Forecast Public Art
 
 


 

Building Public Art Together

Forecast Public Art fosters a culturally vibrant world where creativity and community connect. By bringing art outside the traditional contexts of galleries, museums and performance halls, the work of Forecast increases access to arts and culture, improving the everyday lives of all people.

The financial sustainability of Forecast Public Art is based on a blend of contributions from individuals and foundations, government and business, plus earned revenues from the magazine and consulting services. To realize the potential of its objectives, all sources of revenue need to grow.

The campaign seeks a group of forward-thinking individuals who believe public art matters, and Forecast Public Art is the organization best positioned to strengthen and advance the field.
 

Now 31 years-old and celebrating the twentieth anniversaries of its national magazine and annual grant program, Forecast recently engaged in long-range planning, identifying four major goals:

• Sustain our leadership,
• Honor our legacy,
• Support our vision, and
• Expand our impact online

Specifically, we plan to:

Expand Public Art Review content online. The Internet is the fastest-growing public space, an area for creating new forms of public art, as well as a gateway for information—what’s new, exciting and important.

Archive images from our 30-year history, including 20 years of Public Art Review. Create an accessible, searchable databank, a one-stop research resource recording the history of contemporary public art in America—information vital to artists, students, designers, planners, and many others.

Expand our consulting services to ensure that artists have opportunities, communities have access to high quality planning and projects, and Forecast’s earned income grows to greater self-sufficiency.

Present ambitious new public art in the region. Work with national artists to raise the bar. Enhance our annual grant program and services to Minnesota’s emerging artists.

The financial goal of the Umbrella Campaign is $600,000 over the next three years and support for a Board-directed Maintenance Fund by the year 2012. If the goal is achieved, Forecast will be a more robust organization with the ability to impact the field of public art in ways that are unimaginable today.

A bigger and stronger umbrella is needed as Forecast Public Art plans for the future.

For more information, please email Forecast.

 
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