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Public Art Frequently Asked
Questions
Why Does Kansas City
Have a
One Percent for Public Art
Program?
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As the national economy grows,
competition between cities to attract and retain citizens and
businesses intensifies. Data strongly indicates that cities
with an active and dynamic cultural scene are more attractive to
individuals and corporations. The wide-range of the
City’s public art collection help serves to identify Kansas
City as a unique and culturally active place.
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Public art, and the community
participation that accompanies it, contributes to the unique identity
of a city. The Kansas City metro ranks 7th in concentration of visual
artists among the 29 largest metropolitan areas, and the
city’s public art collection is a significant draw to
culture-makers of all sorts.
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Public art creates partnership
opportunities. Programs such as Avenue of the Arts and Art in the Loop
allow private companies to help support
and actively participate in showcasing the unique art and artists of
our city.
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An average public art project
provides many times the economic impact of arts events in traditional
venues, yet the cost to the public for public art can be less than $1
per taxpayer per year, based on the amount of public funding used to
fund public art.
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Public art has relatively low
overhead, low staffing costs and produces less waste or environmental
damage. Kansas City’s One Percent for Art program has cost
citizens $8.5 million over its two decades of operation- a total cost
of about $1 per Kansas Citian per year.
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More viewers experience public
art firsthand every day than the audience experiencing art galleries,
museums and theaters combined. The Vietnam Memorial alone is visited by
more than 10,000 people daily, and artworks in airports or subways are
seen daily by over five million travelers
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