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• 13 Administered by the Orange County Arts Commission, the Percent for Art Ordinance offers Orange County the opportunity to design, acquire or commission works of art specifically for capital construction projects. The purpose of the program is to involve artists as early as possible in the design process to enrich the county's civic and community buildings and public spaces. This ordinance would allocate 1% of selected capital projects for the creation, fabrication/construction, installation, and maintenance of permanent works of public art. Funding comes from each project's construction budget, which can include Federal, State, County, Town and private support. Percent for Art would apply to capital construction projects that provide public services and accessibility. New construction or existing facilities undergoing substantial reconstruction would be considered. These could include, but are not limited to, firehouses, schools, shelters, police precincts, courthouses, hospitals, clinics, passenger terminals, prisons, detention centers, parks and sanitation facilities. Private development could also be included. Commissioning an artist for a Design-Only project would involve an artist early in the process and integrate art into the Construction Bid documents — getting more bang for the buck! All collaborations with artists, including the Design-Only collaborations, would be defined in a contract. Percent for Art projects are site-specific and engage a variety of media — painting, mosaic, glass, textiles, sculpture, and works that are integrated into infrastructure, or architecture. The artwork must be allocated in an area of the facility that is accessible to the public. Artwork could be broadly defined as "all forms of visual arts conceived in any medium, material or combination thereof." It may be designed, commissioned or purchased, or an existing county-owned may count -owned artwork be restored and re-sited. Y The Arts Commission is committed to an open and democratic process that relies upon interaction among the artist, community, site, designers and architects, civic leaders, and County department or agency. The Orange County Arts Commission has commissioned public art projects to date on a project-by-project basis. We want to move toward a more comprehensive approach to integrating art in county facilities —a Percent for Art Program. With a Percent for Art Program, the Orange County Arts Commission will: • Build internal support in the agencies involved in the project, • Cultivate enthusiasm within the project team, • Match the right artist with the project, • Define expectations and responsibilities, • Troubleshoot construction challenges, and • Consistently benefit the local economy.