The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them
in this section:
ARTIST(S)
An individual generally recognized by critics and peers as a professional
practitioner of the visual, performing, or literary arts, as judged by the
quality of that professional practitioner's body of work, educational
background, experience, public performances, past public commissions, exhibition
record, publications, and production of artwork.
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
Those associations generally recognized by artists and art patrons
as an administrative and functional structure of persons having a common interest
in art.
ARTS PATRONS
Those individuals that are generally recognized as being socially
or financially supportive of art and/or artists.
BUILDING
A roofed and walled structure built for a permanent use.
EDUCATOR
One skilled in the theory, practice, and administration of teaching.
PARK
A piece of ground in or near a municipality kept for ornamental and
recreational purposes or maintained in its natural state as a public property.
PROJECT
The construction or improvement of any building, park, or public
facility, other than routine or periodic maintenance.
PUBLIC ART
Works in a variety of media produced by professional visual artists
that may be permanent, temporary, or functional in nature. Public art encompasses
the broadest possible range of expression, media, and materials and is displayed
or provided in a public facility. The term shall also include any historical
restoration of existing buildings, parks, or public facilities, with the exception
of work to the facade.
PUBLIC FACILITY
The part of any building owned or operated by Allegheny County to
which the public has access during normal operating hours. The term shall
also include open spaces which are an integral part of the building, such
as atriums or courtyards.
SPECIAL ACCOUNT
A restricted account with the Grants & Special Accounts Budget
of the County that has an undefined entitlement period and revenues that are
based on a particular funding source.
There is hereby created as an agency of the County to become effective
the first business day of January 1, 2006, a new Allegheny County Arts Board,
hereinafter referred to as the "Arts Board." The purpose of the Arts Board
shall be to:
A. Recommend to the Chief Executive and County Council the
use of funding within the designated special account for public art in furtherance
of the purposes of this chapter;
B. Advise on the acquisition and placement of works of art
on property of the County of Allegheny, including the promotion of public
performances and the public exhibition of the arts on County property, to
the appropriate members of the Administration; and
C. Designate items as public art and approve the location
of such public art.
Within 30 days of the enactment of this chapter, the Chief Executive
and County Council shall designate staff to draft program guidelines for the
Public Art Program. The guidelines shall be provided to the Executive Committee
to review and subsequent introduction to the full Council, in resolution form,
for approval. The guidelines shall be approved at least 30 days prior to the
organization of the Arts Board and shall be adopted by reference by the Arts
Board at its first meeting.