call for artists" to create site-specific artwork for two new State Judiciary facilities, the Kent County Courthouse in Warwick and the Traffic Tribunal building in Cranston. The deadline for submissions was November 8, 2005.
  
• UK - England: advert for an artist led team of "artists architects lighting designers and others for a project .... in Weston Super Mare". Deadline 25th April 2005.
• UK - England: advert for an artist in residence with North Yorkshire County Council's Travel Awareness Unit. Closing date for submissions: Wednesday, 9th March 2005.
  
• UK - Wales: Cywaith Cymru | Artworks Wales have a number of opportunities for artists and also for a Project Manager. Applications during February 2005.
• USA: City of Coral Springs, Florida. Their public art program seeks up to ten outdoor artworks for a sculpture exhibition in June 2005. $60,000 has been reserved to purchase works. $1,000 exhibition fee per artists. Applications postmarked by February 15, 2005.
• USA: University of Tennessee. Call for an artist for 'Public Art Project for the Johnson-Ward Pedestrian Mall'. For details see their School of Art website. Submission by 10th January 2005.
• USA: Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Public Art website. The site includes information on forthcoming projects and competitions.
• USA: North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, NC. " .. seeking qualifications from artists or a team lead by a professional artist for a large-scale sculpture that promotes renewable energy". Submission by 15th August 2004.
• USA: Public Art 4Culture. A number of calls for artists. A current project is for four window bays in the ticket lobby of the Main Terminal at Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle: deadline May 21, 2004. Other projects date back to 2002.
• USA: Charlotte NC. Charlotte Area Transit System, Public Art in Transit Opportunities. A new rapid transit programme is underway over the next few years, Phase 1 applications were for the end of 2003. More opportunities will follow.
• Taiwan: Open Competitions on Taipei Rapid Transit Systems: Public art at a number of different Metro stations in Tapei. Deadlines September 2003. Further competitions to be announced.
• USA: Public Art Network. Public art opportunities page from this US-based site. These opportunities are usually only open to US artists.
• Los Angeles Metro Art Programme. Details of theis programme often has information on current application possibilities. Facsimiles of wo past application documents available here: Metro Center Benches and Rosa Parks Station Seating.
• USA: Indianapolis. The 500 Festival of Indianapolis announces a call for entry for "CARburetion: A 'Wheely' Nice Collection of INDY Car Art".
• USA: King County, Wa. Artists invited to register for public art slide registery.
• USA: Palm Desert, Ca.. Artists invited to provide design qualifications for the Fred Waring Corridor Project. Facsimile document from 2002
• UK - England: Cleveland Arts Commissions. Based in the North-East of England, but with a history of involvement in work in other parts of the UK. Current projects include the Healing Arts Project Residencies at South Cleveland Hospital, Middlesbrough - Shortlisting on 16th February 2001.
• UK - England: MAGNA Project, Templeborough, Rotherham. A £37 million Millennium Commission landmark project, telling the story of steel. A number of sculpture briefs are detailed here, and more are to follow - latest closing date 30 April 2000.
• USA: Rosie the Riveter Memorial Project. Competition details, wartime memories, T-shirt order form, "List of Rosies we know" etc. Richmond, California. Memorial scheduled for dedication on October 14, 2000.
• USA: 13th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Kansas. facsimile document from 2000.
• International Competition to design a Monument for the Victims of State Terrorism for the city of Buenos Aires.
• USA: A number of different projects at St Louis, Missouri; sited at MetroLink light rail stations and bus facilities.
• USA: Berkeley, California. A number of projects. Details plus Application Form, Submission Materials and Instructions. Various deadlines - all expired.
• USA: Public Art Project for Schlessman/Lowry Branch Library, in Denver, Colorado. Related documentation and images - closing date September 15, 2000.
• USA: Submission specifications for public art project applications in Martin County, Florida.
  Three current projects:
  • Halpatiokee Regional Park, Stuart, Florida [deadline: Friday, June 8, 2001]
  • Port Salerno Community Fire Station, Stuart, Florida [deadline: Friday, May 25, 2001]
  • Martin County Jail, Stuart, Florida [deadline: Friday, May 11, 2001]
• USA: Broward County, Florida. "Calls for Artists". No current applications.
• USA: Public art project applications in King County, Washington. Eligibility: Professional artists residing in the USA. [Includes King County Courthouse Projects. Deadline: Monday, February 26, 2001]
• South Africa: Joubert Park Public Art Project, Johannesburg. Eligibility: no restricted to South African nationals. [Deadline: April 30, 2001]
• Italy: Chianti Sculpture Park are looking for work by site-oriented sculptors especially from Eastern Europe, North America and Latin America. Contact details but no date deadlines given. Information dated 13/03/01.
• South Africa: Artthrob, the South African based web magazine contains regular information on calls for submission and competition - follow links to a page in each issue called 'Exchange'.(There is also a wealth of other information in the magazine beyond the remit of this page of links).

Other Pages of Public Art Links

• Conservation Technologies. Pages from the National Museums, Liverpool website. Information on sculpture conservation and other techniques.
• 'International Directory of Sculpture Parks'. Useful page of links produced by Benbow Bullock, a sculptor living in California.
• Public Art Links on the Net (page produced by zpub)
• art-public.com the first European Public Art magazine and database
• ART on FILE was founded in 1982. Online catalogue providing high quality slides and digital images. Specialises in material on Public Art, Murals, Sculpture Parks, Art & Utilities, and a variety of Architectural and Landscape based topics. "We currently possess the largest collection available of images and research on public art, architecture and design, including many projects from UK. Images are for educational use only."
• Arts in Public Places Programs. Extensive links to public art programs and research from a site sponsored by the Colorado Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts and Artslynx International Arts Resources.
• Art Crimes: The Writing on the Wall site devoted to graffiti and related topics. (This link is to a mirror site in Poland)
• AXIS. UK artists' database. "Axis is an online database, presenting information on over 4,000 artists and over 16,000 images of their work, covering a wide range of areas, including public and environmental art. It can be accessed via www.axisartists.org.uk. You can either search online yourself, or contact Axis with your requirements and let them undertake a search for you and forward details of suitable artists, for which there is a nominal cost."
• Bollard Awareness Clinic. Somewhat surreal small website, the "Bollard Awareness Clinic", detailing a project in Winchester, UK with links to other bollard based work nationally and internationally.
• Follies. A developing site documenting follies in the UK. Author: Phil Tuck.
• Mosaics. The Joy of Shards Mosaics Resource developed by Rod Humby. Examples from around the world as well as technical advice, images and further mosaic links.
  
• Texas. Comprehensive page of links to public art in the state, and elsewhere in the US. From Texas Commission on the Arts website.

Other Useful Addresses

United Kingdom

• International Sculpture Center. (A not-for-profit organization founded in 1960) Large and useful website includes a 'Sculpture Parks and Gardens Directory'.
• About Stone "is a non-commercial information and contact resource for people who work with stone". Contains a stone directory, with links to many artists working in stone, and 'Stone Conversations', a mailing list.
• Yorkshire Art Space - an organisation, based in Sheffield, that supports artists and craftspeople by providing affordable studio space and many support services. Site includes an index of artists and craftspeople whom it supports.
• Art Sheffield. "your quarterly guide to contemporary art in Sheffield". Information on exhibitions and events in Sheffield.
• Sheffield City Council
• Sheffield Forum. This local information board may provide access to answers for general or personal enquiries on Sheffield-based topics.
• Regional Arts Boards website
• Arts Council
• Design Council
• Crafts Council




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