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Accepting the Plan for Artistic Practice in the Central Corridor.
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WHEREAS, since the Central Corridor station area plans were adopted in 2008, there has been an interest in strengthening the presence of public art in the neighborhoods along the Central Corridor (Green Line); and
WHEREAS, in 2010, Public Art Saint Paul (PASP) gathered artists, public art curators and urban planners to talk about an artistic vision for the future of the Central Corridor, where public art would be a new kind of connective tissue along the Corridor; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, PASP received a grant from the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative to hire a consultant team to prepare a Central Corridor Public Art Plan; and
WHEREAS, a partnership was formed to guide preparation of the plan, comprising representatives from PASP, the Saint Paul Design Center, City of Saint Paul, City of Minneapolis, University District Alliance, Capitol Region Watershed District and Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District; and
WHEREAS, in 2011, PASP engaged a consultant team of Cliff Garten, artist; Todd Bressi, city planner; Rebar Group and Via Partnership to prepare the plan; and
WHEREAS, the document, A Plan for Artistic Practice in the Central Corridor (the “Plan”), was completed after a two-year planning and community engagement process; and
WHEREAS, the vision for the practice of public art along the Central Corridor involves three fundamental concepts:
· a Living Plan, which lays out a dynamic, organic process for the practice of public art where artists are engaged in meaningful, long-range thinking about how to create healthy, sustainable neighborhoods;
· Urban Languages, large-scale urban systems (food networks, water systems, waste processes, gathering places and cultural identities) that provide the framework for public art practice along the Central Corridor
· Communities of Practice, whereby artists, working within the Urban Languages, immerse themselves in t...
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