Public Art Commission
What Is the PAC?
The Baltimore City Public Art Commission is a citizen review board charged with administering Baltimore's 1%-for-Public-Art Program, as well as reviewing permanent gifts of public art to the City. The Public Art Commission is both an advisory and decision-making body.
Join the PAC!
The Baltimore City Public Art Commission is now accepting submissions for new commissioners!
All members of the PAC must be qualified credentialed professionals appointed by the Mayor to serve a four-year term. Candidates must live and/or work in Baltimore City. The PAC meets once a month from September through June, usually on the third Friday.
The deadline to submit is October 30, 2024.
Attend the Next PAC Meeting
The next meeting of the Baltimore City Public Art Commission’s (PAC) 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, October 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Please note this is the fourth Friday.
Instructions on how to attend the meeting, digitally or in person, as well as this month’s agenda are coming soon!
Upcoming PAC Meetings:
November 15, 2024
December 20, 2024
All PAC meetings are open to the public.
COMMISSION MEMBERS
Jacqueline Bershad — Vice President of Planning & Design, National Aquarium
Lady Brion — Founder and Executive Director of the Black Arts District
Aaron Bryant — Curator of Photography and Visual Culture, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Danielle Brock — Project Manager, Site Development RKK
Jaz Erenberg — Muralist and community-centered public artist
Sam Christian Holmes — Artist
Evan Richardson — Assistant Dean of the School of Architecture & Planning at Morgan State University
Alma Roberts — Artist at Alma Robert’s Studio
Public Art Guidelines
Public art enhances the cityscape, quality of life, and artistic and creative climate in Baltimore. It supports our city’s artists and promotes an awareness of the visual arts in the public environment. BOPA enforces the 1%-for-Public-Art Ordinance, which administers the expenditure of public funds for fine arts additions to public projects.
View Baltimore City’s Public Art Collection
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Presenting to the Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC) Steps
Presenting to the Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC)
- Get a project (new commissioned artwork, move, conservation, or deaccession)
- Send an email to the PAC Administrator (currently Kirk Shannon-Butts) regarding the project
- The project is reviewed by the PAC Administrator to determine if the artwork is in the Baltimore City Public Art collection and meets the 1%-for-Art guidelines. Many public artworks across the city are owned by federal, state, private, university, and colleges entities and thus are not under the PAC’s domain and stewardship.
- The Project Manager and PAC Administrator will meet to discuss the project, eligibility, scope, and goals.
- The project presentation will be placed on an upcoming PAC agenda for review, discussion, Q&A, and a vote.
2024 Minutes and Agendas
June and September minutes will be approved at the Oct. 25 meeting.
2023 Minutes and Agendas
December 2023 Minutes + December 2023 Agenda
November 2023 – New Commissioners Onboarding Session – No Meeting
October 2023 Minutes + October Agenda
September 2023 – Artscape – No Meeting
August 2023 – Summer Recess
July 2023 – Summer Recess
June 2023 Meeting + June 2023 Agenda
Get Involved!
Meetings of the Baltimore City Public Art Commission are open to the public to observe. For more information on the PAC, or to request an agenda item on an upcoming meeting agenda, contact Kirk Shannon-Butts, BOPA’s Public Art & Curation Manager, at KSButts@promotionandarts.org.
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Explore available resources for artists in Baltimore City, including grants, art prizes, mural projects, and more.
Explore available resources for artists in Baltimore City, including grants, art prizes, mural projects, and more.
Artist Resources