Abstract
The October 2020 Public Art Accelerator Forum was a free two-day virtual forum that examined the learnings and unlearnings from the first three years of the Public Art Accelerator program. We shared tools to: 1) increase local artists’ production of public art, 2) increase collaboration between artists and the communities they work with, and 3) assess the outcomes of resulting artworks. A guiding question throughout was: How do we extend access and equity within public art?
The N+T Public Art Accelerator Forum, held October 23-24, 2020, examined public art-making while sharing the resources available to the artists who participated in the three-year pilot N+T Public Art Accelerator program. Over 100 local artists, community partners, city officials, historians, and those curious about public art came together for two days of conversation and learning. Together, we explored the nuances of temporary public art, evaluated its impact, and began informing a more equitable process of making public art.