year in review
The annual Year In Review highlights innovative and exemplary examples of contemporary public art. Projects are submitted by artists and arts administrators through an open call process. The 2009 Year in Review Call for Projects will be available January 28, 2009. Application submissions are being accepted on CaFE.
2007 Year in Review
The 2007 Year in Review was presented at the 2007 Annual Americans for the Arts Convention, Risk and Reward: Balancing Acts in Arts and Community, June 3, 2007 in Las Vegas. Artist Larry Kirkland and writer and art history professor Miwon Kwon selected and presented their top 40 public artworks from 240 submissions. The 2007 Public Art Network Year in Review CD-ROM is available in the Americans for the Arts Store. The 2007 Year in Review projects list highlights the projects, artist, and commissioning agencies.
2006 Year in Review
The 2006 Year in Review public art conference session was presented at the annual Americans for the Arts public art preconference, Material Meaning: Process, Product, and Preservation in Public Art in Milwaukee, June 2, 2006. Artist Mary Miss and Robert Rindler, president of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, selected and presented their top 40 public artworks from 183 submissions. The Year in Review represents the most exemplary public art projects completed between April 2005 and April 2006 in the United States. Selected public artworks include pieces by artists Jenny Holzer, Sarah Sze, Julian Opie, and Jorge Orta, to name a few. The 2006 Public Art Network Year in Review CD-ROM is available in the Americans for the Arts Store.
2005 Year in Review
The 2005 Year in Review public art conference session was presented at The Lay of the Land: Public Art, Politics, and the Environment in Austin, TX, on June 10, 2005, by artist Donald Lipski and urban design and planning consultant Sherry Kafka Wagner. They reviewed and presented their selections of the most exciting, compelling, and innovative public art projects completed between April 2004 and April 2005 in the United States and beyond. You can view the Year in Review online, but the presentation requires Flash, a multimedia player for the Internet. Download the player.
2004 Year in Review
The 2004 Year In Review public art conference session was presented at Public Art: Civic Catalyst in Washington, DC, on July 10, 2004, by Ellen Driscoll, artist and Glenn Harper, editor of Sculpture Magazine. They selected the most innovative public art projects that were completed in the United States since May 2003. You can view the Year in Review online, but the presentation requires Flash, a multimedia player for the Internet. Download the player.
2003 Year in Review
The 2003 Year in Review public art conference session was presented at Measuring Up: Defining Success in Public Art on Friday, June 6, 2003, by writers Patricia Phillips and Henry Sayre. They selected more than 30 of the most innovative public art projects that were completed in the United States since May 2002. You can view the Year in Review online, but the presentation requires Flash, a multimedia player for the Internet. Download the player.
2002 Year in Review
On June 6, 2002, artist Benito Huerta and writer Nancy Princenthal showcased their selections for the 2002 Year in Review, highlighting exciting, compelling, and innovative public art projects completed in the United States since May 2001. This slide script gives the complete list of projects each presenter selected, along with detailed project information. All project descriptions were written based on information submitted by the applicants. All project credits listed as provided by applicants.
2001 Year in Review
Renowned author Harriet F. Senie and Public Art Review publisher Jack Becker presented more than 50 examples of recently produced projects, ranging from the modest and temporary to the bold and permanent. Tighten your seatbelts for a fast-paced journey from coast to coast, across the broad spectrum that makes public art so compelling and thought-provoking. All project descriptions are written by the presenters based on information submitted by the applicants. All project credits listed as provided by applicants.
- Selections Presented by Jack Becker, Forecast Public Artworks, St. Paul, MN
- Selections Presented by Harriet F. Senie, author and art historian
