Art In Public Places
Program Update
City Council
August 27, 2024
1 • Established : May 1992
• Purpose : Development Standard to enhance
Burbank’s aesthetic quality and promote cultural
enrichment
• Key Goals:
• Enhance visual attractiveness
• Increase public enjoyment and understanding
of art
• Foster artistic collaboration in urban design
• Encourage public interaction with art
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
• Public projects over $500,000
• Multi-family residential projects over
$1,500,000
• 1% of project costs allocated to art
On-Site Art Installation :
• Requires approval from Art in Public Places
Committee
• Developers may defer art installation
In-Lieu Fee Option :
• Pay into Art in Public Places Fund
• Funds used for art installations on City
property
He Envisioned Dreams that
Others Might Share
by Andrea & Aldo
Favilli 3
ART INSTALLATIONS
PARKS AND
RECREATION
Total Installations :
• Over 130 public art pieces
• City-Owned: 42
Maintenance :
• Approximately five pieces
maintained each fiscal year
• Supported by the Art in
Public Places Fund
4 Five Points Gateway
by Andrea Favilli
1. The Wagon Pull on Chandler - 2005
2. Family Outing on Chandler -2007
3. Five Points Gateway - 2010
4. Trackwalker on Chandler -2011
5. Mutualism - Sister City Art Exchange
at Northwest Library - 2011
ART INSTALLATIONS
5 The following 10 projects have been fully funded through the Art in Public Places Fund:
1. Lincoln’s Hat at Lincoln Park/BV Library - 2018
2. Amelia’s Hat at Lincoln Park/BV Library - 2018
3. Worker’s Straw Hat at Lincoln Park/BV Library - 2018
4. The Answer is Yes at Verdugo Aquatic Facility - 2022
5. A Community in Action murals at McCambridge Rec
Center - 2024
ART INSTALLATIONS
6 The following 10 projects have been
fully funded through the Art in Public
Places Fund:
The Answer is Yes
by Dina Fisher and 1111
Creative
A Community in Action
by Ricardo Cerezo
• Sponsored 65 Utility Boxes
citywide, to date
ART INSTALLATIONS
7 • Culver City
• Art in Public Places Program
• Glendale
• Urban Art Program
• Pasadena
• Public Art Program
• Santa Monica
• Public Art Program
• West Holly wood
• Urban Art Program
• Art on the Outside Program
DIVERSE ART PROGRAMS IN CITIES
8 • 1993: Revised the application process
• 2002: Deleted the existing sunset provision
• 2008: Allowed for allocation of up to 50% of the
developer art obligation to the Burbank Arts and
Education Foundation
• 2011: Added Sister City Art Exchange Program
• 2020: Clarified exempt project updates, maintenance
standards, and acceptable art projects
• 2024: Allowed public art in post-security areas at the Hollywood Burbank Airport
ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS
Mutualism
by
Oh Soon Mi
Community by
Kathleen Caricof
9 FISCAL IMPACT
PARKS AND
RECREATION
Current Fund Balance: $836,098
(as of July 2024)
• Funds should be used for the
intended uses as outlined in
the Burbank Municipal Code
10-1-1114: Art in Public Places
• Amelia’s Hat (top left)
• Lincoln’s Hat (top right)
• Workers Straw Hat (bottom)
By Michael Davis and Eugene Daub
10 Mii Amo
By Beverly
B
igwood
Shooting Star
By Richard Deutsch 11
DEVELOPER PUBLIC ART
11 12
DEVELOPER PUBLIC ART
Aspects of Love
By Michael
Amuescua
Urban Meadows
By Beverly Bigwood
12 13
DEVELOPER PUBLIC ART
Perpetual Evolution
By
Larry Davis
Tempest in a Teacup
By Brad Howe
13 CITY-OWNED PUBLIC ART
Family Outing
By Gary Lee Price
14 15
Wagon Pull
By Stanley Procter
Best Friends
By Joe Fay
Working People
By Wayne Healy
Family Tiara
By Wayne Healy
Building Trades People
By Wayne Healy 16
Burbank Evolves
By John “Tony” Sheets 17
Water and Light
By Dale Claude Lamphere
17 Pivot
By Paul Tzanetopoulos,
Police and Fire Opera
By Terry Schoonhoven
18 Read, Reach Realize
By Wayne Healy
Sun’s Warmth Provides Life’s Pleasure
By Michael Amescua
19 Happy Family
By Alberto Revilla
19 Tree Spirit
By Ron Pekar
Tree of Life
By Andrea Favilli
20 The Art in Public Places Program:
• Enhances city aesthetics, promotes
cultural tourism, and adds value to
development
• Has significantly contributed to
Burbank’s quality of life and community
pride
CONCLUSION
Impact
By Sheila Cavalluzzi
21 Megan Wilke
Administrative Analyst II
[email protected]
(818) 238-5300
CONTACT
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