In 1990, the City passed the "Art in Public Places" Program through a
"Percent for Art" ordinance. The law cemented a growing practice by the City and
its many corporate residents who included significant pieces of art and
statements about art in their public spaces.
The ordinance requires private developers of non-residential buildings to
allocate 1% of their building construction costs for on-site public art; the
City must allocate 1.5% for municipal developments.
In 1998, the Redevelopment Agency passed a policy requiring private
developers that have executed development or participation agreements with the
Agency to contribute 40% of the 1% to the Public Art Fund. The policy was
amended in April 2005 to include residential and live-work developments, whereby
the contribution to the Public Art Fund is set at 40% of .5% of development
costs.
For more information about the Ordinance and related policies, please click
here.
Public Art Walking Map
Public art works are now located in public and private developments throughout
the City. To view art works map, click here
Request for Qualifications / Proposals
The City periodically issues RFQs/RFPs to select artists and/or art consultants
for City-sponsored art projects. To view current RFQs/RFPs, click here.
Public Art Committee
The Public Art Committee meets monthly to discuss public art projects and determine
the selection of public art projects in development projects. Read more
Further Information
Lisa Sullivan, Coordinator
Economic Development and Housing
Department
(510) 596-4393
lsullivan@emeryville.org
Sharon Wilchar, Chairperson
Emeryville Public Art Committee
(510) 652-6122
slwilchar@aol.com
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