10 May Public Art as a Public Good
Laurel Beckmen (Art, UCSB)
Rita Ferri (Visual Arts Coordinator, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission)
Colin Gray (local artist)
Harry Reese (Art, UCSB)
Thursday, May 10, 2012 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Something happens when art goes public. Cultural interventions in spaces designated as belonging to the public are subject to greater and more varied kind of scrutiny than works exhibited or performed in the private sphere. Site specificity, community values, and notions of what constitutes “good art” all come into play when art goes public. This panel will examine public art in Santa Barbara as a public good precisely because it is an object of public debate.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Public Goods series.
Click here to listen to a recording of this panel from the IHC’s series Public Goods.