Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

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The City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program makes art accessible and visible throughout our city, one of the world's cultural capitals. Public art serves as an expression of the community, as well as a landmark. These public sites provide an important venue for all New Yorkers and visitors to appreciate artwork outside the traditional museum or gallery setting. Percent for Art projects are site-specific and engage a variety of media-painting, mosaic, glass, textiles, sculpture, and works that are integrated into infrastructure, or architecture. The Program commissions artists of all races and backgrounds that reflect the diversity of New York City. These projects demonstrate how art that is integrated into its site enhances civic architecture and a wide range of public spaces.

The Percent for Art Program offers City agencies the opportunity to acquire or commission works of art specifically for City-owned buildings throughout the five boroughs. The purpose of the Program is to bring artists into the design process and enrich the City's civic and community buildings.

Signed into Law, 1982
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Edward Irwing Koch,Law was signed by Mayor Ed Koch, requiring that one percent of the budget for eligible City-funded construction projects be spent on public artwork known as Percent for Art.
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LaGuardia Suite, The
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LaGuardia Suite, The

Donald Lipski, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City Department of Education Public Art for Public Schools, Board of Education

Sculpture

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East River Roundabout
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East River Roundabout

Quennell Rothschild Associates, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Alice Aycock

Sculpture

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Growth
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Growth

HDP Open Spaces Program, Jorge Luis Rodriguez, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Sculpture

Leaf Gate, Keys Flight, Seed of Elm, The Spirit of the Elm, and Elm in Bloom Sprouting Buds
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Leaf Gate, Keys Flight, Seed of Elm, The Spirit of the Elm, and Elm in Bloom Sprouting Buds

New York City Department of Education Public Art for Public Schools, Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Ming Fay

Sculpture

Topiary: A Twenty Year Project
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Topiary: A Twenty Year Project

Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Goldstone & Hinz, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Mags Harries

Sculpture

Mapping Queens
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Mapping Queens

New York City Department of Education Public Art for Public Schools, A. Epstein and Sons, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Nancy Chunn

Painting

Migration
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Migration

John Brekke, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Glass

Movable Type
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Movable Type

Ben Rubin, Mark Hansen, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

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Diagonal Sonata / Asymmetrical Inversion
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Diagonal Sonata / Asymmetrical Inversion

Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Toshio Sasaki

Relief

North of the North Pole
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North of the North Pole

Janet Zweig, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Installation

Triumph of the Human Spirit
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Triumph of the Human Spirit

Lorenzo Pace, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

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Immigration on the Lower East Side
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Immigration on the Lower East Side

Richard Haas, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Mural (painted)

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The Passage: A Moving Memorial
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The Passage: A Moving Memorial

Mary Miss, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Installation

Frederick Douglass Memorial
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Frederick Douglass Memorial

Gabriel Koren, Algernon Miller, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Quennell Rothschild Associates, Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Urban Art Program, NYC Department of Transportation

Sculpture

Passage in Time
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Passage in Time

Malcolm Cochran, Miceli Kulik, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Sculpture

Brooklyn Public Library Columns
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Brooklyn Public Library Columns

Thomas Jones, Raymond Almirall, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Relief

Whitehall Crossing Island Inlay and Benches
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Whitehall Crossing Island Inlay and Benches

Ming Fay, Frederic SCHWARTZ Architects, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

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Dreaming of Far Away Places: The Ships Come to Washington Market
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Dreaming of Far Away Places: The Ships Come to Washington Market

Donna Dennis, Dattner Architects, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Installation

Tabula
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Tabula

Michelle Stuart, Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Gruzen Samton • IBI Group Architects, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Battery Conservancy

Relief

Mnemonics
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Mnemonics

Kristin Jones, Andrew Ginzel, Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Gruzen Samton • IBI Group Architects, The Battery Conservancy, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Battery Park City Authority, Board of Education

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