MY PUBLIC ART PORTALJanae Huber, Collections Manager

Art in Public Places Program

MY PUBLIC ART PORTAL “Collection Highlights” Landing Page

Screenshot by ArtsWA

WHAT I’LL COVER• Collection overview

• Project background

• Key decisions

• Engaging the public

• Caring for the Collection

• Legislative relationships

• Next phase

DO HO SUHCause and Effect, 2012

Western Washington UniversityPhoto by Matthew Anderson

STATE ART COLLECTION• Legislated in 1974

• Percent-for-Art program

• 4,800 artworks

• At 1,200 sites

• In 36 counties throughout Washington

arts.wa.govArtworks are located at 1,200 facilities across Washington’s 70,000 square miles.

Across Washington

Andrew Wilbur and Greg Colfax’s Thunderbird (1995) was commissioned for The Evergreen State College’s Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, Olympia.

Photo by Stacey McCrae

Artworks by Ilse Kilian-Tan and Liza von Rosenstiel were recently installed at the Office of the Governor.

Photo by ArtsWA

Bonnie Bronson’s Metal Sculpture (1976) was purchased for South Seattle Community College.Photo courtesy of the artist

Jacob Lawrence’s Forward Together (1997), a screen print, was purchased for North Whidbey Middle School in the Oak Harbor School District.

Photo courtesy of the artist

Natalie Niblack’s Winter Explosion (2016) was purchased for Peninsula College in Port Angeles.Photo by ArtsWA

Todd Benson’s Infinite Humanity (2017) was commissioned for Columbia Basin College in Pasco.Photo by ArtsWA

PROJECT BACKGROUND• Name: My Public Art

Portal!

• Launched January 2015

• 600 artworks

• Legislative support/funding

• Full staffing mid-2016

• 100 artworks/month

DIXIE FRIEND GAYReality’s Illusion, 2017

Jackson Park Elementary, BremertonPhoto courtesy of the artist

PROJECT BACKGROUNDWhat We Present

• Quality artwork images

• In situ images

• Polished data

• Artwork interpretation & artist biographies

• Map

GARTH EDWARDSUntitled (detail), 2017

Union Ridge Elementary, RidgefieldPhoto by ArtsWA

KEY DECISIONSMIMSY

• Staff or volunteers

• Timeframe

• Image standards

• Digitizing process

• Equipment needs

• Server hosting

Slide ready to scan with HASSELBLAD FLEXTIGHT X5 scanner

Photo by ArtsWA

CECILIA BLOMBERGMcMicken Heights Tapestry, 2012

McMicken Heights Elementary, SeatacPhoto courtesy of the artist

KEY DECISIONSMWeb

• Design

• Image size and preferences

• Artist statements

• Mapping

• Public interaction

• Web exhibitions

MY PUBLIC ART PORTAL “Collection Highlights” Landing Page

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ENGAGING THE PUBLICWhy this Content

• Transparency > the public

• Education > students

• Collection care > artwork sites

• Accountability > Legislature

Actor Rainn Wilson with his father, artist Robert Wilson on the set of The Office.

Photo courtesy of Robert Wilson

ENGAGING THE PUBLICWeb Exhibitions

• Father and Son: Selections by Robert & Rainn Wilson

• Human Rights Month: Forward Together

• Beyond Blue Mountains: Artworks by Native American Artists

HAROLD BALAZSArtist Statement, 1998

Courtesy of ArtsWA

DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION• Artist statement and

artwork proposal scanning

• How will this resource be used?

• Informs interpretive content

• Not published online

• Resource for collection care

Field worker Jennifer Myers evaluatingALFREDO ARREGUIN’s Jungla Encantata, 1995

Department of Ecology, LaceyPhoto by ArtsWA

COLLECTION CARE• Hands-on inventory

• Scrubbed records

• Stronger legislative support

• Accountability and transparency

• Intercepting construction

• Field access

• Images!

ANNA VALENTINA MURCHEverett Arbor in 1989 and again in 2016

Everett Community CollegeLeft: Photo courtesy of the artist

Right: Photo by ArtsWAarts.wa.gov

LEGISLATIVE RELATIONSHIP• Reports with better

content and images

• “Now we know where things are!”

• State art investments are visible to the public

• Understand the Collection scope

GLORIA CROUSEVocology (detail), 1977

Formerly located at Clover Park Technical CollegePhoto courtesy of the artist

NEXT PHASE• Complete photo-editing

• Complete Portal content

• Complete physical inventory

• Web site redevelopment

• Mobile optimization

ELAINE TIMENTWA EMERSONHip Basket, 1984

Beyond Blue Mountains CollectionDowning Elementary School, Tacoma

Photo courtesy of ArtsWA

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Students at Frederickson Elementary gaze up at Spectrum of Light (2012) by Etsuko Ichikawa. Photo by Sean Frego.

A Resource for All Washingtonians

janae.huber@arts.wa.gov | 360-586-2420

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