Wichita City Launches Public Artist Registry

Press release from City of Wichita:

November 2, 2020

The City of Wichita Division of Arts and Cultural Services is launching a public artist registry webpage, as a corollary for the Percent for Art Program.

In 2019, the Wichita City Council approved an ordinance that allots 2% of Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project funds to provide for the funding, selection, creation and maintenance of public art. The public artist registry was created to serve as a resource to aid architects and developers in connecting with art consultants and artists when working on City projects.

The Public Artist Registry officially debuted on Sunday, November 1 and may be viewed at
wichita.gov/Arts/Registry/.

Local, regional, state and national artists who have experience working on large-scale public projects are encouraged to apply at
https://lfforms.wichita.gov/Forms/ArtistRegistry.

Additional resources about public art have been established on the Arts Council’s website:
wichitaarts.com/resources/public-art/.

This press release was produced by City of Wichita. The views expressed here are the author’s own.