Baltimore’s arts council, event center and film office. A nonprofit 501 c(3) organization

Baltimore Public Art Commission

Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, 10 E. Baltimore St., 10th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202

The Baltimore City Public Art Commission (PAC) serves as a citizen review board who is charged with administering Baltimore City’s Percent-for-Public Art program, as well as reviewing permanent gifts of public art to Baltimore. The Commission is both an advisory and decision-making body. The Commission is composed of nine members, appointed by the Mayor to serve for a Mayoral Term of four years and may be reappointed to serve up to two consecutive terms. All members of the Commission must be qualified credentialed professionals and fill, you can read more about the composition of the Commission and its functions in the Public Art Guidelines.

All meetings take place at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, located at 10 East Baltimore Street, 10th Floor.

May 17, 2017 Agenda: 

I.    Approval of prior meeting minutes
II.    Design Review: Central Avenue Streetscape (90% final review)
III.    Deaccession Review: Oasis, 1989, Pat Alexander at Druid Hill Pool 
IV.    Restoration Funding Requests
-    Untitled (Literary Figures), 1977, Thomas Hoffmaster at Waverly Branch Enoch Pratt Free Library
-    John Eager Howard, 1985, David Gerlach, Howards Dog Park

The Commission is responsible for the administering of the city’s 1% For Public Art Program, as well as the review and approval of all gifts of permanent public art to the city of Baltimore.

2015 Agendas & Meeting Minutes

2016 Agendas & Meeting Minutes

2017 Agendas & Meeting Minutes

January 18 Agenda
January 18 Meeting

February 15 Agenda
February 15 Meeting

Please note: The March & April 2017 PAC meetings were canceled. 

May 17 Agenda

Please note: The June 2017 PAC meeting scheduled for June 21 is canceled. 

Upcoming Agenda

Agenda:

I.    Approval of prior meeting minutes
II.    Design Review: Central Avenue Streetscape (90% final review)
III.    Deaccession Review: Oasis, 1989, Pat Alexander at Druid Hill Pool 
IV.    Restoration Funding Requests
-    Untitled (Literary Figures), 1977, Thomas Hoffmaster at Waverly Branch Enoch Pratt Free Library
-    John Eager Howard, 1985, David Gerlach, Howards Dog Park

Please note: The June 2017 PAC meeting scheduled for June 21 is canceled. 

All are encouraged to attend. All meetings take place at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, located at 10 East Baltimore Street, 10th Floor.  The commission is responsible for the administering of the city’s 1% For Public Art Program, as well as the review and approval of all gifts of permanent public art to the city of Baltimore.

For special accommodations (interpreter, hearing/vision, parking) contact by the Monday prior to the meeting:

Ryan Patterson | Public Art Administrator 
Phone: 443-263-4338 | Email: rpatterson@promotionandarts.org 

Public Participation

For information, or to request an agenda item on an upcoming Public Art Commission Meeting agenda, please contact:

Ryan Patterson | Public Art Administrator 
Email: rpatterson@promotionandarts.org | Phone: 443-263-4338

Commission Members

Sandra Abbott, Curator/Educational Institution
Elissa Blount-Moorhead, Artist
Mary Demory, City Council President’s Appointee
Frank Dittenhafer, Architect
Elford Jackson*, Civil Engineer
KuoPao Lian, Architect
Brian Oster, Architect
Jeremy Rountree, Artist/Lawyer
Scott Rykiel, Landscape Architect

*Denotes Commission Chair

Occasionally there may be a vacancy on the Public Art Commission. If you would like to be considered to fill a vacancy or to serve on the Commission in the next Mayoral term, you may apply here.