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CaFÉ™, an acronym for "Call for Entry," is a Web-based service now being used by some commissioning organizations to manage calls for artists. The service is operated by WESTAF, the Wes [..]

A call for artists is a formal request, by a commissioning organization, for proposals or qualifications from artists who may be interested in producing a work of art for a specific public art pr [..]

A commissioning organization or commissioning agency is the sponsor of a public art competition. A commissioning organization may be a public entity, such as a city or town; a quasi-public entity [..]

Decommissioning is the term used for permanent removal of a work of art from a public art installation or collection.

Since most public art will be sited in a public place, review and approval by local government boards and commissions is usually required. One such board is a design review board, which is charged [..]

Direct selection is an artist-selection process in which an artist is chosen to provide or produce a public artwork without a competitive selection process. This is not the typical approach to sel [..]

An easement is a legal agreement that grants specified rights of access to private property by a party or parties other than the property owner. A simple example of an easement would be a resident [..]

Fabrication, as the term relates to public art, is the process of construction or assembly of the physical artwork either on or off the site where the artwork will be sited.

An invitational competition is an artist-selection process that involves a limited number of artists who are invited to submit proposals for a specific public art project, based on the skills, int [..]