Bristol City Council's Public Art Strategy - Public Art Online

SECTION 2
PUBLIC ART POLICY
www.bristol-city.gov.uk/arts
The Public Art Policy was approved by
the Cabinet of Bristol City Council on 26
October 2000. The policy defines how it
meets the council’s corporate priorities
and is linked with the Community
Strategy, Cultural Strategy, City Centre
Strategy and Bristol Local Plan.
The policy incorporates certain objectives
from Government and national agencies,
as promoted for example in:
- Planning Policy Guidance: PPG 1 and
PPG 17;
- the improvement of urban design as
reported in Towards an Urban
Renaissance and Living Places,
Cleaner, Safer, Greener;
- Policy Action Team No. 10 report on
Arts and Sport to the Social Exclusion
Unit;
- Arts Council England, South West;
and Public Art South West.
There is no single definition of public art.
It can be permanent or temporary.
It can extend the fine arts of drawing,
painting and sculpture into new formats
and new locations. It can incorporate
text, craft, applied art and design,
photography, print, moving image,
computer generated images, projection,
live art, installation and performance,
light, sound and music. It may refer to
our heritage or celebrate the future,
highlight specific areas and issues or be
conceptual. In whatever form, public art
has one consistent quality: it is sitespecific
and relates to the context of a
particular site or location.
Opposite: model of facade, Colston Hall
Above: Buoy by Seamus Staunton for High
Life, Queen Square
Above right: Tim Knowles, I.T.V 2, Bristol
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